Which AI voice sounds best?

Eleven v4 vs Eleven v4 Turbo vs Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS vs Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS vs GPT-Live 1, compared on the jobs that matter for this question. The verdict comes straight from the scores, so it changes when they do. 100 is the best available today in that job.

New to this? What the scores and labels mean

0 to 100: Our score for one job, like writing or coding, compared with everything else out today. 100 is the best available today. For AI models we build it from public data, such as Arena's blind votes and Epoch AI's independent tests; apps and tools are scored on our own checklist. The same tool can score differently for different jobs, and where two likely ranges overlap, we call it a tie.
Our verdict: Use it: a top choice for most people. Worth trying: good, and worth a go. Depends: good for some people or one kind of job. Wait: too early to tell, or not out for everyone yet. Skip: something else does the job better.
First look: Just released. We say what it is and whether to bother, and give it a score once public results exist.
No score yet: None of the public sources we use covers it yet, or the only evidence is from a source whose numbers we can't use, so we describe it in words instead.
Best buy: Nothing cheaper scores as well for that job.
Best free: The best score for that job that costs nothing, through a free plan or by running on your own computer.
Pay as you go: No monthly plan: you pay for each use, usually through a developer account.
Checked: The day we last confirmed the score and the price against the sources. Prices change often, so check the date.
AI model: The engine underneath, like GPT or Claude. You use it through an app or, if you code, directly.
Open source: Free to download and run on your own computer, so nothing leaves your machine.

How we score, in full

Our verdict

For voice, none of these has a score yet: Artificial Analysis measures them, and its terms do not let us publish numbers made from its data.

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Eleven v4 vs Eleven v4 Turbo vs Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS vs Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS vs GPT-Live 1: scores by job, price and where it runs
	Eleven v4ElevenLabs · AI modelWorth trying	Eleven v4 TurboElevenLabs · AI modelUse it	Gemini 3.8 Flash TTSGoogle · AI modelUse it	Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTSGoogle · AI modelUse it	GPT-Live 1OpenAI · AI modelWorth trying
VoiceSpeech to text and back	All five: No score yet
Price for these scoresThe plan the scores above are for	FreeChecked 11 Oct	FreeChecked 11 Oct	FreeChecked 11 Oct	FreeChecked 11 Oct	Pay as you goChecked 11 Oct
Free to try	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
In a line	Top-rated expressive voice for audiobooks and characters. Eleven v4 Turbo ties it in blind tests at half the price.	Top-rated natural voice in blind tests at half Eleven v4's price, fast enough for live agents. Not the cheapest.	Near-top AI voices for less than half the price of ElevenLabs, with a free tier. Prices double on 1 Jan 2027.	Top-ten text to speech for a third less than Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS, with a free tier; pick Eleven v4 for the best voices.	Top scores on hard voice agent tasks, but blind listeners prefer Gemini 3.8 Live, which also costs less.
All five	Cloud only · Closed source

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