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ElevenLabs v3 vs Microsoft MAI-Voice-2.1
Specs, pricing, and capabilities side by side, plus outputs generated from identical prompts, so the only variable between the columns is the model.
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ElevenLabs' most expressive voice model with rich emotional and tonal range.
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Microsoft AI's highest-fidelity text-to-speech model, with detailed prosody and a consistent speaker over long passages. It reads in 23 languages through preset voices across 28 locales, and the voice you pick sets the language.
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Creator
ElevenLabs
Microsoft
Released
Mar 2026
Oct 2026
Available on
ReplicateElevenLabs
OpenRouter
Model ID
elevenlabs/v3
microsoft/mai-voice-2.1
Specs
Pricing
$0.10 / 1k chars
$0.022 / 1k chars
Type
Text-to-speech
Text-to-speech
Voices
26 to choose from
97 to choose from
Languages
Multilingual
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Voice controls
Speed, Stability, Similarity
Speed
Output formats
MP3, WAV_44100
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Samples
NarrationBaseline naturalness and pacing
PromptThe last train had already left, but she decided to walk anyway. The city was quieter than she remembered, and for the first time in weeks, she wasn't in a hurry.
0:00 / 0:10
Download elevenlabs-v3-narration.mp3
0:00 / 0:08
Download microsoft-mai-voice-2-1-narration.mp3
ExpressiveEmotion, emphasis, and pauses
PromptWait — you're telling me it actually worked? After all that? I can't believe it. Honestly, I thought we'd lost the whole thing.
0:00 / 0:08
Download elevenlabs-v3-expressive.mp3
0:00 / 0:08
Download microsoft-mai-voice-2-1-expressive.mp3
Numbers and jargonDecimals, percentages, version numbers
PromptThe API returned 3,481 results in 0.42 seconds, a 12 percent improvement over version 2.5. Latency at the 99th percentile dropped from 840 milliseconds to 610.
0:00 / 0:13
Download elevenlabs-v3-technical.mp3
0:00 / 0:15
Download microsoft-mai-voice-2-1-technical.mp3
Every sample is the model’s first result for the shared scene prompt (no cherry-picking), generated via Runware or Replicate. Hover a copy icon to read the full prompt.
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