ElevenLabs v4 cost of a 500, 1,500 or 5,000-character script

A 1,500-character script costs $0.033 on ElevenLabs v4 until October 12 and $0.12 at the regular price; on v4 Turbo it costs $0.0165 and then $0.06. The API is billed per character: v4 is listed at $0.022 per 1,000 characters during the promotion (regular $0.08) and v4 Turbo at $0.011 (regular $0.04). Read on 2026-10-03.

Table by script length

The arithmetic is characters / 1,000 times the rate. Characters include spaces and punctuation, and inline expression tags such as [laughs] are text you send, so count them. I have not assumed how many seconds of audio a script yields; that depends on the language and pace.

What to budget

For a batch of 1,000 scripts at 1,500 characters (1.5 million characters) the regular rates are $120 on v4 and $60 on v4 Turbo; the promotional rates give $33 and $16.50. Use the regular columns for anything that will run past October 12. The model choice is covered in Is v4 Turbo half the price of v4.