ElevenLabs API vs WhisperAPI vs Speechmatics | AI Voice Agents vs Universal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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ElevenLabs API
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Competitor 1
WhisperAPI
Competitor 2
Speechmatics | AI Voice Agents
Competitor 3
Universal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool ElevenLabs API
elevenlabs.io
ElevenLabs API is a developer interface to the company's audio models.
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Competitor WhisperAPI
whisper-api.com
WhisperAPI lets you upload 10GB video files
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Competitor Speechmatics | AI Voice Agents
speechmatics.com
Sub-second speech-to-text across 55+ languages with AI voice agents
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Competitor Universal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI
assemblyai.com
Speech-to-text API built for accuracy at scale
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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27.3Kvisits/mo
276.5Kvisits/mo
457.8Kvisits/mo
MoM change
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▲ 10.3%
▼ 8.9%
▼ 12.0%
6-month growth
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+41.8%
+26.7%
-16.3%
Global rank web
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#1,130,497
#155,675
#87,404
Avg. last 3 months
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25.6K
278.4K
518.4K
Bounce rate lower is better
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40%
43%
37%
Pages / visit
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1.7
3.2
4.0
Visit duration
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14s
1m 55s
3m 12s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 87% · ● Referral 12%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 8%
ElevenLabs APIWhisperAPISpeechmatics | AI Voice AgentsUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI
0157.2K314.4K471.5K628.7KWhisperAPI · 17.8KWhisperAPI · 25.7KWhisperAPI · 26.6KWhisperAPI · 19.2KWhisperAPI · 23.8KWhisperAPI · 25.8KWhisperAPI · 24.8KWhisperAPI · 24.7KWhisperAPI · 27.3KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 170.8KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 190.6KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 185.2KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 218.3KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 202KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 206.5KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 255.1KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 303.5KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 276.5KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 568.9KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 565KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 595.5KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 506.7KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 547.2KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 590.1KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 628.7KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 577KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 520.4KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 457.8K10K100K1MWhisperAPI · 17.8KWhisperAPI · 25.7KWhisperAPI · 26.6KWhisperAPI · 19.2KWhisperAPI · 23.8KWhisperAPI · 25.8KWhisperAPI · 24.8KWhisperAPI · 24.7KWhisperAPI · 27.3KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 170.8KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 190.6KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 185.2KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 218.3KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 202KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 206.5KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 255.1KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 303.5KSpeechmatics | AI Voice Agents · 276.5KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 568.9KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 565KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 595.5KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 506.7KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 547.2KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 590.1KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 628.7KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 577KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 520.4KUniversal-3 Pro by AssemblyAI · 457.8KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$5per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free tier
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Free FreeStarter $6/moCreator $22/moPro $99/mo+3 more
Free Trial FreePay-As-You-Go (40 credits) $10Pay-As-You-Go (100 credits) $20Pay-As-You-Go (200 credits) $30+1 more
Free FreePro $0.13
Free Trial FreePay-as-you-go Universal-2 $0.15/moPay-as-you-go Universal-3.5 Pro $0.21/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
AudioText
AudioVideo
Audio
Audio
Output
AudioText
Text
Text
Text
Skill level
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Categories
Audio & MusicDevelopment & CodeVoice & SpeechAI API+6 more
Voice & SpeechWriting & ContentAI Subtitle GeneratorAI Transcription
Development & CodeVoice & SpeechAI APIAI Transcription
Development & CodeVoice & SpeechAI APIAI Transcription
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Transcription
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Voice agents
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Podcast transcription
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Audio video transcription
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Sound effects
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Text to speech
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Video transcription
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Voice cloning
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Audio generation
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Developer tools
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Music
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Music creation
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Speech synthesis
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Voice
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Audio separation
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Call transcriptions
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Voice assistance
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