ElevenLabs vs Minimax TTS
ElevenLabs and Minimax text-to-speech compared on voice count, price per character, controls, languages and cloning — both at 1 credit per character on DubVoice.ai.
Short answer
Default to ElevenLabs: the library is 34x larger and inline tags give finer control over long scripts, because the direction travels with the sentence it applies to. Switch to Minimax when you are working in Chinese or another Asian language, or when you specifically want to set pitch and volume as numbers rather than describe them in tags.
These are the two premium voice tiers and they cost effectively the same — 1 credit per character, with Minimax HD models carrying a 15% surcharge. So the choice is not about money; it is about what you need to control and which language you are working in.
ElevenLabs brings 15,112 voices and directs performance with inline tags written into the script. Minimax brings explicit pitch, volume and language-boost controls, and tends to be stronger in Chinese and other Asian languages.
Side by side
| ElevenLabs TTS | Minimax TTS | |
|---|---|---|
| Voice count | 15,112✓ | 441 in the picker, more in the live library |
| Price per 1,000 characters | 1,000 credits✓ | 1,000 credits (HD: 1,150) |
| Performance direction | Inline tags in the text | Pitch, volume, speed sliders |
| Language boost | No | Yes✓ |
| Voice cloning | Yes (~10s) | Yes |
| Chinese / Asian languages | Good | Excellent✓ |
| English expressiveness | Excellent✓ | Very good |
| SRT transcript output | Yes | Yes |
A green cell is the better value in that row. Every price is what DubVoice.ai charges — one credit balance covers all of these models.
Which one should you use?
English and European languages, long scripts, or when you want the widest possible choice of voice.
Chinese and Asian languages, or when explicit pitch and volume control matters more than library size.
Frequently asked questions
Is ElevenLabs or Minimax cheaper?
They cost the same on DubVoice.ai — 1 credit per character. Minimax HD model tiers add 15%, matching the upstream price difference. Both are far more expensive than Edge TTS at 10 characters per credit.
Which has more voices?
ElevenLabs, by a wide margin: 15,112 of the platform's 17,800+ voices come from ElevenLabs.
Which is better for Chinese?
Minimax. It was trained with stronger Asian-language coverage and its language-boost control improves pronunciation further when a voice reads text outside its primary language.
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