Lounge Audio Studio vs ElevenLabs
The voice specialist: TTS, cloning, dubbing, agents
ElevenLabs is the most complete voice product: instant and professional voice cloning, voice design, dubbing, music, sound effects and voice agents, and its own API rate is lower than Lounge's pay-as-you-go rate for the same models. Lounge Audio Studio is for choosing a voice model: send the same text to ElevenLabs, Qwen and other TTS models side by side, then keep speech on the same credits as chat, image and video. On a membership, ElevenLabs voices cost less per character than on ElevenLabs' own API.
Lounge Audio Studio vs ElevenLabs at a glance
Same model, cost per 1K characters
ElevenLabs' pay-as-you-go API rates against Lounge's catalogue rate. The Plus column is what the same characters cost out of a $19 membership.
ElevenLabs rates from ElevenLabs API pricing, checked October 31, 2026. Lounge rates are live catalogue rates. On Plus is that rate spread over the membership's 2.5× credit value. Green means the Lounge rate is lower.
How they compare, in depth
Pricing
Lounge bills characters at the catalogue rate: $0.11 per 1K for Eleven v3 and Multilingual v2, $0.055 for Flash and Turbo v2.5, and $0.015–$0.02 for Qwen 3.0 TTS. A $19 Plus membership buys $47.50 of credits, which puts Eleven v3 at about $0.044 per 1K.
ElevenLabs' API charges $0.08 per 1K characters for v4, v3 and Multilingual v2 and $0.04 for Flash and Turbo. Creative plans run from a free 10k-credit tier through Starter ($6), Creator ($22) and Pro ($99) per month.
Bottom line: ElevenLabs direct for pay-as-you-go ElevenLabs-only usage; Lounge on a membership, or when you mix providers.
Choosing a voice
Audio Studio sends one text to several models and plays the results side by side, with each model's voices, formats and, on iOS, speed and delivery instructions. History is shared between web and iOS.
ElevenLabs' voice library is the largest around, and you can clone or design voices. You only hear ElevenLabs models, though.
Bottom line: Lounge to pick a provider; ElevenLabs once you know you want its voices.
Production features
Lounge is a studio for text to speech plus the LLM Gateway Speech API with the same models. It has no dubbing, music or cloning.
Dubbing Studio, Projects, music, sound effects, voice isolation and conversational agents. For audio production work it's the deeper tool.
Bottom line: ElevenLabs for audio production; Lounge for TTS selection and mixed workloads.
Choose ElevenLabs if
- You need voice cloning or voice design
- You dub videos or produce audiobooks in Projects
- You want music, sound effects and voice isolation in one place
- You only use ElevenLabs models and pay as you go
Choose Lounge if
- You want to compare ElevenLabs against Qwen and other TTS models on one text
- You want speech on the same credits as chat, image and video
- You're on a membership and want ElevenLabs voices below their API list rate
- You'll ship through the LLM Gateway Speech API afterwards
Looking for an ElevenLabs alternative?
You might be here because:
- You want to hear other providers before committing to one
- A cheaper TTS model is good enough for part of your workload
- You already pay for chat and image tools separately
- You want one bill for every AI model you use
Switching is easy
Eleven v3, Multilingual v2, Flash v2.5 and Turbo v2.5 are all in Audio Studio, so you can keep the voices you know. Turn on comparison mode, add a Qwen model next to them and listen.
One subscription, up to 3× the credits
$18 in credits at provider rates
Most models
$47.50 in credits at provider rates
Every frontier model
$147 in credits at provider rates
Best value at volume
Credits reset each cycle. Pay-as-you-go top-ups never expire and act as a fallback. Every plan, Starter included, covers every image, video and audio model.
Lounge Audio Studio vs ElevenLabs FAQ
Can I use ElevenLabs voices in Lounge?
Yes. Eleven v3, Multilingual v2, Flash v2.5 and Turbo v2.5 are in Audio Studio with their own voice rosters.
Is Lounge cheaper than ElevenLabs?
Not pay as you go: ElevenLabs' API is $0.08 per 1K characters for v3, Lounge is $0.11. On a $19 Plus membership the same 1K characters cost about $0.044 of what you paid.
Does Lounge support voice cloning?
No. Lounge uses each model's built-in voices. ElevenLabs is the better choice for cloning and voice design.
Every voice model. One place to compare.
ElevenLabs, Qwen and more text-to-speech models side by side, with the same credits you use for chat, images and video.