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Comparison

ElevenLabs vs Piper

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
Piper46
Score
Vioscale score
ElevenLabs68 / 100low · 43%updating
Piper46 / 100low · 20%updating
Pricing
Free tier
ElevenLabs✓
Piper✓
Model
ElevenLabsfreemium
Pipercommercial
Price level
ElevenLabslow
Piperfree
Starting price
ElevenLabs$6
Piper–
Transparent
ElevenLabs✓
Piper✓
Integrations
Count
ElevenLabs1
Piper–
Security
Gdpr
ElevenLabs✓
Piper–
Hipaa
ElevenLabs✓
Piper–
Soc2
ElevenLabs✓
Piper–
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
ElevenLabs–
Piper0
Github stars
ElevenLabs–
Piper11,281
Activity
Commits last 30d
ElevenLabs–
Piper0
Release
Cadence days
ElevenLabs–
Piper66
History
ElevenLabs–
Piper5 items
License
Spdx
ElevenLabs–
PiperMIT
Language
Primary
ElevenLabs–
PiperC++
Market
Availability

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
Voice cloning
ElevenLabs-
Piper-
Zero shot cloning
ElevenLabs-
Piper-
Streaming synthesis
ElevenLabs-
Piper-
Ssml support
ElevenLabs-
Piper-
Emotion style control
ElevenLabs-
Piper-
On device offline
ElevenLabs-
Piper-
Open source
ElevenLabs-
Piper-
Watermarking provenance
ElevenLabs-
Piper-
Cloning consent verification
ElevenLabs-
Piper-

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

Piper

Open-source software that converts text to speech using neural networks, optimized to run locally for fast inference without requiring external services

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 verify ↗

Piper

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
ElevenLabs✓
Piper–
CLI
ElevenLabs✓
Piper–
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
ElevenLabs✓
Piper✗
Self-hosted
ElevenLabs✗
Piper✓

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

Piper

Not documented yet.

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