ElevenLabs vs Kokoro TTS
ElevenLabs
elevenlabs.io
Kokoro TTS
github.comSide by side
| Figure | ElevenLabs | Kokoro TTS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $6/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 1 |
| Spec score · Text-to-speech tools | 9.2 (#7) | 8.6 (#48) |
| Spec score · Text-to-Speech Software | 9.0 (#10) | 8.6 (#41) |
| Spec score · AI voice generators | 9.0 (#3) | 8.5 (#11) |
| Spec score · Game Voice Generators | 8.8 (#8) | 8.4 (#16) |
| API access | Yes | Yes |
| Commercial use | Yes | Yes |
| Export formats | MP3,WAV,M4A,FLAC | WAV |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Languages supported | 74 | 8 |
| Platforms | web,api | web,windows,macos,linux,api,self_hosted |
| Voice cloning | Yes | No |
Plans
ElevenLabs
- FreeFree
- Starter$6 a month
- Creator$11 a month
- Pro$99 a month
- Scale$299 a month
- Business$990 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Kokoro TTS
Kokoro TTS is an open-weight text-to-speech model with 82 million parameters. It uses a decoder-only architecture built with StyleTTS 2 and ISTFTNet, and supports eight languages. In the documented Python pipeline, users can choose a voice and adjust speech speed; generated audio is 24 kHz and can be saved as WAV. The kokoro.js library runs the model locally in a browser through Transformers.js, also documents Node CPU use, and supports streaming speech as text is added. The model weights use the Apache license, and commercial use is listed as permitted. The maker describes Kokoro as lightweight and more cost-efficient than larger models while delivering comparable quality. Python installation uses kokoro, soundfile, and espeak-ng, with Misaki handling grapheme-to-phoneme processing. The README includes Windows setup guidance for espeak-ng and Apple Silicon GPU instructions for macOS M1 through M4. Examples point to Google Colab and a Hugging Face demo. Kokoro is free, with a free plan listed at free.