Smallest AI vs ElevenLabs: Features, Pricing and User Reviews 2026

Smallest AI uses a pay as you go pricing model for its Agents and Models. New users start with $10 in free credits and only pay for what they use afterward.

Agent calls cost between $0.09 and $0.21 per minute depending on the model used, and text messages cost $0.005 each. Add-ons include Knowledge Base storage at $3 per GB per user, Knowledge Base queries at $2 per 1,000 queries, and PII removal at $0.01 per minute. Renting a phone number costs $10 per month.

For voice models, Lightning text to speech costs $0.175 per 10,000 characters, while Pulse speech to text starts around $0.003 per minute.

Larger teams can choose the Enterprise plan, which offers custom pricing, dedicated infrastructure, priority support, and compliance features, with agent calls priced as low as $0.05 per minute.

ElevenLabs offers a free plan and several paid tiers. The Free plan gives 10,000 credits a month with basic access to text to speech, sound effects, and more.

• Starter ($6/month): Adds commercial use, instant voice cloning, and dubbing.

• Creator ($22/month, often $11 for the first month): Adds professional voice cloning with far more credits.

• Pro ($99/month): Higher quality API audio output.

• Scale ($299/month): Adds team seats and collaboration.

• Business ($990/month): 10 seats plus low cost, low latency speech.

Enterprise pricing is custom and includes dedicated support, custom security, and higher usage limits. Paying yearly gives two months free on every paid plan.