{"slug":"elevenlabs","name":"ElevenLabs","domain":"elevenlabs.io","verdict":"As of 2026-07-13, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok collectively rank ElevenLabs first for ai voice cloning api (one of 6 leaderboards it appears on). Source: https://modelsagree.com/product/elevenlabs (modelsagree.com, CC BY 4.0).","best_rank":1,"categories":6,"brief":{"category":"best-ai-dubbing-api","title":"Best AI dubbing API","rank":1,"of":7,"top":null,"day":"2026-07-16","why":[{"t":"Voice realism and emotional fidelity","m":["Claude","Gemini","ChatGPT","Grok"],"q":"Benchmark voice realism/expression/emotion"},{"t":"Preserves speaker identity and timing","m":["Claude","Gemini","ChatGPT","Grok"],"q":"retaining the original vocal tone, pitch, and timing"},{"t":"Preserves background music and effects","m":["Gemini","ChatGPT"],"q":"advanced background audio separation to preserve the original music/SFX"},{"t":"Strong API and developer ecosystem","m":["Claude","Gemini","ChatGPT","Grok"],"q":"the deepest developer ecosystem and docs in the space"}],"gap":[],"fix":[{"t":"High pricing at volume","m":["Claude","Grok"],"q":"High per-minute cost at scale"},{"t":"Limited native lip-sync","m":["ChatGPT","Grok"],"q":"limited native lip-sync"},{"t":"API and editing limitations","m":["ChatGPT","Gemini"],"q":"lacks a developer-accessible API for granular post-edit corrections"}]},"entries":[{"slug":"best-ai-voice-cloning-api","title":"Best AI voice cloning API","rank":1,"of":9,"score":20,"appearances":4,"modelRanks":{"ChatGPT":1,"Claude":1,"Gemini":1,"Grok":1},"reason":"Best overall balance of clone fidelity, expressiveness, multilingual output, production tooling, and API maturity; instant and higher-fidelity professional cloning cover both prototypes and polished long-form work.","reasons":[{"model":"ChatGPT","reason":"Best overall balance of clone fidelity, expressiveness, multilingual output, production tooling, and API maturity; instant and higher-fidelity professional cloning cover both prototypes and polished long-form work."},{"model":"Claude","reason":"Still the quality benchmark — Professional Voice Cloning is the most faithful commercial clone available, Instant Voice Cloning works from ~1 minute of audio, v3 adds directable emotion, and it covers 70+ languages with mature SDKs, dubbing, and agent tooling; assumed the typical practitioner weights clone fidelity and API maturity over unit cost"},{"model":"Gemini","reason":"Sets the industry standard for voice cloning fidelity and emotional prosody, offering Professional Voice Cloning (PVC) that captures subtle speaker nuances and breathing patterns better than any competitor under the assumption that raw quality is the highest priority."},{"model":"Grok","reason":"unmatched voice realism, emotional expressiveness, professional/instant cloning, vast multilingual support (70+ languages), mature API with streaming and strong developer tools"}],"fixes":[{"model":"ChatGPT","fix":"Premium-quality generation and professional cloning cost materially more than value-focused rivals."},{"model":"Claude","fix":"Expensive at scale — per-character pricing and concurrency limits make high-volume or always-on realtime workloads cost multiples of newer rivals"},{"model":"Gemini","fix":"Premium pricing and relatively higher time-to-first-audio make it poorly suited for budget-constrained operations or ultra-low latency real-time voice agents."},{"model":"Grok","fix":"lower per-character pricing for high-volume enterprise use"}],"updated":"2026-07-13","rank_history":{"days":["2026-07-11","2026-07-12","2026-07-13"],"ranks":[1,1,1]},"reasoning_shift":[{"model":"Claude","from":"2026-07-12","to":"2026-07-13","added":[{"t":"Works from one minute audio","q":"Instant Voice Cloning works from ~1 minute of audio"},{"t":"Directable emotion","q":"v3 adds directable emotion"},{"t":"Concurrency limits raise costs","q":"concurrency limits make high-volume or always-on realtime workloads cost multiples of newer rivals"}],"dropped":[{"t":"Low-latency Flash models","q":"low-latency Flash models for real-time agents"},{"t":"Huge ecosystem adoption","q":"huge ecosystem adoption"}]}],"api":"https://modelsagree.com/api/v1/best/best-ai-voice-cloning-api.json"},{"slug":"best-ai-dubbing-api","title":"Best AI dubbing API","rank":1,"of":7,"score":18,"appearances":4,"modelRanks":{"ChatGPT":2,"Claude":1,"Gemini":1,"Grok":2},"reason":"Best-in-class dubbing API with cross-language voice cloning that preserves the original speaker's timbre and emotion across 29+ languages, automatic speaker diarization, timing/segment control via Dubbing Studio, and the deepest developer ecosystem and docs in the space","reasons":[{"model":"Claude","reason":"Best-in-class dubbing API with cross-language voice cloning that preserves the original speaker's timbre and emotion across 29+ languages, automatic speaker diarization, timing/segment control via Dubbing Studio, and the deepest developer ecosystem and docs in the space"},{"model":"Gemini","reason":"Nearly tied with CAMB.AI for the top spot, it offers superior out-of-the-box emotional prosody and voice cloning fidelity. Its Dubbing v2 model translates audio/video across 90+ languages by conditioning directly on original performance acoustics, retaining the original vocal tone, pitch, and timing without relying on transcript-only translation. It also offers advanced background audio separation to preserve the original music/SFX, alongside developer-friendly SDKs."