Charisma.ai
NPC & AI characters · Pay as you go- Commercial use
- Commercial use allowed
- Free plan
- Paid onlyNo free plan; pay as you go
- Ship free-plan output?
- No free plan
- Engines
- Unity, Unreal
Charisma.ai vs ElevenLabs
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Our ranking
In Voice & dialogue, ElevenLabs ranks #1 and Charisma.ai ranks #4. Eleven v4 Turbo is #1 and Eleven v4 is #2 of 97 models on Artificial Analysis's blind-vote text-to-speech leaderboard. These are ElevenLabs' current models. AA text-to-speech leaderboard
ElevenLabs
Voice & dialogue · Free tier + paid- Commercial use
- Commercial on paid plans only
- Free plan
- Free plan10,000 credits; non-commercial only
- Ship free-plan output?
- No: paid plan needed
- Engines
- Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Bottom line for game devs
- Commercial use: Charisma.ai: commercial use allowed terms. ElevenLabs: commercial on paid plans only terms.
- Free plan: Charisma.ai: paid only (No free plan; pay as you go) pricing. ElevenLabs: free plan (10,000 credits; non-commercial only) pricing.
- Shipping free-plan output in a paid game: neither allows it, per their published terms.
- API and MCP: Charisma.ai: public API, MCP not stated by vendor. ElevenLabs: public API, official MCP server.
- Engine integrations stated by the vendor: Charisma.ai: Unity, Unreal. ElevenLabs: none stated (standard file export).
Best for
Story-driven AI character conversations
NPC voice lines and SFX on a paid plan
What it does
Platform for building interactive stories and AI character conversations, with script flow tools and AI voices, published to web, VR or game engines via SDKs.
Text-to-speech, voices, sound effects and music generation; usable for NPC voice lines and SFX.
Verdict
For story-driven AI character conversations on pay-as-you-go credits; its terms assign input and output rights to the customer.
For NPC voice lines and SFX; free-plan output is non-commercial, so a paid plan is required to ship.
Tasks●
NPC & AI characters, Voice & dialogue
Voice & dialogue, Music & SFX
Engines●
Unity, Unreal
Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Free plan●
Paid only No free plan; pay as you go
Free plan 10,000 credits; non-commercial only
Pricing
PRO: pay as you go, US$5 per 50,000 credits (approx. 200 experience minutes). Enterprise: custom. source
Free US$0 (10,000 credits). Starter US$6, Creator US$22 (US$11 first month), Pro US$99, Scale US$299, Business US$990 per month. Enterprise custom. source
Commercial use●
Commercial use allowed
Terms: the customer (story owner) is deemed owner of Input and Output and Charisma assigns those rights to the customer, subject to its terms. source
Terms: the customer (story owner) is deemed owner of Input and Output and Charisma assigns those rights to the customer, subject to its terms. source
Commercial on paid plans only
Terms: free-plan users may only use the Services for non-commercial purposes; paid-subscription users may use them commercially (subject to the Prohibited Use Policy). source
Terms: free-plan users may only use the Services for non-commercial purposes; paid-subscription users may use them commercially (subject to the Prohibited Use Policy). source
Revenue share / caps
Not stated by vendor
Not stated by vendor
Last checked
Rows marked ● differ between the two tools. Licence badges: green = commercial use allowed (including any free plan or trial), amber = paid plans only, restricted, or allowed but with no free plan, red = not allowed, grey = not stated by vendor or not applicable. Read the vendor's current terms before you ship.