A Cheaper Voice Option Than ElevenLabs, Credited to @thorwebdev

Melvin Vivas · X post · 2026-09-25 · Open on X

Topics: AI Dev Tools & Productivity · Level: beginner

Summary

A short post saying an option is cheaper than ElevenLabs, according to Grok, and thanking @thorwebdev. The post doesn't name the cheaper option. It is mainly a pointer for anyone comparing text-to-speech/voice API costs.

Key points

• The post says an option is cheaper than ElevenLabs, according to Grok.
• The cheaper option is not named; the post credits @thorwebdev, who may have shared it.
• Compare voice/TTS provider prices before you commit to one.

Resources mentioned

• ElevenLabs · tool · elevenlabs.io · free
  Voice AI platform for speech synthesis and speech-to-text, used here in a real-time voice sentiment analysis demo.
  Also in: ElevenLabs Eleven v4 & v4 Turbo: Emotive, Multilingual Text-to-Speech Models (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Demo: Real-Time Voice Sentiment Analysis with Jev and ElevenLabs (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), OpenAI's Agentic Software Factory: Build-Review-Deploy-Observe Loop (Melvin Vivas on X · notes)
• Grok · tool · x.com · free
  xAI's AI assistant. Here it is used as a terminal coding agent that also runs with the 'agent' alias.
  Also in: OpenAI Dots: Agents Inside ChatGPT That Debug, Fix, and Open PRs (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Grok Team Bots: Shared AI Teammates in Slack and Grok (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), Cue by Manus: A New Rival to the Grok Bot on X (Melvin Vivas on X · notes), How to Grow an X (Twitter) Account: 9 Practical Tips from Melvin Vivas (Melvin Vivas on X · notes) and 14 more
• Thor (@thorwebdev) · person · x.com · free
  A developer on X, thanked in this post; the post doesn't say what he shared.

Try this

• Compare voice/TTS API pricing against ElevenLabs before choosing a provider.