},{"model":"ChatGPT","reason":"Best audio-first choice for natural voices, speaker identity, emotion, timing, source separation, and background-track preservation; a near-tie with CAMB.AI, ranked higher because its voice quality and developer experience are more consistently proven."},{"model":"Grok","reason":"Benchmark voice realism/expression/emotion (especially English/Western), excellent cloning and dubbing studio preserving timing/tone/speakers, solid API + multilingual support (29-90+ languages); widely validated in real workflows for quality."}],"fixes":[{"model":"ChatGPT","fix":"The API still trails the newest ElevenLabs studio experience—Dubbing v2 API availability is immature—and it lacks native visual lip-sync."},{"model":"Claude","fix":"High per-minute cost at scale — enterprise-volume pricing would remove the main reason teams route around it"},{"model":"Gemini","fix":"High-concurrency rate limits are restrictive, and the automated system lacks a developer-accessible API for granular post-edit corrections (their Dubbing Studio interface is limited to a 45-minute length limit)."},{"model":"Grok","fix":"Steeper pricing at volume/multiple languages, weaker non-English consistency, audio-focused (manual video reassembly, limited native lip-sync)."}],"updated":"2026-07-13","rank_history":{"days":["2026-07-12","2026-07-13"],"ranks":[1,2]},"api":"https://modelsagree.com/api/v1/best/best-ai-dubbing-api.json"},{"slug":"best-text-to-speech-api-for-voice-agents","title":"Best text-to-speech API for voice agents","rank":2,"of":9,"score":16,"appearances":4,"modelRanks":{"ChatGPT":2,"Claude":2,"Gemini":2,"Grok":2},"reason":"Near-tie for first, with excellent naturalness, mature voice cloning, a huge voice library, 32 languages, pronunciation dictionaries, telephony-ready formats, and strong WebSocket streaming; best when voice identity and polish outweigh the last milliseconds.","reasons":[{"model":"ChatGPT","reason":"Near-tie for first, with excellent naturalness, mature voice cloning, a huge voice library, 32 languages, pronunciation dictionaries, telephony-ready formats, and strong WebSocket streaming; best when voice identity and polish outweigh the last milliseconds."},{"model":"Claude","reason":"Still the quality ceiling — Flash v2.5 gets model latency to ~75ms while keeping the most natural voices, the largest voice/cloning library, 30+ languages, and a mature ecosystem (agents platform, SDKs everywhere); the safe default when callers must not sound robotic."},{"model":"Gemini","reason":"It offers unmatched prosody, realism, and emotional nuance, alongside the industry's most extensive voice library, while its Flash models bring latency down to competitive levels (sub-150ms) for high-end conversational agents."},{"model":"Grok","reason":"Best-in-class naturalness, prosody, and emotion (with audio tags) paired with competitive ~75ms latency in the Flash model; robust instant cloning and 30+ language support make it the go-to for engaging, production-grade voice agents."}],"fixes":[{"model":"ChatGPT","fix":"Real-world latency varies materially by region and plan, while useful concurrency and regional infrastructure can require expensive enterprise access."},{"model":"Claude","fix":"Materially the most expensive option at scale, with concurrency caps on lower tiers that bite exactly when a call-center-style agent workload spikes."},{"model":"Gemini","fix":"Its pricing is significantly higher than competitors on a per-character basis, making it cost-prohibitive for high-volume enterprise telephony or low-margin applications."},{"model":"Grok","fix":"Tighten P95/P99 tail latencies under heavy concurrent agent load for more predictable real-time performance."}],"updated":"2026-07-15","rank_history":{"days":["2026-06-29","2026-06-30","2026-07-08","2026-07-09","2026-07-10","2026-07-12","2026-07-13","2026-07-14","2026-07-15"],"ranks":[1,1,3,1,2,1,1,2,2]},"reasoning_shift":[{"model":"Claude","from":"2026-07-13","to":"2026-07-14","added":[{"t":"30+ languages","q":"30+ languages"},{"t":"SDKs everywhere","q":"SDKs everywhere"},{"t":"Concurrency caps during workload spikes","q":"concurrency caps on lower tiers that bite exactly when a call-center-style agent workload spikes"}],"dropped":[{"t":"Cartesia wins latency and price","q":"Cartesia on raw latency/price"},{"t":"Per-character billing punishes long sessions","q":"per-character billing punishes high-volume, long-session agents"},{"t":"Overkill for few cheap voices","q":"overkill if you only need a few functional voices cheaply"}]}],"api":"https://modelsagree.com/api/v1/best/best-text-to-speech-api-for-voice-agents.json"},{"slug":"best-transcription-apis-for-real-time-voice-applications","title":"Best transcription APIs for real-time voice applications","rank":3,"of":8,"score":9,"appearances":3,"modelRanks":{"ChatGPT":3,"Gemini":2,"Grok":4},"reason":"Near-tie with Deepgram on speed, achieving latency as low as 150ms using predictive transcription models, combined with highly aggressive pricing at 0.39 dollars per audio hour.","reasons":[{"model":"Gemini","reason":"Near-tie with Deepgram on speed, achieving latency as low as 150ms using predictive transcription models, combined with highly aggressive pricing at 0.39 dollars per audio hour."