AI voiceover cost calculator
Scenario entry points
Use the calculator with the closest voice workflow in mind.
Scenario: Narration
Start with monthly minutes, voice quality, commercial rights, and cloning needs.
Scenario: Multilingual dubbing
Estimate localization cost across translation, subtitles, lip sync, and review.
Scenario: Voice cloning
Check consent, paid-plan rights, and cloning workflow before choosing a vendor.
Scenario: Product ads
Plan short commercial variants with public-use rights and fast review cycles.
Voiceover cost calculator
Your scenario
Scenario: Narration
Default assumptions: creator narration, commercial use, and optional cloning.
Your recommendations
Last checked: Jun 12, 2026
ElevenLabs
Best quality · Best for natural narration, audiobooks, and voice cloning.
Est. monthly cost
$22.00 /mo
- Plan guidance
- Start by comparing Starter and Creator credits against your monthly minutes, then check whether dubbing or professional cloning changes the plan.
- Commercial rights
- Paid plans
- Cloning
- Yes
- Source date
- 2026-06-22
Rights caveat: Source-backed pricing exists, but credit math can change by model and workflow.
Why this recommendation
120 minutes/month, narration, 3 languages, 1 seat.
- Narration keeps voice quality and editing workflow near the top.
- Voice cloning raises tools with stronger consent and clone workflows.
- Commercial use keeps paid-plan rights visible before purchase.
Also consider
HeyGen
Video dubbing · Best for multilingual dubbing, talking-avatar localization, and marketing video variants.
$24.00
/mo
Murf
Training videos · Best for team narration, training videos, presentations, and product explainers.
$19.00
/mo
Synthesia
Business video · Best for structured avatar videos, onboarding, compliance training, and business localization.
$29.00
/mo
Estimates include base plan for your inputs. Taxes not included.
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How this estimate works
See our full methodologyEnter your scenario
Monthly minutes, output type, commercial use, cloning, languages, and team seats.
We match plans and rights
Estimates use published pricing, commercial rights, and cloning consent rules we re-check regularly.
Compare before you pay
Open the full review or head-to-head comparison before committing to a plan.
Estimate assumptions: we map your monthly minutes onto each vendor's published plan tiers — for a 120-minute narration scenario with commercial use, that is Murf at $19/mo, ElevenLabs Creator at $22/mo, HeyGen at $24/mo, and Synthesia at $29/mo. Rankings then weight output type, commercial rights, voice cloning, languages, and team seats per our methodology. Estimates cover the base plan only; overages, dubbing minutes, and extra seats bill separately. Pricing last checked Jun 12, 2026.
Where to go next
The calculator is a starting point. Verify details in the reviews and comparisons below.