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ElevenLabs vs Grain

A side-by-side look at pricing, capabilities, pros, cons, and our editorial scores.

 
ElevenLabs
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Grain
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TaglineThe gold standard for AI voice cloning and TTS.AI meeting notes, coaching, and an MCP feed for your agents
CategoryAudioAudio
PricingFreemium· Free 10k chars/mo; from $5/mo Starter; up to $1320/mo ScaleFreemium· Free (45-min meeting cap, 90-day history) / Starter ~$15 per user/mo (unlimited meetings, advanced AI) / Business & Enterprise tiers with CRM sync and admin controls
ModelElevenLabs Multilingual v2—
Editorial score9.4 / 108.3 / 10
Use cases
TTSvoice cloningaudiobooksdubbing
AI meeting notes and summariesSales call transcription and coachingCustomer discovery call analysisCRM auto-updates from meetingsHighlight clip sharing to Slack/NotionCross-meeting AI Q&A searchMCP feed into Claude or ChatGPT agentsProduct research interview libraryDeal review and pipeline insightsCustomer success handoff documentation
Pros
  • Best-in-class voice quality
  • Hundreds of voices + cloning
  • Multilingual
  • Strong API
  • Bot-less desktop capture is much less intrusive than a Zoom bot on every call
  • MCP server + API make it one of the easier notetakers to plug into Claude/ChatGPT/custom agents
  • Deal views and CRM sync (HubSpot, Salesforce) cover most GTM workflows without Gong-tier pricing
  • Highlight clips and shareable moments make handoffs between sales, CS, and product genuinely fast
  • 130+ language transcription and cross-meeting AI search work well on real, messy call libraries
  • Perpetual free tier is generous enough to actually evaluate the product on real meetings
Cons
  • Pro features are pricey
  • Voice clone abuse policy needs care
  • Conversation intelligence and coaching depth still trail Gong and Chorus for large enterprise teams
  • Advanced AI, CRM sync, and coaching features are gated behind paid tiers — free plan is limited to 45-minute meetings
  • Does not disclose which underlying LLM powers its own summaries, which matters for compliance reviews
  • Video/scorecard analytics are lighter than dedicated revenue intelligence platforms
  • MCP + agent integrations are new and the ecosystem around them is still maturing
Websiteelevenlabs.iograin.com
Pick ElevenLabs if
  • ✅ Best-in-class voice quality
  • ✅ Hundreds of voices + cloning
  • ✅ Multilingual
  • ✅ Strong API
Pick Grain if
  • ✅ Bot-less desktop capture is much less intrusive than a Zoom bot on every call
  • ✅ MCP server + API make it one of the easier notetakers to plug into Claude/ChatGPT/custom agents
  • ✅ Deal views and CRM sync (HubSpot, Salesforce) cover most GTM workflows without Gong-tier pricing
  • ✅ Highlight clips and shareable moments make handoffs between sales, CS, and product genuinely fast
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