ElevenLabs
- ElevenLabs: strong specialty tool with its own subscription. The result leaves the tool via download or export — you organize filing and further processing yourself.
vs ElevenLabs
PaperOffice AI vs ElevenLabs
Over 840 voices, 39 direction markers, pronunciation lexicon — and every audio becomes a searchable document.
At a glance
- over 840voices
- 39direction markers
- up to 4speakers, one job
- 200pronunciation lexicon
- from €0.03je 1.000 Zeichen
Made for real business. Not for hype.
In the same account
More than voice
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Translate
35 languages — text stays in the same document flow.
from €6 per 1,000 characters
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Speak
Over 840 voices and 39 direction markers.
from €0.03 per 1,000 characters
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Podcast studio
3, 7 or 12 minutes, two voices — sources up to 2.5 million characters.
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As a document
Result in the archive — 13 business templates from payment reminders to appointments.
Comparison table
ElevenLabs prices from the official pricing page (elevenlabs.io), retrieved August 2026.
| Criterion | PaperOffice | ElevenLabs |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One credit balance for all features: from €0.03–€0.12 per 1,000 chars by quality tier | Own credit plan: Free 10,000 credits/month (non-commercial), Starter $5, Creator $22 (100,000), Pro $99 (500,000), Scale up to $1,320/month |
| TTS billing | from €0.03 per 1,000 chars (Elite) — same scale on every tier | 1 credit per character (Multilingual v2), 0.5 credits with Flash/Turbo via API |
| Voices & languages | over 840 voices in 39 languages & variants, selected via API parameters | Very large voice selection incl. voice marketplace — ElevenLabs leads here |
| Direction & pronunciation | 39 markers (emotions, effects, tone & volume, pauses, audience) + lexicon with 200 entries | Emotion/style controls in the model — marketplace voices lead; lexicon scope n/a |
| Voice clone | Yes — from a 10-second audio sample (Premium and above) | Yes, from the Starter plan |
| Multiple speakers | Up to 4 speakers in one audio file | Possible via projects/studio |
| Transcription (STT) | Included in the same credit balance | 330 credits per minute |
| What happens to the result? | Lands as a document in the archive: full-text search, workflow, sharing, audit-proof filing | Download or your own storage — you build filing and management yourself |
| AI agent connectivity | Yes — 300+ API/MCP tools, one access path for speech and documents | API available; MCP for the document side naturally does not apply |
| Hosting | EU hosting in the EU | Vendor SaaS |
| Unused credits | Credits remain in the account | Plan credits expire after at most 2 months |
| Price (credits / 1,000 characters) | from €0.03 per 1,000 chars (Elite) — same scale on every tier | Own credit plan: Free 10,000 credits/month (non-commercial), Starter $5, Creator $22 (100,000), Pro $99 (500,000), Scale up to $1,320/month |
Source for ElevenLabs prices: https://elevenlabs.io/de/pricing, retrieved 08/2026.
Pricing model with qualification tiers
Our prices are public — including partner terms.
Unit: Price per 1,000 chars
| Tier | Elite Partner (−70%) | Partner (−40%) | Enduser |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | €0.03 | €0.06 | €0.10 |
| Premium | €0.06 | €0.12 | €0.20 |
| Ultra | €0.12 | €0.24 | €0.40 |
Billing is internal in credits; amounts follow the selected currency (base: list price).
Elite terms after qualification — criteria and program are public: Pricing · Partner program
When is ElevenLabs the better choice?
If it is only about the voice — maximum quality, huge voice selection, voice marketplace — ElevenLabs is the right choice. For film, podcast production and creative projects without a document context, the platform is rightly the market leader.
When speech output is part of your business processes — reading notices aloud, delivering reports as audio, generating announcements from documents — PaperOffice is the better fit: the audio is created where your documents already live.
Trusted by leading companies worldwide
Key differences
PaperOffice AI
- Speech as part of the document platform. Solid TTS quality, one credit balance for speech and documents, finished audio files automatically in the archive — hosted in the EU.
Three decision axes
1
What happens after generation?
With ElevenLabs you download the audio and handle filing and distribution yourself. With PaperOffice the audio is a document in the same moment: findable, shareable, usable in workflows.
2
Contracts & billing
Anyone who subscribes to TTS, transcription, translation and document management separately manages four vendors and four invoices. With PaperOffice it is one account with one credit balance.
3
Where do your data run?
ElevenLabs is a US SaaS. PaperOffice runs its own GPU servers in the EU — including audit-proof filing and an audit trail for everything created from your documents.
Integrated in minutes
- Copy llms-full.txt
https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/docs/llms-full.txt - Paste into Claude, Cursor or your agent
- Say what you want to build — the agent delivers the finished integration.
Or connect directly: MCP server for Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT →
Integrate manually (Python)
This is how you generate speech — the result then exists as a job in your account:
import requests
api_token = "po_sk_xxx"
response = requests.post(
"https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/job/add/paperoffice_voice___tts",
headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {api_token}"},
data={"text": "Willkommen.", "voice": "default", "language": "de", "quality": "premium"},
)
print(response.json())Sample response (truncated)
{
"status": "success",
"job_id": "job_…"
}Full parameters: llms-full.txt / Postman.
FAQ
Is PaperOffice an alternative to ElevenLabs?
Yes — versus ElevenLabs when the capability is part of your document processes. As a pure specialty tool without archive needs, ElevenLabs can remain the better point solution.
What does PaperOffice cost compared to ElevenLabs?
PaperOffice: ab 0,10 € per 1.000 Zeichen — the full price list is public. What ElevenLabs costs is in the comparison table above, with source and date.
Can I clone my voice?
Yes. Upload a suitable audio sample and you receive a cloned voice that you can use via API in all speech outputs — relevant versus ElevenLabs.
Where are data processed at PaperOffice vs. ElevenLabs?
On our own servers in the EU — including audit-proof filing and an audit trail. Where ElevenLabs processes data is documented by the vendor.
How do I switch from ElevenLabs to PaperOffice?
Swap the API call — instead of the ElevenLabs endpoint, call paperoffice_voice___tts with your PaperOffice token. Existing texts can be re-voiced in batch. Fastest path: give your AI agent our llms-full.txt.
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