A compatible API
Text to speech (and its stream), speech to text, forced alignment and sound generation accept ElevenLabs' request formats. Switching means changing the base URL and the key. See the endpoints.
Compare · September 2026
Cinara and ElevenLabs, side by side.
Where Cinara stands, using only figures we can source, each with its basis. Checked 15 September 2026. Both products change often, so check the latest before you decide.
More credits for the same price
Monthly credits at each plan price. Cinara's paid plans launch soon; the prices below are the ones they launch with.
| Plan | Price a month | Cinara credits | ElevenLabs credits | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $6 | 36,000 | 30,000 | 20% more |
| Creator | $22 | 140,000 | 121,000 | 16% more |
| Pro | $99 | 700,000 | 600,000 | 17% more |
| Scale | $299 | 2,100,000 | 1,800,000 | 17% more |
Basis: Cinara plan prices set by Cinara on 15 September 2026. ElevenLabs Starter, Creator, Pro and Scale credits from elevenlabs.io/pricing, checked 15 September 2026. Cinara Starter works out at 6,000 credits per dollar.
Credits per feature
A credit rate is only a price once you know what a credit costs. At every plan price above, a Cinara credit costs less, so an equal rate still means a lower price.
| Feature | Cinara | ElevenLabs | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Text to speech | 1 credit per character (Speech HD: 2) | 1 credit per character (standard rate) | Cinara rate card; ElevenLabs' standard text-to-speech rate as recorded in our pricing notes |
| Voice changer | 300 credits per minute | 1,000 credits per minute | Cinara rate card; ElevenLabs' published credit cost, recorded 14–15 Sept 2026 |
| Voice isolation (noise removal) | 1,000 credits per minute | 1,000 credits per minute | Cinara rate card; ElevenLabs' published credit cost, recorded 14–15 Sept 2026 |
| Sound effects | 20 credits per second | 40 credits per second | Cinara rate card; ElevenLabs' published credit cost, recorded 15 Sept 2026 |
How Cinara is different
Consent-first voice cloning
Before Cinara clones a voice, the speaker reads a one-time statement with four code words, and Cinara checks that it was heard and that only one person is speaking. How consent works.
Built with Hindi in mind
Speech in 37 languages including Hindi, with voice names for India. Transcribe in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi and Urdu, and dub into Hindi.
Dubbing without cloning
Cinara gives each speaker in a dub a matched voice rather than a copy of their own, because it doesn't clone anyone without recorded consent. In our September 2026 test, ElevenLabs' dubbing recreated each original speaker's voice.
Where ElevenLabs offers more today
Things ElevenLabs has that Cinara doesn't yet, based on their product pages as read in September 2026.
- Conversational voice agents, for web and phone.
- An embeddable player that narrates web pages.
- Lip-sync in dubbing.
- Team workspaces with member roles, and Google sign-in.
- Live paid plans today. Cinara's paid plans launch soon.
- More compatible API endpoints, such as listing voices and music.
- Three voice-design previews per prompt. Cinara makes one per click.
How we compared
- Cinara figures come from Cinara's own rate card and plan prices on 15 September 2026.
- ElevenLabs plan credits were checked on elevenlabs.io/pricing on 15 September 2026. ElevenLabs feature credit rates are the published costs recorded in Cinara's product notes on 14–15 September 2026.
- We only list a number where we have a source for both sides. Anything else is described, not scored.
- ElevenLabs is a trademark of its owner. Cinara is not affiliated with ElevenLabs. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
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