Eleven v4 on ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs Free API tier
The catch: No commercial use on the free plan, and anything you publish must credit ElevenLabs with 'elevenlabs.io' or '11.ai' in the title; your content trains their models unless you opt out, and free use can be blocked on shared or VPN IPs.
| Access | Free API tier |
|---|---|
| Free limits | The free tier column on the API pricing page includes 10,000 characters of this model family per month (all products share the 10,000-credit pool). Most expressive TTS model; 10,000-character request limit. |
| Modality | audio |
| Credit card | Not required |
| Commercial use | Not allowed |
| Trains on your data | Yes, on the free tier |
| Licence or terms | ElevenLabs Terms of Service (non-EEA), last updated 31 March 2026 |
| Context window | – |
| Model id | eleven_v4 |
| Base URL | https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1 |
| Last checked | 8 Oct 2026 |
How to use Eleven v4
It speaks the OpenAI API at https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1, so the OpenAI SDK you already use works once you change the base URL and key.
curl -X POST "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/text-to-speech/JBFqnCBsd6RMkjVDRZzb?output_format=mp3_44100_128" -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"text":"Hello","model_id":"eleven_v4"}' --output hello.mp3I want to use the free AI model "Eleven v4" from ElevenLabs (model id: eleven_v4) in my project. Please: 1. Check the provider docs and give me the exact steps to get a free API key. 2. Give me a minimal working example that reads the key from an environment variable. 3. Tell me the real free limits and any catch (commercial use, card, data use). Listed limits: 10K characters/month on Free (shared pool). 4. If the same provider has a more generous free option, mention it.
Before you ship on it
- No commercial use on the free plan, and anything you publish must credit ElevenLabs with 'elevenlabs.io' or '11.ai' in the title; your content trains their models unless you opt out, and free use can be blocked on shared or VPN IPs.
- Prompts on the free tier may be used to train models. Keep customer data off it.
- Help Center: 'The free plan does not include a commercial license and cannot be used for any commercial purpose.' Terms s.1(c): free users 'may only use the Services for non-commercial purposes' and must use a personal…
- Free tiers are shared capacity: treat the limits as a ceiling, not a promise, and keep a paid fallback.
Questions
Is Eleven v4 on ElevenLabs free?
Yes. ElevenLabs offers it as free api tier, with these limits: 10K characters/month on Free (shared pool). No credit card is needed.
Can I use Eleven v4 on ElevenLabs commercially?
No: the free access is for testing or non-commercial use. A paid plan is needed for production.
How do I start with Eleven v4 on ElevenLabs?
It speaks the OpenAI API at https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1, so the OpenAI SDK you already use works once you change the base URL and key.
Source: elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/models, checked 8 Oct 2026.