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ElevenLabs alternatives

Match · Updated July 2026

ElevenLabs leads mindshare in AI voice, but the speech arena ranks plenty of strong text-to-speech alternatives — several at a fraction of the price. The top alternative to ElevenLabs is Gemini 3.1 Flash Tts, rated 1215 Elo (#3 of 91) in the Speech Arena, followed by xAI Text to Speech (1108 Elo).

  1. 1
    Gemini 3.1 Flash Tts
    fal-ai/gemini-3.1-flash-ttscommercial
    1215
    Elo
  2. 2
    xAI Text to Speech
    xai/tts/v1commercial
    1108
    Elo
  3. 3
    Chatterbox
    fal-ai/chatterbox/text-to-speechcommercial
    1013
    Elo
  4. 4
    Qwen 3 TTS - Text to Speech [1.7B]
    fal-ai/qwen-3-tts/text-to-speech/1.7bcommercial
    917
    Elo

Frequently asked

What is the best alternative to ElevenLabs?

Gemini 3.1 Flash Tts is the highest-ranked text to speech alternative, with 1215 Elo (#3 of 91) in the Speech Arena from blind human-preference votes. The full ranking below lists 4 alternatives.

Is there an API alternative to ElevenLabs?

Yes — every model on this page runs as a hosted API endpoint, so you can generate programmatically without ElevenLabs's app. Gemini 3.1 Flash Tts is the top-ranked option.

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