ElevenLabs Productions vs TomeVox: two ways to have it done for you.
Both turn your manuscript into a finished audiobook without you editing audio. ElevenLabs Productions is human-assisted and priced per finished hour. With TomeVox, your book is Narrated or Performed, at a flat price per book. Your first chapter is free, in the voice you pick. No card.
The short answer
A 100,000-word novel: from $2,1501 vs $79 or $229.
ElevenLabs Productions: audiobooks from $200 per finished hour. TomeVox: flat per book.
Price by book length
from $1,290$2,150$3,2301
Estimated at 60,000100,000150,000 words · from $200 per finished hour
$49$79$99
Flat per book · Clear, natural narration.
$149$229$299
Flat per book · Our newest, most lifelike voices.
Hear it before you pay.
ElevenLabs Productions requires checkout before the full Production is made. With TomeVox, you hear your own first chapter, in the voice you pick, before you buy the audiobook: free, with no card.
ElevenLabs ProductionsPriced per finished hour1
- Order a Production, priced per finished hour
- Checkout before the full Production: from $2,150 at 100,000 words
- Production is made
- You hear the full Production
TomeVoxNarrated or Performed
- Upload your manuscript for a Narrated or Performed voice
- You hear your own first chapter: free, no card
- Like it? Buy the audiobook in that voice
- You pay only if you buy, and it's ready in about 24 hours, often less
Two samples · British voices
Press play on each. Then start with the one you want, first chapter free.
Your book
Narrated
Nigel · British · clear, natural narration
$49$79$99
per book, if you buy
PerformedNew
Oliver · Southern English · richer emotion, pacing and breath
$149$229$299
per book, if you buy
Side by side
| Feature | ElevenLabs Productions | Narrated | Performed |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Done for you, human-assisted | Done for you, AI narration | Done for you, AI performance |
| How you pay | Per finished hour, from $200 | Flat, per book | Flat, per book |
| At 60,000 words | From $1,290 | $49 | $149 |
| Novel, at 100,000 words | From $2,150 | $79 | $229 |
| At 150,000 words | From $3,230 | $99 | $299 |
| Longer books | From $200 per finished hour | Priced by length | Priced by length |
| Time to finished audiobook | Hours or days (per ElevenLabs) | About 24 hours, often less | About 24 hours, often less |
| Voices | 10,000+ library voices, single or multi-cast | 50+ | 36 (12 each in English, Spanish and Swedish) |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish | 13 | English (US & UK), Spanish, Swedish · more coming soon |
| Your own voice | Yes, voice clone | Yes, from a short clip | Coming soon |
| Revision rounds | None after delivery | 2 | 3 |
| Files | MP3 or WAV, per chapter | M4B + MP3, chapter markers | M4B + MP3, chapter markers |
| Commercial rights | You own the output | Included | Included |
ElevenLabs sources: elevenlabs.io/pricing (Productions tab), /productions, /audiobooks and Productions Terms (updated 31 Mar 2026), checked Oct 2026.
Which one fits your book
Choose Productions if
you want a human-assisted production and a per-finished-hour price suits your budget. Human producers handle pronunciation, prosody, pauses and post-processing; single-voice or multi-cast; sound design as an add-on; English, French, German and Spanish; you own the finished audio.
Choose Narrated if
you want a clear, natural reading at the lowest flat price, in any of 13 languages, or in Your voice from a short clip.
Choose Performed if
your book is in English, Spanish or Swedish and you want richer emotion, pacing and breath, from 36 voices, with 3 revision rounds.
Hear your book before you decide.
Your first chapter is free, in the voice you pick. No card. Pay only if you buy.
More on the numbers: ElevenLabs Productions pricing, explained · TomeVox vs Speechify vs ElevenLabs · Words per finished hour