},{"model":"ChatGPT","reason":"The strongest default when multilingual reach matters: approximately 150ms partial latency, automatic language recognition across 90-plus languages, word timestamps, VAD, manual commit control, and native support for telephony audio."},{"model":"Grok","reason":"Very low latency (sub-150ms), solid multilingual accuracy (90+ languages), predictive streaming features beneficial for real-time voice; competitive in end-to-end stacks and improving rapidly for conversational use."}],"fixes":[{"model":"ChatGPT","fix":"Turn-taking controls are less conversation-native than Flux’s, and plan-based concurrency and pricing can become awkward at production scale."},{"model":"Grok","fix":"Newer entrant with less proven long-term production depth/entity handling at massive scale versus established leaders; best as part of ElevenLabs ecosystem."}],"updated":"2026-07-18","api":"https://modelsagree.com/api/v1/best/best-transcription-apis-for-real-time-voice-applications.json"},{"slug":"best-ai-transcription-api","title":"Best AI transcription API","rank":3,"of":8,"score":8,"appearances":3,"modelRanks":{"ChatGPT":2,"Claude":4,"Grok":4},"reason":"Scribe v2 is a near-tie for first, offering excellent multilingual batch accuracy, 90+ languages, code-switching, word timestamps, diarization, audio-event tags, and unusually strong value at about $0.22/hour; Scribe v2 Realtime adds roughly 150 ms streaming.","reasons":[{"model":"ChatGPT","reason":"Scribe v2 is a near-tie for first, offering excellent multilingual batch accuracy, 90+ languages, code-switching, word timestamps, diarization, audio-event tags, and unusually strong value at about $0.22/hour; Scribe v2 Realtime adds roughly 150 ms streaming."},{"model":"Claude","reason":"Scribe posted top word-error rates on multilingual benchmarks (FLEURS, Common Voice) at launch and pairs them with word-level timestamps, diarization, and audio-event tagging, with Scribe v2 Realtime adding low-latency streaming — a genuine accuracy leader, not a marketing claim."},{"model":"Grok","reason":"Superior multilingual accuracy and code-switching, fast transcription with keyterm prompting, strong for conversational workflows and TTS/STT integration."}],"fixes":[{"model":"ChatGPT","fix":"Realtime lacks speaker diarization and dual-channel transcription, making it a poor fit for live multi-speaker calls requiring reliable attribution."},{"model":"Claude","fix":"The youngest API surface on this list — thinner ecosystem, less proven at high-volume production scale, and pricing sits above the commodity STT tier, so it's not for cost-sensitive bulk transcription."},{"model":"Grok","fix":"Expand real-time streaming maturity and add more advanced audio intelligence features like diarization depth"}],"updated":"2026-07-13","rank_history":{"days":["2026-07-11","2026-07-12","2026-07-13"],"ranks":[3,4,3]},"api":"https://modelsagree.com/api/v1/best/best-ai-transcription-api.json"},{"slug":"best-speech-to-text-api","title":"Best speech-to-text API","rank":4,"of":8,"score":5,"appearances":2,"modelRanks":{"Claude":4,"Grok":3},"reason":"Excellent multilingual accuracy across 90+ languages with low latency realtime, seamless integration for full voice pipelines (with their TTS), strong on code-switching and production audio","reasons":[{"model":"Grok","reason":"Excellent multilingual accuracy across 90+ languages with low latency realtime, seamless integration for full voice pipelines (with their TTS), strong on code-switching and production audio"},{"model":"Claude","reason":"launched 2025 straight to the top of multilingual WER benchmarks (FLEURS, Common Voice), with word-level timestamps, diarization, and audio-event tagging across ~99 languages — the accuracy leader for batch transcription of hard, multilingual audio."}],"fixes":[{"model":"Claude","fix":"batch-first product — its real-time offering is newer and less proven, and per-minute pricing runs higher than Deepgram at volume, so it's not the pick for cost-sensitive streaming."},{"model":"Grok","fix":"Improve cost-efficiency for high-volume usage and expand on-prem/self-hosted deployment options"}],"updated":"2026-07-15","rank_history":{"days":["2026-06-29","2026-06-30","2026-07-08","2026-07-09","2026-07-10","2026-07-12","2026-07-13","2026-07-14","2026-07-15"],"ranks":[6,null,null,null,null,6,9,5,4]},"api":"https://modelsagree.com/api/v1/best/best-speech-to-text-api.json"}],"page":"https://modelsagree.com/product/elevenlabs","check":"https://modelsagree.com/check?q=ElevenLabs","updated":"2026-08-10T18:18:45.051Z","attribution":"modelsagree.com, CC BY 4.0"}