Pick ElevenLabs if
podcast, product, and localization teams who need controllable multilingual speech.
Read the ElevenLabs pageElevenLabs vs Vapi
Our take
Pick ElevenLabs if podcast, product, and localization teams who need controllable multilingual speech. Pick Vapi if builders who want a voice agent with a Dashboard plus an API, and will pay hosting + provider pass-through. Skip ElevenLabs if users who only want chat, or teams that cannot send scripts to a US-hosted voice API. Skip Vapi if teams that want one all-in per-minute rate with LLM/STT/TTS included (Bland).
Best for
ElevenLabs TTS, voice cloning, or dubbing
Vapi A phone or web voice agent you can publish
Free plan
ElevenLabs $0 · , 10,000 credits
Vapi No free plan
Lowest paid
ElevenLabs Starter $6/mo
Vapi No Success Package $5
Next step up
ElevenLabs Creator $22/mo
Vapi Pro $999/mo
Coding agent
ElevenLabs Agents / dubbing / image-video
Vapi
Runs where
ElevenLabs Hosted
Vapi
Watch out
ElevenLabs Credits are not minutes
Vapi Hosting is $0.05/min plus providers
Last checked
ElevenLabs 2026-10-19 · elevenlabs.io/pricing
Vapi 2026-10-22 · vapi.ai/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Vapi if
builders who want a voice agent with a Dashboard plus an API, and will pay hosting + provider pass-through.
Read the Vapi page