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ElevenLabs v3 vs MiniMax Speech 2.8
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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MiniMax's studio-grade speech model with 332 voices, emotion control, voice cloning, and a 50,000-character input limit.
Learn more about Speech 2.8 →Overview
Creator
ElevenLabs
MiniMax
Released
Mar 2026
Jan 2026
Available on
ElevenLabsOpenRouterReplicate
MiniMaxRunwareReplicate
Model ID
elevenlabs/v3
minimax/speech-2.8
Specs
Pricing
$0.08 / 1k chars
$0.10 / 1k chars
Type
Text-to-speech
Text-to-speech
Voices
47 to choose from
39 to choose from
Languages
Multilingual
Multilingual
Voice controls
Speed, Stability, Similarity
Speed, Emotion
Output formats
MP3, WAV_44100
MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG, PCM
Samples
NarrationBaseline naturalness and pacing
0:00 / 0:10
0:00 / 0:10
ExpressiveEmotion, emphasis, and pauses
0:00 / 0:08
0:00 / 0:08
Numbers and jargonDecimals, percentages, version numbers
0:00 / 0:13
0:00 / 0:18
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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