# ElevenLabs — card for AI agents

Text-to-speech and voice cloning API in many languages, with an official MCP server.

Category: Voiceover (text-to-speech) · maker ElevenLabs · checked 2026-10-10

## Price
- Price: Free tier
- Free tier: 10,000 chars/month (v3/v2 Multilingual) or 20,000 (Flash/Turbo); non-commercial only.
- Paid from $6/month
- Usage price: $0.08/1K chars (v3, v2 Multilingual); $0.04/1K (Flash/Turbo). Creator $22 = 275K chars; Pro $99 = 1.238M.
- Pricing page: https://elevenlabs.io/pricing/api

## License
ElevenLabs Terms of Use — https://elevenlabs.io/terms-of-use

- commercial: **conditions** (Commercial use with conditions)
  > you may only use the Services for non-commercial purposes
  (https://elevenlabs.io/terms-of-use)
- in app: **conditions** (Ship inside your app with conditions)
- youtube: **conditions** (Monetized YouTube with conditions)
- ai training: **banned**
  > Using our Services or Output to develop, train, fine-tune, or improve any AI model or service
  (https://elevenlabs.io/use-policy)
- bots: **banned**
  > Using bots, scraping, or automated tools to extract data from our Services, except as permitted by our robots.txt
  (https://elevenlabs.io/use-policy)

## Rules to follow
- Use a paid plan for commercial use; Free users may only use the service non-commercially.
- Clone a living person's voice only with their explicit, informed consent.
- Do not use voice recordings of anyone under 18.

## How an agent gets files
- REST text-to-speech API, see the API reference at https://elevenlabs.io/docs/api-reference/text-to-speech/convert (quickstart: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-api/quickstart). (sign-in: api-key)
- Formats: mp3, pcm, ulaw, alaw, opus
- Not allowed: Free plan: non-commercial use only; commercial rights need a paid plan.
- Not allowed: Do not use Services or Output to train or improve any AI model.
- Not allowed: Do not scrape or use bots to extract data from the Services.
- Not allowed: The voice library is not available through the API on the free tier.

## How to connect
- Official MCP server
- API docs: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/capabilities/text-to-speech (API key needed)
- npm: `npm install @elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js`
- PyPI: `pip install elevenlabs`
- Repository: https://github.com/elevenlabs/elevenlabs-mcp
- Website: https://elevenlabs.io

## Notes
ToS: you retain all rights in your Output. Professional Voice Clones need Creator or above. MCP server on PyPI as elevenlabs-mcp.

## Numbers (AgentGid data)
- Used in 7 public projects set up for AI coding agents

## Lines to paste into your prompt or AGENTS.md

```
- ElevenLabs (Voiceover (text-to-speech)). Text-to-speech and voice cloning API in many languages, with an official MCP server. Price: free tier; commercial use with conditions; ship inside your app with conditions; no AI training on its content; no bots or bulk downloading.
  Connect: API docs https://elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/capabilities/text-to-speech (API key needed); npm @elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js; PyPI elevenlabs.
  Get files: REST text-to-speech API, see the API reference at https://elevenlabs.io/docs/api-reference/text-to-speech/convert (quickstart: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-api/quickstart) (mp3, pcm, ulaw, alaw, opus).
  Not allowed: Free plan: non-commercial use only; commercial rights need a paid plan.
  Not allowed: Do not use Services or Output to train or improve any AI model.
  Not allowed: Do not scrape or use bots to extract data from the Services.
  Not allowed: The voice library is not available through the API on the free tier.
  Rule: Use a paid plan for commercial use; Free users may only use the service non-commercially.
  Rule: Clone a living person's voice only with their explicit, informed consent.
  Rule: Do not use voice recordings of anyone under 18.
  License: https://elevenlabs.io/terms-of-use (checked 2026-10-10; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/elevenlabs/)
```

Not verified: No v4 rate on the pricing page; default voices expire 2026-12-31; the voice library is not available via API on the free tier; no attribution clause found.

## Links
- AgentGid page: https://agentgid.com/assets/elevenlabs/
- Is it free for commercial use? https://agentgid.com/assets/elevenlabs/commercial-use/
- Source: https://elevenlabs.io/pricing/api
- Source: https://elevenlabs.io/terms-of-use
- Source: https://elevenlabs.io/use-policy
- Source: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/capabilities/voices
- Source: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/models
- Source: https://github.com/elevenlabs/elevenlabs-mcp

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