Music · Head-to-head
ElevenLabs vs Lyria 3.5
ElevenLabs (freemium, AI Score 9.2/10) vs Lyria 3.5 (freemium, AI Score 8.4/10). Side-by-side pricing, features, pros and cons, and which to pick.
The verdict
Pick ElevenLabs if…
- →overall capability matters more than price (AI Score 9.2 vs 8.4)
- →you want our editor's pick for this category
- →your primary use case is creators, publishers, and developers who need realistic voice cloning or text-to-speech across 32+ languages for narration, dubbing, or apps.
- →you need: content-creation, media, development
Side-by-side specs
| Spec | ElevenLabs | Lyria 3.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Music | Music |
| Pricing model | freemium | freemium |
| Headline pricing | Free tier + Starter $5/mo + Creator $22/mo + Pro $99/mo + Scale $330/mo + Enterprise custom | Free tier via Google Flow Music; paid access through Google AI subscriptions — check website for current pricing |
| Free tier | 10,000 characters per month with 3 custom voices — enough to test voice quality and basic cloning | Yes — Google Flow Music includes free access to Lyria generation, with usage limits set by Google's AI plan tiers rather than a separate music quota. |
| AI Score | 9.2/10 | 8.4/10 |
| Best for | Creators, publishers, and developers who need realistic voice cloning or text-to-speech across 32+ languages for narration, dubbing, or apps. | — |
| Editor's pick | ✓ Yes | — |
| Use cases | content-creation media development | — |
| Date added | 2026-04-30 | 2026-07-30 |
Pros and cons
ElevenLabs
Music · freemium
Pros
- ✓Most realistic AI voices available — often indistinguishable from human recordings
- ✓Voice cloning works surprisingly well from very short audio samples (under 60 seconds)
- ✓32+ languages with cross-lingual cloning capability
- ✓API with streaming and WebSocket support for real-time applications
Cons
- ×Character-based pricing adds up fast for high-volume use cases like audiobooks
- ×Free tier is limited to non-commercial use with only 10K characters
- ×Music generation is still early and can't compete with Suno or Udio
- ×Professional Voice Cloning locked behind Creator plan ($22/mo) or above
Lyria 3.5
Music · freemium
Pros
- ✓Free to try inside Google Flow Music — no separate subscription to evaluate the model
- ✓SynthID watermarking gives verifiable provenance, which matters for commercial and platform use
- ✓Sits alongside Google's video tooling, so scoring generated footage happens in one place
- ✓Backed by DeepMind's research pipeline, with a track record of steady Lyria iteration rather than one-off releases
Cons
- ×Not a standalone product — you get it through Flow Music or an API, not a dedicated music app with a library and sharing
- ×No published spec sheet or independent benchmark at launch, so quality claims over Lyria 3 are Google's word for now
- ×Suno and Udio have far more mature consumer workflows for song iteration, stems and community sharing
- ×Commercial-usage rights depend on which Google surface and plan you're on, which is less clear-cut than dedicated music tools' licensing
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Updated 2026-07-30. Spec data sourced from official product pages and tracked in our public directory at /tools.