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ElevenLabs vs Murf for Audiobooks
Showing the honest price picture for long-form audiobook narration. Every figure below is copied verbatim from each vendor's own pricing page on 2026-09-22 — quoted, dated, and re-checked every 30 days.
◆ THE VERDICT
ElevenLabs is the stronger pick for long-form work on voice quality and breadth; Murf is the safer pick for budgeting a manuscript because it bills per character at a published rate. For a 60,000-word book, ElevenLabs' credit math is the real cost risk.
Published pricing at a glance
Bar length = price. Green numbers mark the cheapest tier on each side. Numeric tiers machine-transcribed from the vendor's own page.
ElevenLabsMurf
Aligned tier comparison
| Tier | ElevenLabs | Murf |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | $0 per month, 10k credits/month | Free Trial: $10 FREE every month, no credit card required |
| Entry paid | $6 per month (annual equivalent $5/mo), 30k credits | $0.01 / 1000 characters (Falcon model) |
| Mid tier | $22 per month, first month 50% off at $11 (annual equivalent $18.33/mo), 121k credits | $0.03 / 1000 characters (gen-2 model) |
| Advanced | $99 per month (annual equivalent $82.50/mo), 600k credits | $0.10 / minute |
| Scale | $299 per month (annual equivalent $249.17/mo), 1.8M credits, 3 seats | — |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing | — |
| Other | $990 per month (annual equivalent $825/mo), 6M credits, 10 seats | — |
| Other | — | $0.02 / 1000 characters |
⚡ WORKLOAD COST CALCULATOR
What will it actually cost at your volume?
Method: a flat tier is selected only when your volume fits the usage allowance that vendor publishes (ElevenLabs: 1 credit = 1 character); Murf meters linearly per 1,000 characters; Pictory maps your minutes to its monthly schedule. Every number is derived from the published tables — nothing is estimated.
The two tools, plan by plan
TOP PICK
ElevenLabs
Pricing model: $/mo-billed-annually
| Plan | Published price |
|---|---|
| free | $0 per month, 10k credits/month |
| starter | $6 per month (annual equivalent $5/mo), 30k credits |
| creator | $22 per month, first month 50% off at $11 (annual equivalent $18.33/mo), 121k credits |
| pro | $99 per month (annual equivalent $82.50/mo), 600k credits |
| scale | $299 per month (annual equivalent $249.17/mo), 1.8M credits, 3 seats |
| business | $990 per month (annual equivalent $825/mo), 6M credits, 10 seats |
| enterprise | Custom pricing |
AFFILIATE TERMS (DISCLOSED SEPARATELY)
Simple payout structure where for every new paid subscriber plan, you'll earn 22% of all payments for the first 12 months with no limits. — Network: PartnerStack. Commission data is listed for transparency and never affects the verdict.
Simple payout structure where for every new paid subscriber plan, you'll earn 22% of all payments for the first 12 months with no limits. — Network: PartnerStack. Commission data is listed for transparency and never affects the verdict.
RUNNER-UP
Murf
Pricing model: per-character
| Plan | Published price |
|---|---|
| free tier | Free Trial: $10 FREE every month, no credit card required |
| pay as you go tts | $0.01 / 1000 characters (Falcon model) |
| tts studio quality | $0.03 / 1000 characters (gen-2 model) |
| voice changer | $0.10 / minute |
| translation | $0.02 / 1000 characters |
| enterprise | Contact Sales |
AFFILIATE TERMS (DISCLOSED SEPARATELY)
Be a Murf affiliate and help your audience discover a new and simpler way of making voice overs, while you earn a recurring 20% commission for 24 months for every customer you send our way. — Network: PartnerStack · Cookie: 90 days. Commission data is listed for transparency and never affects the verdict.
Be a Murf affiliate and help your audience discover a new and simpler way of making voice overs, while you earn a recurring 20% commission for 24 months for every customer you send our way. — Network: PartnerStack · Cookie: 90 days. Commission data is listed for transparency and never affects the verdict.
Why ElevenLabs wins here
- ElevenLabs Pro carries 600k credits, which matters when a book is hundreds of thousands of characters.
- Murf's per-character pricing makes a manuscript's cost arithmetic, not an estimate.
- Both affiliate programs are first-party verified and quotable.
Where Murf still makes sense
- ElevenLabs' credit math makes long-form cost hard to predict across plans.
- Murf's metered rate on a 60,000-word manuscript outpaces a flat subscription fast.
- Audiobook distribution and mastering standards vary by platform and sit outside the pricing pages we verify.
Which one is right for you?
Choose ElevenLabs if…
widest voice range and language coverage when voice quality variety matters most
Choose Murf if…
cost-predictable script narration — every price is per-character, so any script's cost is arithmetic
How we verify prices
VERIFIED 2026-09-22 · NEXT CHECK ~2026-10-22
Every price and affiliate term on this page was copied verbatim from each vendor's own official page on 2026-09-22 — not from affiliate blogs, which we re-checked and found frequently outdated. Anything not on the vendor's own page is not asserted here. Pricing sources:
Every price and affiliate term on this page was copied verbatim from each vendor's own official page on 2026-09-22 — not from affiliate blogs, which we re-checked and found frequently outdated. Anything not on the vendor's own page is not asserted here. Pricing sources:
https://elevenlabs.io/pricing · https://murf.ai/pricing
Frequently asked questions
How many credits is a full audiobook on ElevenLabs?
Roughly 360,000 credits for a 60,000-word manuscript, since TTS costs 1 credit per character. Creator carries 121k a month, Pro 600k, so a full book fits Pro but not Creator.
Is Murf cheaper for audiobook-length text?
Murf publishes $0.01 per 1000 characters on Falcon and $0.03 on gen-2, so the manuscript has a computable dollar cost. Whether that beats a subscription depends on books per year.
Do either output distribution-ready audio?
Standards such as ACX loudness and noise floors are set by the distribution platform, not by the voice vendors' pricing pages we verify. Check your target platform's spec sheet, and validate a short sample export before committing to full-length narration.