Comparison

ElevenLabs vs eSpeak NG

On the evidence we track, ElevenLabs leads this comparison with a composite score of 68/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★ElevenLabs68

eSpeak NG50

Attribute comparison across 2 tools
Attribute	ElevenLabsLeader	eSpeak NG
Vioscale score	68 / 100low · 43%	50 / 100low · 26%
Pricing
Free tierpricing.free_tier	✓	✓
Modelpricing.model	freemium	commercial
Price levelpricing.price_level	low	free
Starting pricepricing.starting_price	$6	-
Transparentpricing.transparent	✓	✓
Integrations
Countintegrations.count	1	3
Security
Gdprsecurity.gdpr	✓	-
Hipaasecurity.hipaa	✓	-
Scorecardsecurity.scorecard	-	4.5
Soc2security.soc2	✓	-
Adoption
Github starsadoption.github_stars	-	6,762
Activity
Commits last 30dactivity.commits_last_30d	-	36
Release
Cadence daysrelease.cadence_days	-	799
Historyrelease.history	-	6 items
License
Spdxlicense.spdx	-	GPL-3.0
Language
Primarylanguage.primary	-	C
Market
Availabilitymarket.availability	Available worldwide · Popular in US, GB · HQ GB	-

Score

Vioscale score

ElevenLabs68 / 100low · 43%

eSpeak NG50 / 100low · 26%

Pricing

Free tier

ElevenLabs✓

eSpeak NG✓

Model

ElevenLabsfreemium

eSpeak NGcommercial

Price level

ElevenLabslow

eSpeak NGfree

Starting price

ElevenLabs$6

eSpeak NG–

Transparent

ElevenLabs✓

eSpeak NG✓

Integrations

Count

ElevenLabs1

eSpeak NG3

Security

Gdpr

ElevenLabs✓

eSpeak NG–

Hipaa

ElevenLabs✓

eSpeak NG–

Scorecard

ElevenLabs–

eSpeak NG4.5

Soc2

ElevenLabs✓

eSpeak NG–

Adoption

Github stars

ElevenLabs–

eSpeak NG6,762

Activity

Commits last 30d

ElevenLabs–

eSpeak NG36

Release

Cadence days

ElevenLabs–

eSpeak NG799

History

ElevenLabs–

eSpeak NG6 items

License

Spdx

ElevenLabs–

eSpeak NGGPL-3.0

Language

Primary

ElevenLabs–

eSpeak NGC

Market

Availability

ElevenLabsAvailable worldwide · Popular in US, GB · HQ GB

eSpeak NG–

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for text to speech. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capability comparison for Text To Speech
Capability	ElevenLabs	eSpeak NG
Capabilities
Voice cloning	-	-
Zero shot cloning	-	-
Streaming synthesis	-	-
Ssml support	-	-
Emotion style control	-	-
On device offline	-	-
Open source	-	-
Watermarking provenance	-	-
Cloning consent verification	-	-

Capabilities

Voice cloning

ElevenLabs-

eSpeak NG-

Zero shot cloning

ElevenLabs-

eSpeak NG-

Streaming synthesis

ElevenLabs-

eSpeak NG-

Ssml support

ElevenLabs-

eSpeak NG-

Emotion style control

ElevenLabs-

eSpeak NG-

On device offline

ElevenLabs-

eSpeak NG-

Open source

ElevenLabs-

eSpeak NG-

Watermarking provenance

ElevenLabs-

eSpeak NG-

Cloning consent verification

ElevenLabs-

eSpeak NG-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

ElevenLabs

Leader

Comprehensive AI audio platform offering text-to-speech, speech-to-text transcription, voice agents, music generation, and audio dubbing across 70+ languages. Serves creators, businesses, and developers with both API access and no-code studio interfaces.

Independently observed

eSpeak NG

A lightweight open source text-to-speech engine that converts written text into spoken audio using formant synthesis. Available as a command-line tool and C/library for integration across Linux, Windows, Android, and other platforms.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

ElevenLabs

Leader

from $6/moSubscriptionFree tier

From free tier to enterprise. Monthly or annual billing (annual = 10 months cost). Credits shared across all products; rollover up to 2 months allowed.

FreeFree
- Text to Speech
- Speech to Text
- 3 Projects in Studio
Starter$6/month, 30k credits
- Everything in Free
- Commercial License
- Instant Voice Cloning
- Image & Video
Creator$22/month, 121k credits (first month $11)
- Everything in Starter
- Additional Credits
Pro$99/month, 600k credits
- Everything in Creator
- 44.1kHz PCM audio output via API
- 192kbps quality audio
Scale$299/month, 1.8M credits, 3 seats
- Everything in Pro
- 3 Workspace seats
- Team Collaboration
- 3 Professional Voice Clones
Business$990/month, 6M credits, 10 seats
- Everything in Scale
- 10 Workspace seats
- Custom terms
EnterpriseContact sales
- Everything in Business
- Custom SSO
- More seats and voices
- Elevated concurrency limits
- Fully managed dubbing with Productions
- +4 more

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

eSpeak NG

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of 2026-08-19verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platform and deployment support comparison
Supports	ElevenLabs	eSpeak NG
WebPlatforms	✓	✗
AndroidPlatforms	✗	✓
macOSPlatforms	✗	✓
WindowsPlatforms	✗	✓
LinuxPlatforms	✗	✓
CLIPlatforms	✓	✓
Cloud / SaaSDeployment	✓	✗
Self-hostedDeployment	✗	✓

Platforms

Web

ElevenLabs✓

eSpeak NG✗

Android

ElevenLabs✗

eSpeak NG✓

macOS

ElevenLabs✗

eSpeak NG✓

Windows

ElevenLabs✗

eSpeak NG✓

Linux

ElevenLabs✗

eSpeak NG✓

CLI

ElevenLabs✓

eSpeak NG✓

Deployment

Cloud / SaaS

ElevenLabs✓

eSpeak NG✗

Self-hosted

ElevenLabs✗

eSpeak NG✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

ElevenLabs

Leader

1 total

Twilio

Independently observed

eSpeak NG

3 total

MBROLA
SAPI5
C API library integration

Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.