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Research lab exploring new frontiers of Voice AI. Deploying tools for realistic text to speech, voice cloning, and AI dubbing. Learn why our spoken audio is rated #1 in the industry as the best text-to-speech tool and why our text reader is used by millions worldwide.
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we are buildgin digital human for HR, where voice AI is very important and elevenlabs tech made this very interesting and promishing for our clients
Doesn't let you try for free which mean these sell compute power of other suppliers not their own which means I wasted 10 min that I wont get back-
Prompt attention to the query. Providing timely and detailed guidance in reponse to the query underpinned by excellent plus professional customer service always makes one feel valued. So, thank you for doing a stellar job in respectfully addressing my questions.
I signed up for ElevenLabs because they advertise 10,000 free credits for new users. Like any normal person, I wanted to test the product before deciding whether it’s worth paying for.
The moment I tried to generate an AI voice, I was blocked with a message saying they cannot offer free credits due to “unusual activity” and that multiple users from my IP tried to claim free subscriptions.
This is simply not true in my case. I had never even heard of ElevenLabs until yesterday, and no one in my household uses AI tools at all. My family doesn’t even know what an AI voice model is. Penalizing a legitimate new user for something they didn’t do is unacceptable.
If you don’t actually want to give free credits, don’t advertise them. This feels misleading and dishonest. Wasting users’ time with signup promises that disappear instantly destroys trust.
A company selling a premium AI product should have better fraud detection, clearer policies, and basic respect for new users. Blocking real users while still promoting “free credits” is a terrible first impression.
I won’t be upgrading, and I wouldn’t recommend this platform to anyone based on this experience.
Avoid this disaster at all costs. The tech support is AI, It will take you weeks to get a cloned voice after several hours emailing back and forth a few dozen times.

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Bought a plan, because it was the only way to really test this tool out and the results have been shocking!
For something that is meant to be the best in the market, voice cloning has very poor resemblance despite trying with various setups and audio recording lengths - with proper mic + filters!
Also impossible to add pauses or emotions to the speech, nothing works, tried all the documented methods I could fine. WTH? It's bloody useless if this simple thing doesn't work.
What a shitshow

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Too many server-side errors and glitches. On top of that, the voice occasionally inserts random words that aren’t in my script (I noticed it more when my credits were running low), which forces regenerations that drain credits fast. I also got sour notes/artifacts, and regenerating to correct them changed the sound of my song. Not reliable enough for serious work.
I am surprised to see the team from 11labs responding to inquiry in this form, while ignoring actual real tickets for the reason - reduced staff for holidays !! it doesn't make sense.

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I have exhausted every other avenue but they do not respond. I had built 130,000 credits on my account because I was struggling to use them all. I tried time and time again to contact support with me never getting past bots. I thought without support I would have to cancel my membership until I had used all these credits and what a surprise when I cancelled they immediately took all my credits - avoid avoid avoid unless you want a product that has no support and will take any credits you've built up.

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I’m normally a 5-star reviewer. I want products to succeed, and I’m patient when something needs troubleshooting. But this time I’m forced to leave a 1-star review, because despite repeated attempts to contact support, I never got beyond AI-generated replies and never reached a real solution.
My goal was straightforward: I invested over two hours of my own voice recordings to create a reliable voice for audiobooks and social media, so I wouldn’t have to record everything manually every single time. ElevenLabs is widely marketed as one of the best options on the market for voice cloning. That promise is exactly why I paid and invested serious time.
The result has been consistently disappointing. No matter which document I uploaded, no matter how often I adjusted settings, re-generated, and tried again: the output always contained sections where my voice suddenly sounded like I had a heavy cold, then switched again into a completely different persona (sometimes like a “high-German” speaking woman). In reality, my voice is clearly mine, with a Dutch accent and a Swiss tone, because I live in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. The instability and inconsistency make the output unusable for professional audiobook or social media work.
It’s honestly heartbreaking: money invested, a lot of time invested, and the same disappointment every time — with no meaningful support to fix it.
My recommendation: don’t buy this if your main use case is cloning your own voice and you need consistent, reliable results.

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AUTHORS AVOID
I imported my manuscript into Elevenlabs to create an audiobook, the programme calculated I would require 175,000 credits to export the whole manuscript, so I upgraded my account and sorted additional credits from the 100,000 I got to allow for the export. During the download it failed, took an additional 200,000 odd credits more and charged me for it, while not completing the download. It then told me I would require over 700,000 credits to finish the export.
When contacting customer service I expressed I received no files, the programme lied to me and I simply either wanted the full download as promised or my money back. Elevenlabs have refused to provide me with either.
At this point, I don't even want the files now, I have cancelled my subscription and just want the refund of $70USD I was charged for a file I NEVER received. This company steals from users, avoid avoid avoid.
EDIT: for clarification Elevenlabs told me the credits downloaded the first 11 chapters. However all it did was download 11 3 second files that read the chapters titles. So again, more lies. I do not want anything from eleven labs other than my money back. And until I see the $70USD in my account, I will be seeking legal advice from a solicitor to take this further with legal action.
I paid $250 for an annual plan.
The files are incompatible with ACX/Audible (this warns other customers). ACX specifically states they will not accept AI TTS files.
You requested a refund within the window.
Their support email bounced and their AI chatbot auto-denied my refund. There is no way to reach a human.
STEEP Learning curve to use the tools.
They did give me a partial refund but note that I had to use the product to figure out it didn’t work.
Make sure to read all the fine print!

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I reported an issue to support that was resolved in a timely manner by both the chat bot and a support team member. It was a great experience that makes me feel like 11Eleven labs valued my business.

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I have email paper trail asking them to cancel my account. They canceled it and then turned it back on, on their own, and charged me for many months afterwards. Now they won't repay it/refund it after THEY are the ones that turned the subscription back on. I'm filing fraud charges. Oh and btw, their service is not even that amazing. They're one of the most expensive ones out there. Shop even just a little bit and you'll discover this for yourself.

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The experience was great, the only remark is that it took a while to respond - I know this is a sign of the days we live, but ideally the feedback would be faster.

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I literally hate this Elevenlabs busniess, not taking GB pounds and no way to change currency, I was on a deadline and needed credits, for their greedy paywall and then no one but a AI robot that bugs out and a stupid email that goes no where

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