ElevenLabs free plan: 10,000 credits is about ten minutes of audio
Ten thousand credits sounds like a lot until you convert it: about ten minutes of finished speech a month. What the free plan includes Item Free plan Monthly credits 10,000 Roughly 10 minutes of generated speech Projects in Studio 3 Commercial licence No, that starts on Starter at $6 Checked on elevenlabs.io/pricing, 2 November 2026. Why ten minutes runs out A 1,500-word script is roughly ten…
Ten thousand credits may appear extensive, but upon closer examination, it equates to roughly ten minutes of generated speech per month. The free plan encompasses 10,000 credits, which translates to about 10 minutes of finished audio. Studio projects are limited to three, and a commercial license is not included until the Starter tier at $6 per month.
This license becomes necessary if the audio is to be used in a monetized video, client project, or product. The free plan currently permits three projects, and generating speech from a 1,500-word script yields approximately ten minutes of audio. As such, one episode consumes the entire monthly credit limit. In reality, it would be prudent to budget twice the finished runtime to account for errors during editing, such as mispronounced lines or awkward pauses.
Consequently, a ten-minute video would require twice the generation time, and the free plan only covers half a video. The $6 Starter plan expands the credit ceiling to 30,000 credits and adds the commercial license, making it the more economical choice for monetized audio content.
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