ElevenLabs
Based on public pricing signals, xpay verified that ElevenLabs exposes seven self-serve tiers from $0 Free to $990/mo Business with a credit-based metering system, plus a per-minute calculator. Public docs and Stripe checkout are both unauthenticated. The credit denomination (versus a clean $/character or $/minute rate) docks one usage-based dimension point because per-unit cost is implied rather than directly published, but the system is transparent and PAYG-like in practice.
Flexible pricing for your needs
Credit-based; ~$0.20/min generated audio on Starter ($6/mo for 30k credits ≈ 30 min)
$0
$6
per monthSelf-serve
Self-serve
Self-serve
Self-serve
Contact sales
How ElevenLabs scores on the 7 agent-ready dimensions
Public pricing
15 / 15
Usage-based / metered
22 / 25
Self-serve checkout
13 / 15
Public API
15 / 15
Low / no minimum
8 / 10
Unauth automated payment
6 / 10
Bonus (machine-readable pricing)On top of /100 base
0 / 5
Total
79 / 100
Six-step check: can an agent actually buy from ElevenLabs?
Discover price
https://elevenlabs.io/pricing — seven tiers with credit allotments and dollar pricesSelect a plan
Seven programmatically distinguishable paid tiers plus EnterprisePay per task
Tiered credit allotments + estimated $/min at https://elevenlabs.io/pricing — true per-call rate is implied via credit mathAvoid a sales call
All tiers $6–$990 self-serve via Stripe; only Enterprise sales-ledAPI docs without auth
https://elevenlabs.io/docs — publicEstimate cost upfront
Per-minute estimator and credit-per-character mapping at https://elevenlabs.io/pricingPros and cons for AI agents
Observational summary written by xpay from the signals captured on 2026-05-03. Not a review of the product — only of its current pricing posture for agent buyers.- Pricing is publicly visible on an indexable page — agents can read tiers without scraping past auth.
- Per-unit billing is published, so an agent can budget for a single task before committing.
- API documentation is reachable without a login — discovery and integration can happen in one session.
- Per-unit rate is concrete enough that an agent can model expected spend before issuing a request.
- A free tier exists, lowering the bar for an agent builder to prototype before committing budget.
- Some tiers are sales-led; the highest-capacity surfaces are not self-serve.
- PPU requires account creation and an issued API key; a fully unauthenticated agent purchase is not yet supported.
- No /.well-known/ai-pricing.json or equivalent machine-readable pricing manifest is published — agents must rely on HTML scraping.
How ElevenLabs could lift its score
ElevenLabs is already Verified. Three missing points: (1) publish /.well-known/ai-pricing.json mirroring credits-per-character and price-per-credit; (2) enable an anonymous one-shot PPU purchase via xpay; (3) expose a flat $/minute or $/1k-character rate alongside credit math to fully satisfy the per-unit dimension. All three lift toward 100/100.
| pricing_visible | true |
| headline_phrasing | Flexible pricing for your needs |
| tier_count | 7 |
| lowest_paid_entry_usd | 6 |
| free_tier | true |
| free_tier_terms | 10k credits/month free, no credit card |
| per_unit_price | Credit-based; ~$0.20/min generated audio on Starter ($6/mo for 30k credits ≈ 30 min) |
| annual_required | false |
| self_serve_paid_tiers | 6 |
| sales_only_tiers | 1 |
| public_api_docs_url | https://elevenlabs.io/docs |
| api_docs_auth_walled | false |
| ai_pricing_json_present | false |
| agents_txt_present | false |
| anonymous_purchase_path | false |
ElevenLabs
79
/ 100 (rubric v1.1)Speech & Transcription
Flexible pricing for your needs
7
Yes
10k credits/month free, no credit card
$6/mo
Credit-based; ~$0.20/min generated audio on Starter ($6/mo for 30k credits ≈ 30 min)
6 / 1
Public
No
Not published
2026-05-03