Convai
NPC & AI characters · Free tier + paid- Commercial use
- Commercial use allowed
- Free plan
- Free plan100 interactions quota
- Ship free-plan output?
- Yes
- Engines
- Unity, Unreal, Roblox
Convai vs ElevenLabs
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Our ranking
In Voice & dialogue, ElevenLabs ranks #1 and Convai ranks #3. 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: Convai: commercial use allowed terms. ElevenLabs: commercial on paid plans only terms.
- Free plan: Convai: free plan (100 interactions quota) pricing. ElevenLabs: free plan (10,000 credits; non-commercial only) pricing.
- Shipping free-plan output in a paid game: only Convai allows it, per their published terms.
- API and MCP: Convai: public API, connects to MCP servers. ElevenLabs: public API, official MCP server.
- Engine integrations stated by the vendor: Convai: Unity, Unreal, Roblox. ElevenLabs: none stated (standard file export).
Best for
Prototyping conversational NPCs
NPC voice lines and SFX on a paid plan
What it does
Conversational AI characters for games and virtual worlds: NPCs with voice, knowledge and actions.
Text-to-speech, voices, sound effects and music generation; usable for NPC voice lines and SFX.
Verdict
For conversational NPCs with a free tier to prototype on; its terms give you ownership of AI-generated content.
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, Roblox
Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Free plan
Free plan 100 interactions quota
Free plan 10,000 credits; non-commercial only
Pricing
Free $0/month (100 interactions quota). Paid tiers listed at $29, $99, $499 and $1,199 per month (lower discounted figures also shown). 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 of Service: you have ownership over your Customer Content and AI Generated Content. source
Terms of Service: you have ownership over your Customer Content and AI Generated Content. 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
MCP server●
Connects to MCP servers. Characters can call external MCP servers source
Official MCP server. Hosted MCP server (OAuth) source
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.