The ElevenLabs alternative
for indie devs.
Same REST shape. 43 voices, 33 languages. 4–8× cheaper at every tier, with a free plan that doesn't expire. EU-hosted, GDPR-native, no VC pressure.
"Voices priced for production, not for enterprise sales calls."
- €4/mo for 250K credits vs ElevenLabs's ~$22/mo for ~100K characters — more volume, roughly 5× less
- Free tier never expires: 30,000 credits per month, no credit card
- REST API with Bearer tokens — drop-in replacement, change two lines and you're done
- 33 languages including the ones ElevenLabs covers and the ones it doesn't (Bulgarian, Estonian, Slovenian)
- Pay-as-you-go at €20 per 1M credits, credits never expire — no contracts, no overage shock
The actual numbers.
What ships in each box.
ElevenLabs is the best voice cloning service on the market — but you pay for that. If you don't need voice cloning, you're subsidizing it.
Audexum makes a different trade. We don't clone voices. What we do is ship 43 already-good voices in 33 languages over a REST API, at a price an indie dev can afford. €4/mo gets you 250,000 credits — enough for a podcast intro generator, a Discord bot, an accessibility layer, or a content pipeline that needs to keep its margins.
No VC pressure to 10× the price next year. EU-hosted, GDPR-native. If you need enterprise terms, talk to us at [email protected].
Two lines of code.
Same REST shape. Same JSON-in / WAV-out. Just point at our URL with your Audexum Bearer token.
fetch("https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/text-to-speech/{voice_id}", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"xi-api-key": process.env.ELEVENLABS_KEY,
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
body: JSON.stringify({ text: "Hello world" })
})fetch("https://audexum.com/api/synthesize", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Authorization": `Bearer ${process.env.AUDEXUM_KEY}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
body: JSON.stringify({
text: "Hello world",
voice: "af_heart"
})
})Does Audexum do voice cloning?+
Not yet. If voice cloning is a hard requirement, ElevenLabs is still the right tool. If you need realistic, multi-language TTS at a reasonable price and don't need to clone a specific person's voice, Audexum is built for you.
Why is it so much cheaper?+
Three reasons: no VC overhead, owned EU infrastructure (not cloud markup), and the underlying models (Kokoro + Supertonic-3) are open weights. We pay for inference compute and engineering, not someone else's margin.
What about audio quality?+
Audexum uses Kokoro-82M (one of the most-loved open TTS models of 2025) and Supertonic-3 for the multilingual voices. Sample everything before committing — every voice has a playable preview on the homepage.
Can I switch back if I don't like it?+
Yes. Your ElevenLabs account doesn't go anywhere. The API change is two lines — switch back the same way.
Is there a SLA?+
Audexum targets 99.5%+ uptime on EU-hosted infrastructure. No formal SLA contract today. If you need enterprise SLAs, talk to us at [email protected].
Try Audexum free.
30,000 credits per month, no credit card. First WAV in your terminal in 60 seconds.
Questions? [email protected]