ElevenLabs vs Inworld AI
Facts from each vendor's published pages, checked 2026-10-17. No scores and no winner: pick based on what you need.
 ElevenLabs |  Inworld AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | NPC voice lines and SFX on a paid plan | Realtime TTS and LLM for voiced characters |
| What it does | Text-to-speech, voices, sound effects and music generation; usable for NPC voice lines and SFX. | Realtime text-to-speech and LLM inference platform that can power voiced, interactive characters. |
| Verdict | For NPC voice lines and SFX; free-plan output is non-commercial, so a paid plan is required to ship. | For realtime TTS and LLM-driven characters on pay-as-you-go pricing; its terms assign outputs to you. |
| Tasks | Voice & dialogue, Music & SFX | Voice & dialogue, NPC & AI characters |
| Engines | Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic) | Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic) |
| Free plan | Free plan: 10,000 credits; non-commercial only | Free plan: Free pay-as-you-go account |
| Pricing | Free $0 (10,000 credits). Starter $6, Creator $22 ($11 first month), Pro $99, Scale $299, Business $990 per month. Enterprise custom. source | Free pay-as-you-go ($25 per 1M chars TTS). Subscriptions $25, $100, $300 and $1,500 per month with included credits and lower rates. source |
| Export formats | MP3 (default), PCM and other API output formats source | unverified |
| Commercial use | 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 | Commercial use allowed Terms: subject to compliance, Inworld assigns to you all of its right, title and interest in Outputs. Pricing page also lists a commercial license. source |
| Revenue share / caps | unverified | unverified |
| API | Available. REST API source | Available. TTS, STT and LLM APIs source |
| MCP server | Official MCP server. Hosted MCP server (OAuth) source | Official MCP server. MCP server via the Inworld CLI source |
| Last checked | 2026-10-17 | 2026-10-17 |
"Unverified" means we couldn't confirm that detail on the vendor's own pages. Read the vendor's current terms before you ship.