The short answer: use ElevenLabs when the job is speech or a brand-new song, and use Tera Studio when the job is a song that already exists, sung in your own voice. ElevenLabs is the specialist for narration, voiceovers and dubbing, and its ElevenMusic app generates original songs, which it can now sing in your voice. Tera Studio takes a real recording and sings it back as you, from about a minute of your singing (2 minutes sounds more like you), with 2 full songs free to hear and plans from $8.99 a month.
Key takeaways
- Compare the exact output, not just a feature count.
- Use representative input and judge the result yourself.
- Check current billing, voice setup, limits and exports on each provider’s official pages.
- Choose the workflow that gives you a song you want to keep, at a price that fits your project.
- Speech and new songs: ElevenLabs. An existing song in your own voice: Tera Studio.
- ElevenLabs and ElevenMusic details below were checked on their own pages on October 20, 2026.
Start with the outcome
For speech, judge intelligibility and delivery of the script. For singing, check sustained notes, word transitions and resemblance to your voice. If you need both, evaluate them as separate tasks with separate costs.
Pick by task
| Your task | Better fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Narrate a video, audiobook or ad | ElevenLabs | Text to speech is its core product |
| Dub a video into another language | ElevenLabs | Dubbing Studio is on its paid plans |
| Write a brand-new song in your voice | ElevenLabs (ElevenMusic) | Generates original songs; Vocals keeps your voice across them |
| Polish a song you sang yourself | ElevenLabs (ElevenMusic) | Voice to Song keeps your melody and fixes pitch and timing |
| Hear a favorite song sung by you | Tera Studio | Re-sings the original recording in your voice |
| Make a song gift from a real song | Tera Studio | The song stays the one they love; only the voice changes |
| Post a cover in your own voice | Tera Studio | WAV plus a song-card video with 15, 30 and 60-second vertical clips |
Prices side by side
Checked on October 20, 2026 on ElevenLabs' pricing page, ElevenMusic and Tera Studio's own pricing. US monthly prices; they can change.
| Tera Studio | ElevenLabs and ElevenMusic | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 2 full songs to hear, up to 4 minutes each | ElevenLabs: 10,000 credits a month. ElevenMusic: 25 songs and 5 downloads a day |
| Entry | Starter $8.99: 30 finished minutes | ElevenLabs Starter $6: 30,000 credits, Instant Voice Cloning. ElevenMusic Pro $9.99: 1,000 songs a month |
| Step up | Creator $19.99: 90 finished minutes | ElevenLabs Creator $22 ($11 the first month): Professional Voice Cloning. ElevenMusic Pro billed yearly: $7.99 a month |
| Your voice | From about 1 minute of singing | ElevenLabs: Instant from Starter, Professional from Creator. ElevenMusic: 1 custom vocal free, 5 on Pro |
Where ElevenLabs wins
- Spoken voice. For narration, voiceovers, dubbing and voice agents, ElevenLabs is the specialist, with many languages and a large voice library.
- New music. ElevenMusic is built to make songs that don't exist yet, with your voice or a library voice.
- Volume. ElevenMusic Pro's 1,000 songs a month for $9.99 is a lot of output.
Where Tera Studio wins
- Real songs. It keeps the original singer's melody, timing and phrasing, and the original music, and changes only the voice.
- Your voice from one short recording. About a minute of singing, with no scripts or prompts.
- Hear it first. 2 whole songs in your own voice, free, with no card.
- Made to share. Every finished song comes with a WAV and a song-card video in vertical clip lengths.
What Tera Studio includes
Tera’s guided product saves your song and personal voice recording together. You can prepare a project, start paid processing when available, leave the page and return to My songs. A completed project includes audio and song-card video downloads, plus one guided correction with the same inputs.
The consumer offer includes one private voice. It is intentionally focused on personal projects; a creator needing multiple singers, extensive production controls or a different media format should compare those requirements explicitly.
Make a fair comparison
| Check | What to record |
|---|---|
| Input | Same permitted song section and a comparable personal voice sample |
| Quality | Clear words, recognisable voice, stable notes, acceptable backing track |
| Completion | Whether you actually obtain the required downloadable result |
| Price | Upfront payment, renewal, setup costs, allowances and export charges |
| Terms | Rights, cancellation, corrections and failure handling |
Try to compare at similar playback volume. Ask a listener who does not know which product made which result to give feedback. Do not choose a single difficult output from one product and a carefully selected showcase clip from another.
Current competitor details
Use ElevenLabs’s official site for its current products, pricing and terms. Check the billing period, included voice setup and export allowance before choosing. Use the listening checklist above to compare results for your own project.
On October 20, 2026, ElevenLabs listed Free, Starter ($6), Creator ($22, or $11 for the first month), Pro ($99), Scale ($299) and Business ($990) plans on its pricing page. ElevenMusic, its music app, was free for 25 songs a day, with Pro at $9.99 a month. Our ElevenLabs alternative for singing guide goes deeper on ElevenMusic's Vocals and Voice to Song features.
Current price and limits
Starter is $8.99 per month for 30 finished audio minutes; Creator is $19.99 per month for 90 minutes. Annual billing is $89.99 for Starter or $189.99 for Creator, paid upfront each year. Annual plans provide the same 30 or 90 minutes in each monthly allowance period. Both include one private personal voice, one guided correction per project, and audio and song-card video downloads. Minutes reset monthly without rollover. Downloading a completed result again uses no extra minutes. Prices show in your currency where available; pricing and Stripe checkout confirm the currency, total and available payment methods before payment.
Offer availability is shown in the product. Eligible accounts get up to 2 free listening previews, once per account, and each can be a whole song up to 4 minutes. Downloads require a paid subscription and available minutes. Technical failures restore reserved minutes. See current pricing and the refund policy before buying.
Frequently asked questions
Is ElevenLabs good for singing? For new songs, ElevenMusic generates full tracks with vocals and can use your own voice. For singing an existing song back in your voice, Tera Studio is the purpose-built tool.
Can I clone my singing voice on ElevenLabs? ElevenMusic's Vocals feature learns your voice from your own recordings and uses it on new songs. ElevenLabs' Instant and Professional Voice Cloning are on its paid plans and are built mainly for speech.
Which costs less? For speech, ElevenLabs Starter at $6. For new songs, ElevenMusic Pro at $9.99. For real songs in your own voice, Tera Studio Starter at $8.99 for 30 finished minutes, and the first 2 songs are free to hear.
Does Tera Studio do text to speech? No. Tera Studio only sings: it changes the voice on a song you upload.
Which should I try first? Start from the task. If you're making something spoken, or a song that doesn't exist yet, try ElevenLabs. If you want to hear yourself sing a song you already love, try Tera Studio's 2 free songs.
Before you share
Use your own voice and a song you have permission to transform and publish. Voice conversion does not supply missing music rights. If you use the birthday starter, copy its artist, source and licence credit from your project and disclose the voice change. Listen for artifacts, follow the destination platform’s rules, and keep a downloaded copy.