ElevenLabs Startup Grants Now Offer 12 Months Free and 33M Characters
What happened
Between the Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 13, 2026 captures of ElevenLabs's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Startup Grants Program expanded: now displays '12 Months free' and '33M Characters valid for 12 months' as explicit benefit metrics, replacing the generic 'Build human-like voices' description. Pulse files it as a product change (positioning) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 14, 2026) lists Starter at $6, Creator at $22, Pro at $99, Scale at $299 and Business at $990.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for ElevenLabs. ElevenLabs has been tracked since 2025-12-29.
In the same window OpenAI and Synthesia also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
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Startup Grants Program expanded: now displays '12 Months free' and '33M Characters valid for 12 months' as explicit benefit metrics, replacing the generic 'Build human-like voices' description.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Positioning | Startup Grants Program expanded: now displays '12 Months free' and '33M Characters valid for 12 months' as explicit benefit metrics, replacing the generic 'Build human-like voices' description. | Positioning | |
Values as written on ElevenLabs's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of ElevenLabs's pricing page (elevenlabs.io) from Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 13, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page.
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ElevenLabs, pricing history
Full history- Jul 2, 2026improvedElevenLabs: Quarterly repricing + credit reallocation + Ads Engine launch
- Apr 22, 2026packagingElevenLabs updates prices across several plans.
- Apr 3, 2026packagingElevenLabs reshapes free plan, drops Agents, adds Sound Effects and Video
- Week 3, 2026packagingElevenLabs Startup Grants Now Offer 12 Months Free and 33M Characters · this change
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- OpenAIApr 5OpenAI removes all public pricing from ChatGPT pricing page
- SynthesiaApr 2Synthesia Triples Basic Plan Credits to 1,200/mo, Expands to 160+ Languages
- OpenAIApr 5OpenAI rebrands Pro plan around GPT-5.2 and streamlines Codex naming
- OpenAIApr 2OpenAI restructures Plus plan, moves GPT-5.4 Thinking to credit-based access
- OpenAIApr 2OpenAI API slashes web search tool price 60% to $10 per 1k calls
Questions about this change
Did ElevenLabs raise prices in January 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 13, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: positioning.
What changed on ElevenLabs's pricing page between Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 13, 2026?
Startup Grants Program expanded: now displays '12 Months free' and '33M Characters valid for 12 months' as explicit benefit metrics, replacing the generic 'Build human-like voices' description. Pulse compared the captures it took on Jan 5, 2026 and Jan 13, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does ElevenLabs change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for ElevenLabs in the 90 days before this one; ElevenLabs has been tracked since 2025-12-29.