ElevenLabs — An AI audio platform for speech, voice cloning, dubbing, music and sound effects, now with image and video models and a Studio editor. It is a good fit for anyone whose work starts with voice: narration, audiobooks, dubbing, voice agents and audio-led video, with a timeline editor and a full audio API. If that is not you, or not any more, here is where else to look.
What you would gain.
Capabilities ElevenLabs does not offer, or only partly does, that BeHooked includes on every plan. Anything ElevenLabs simply does not publish is left out rather than counted against it.
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Prompt & mask image editing
- ElevenLabs
- Partly — prompt editing through models such as FLUX.2; mask editing not published
- BeHooked
- Draw to Edit: mark up the image, leave notes, pick from four edit models
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Product-to-ad generation
- ElevenLabs
- Partly — flows can batch product, hook and avatar variations; no product-URL import published
- BeHooked
- Ad Studio: paste a product URL, pick from 14 templates and 9 hooks
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Conversational agent that runs jobs
- ElevenLabs
- Partly — flows Agent builds a workflow from a description; its Agents product is for voice agents
- BeHooked
- Superagent plans the steps and asks before it spends
6 alternatives to ElevenLabs.
BeHooked first — it is our page, and we say so. The rest are the researched products that cover the most of what you used it for, each on the same terms.
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BeHooked
A generation workspace: image, video and audio models from many labs, purpose-built apps, an agent and a node canvas, with every model on every plan.
- Best for
- Creators and marketers who want purpose-built generation apps such as Ad Studio, Dynamic Captions, Podcast Clipper and Upscale, and an agent that runs them, around the same class of audio models.
- Pricing starts
- Pro at ₹2,900 a month for 60,000 credits
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ImagineArt
An AI creative suite for image, video and audio, with Film, Ad, Fashion and Lipsync studios, node Workflows, an agent workspace and an API.
- Best for
- Creators who want a low-cost way in, with a daily free allowance, a $5 entry plan and unlimited use of selected models on higher tiers.
- Pricing starts
- Basic at $5 a month for 1,500 credits a month
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Gulab
A node-based AI creative canvas that wires 100+ image, video, audio, text and 3D models together, with every model on every plan.
- Best for
- Creators who like to build their own pipelines on an infinite node canvas, want a low monthly entry price, and value realtime collaboration on a shared canvas.
- Pricing starts
- Solo Producer at $10 a month (₹799 a month in India)
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Adobe Firefly
Adobe's generative AI studio for image, video and audio, with its own Firefly models, partner models, Boards and a video editor.
- Best for
- Designers and teams already in Creative Cloud who want commercially safe Firefly models, partner models and a direct path into Photoshop and Premiere.
- Pricing starts
- Firefly Standard at ₹797.68 a month incl. GST, billed monthly, 2,000 generative credits
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Higgsfield
An AI creative suite built around cinematic video: Cinema Studio, VFX presets, Marketing Studio, a node canvas and the Supercomputer agent.
- Best for
- Creators chasing a cinematic look, who want camera presets, visual effects and motion transfer, plus unlimited use of selected image models on the higher plans.
- Pricing starts
- Starter at $15 a month for 200 credits
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Freepik
Freepik's AI suite, now called Magnific: image, video and audio models, Spaces node canvas and a 250M+ asset stock library under one plan.
- Best for
- Designers and agencies who want AI generation and a large licensed stock library in one subscription, and who prefer an annual credit pool with unlimited use of selected models.
- Pricing starts
- Premium at ₹455 a month, billed annually, with 240K credits a year
When to stay with ElevenLabs.
Switching costs time. If these are the reasons you chose it, they may still be reasons to keep it.
- Its own text to speech and voice cloning models, which many other tools license.
- Dubbing, music and sound effects from the same account and the same credits.
- Studio puts generated video, voice, music and captions on one multi-track timeline.
- A mature API used to build voice products and conversational agents.
FAQs
Questions, answered.
What people ask when they are looking beyond ElevenLabs.
What is the best ElevenLabs alternative?
It depends on why you are leaving ElevenLabs. BeHooked is the better fit for creators and marketers who want purpose-built generation apps such as Ad Studio, Dynamic Captions, Podcast Clipper and Upscale, and an agent that runs them, around the same class of audio models. If you want something closer to how ElevenLabs works, look at ImagineArt, Gulab, Adobe Firefly, Higgsfield and Freepik — each is compared against BeHooked on this site, with sources.
Why do people look for ElevenLabs alternatives?
Usually because they need something ElevenLabs does not offer, or only partly offers: prompt & mask image editing, product-to-ad generation, conversational agent that runs jobs. BeHooked covers each of those in one workspace.
Is there a free ElevenLabs alternative?
Among the alternatives here, ImagineArt (100 credits a day on selected models such as ImagineArt 1.0 Lite and Flux Dev; video needs a subscription); Adobe Firefly (free daily generations across image, video and audio with selected models); Higgsfield (generate without a paid plan on a small set of models; no credits included) publish a free plan. BeHooked has no free plan, but its pay-as-you-go credit packs need no subscription.
When is it better to stay with ElevenLabs?
ElevenLabs remains the better choice for anyone whose work starts with voice: narration, audiobooks, dubbing, voice agents and audio-led video, with a timeline editor and a full audio API. Among its strengths: its own text to speech and voice cloning models, which many other tools license.
Other alternatives pages.
Shortlists for other products in the same space.
