# ElevenLabs vs Piper

**Leader by Vioscale score:** ElevenLabs

| Attribute | ElevenLabs | Piper |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 67.8 (43% (low)) | 46.4 (20% (low)) |
| activity.commits_last_30d | - | 0 |
| adoption.dependent_repos | - | 0 |
| adoption.github_stars | - | 11,281 |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | Open-source software that converts text to speech using neural networks, optimized to run locally for fast inference without requiring external services |
| integrations.count | 1 | - |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Twilio"}]` | - |
| language.primary | - | C++ |
| license.spdx | - | MIT |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"GB","primaryMarkets":["US","GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | - |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"$0/month, 10k credits","features":["Text to Speech","Speech to Text","3 Projects in Studio"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"10k/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Starter","summary":"$6/month, 30k credits","features":["Everything in Free","Commercial License","Instant Voice Cloning","Image & Video"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":6,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"30k/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Creator","summary":"$22/month, 121k credits (first month $11)","features":["Everything in Starter","Additional Credits"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":22,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"121k/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$99/month, 600k credits","features":["Everything in Creator","44.1kHz PCM audio output via API","192kbps quality audio"],"minSeats":1,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":99,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"600k/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Scale","summary":"$299/month, 1.8M credits, 3 seats","features":["Everything in Pro","3 Workspace seats","Team Collaboration","3 Professional Voice Clones"],"minSeats":3,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":299,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"1.8M/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"$990/month, 6M credits, 10 seats","features":["Everything in Scale","10 Workspace seats","Custom terms"],"minSeats":10,"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":990,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"credits":"6M/mo"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing","features":["Everything in Business","Custom SSO","More seats and voices","Elevated concurrency limits","Fully managed dubbing with Productions","Significant discounts at scale","Priority support","Custom credits and seats","BAAs for HIPAA customers"],"contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Pay-as-you-go credits"}],"summary":"From free tier to enterprise. Monthly or annual billing (annual = 10 months cost). Credits shared across all products; rollover up to 2 months allowed.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://elevenlabs.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T21:58:27.665Z","startingPrice":{"amount":6,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"open_source","summary":"Free and open source","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://github.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T21:57:24.234Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":6,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| release.cadence_days | - | 66 |
| release.history | - | `[{"url":"https://github.com/rhasspy/piper/releases/tag/2023.11.14-2","date":"2023-11-14T19:05:55Z","type":"stable","version":"2023.11.14-2"},{"url":"https://github.com/rhasspy/piper/releases/tag/v1.2.0","date":"2023-08-01T00:49:13Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.2.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/rhasspy/piper/releases/tag/v1.1.0","date":"2023-07-10T20:34:08Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.1.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/rhasspy/piper/releases/tag/v1.0.0","date":"2023-06-12T16:40:06Z","type":"stable","version":"v1.0.0"},{"url":"https://github.com/rhasspy/piper/releases/tag/v0.0.2","date":"2023-01-10T22:36:53Z","type":"stable","version":"v0.0.2"}]` |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.vulnerabilities | - | `{"count":0,"source":"https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Frhasspy%2Fpiper&per_page=100","last_12m":0,"max_severity":null}` |

## Capabilities (Text To Speech)

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

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:16:21.026Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*