Leap vs ElevenLabsAn ElevenLabs alternative, compared
Leap runs ElevenLabs' own models, Eleven v3, Eleven v4, Eleven Music, Sound Effects and Dubbing among them, in one studio with voices from MiniMax, Google, OpenAI and Microsoft and with the video models your voice-over goes on. You pay per character or per run in dollars, with no plan, and credit you pay for doesn't expire.
$2 of credit to start, no card needed.
Script
[whispers] Okay, she's coming up the stairs. Lights off. [pause] [shouts] Surprise! [laughs] No, no, the cake is not supposed to be on fire!
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Where they differ
On Leap, not on ElevenLabs
- Credit you pay for doesn't expire, with or without a plan.
- Commercial use from your first run, the free $2 included.
- Voices from other makers on the same balance: MiniMax Speech, Gemini TTS, MAI-Voice, OpenAI TTS and more, so you can read one script with several.
- One price per model in the studio, the API and the MCP server.
On ElevenLabs, not on Leap
- Voice cloning and Voice Design. Leap's voice models read only in their own preset voices.
- Lower prices for its own models on its API: Eleven v3 is $0.08 per 1,000 characters there, less than on Leap.
- Studio for long-form work, the ElevenReader app, and apps for iPhone and Android.
- ElevenAgents, a platform for building voice agents.
Heard on Leap
Real runs, as they came back, each with the words it was given and the model that made it.
A kitchen out of limesEleven v3, voice Liam 0 / 9 sUse this voiceScript
[excited] Table nine just ordered the entire left side of the menu! [shouting] Chef! We need more limes! [panting] All of the limes!
Documentary: seven miles downEleven v4, voice Lily 0 / 11 sUse this voiceScript
Seven miles below the surface, the pressure would fold a car like paper. And yet, down here, in total darkness, something is glowing.
A village at dawn, in SpanishEleven Multilingual v2, voice Matilda 0 / 8 sUse this voiceScript
En este pueblo, el panadero se levanta a las cuatro, el gallo a las cinco, y el alcalde, nunca antes del mediodía.
A nervous first podcastEleven v3, voice Charlotte 0 / 13 sUse this voiceScript
[nervous] Hi, um, welcome to my podcast. This is episode one. [clears throat] Today we're talking about moths. [whispers] They're in the room with me right now.
A game trailer's last lineEleven v4 Turbo, voice Callum 0 / 7 sUse this voiceScript
They burned the map. They salted the roads. They forgot one thing. I am the map.
A noir monologue, recast in Alice's voiceElevenLabs Voice Changer, voice Alice 0 / 8 sUse this voiceScript
She walked in at midnight, soaked to the bone, holding a goldfish in a plastic bag. Said it had seen everything. I believed her.
Mountain thunder, then rain on a tentEleven Sound Effects v2 0 / 15 sMake one like itPrompt
Thunder rolling across mountains, then a sudden heavy downpour on a tent
Afrobeats: out of the city, by the seaEleven Music v2.5 0 / 30 sMake one like itPrompt
Afrobeats song with warm male vocals, log drums, bright highlife guitar, shakers, about leaving the city for a weekend by the sea
An old sailor's ghost storyGemini 3.8 Flash TTS, voice Charon 0 / 14 sScript
We left the harbour with nine men aboard. We came back with nine men aboard. Trouble is... only eight of them were ours.
Use this voiceHow to say it
A gravelly old sailor telling a ghost story by a fire. Slow and low, with long pauses, and a dry smile on the last line.
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Make a voice-over
The same models, on pages where you can type your own words and pick one.
- AI voice generator
- Type a script and hear it read by Eleven v3, MiniMax Speech, Gemini and more, side by side.
- AI music generator
- Songs and instrumentals from a prompt, with Eleven Music, Lyria and MiniMax.
Questions
Questions people ask
- Is it the same ElevenLabs on Leap?
- Yes. Leap runs ElevenLabs' own models, Eleven v3, Eleven v4, Multilingual v2, Eleven Music, Sound Effects, Voice Changer, Dubbing and Scribe among them, and names each one on its page with its price.
- Can I clone my voice on Leap?
- No. Each model reads your words in its own preset voices. The ElevenLabs Voice Changer can say a recording of yours again in one of its voices. Leap's Acceptable Use Policy forbids making a voice that passes for a real person who hasn't agreed.
- Can I use the voice-overs commercially?
- Leap's Terms say that, as between you and Leap, you own the results the studio makes for you, to the extent the law allows, and they set no personal-use-only limit. On ElevenLabs, the free plan is for personal use with credit to ElevenLabs, and paid plans include a commercial license.
- Does credit expire on Leap?
- Credit you pay for doesn't expire while Leap is offered. On ElevenLabs, plan credits roll over for up to two months while you stay subscribed, and pay-as-you-go credits expire 12 months after purchase.
- Is Leap free to try?
- Yes. A new account starts with $2 of credit and needs no card; the table on this page shows how much speech that reads with each model. After that you add credit from $5 and pay by the character.
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