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ElevenLabs vs Fish Audio
ElevenLabs is positioned as a voice-model ecosystem with ElevenAgents for managed conversations; this record prices the Agents product. Fish Audio is positioned as a developer speech API and creative voice workspace; paid TTS usag
ElevenLabs is positioned as a voice-model ecosystem with ElevenAgents for managed conversations; this record prices the Agents product. Fish Audio is positioned as a developer speech API and creative voice workspace; paid TTS usage is metered in UTF-8 bytes. Start by deciding who owns the missing layers, then inspect the documented differences below.
23 jointly documented catalog fields. This measures evidence coverage, not equivalent quality or an overall winner.
Test opening hours, booking conflicts and an unanswered transfer.
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Values and evidence states are compared together. Shared facts follow the differences; Unknown never means No.
| Decision point | ElevenLabs | Fish Audio |
|---|---|---|
| Billing modelDifferent records | monthly-bundle | component-stack |
| Billing unitDifferent records | month | TTS: million UTF-8 bytes; ASR: audio hours; Agents: conversation minutes |
| HIPAA pathDifferent records | Unknown | Unknown |
| Bring your telephonyShared state | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your modelShared state | Yes | Yes |
| Warm transferShared state | Yes | Yes |
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Reviewed current public offer; retain original billing scope and units.
TTS uses UTF-8 bytes, ASR audio hours, Agents minutes plus carrier/model/add-ons. Multiple products must not share a fabricated normalized unit.
Reviewed current public offer; retain original billing scope and units.
Free TTS model and Agents promotional basic LLM scope are separate.
Reviewed current public offer; retain original billing scope and units.
Each product keeps its own billing unit.
Reviewed current public offer; retain original billing scope and units.
API access; managed numbers have separate rental and enterprise agreement may differ.
Reviewed current public offer; retain original billing scope and units.
Real sessions consume balance including relevant carrier/model charges; no monthly included minutes.
Reviewed current public offer; retain original billing scope and units.
Destination, transfer and selected model affect cost; no complete ceiling.
Reviewed current public offer; retain original billing scope and units.
Rates have explicit event/destination scope, not a single maximum.
Reviewed current public offer; retain original billing scope and units.
Not yet researched against this buyer-critical field standard.
LLM/token usage, carrier and burst behavior are not bounded by an included-minute package.
Call mix, destination, transfer time, selected model/token usage and separate speech products prevent a universal complete monthly/minute ceiling.
Research conclusion about cost completeness, not a vendor capability.
Call mix, destination, transfer time, selected model/token usage and separate speech products prevent a universal complete monthly/minute ceiling.
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ElevenLabs
Voice-engine and Agents prices cover different products.
Free $0; Starter $6/month · V3.3 evidence review · Starter Agents subscription reference; model/carrier costs extra
Excluded / confirm: Complete cost cannot be established from this reference. LLM/token usage, carrier and burst behavior are not bounded by an included-minute package. · LLM charges, external telephony and taxes are additional
Reviewed current public offer; retain original billing scope and units.
Fish Audio
UTF-8 bytes and characters are not interchangeable for multilingual scripts.
TTS $15/M UTF-8 bytes; ASR $0.36/audio hour; Agents $0.06/min + applicable surcharges · V3.3 evidence review · TTS API reference; Voice Agents beta has separate minute-based billing
Excluded / confirm: Complete cost cannot be established from this reference. Call mix, destination, transfer time, selected model/token usage and separate speech products prevent a universal complete monthly/minute ceiling. · Phone destination surcharge, $1.20/month managed number, cold $0.015/min or warm $0.025/min post-transfer, non-basic LLM tokens; BYO carrier separate
TTS uses UTF-8 bytes, ASR audio hours, Agents minutes plus carrier/model/add-ons. Multiple products must not share a fabricated normalized unit.
The evidence overlap.
Both records have documented values for Product type, Call direction, Technical setup, Pricing model, Published numeric pricing, Free tier, SIP trunking, Bring your telephony, Twilio, Call recording, Realtime / streaming audio, Bring your model and additional fields shown in Compare. Matching availability does not measure behavior under your call conditions.
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