texttovoice.site vs. ElevenLabs: Is the Free Tier Actually Free?
Last checked: July 31, 2026 — pricing pages change without notice; verify current figures on each provider's site before relying on them.
The short answer: HixCodeTTSv1's free tier has no expiry and no commercial-use restriction, and its paid tiers are one-time character packs starting at $7 that never expire. ElevenLabs' free tier gives 10,000 credits a month but excludes commercial use, and its paid plans are a recurring monthly subscription from $5/month up to $990/month for high-volume API use.
Pricing model
This is the core difference between the two products. HixCodeTTSv1 sells character packs — pay once, use the balance whenever, no expiry, no auto-renewal. ElevenLabs, like most TTS platforms, runs entirely on recurring monthly subscriptions; there's no one-time-purchase option at any tier.
Free tier
ElevenLabs' free plan includes 10,000 credits per month but explicitly excludes commercial use — you can test the product, not ship a project with it. HixCodeTTSv1's free tier gives every account 5 requests per day, with no credit card required to sign up and no commercial-use restriction stated on the free tier.
Paid tiers
| HixCodeTTSv1 | ElevenLabs | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One-time character packs | Recurring monthly subscription |
| Entry paid price | $7 one-time (1,000,000 characters) | $5/month, recurring |
| Highest tier | $18 one-time (3,000,000 characters) | Up to $990/month, recurring |
| Expiry | Never expires | Resets monthly with subscription |
| Voice cloning | Bundled with any character pack | Included, gated by plan tier |
| Voice count | 218 combinations (American/British) | Large multilingual library |
Which one to pick
ElevenLabs' strength is language coverage and its API ecosystem — a better fit if you need many languages or are building a product around its API at sustained volume. If your use case is English (American or British) narration, used occasionally rather than constantly, a one-time character pack tends to cost less over a year than a monthly subscription, since there's nothing to cancel or forget about.