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title: ElevenLab vs. Telnyx [2026 Fact Sheet]
canonical: https://telnyx.com/the-best-elevenlabs-alternative
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# ElevenLab vs. Telnyx \[2026 Fact Sheet\]

# #1 ElevenLabs Alternative for Production Voice AI

One stack runs the whole call. Not three vendors.

ElevenLabs gives you a great voice, then leaves you to rent the network, bolt on a carrier, and reconcile a stack of invoices. Telnyx owns it all: telephony, private global network, GPUs, and Voice AI. One provider, one bill, end to end.

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## ElevenLabs vs Telnyx

### Telephony network

## Telnyx

Licensed global carrier with native SIP trunking and phone numbers built in. The call and the AI run on one owned network.

## ElevenLabs

Not a carrier. You connect your own telephony provider (Twilio, Telnyx, PBX) via SIP; calls never run on ElevenLabs' own network.

### Underlying infrastructure

### Voice AI latency

### Speech stack (TTS + STT)

### LLMs

### Compliance

### Billing

## One bill for the whole call

A production ElevenLabs deployment means ElevenLabs plus a carrier plus often a separate LLM provider, each with its own contract and invoice. Telnyx bundles STT, standard TTS, and orchestration into one rate on one platform. Customers typically save \~45% consolidating onto the full stack.

[SEE PRICING](https://telnyx.com/pricing)

$0.05Per minute, STT + standard TTS included

DEVELOPER EXPERIENCE

## Migrating is a swap, not a rebuild

Already running ElevenLabs over a carrier? Use the built-in import tool to bring your ElevenLabs agents directly into Telnyx, port your numbers with guided porting, and retire the extra vendors. Keep your ElevenLabs voice via BYOK if you want, now running on the Telnyx network.

[READ THE DOCS](https://developers.telnyx.com)

Python

```
from telnyx import Telnyx

client = Telnyx(api_key="YOUR_TELNYX_API_KEY")

agent = client.ai.assistants.create(
    name="support-agent",
    model="Qwen/Qwen3-235B",
    instructions="You are a helpful support agent.",
    voice="Telnyx.Natural-HD",
)
```

AGENT PLATFORM

## Infrastructure for AI agents. Every primitive, one platform.

From carrier network to co-located GPU compute, Telnyx owns every layer your agents need to run voice AI and inference in real time. No Frankenstack. No rented infrastructure. One control plane for inference, voice AI, and global communications. Configure once, deploy globally.

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## Ready to switch from ElevenLabs?

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## FAQ

### How does Telnyx voice AI pricing compare to ElevenLabs?

Telnyx bundles STT, standard TTS, and orchestration at $0.05 per minute on one bill, with LLMs and telephony priced separately on the same platform. A production ElevenLabs deployment adds a separate carrier and often a separate LLM provider, each with its own contract and invoice. Customers typically save \~45% consolidating onto Telnyx.

### Can I keep my ElevenLabs voice on Telnyx?

### Does ElevenLabs handle phone calls on its own network?

### What's the latency difference?

### How hard is it to migrate from ElevenLabs?

### Why are customers commonly choosing Telnyx over ElevenLabs?

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