AssemblyAI
Transcription plus summarisation, topic detection and speaker labels for developers.
Full AssemblyAI record →Head to head
AssemblyAI vs ElevenLabs
AssemblyAI (AssemblyAI) and ElevenLabs (ElevenLabs) both sit in Audio. AssemblyAI is the cheaper entry point at Free tier of $50 in credits; pay-as-you-go pre-recorded starting at $0.15/hr (Universal-2) or $0.21/hr (Universal-3.5 Pro). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | AssemblyAI AssemblyAI | ElevenLabs ElevenLabs |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Audio | Audio |
| Version | Universal-3.5 Pro | Eleven v3 |
| Entry cost | Free tier of $50 in credits; pay-as-you-go pre-recorded starting at $0.15/hr (Universal-2) or $0.21/hr (Universal-3.5 Pro) | Free tier · from $6/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Free Tier free | Free free · Starter $6 · Creator $22 · Pro $99 · Scale $299 · Business $990 |
| Model stack | Claude · Claude 4.6 Sonnet · Claude 4.8 Opus · Gemini 2.5 Pro · Gemini 3.5 Flash · GPT-5.5 · Qwen3 Next 80B A3B · u3-rt-pro · Universal-2 · universal-3-pro · Universal-3.5 Pro · Universal-3.5 Pro Realtime · Universal-Streaming English · Universal-Streaming Multilingual | Dubbing v2 · Eleven Flash · Eleven Flash v2.5 · Eleven Multilingual v2 · Eleven Music · Eleven Music v2 · Eleven Scribe v2 · Eleven Turbo v2 · Eleven v3 · Flash v2.5 · Kling · Music v2 · Scribe · Scribe v2 · Veo · Wan |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 3 | 3 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Speaker diarization, Summarisation, Topic detection, PII redaction, LeMUR framework, Pre-recorded STT, Real-time STT, Voice Agent API | Voice cloning, 70+ languages, Dubbing studio, Conversational agents, Sound effects, Music, Text to Speech, Speech to Text |
ElevenLabs
Voice synthesis, cloning, dubbing and conversational agents across many languages.
Full ElevenLabs record →