ElevenLabs vs Murf: AI voice pricing and commercial rights for games

Side-by-side from each vendor's own pricing and terms pages, checked 2026-10-15. Prices shown exactly as displayed (promos and billing period noted).

The licence question first

ElevenLabs: free tier: no commercial use. Paid: commercial use allowed (Commercial licence from Starter; music commercial use). Details
Murf AI: free tier: no commercial use. Paid: commercial use allowed (Terms 5.1: you can use Murf created voices for commercial purposes (not resale; no training AI models on them); pricing lists Commercial Rights on Creator and a Business License on Business). Details

	ElevenLabs	Murf AI
Free tier	Free: 10k credits/month; TTS, SFX, music, voice design	Free: 10 minutes of voice generation, no downloads, no commercial rights (Studio); API free trial with $10 of API credit
Paid price (as shown)	Starter $6/mo; Creator $22/mo; Pro $99/mo; Scale $299/mo; Business $990/mo	Studio: Creator $19/mo ($228 billed annually); Business $66/mo ($792 billed annually); API pay as you go from $0.01 per 1,000 characters
Credits / cost per asset	TTS extra minute ~$0.36 (Starter) to ~$0.17 (Pro+)	API: Falcon TTS $0.01/1,000 characters; Gen2 TTS $0.03/1,000 characters; voice changer $0.10/minute
Licence: free tier	No commercial licence on free (commercial licence listed as a Starter addition)	Pricing page: free plan has 'No Commercial Rights' and no downloads; Terms 10.7: trials are for self-evaluation only
Licence: paid	Commercial licence from Starter; music commercial use	Terms 5.1: you can use Murf created voices for commercial purposes (not resale; no training AI models on them); pricing lists Commercial Rights on Creator and a Business License on Business
Export / engines	MP3 128/192 kbps; WAV/PCM 44.1 kHz via API on Pro+	Audio downloads on paid plans
API / MCP	Full API (ElevenAPI)	Pay-as-you-go TTS API (Falcon, Gen2), voice changer, translation
Affiliate	22% of payments for first 12 months (11% Business plan); via PartnerStack	not stated