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Go from ElevenLabs to Chatterbox

The job: AI voice TTS (Text-to-speech, Voice cloning, API access). Pick where you are today and where you want to land; the move below follows your pick.

From · what you pay for now
ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs Starter · $6/mo
Year one−$328modeled
To · your pickCosts more in year one
Chatterbox
Self-hosted · $0 a month + 0.5 h upkeep a month
Change where you land

The money

$6/mo today $0/mo

ElevenLabs Starter

Year one, net−$328
Pays back innever

Modeled from public list prices, with your time at $50 an hour. Show the math

Does it do the job? 2 of 3 covered

  • Text-to-speech
  • Voice cloning
  • API access

The work

Setup
About 2 h
Upkeep
0.5 h a month
Watch out
Doesn't cover: API access

Make the move in four steps

  1. Export from ElevenLabs

    Generated audio in your Text to Speech history. Format: MP3 (128kbps) or WAV; Advanced adds MP3 (192kbps, 256kbps), M4A and FLAC

    Export steps

  2. Set up Chatterbox

    Open-source TTS with voice cloning from a reference clip, run on your own machine (GPU recommended; Nano runs on CPU). A Python library: no hosted API.

    Details

  3. Switch links and integrations

    Point links, embeds and integrations at Chatterbox, then send a test through every one.

  4. Cancel ElevenLabs

    Turn off renewal before your renewal date, once the new setup works. Access runs until: The end of the current billing cycle; the account then moves to the free plan.

    How to cancel ElevenLabs
Open ChatterboxHow to cancel ElevenLabs
Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. Paths marked Tested by Stackcut were run end to end by us on our own products. They're our tests, not customer results. Check the must-haves in each recipe before you switch.

The whole recipe: 1 ways out, best first

What you use

  • Text-to-speech
  • Voice cloning
  • API access

Not covered

  • Speech-to-text
  • Dubbing
  • Studio (long-form audio)
  • Voice agents
  • Sound effects and music

Check before switching

  • You only rely on: Text-to-speech, Voice cloning, API access
  • Export your data from ElevenLabs before canceling

Agents: get_recipe("replace-elevenlabs") on the Stackcut MCP server.

1 ways out, best first

Open sourceChatterbox (self-hosted)Costs $328 more in year one
$6/mo today → $0/mo + 0.5 h upkeep · setup 2 h
Covers 67% of the core features (not: API access)
Open-source TTS with voice cloning from a reference clip, run on your own machine (GPU recommended; Nano runs on CPU). A Python library: no hosted API.
License: MIT
How we got this
You pay now: ElevenLabs Starterflat price$6/mo
New cost: Chatterbox (self-hosted)runs on your own machine$0/mo
Your upkeep time0.5 h/mo × $50/h$25/mo
Difference each month$6 − $0 − $25−$19/mo
Over 12 months−$19 × 12−$228
Setup, once2 h × $50/h−$100
Year one−$228 − $100−$328
  • Not counting your time (8 h in year one): saves $72 in year one.

Year one = 12 × (what you pay now − the new cost − upkeep) − setup, with your time at $50/hour. Prices are public list prices; hours are Stackcut’s planning estimates. Price it for your team

Sources: elevenlabs.iogithub.com

Compare before you switch

Read the checked comparisons and workload guides for the tools this recipe replaces.

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