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)
ElevenLabs vs Udio
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Our ranking
In Music & SFX, ElevenLabs ranks #2 and Udio ranks #9. Eleven Music v2.5 is #7 of 13 on Artificial Analysis's vocal music leaderboard and mid-table on the instrumental one. It ranks above Stable Audio only because Stable Audio isn't on the vocal board; on instrumentals the two are effectively tied. AA vocal music leaderboard AA instrumental leaderboard
Udio
Music & SFX · Free tier + paid- Commercial use
- Not allowed
- Free plan
- Free plan10 credits/day, 100/month
- Ship free-plan output?
- No, on any plan
- Engines
- Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Bottom line for game devs
- Commercial use: ElevenLabs: commercial on paid plans only terms. Udio: not allowed terms.
- Free plan: ElevenLabs: free plan (10,000 credits; non-commercial only) pricing. Udio: free plan (10 credits/day, 100/month) pricing.
- Shipping free-plan output in a paid game: neither allows it, per their published terms.
- API and MCP: ElevenLabs: public API, official MCP server. Udio: no public API, no MCP server found.
- Engine integrations stated by the vendor: both: none stated (standard file export).
Best for
NPC voice lines and SFX on a paid plan
Personal music experiments only (not for commercial games)
What it does
Text-to-speech, voices, sound effects and music generation; usable for NPC voice lines and SFX.
AI music generation and remixing app.
Verdict
For NPC voice lines and SFX; free-plan output is non-commercial, so a paid plan is required to ship.
For personal music experiments only; its current terms prohibit commercial use of output, so it isn't suitable for shipped games.
Tasks●
Voice & dialogue, Music & SFX
Music & SFX
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 10 credits/day, 100/month
Pricing
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
Free US$0 (10 credits/day, 100/month). Standard US$10/month (US$8 billed annually). Pro US$30/month (US$24 billed annually). source
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
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
Not allowed
Current Terms of Service list exploiting the Services or any Output for any commercial purpose among prohibited uses. Not suitable for shipping in commercial games under these terms. source
Current Terms of Service list exploiting the Services or any Output for any commercial purpose among prohibited uses. Not suitable for shipping in commercial games under these terms. source
Revenue share / caps
Not stated by vendor
Not stated by vendor
MCP server●
Official MCP server. Hosted MCP server (OAuth) source
None found. No official MCP server found
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.