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Addis AI vs ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs is excellent for English and major world languages. For Amharic and Afan Oromo voice it has nothing to offer: its text-to-speech does not support either language. It can only transcribe Amharic, not speak it.

0Amharic or Afan Oromo TTS voices
STT onlyAmharic support (transcription)
30Addis AI production voices

Who ElevenLabs is. ElevenLabs is one of the most popular voice AI platforms, with very natural English voices, voice cloning, dubbing, and text-to-speech across dozens of well-resourced languages.

Where Addis AI fits. We are the voice and language model platform for African languages. Amharic and Afan Oromo are live today, fine-tuned for the languages, with more African languages on the way.

Side by side

Where it counts for Amharic and Afan Oromo.

Addis AI
ElevenLabs
Amharic text-to-speech
Native. Multiple production voices
Not supported
Afan Oromo text-to-speech
Native. Production voices
Not supported
Amharic transcription
Native
Yes, via Scribe speech-to-text
TTS pricing
$0.032 per generated minute, pay as you go
Credit plans, roughly $120–$300 per 1M characters by tier
Speech-to-text
Native Amharic and Afan Oromo, trained on in-country audio
Varies by provider
Language model
Addis-፩-አሌፍ, our own LLM for African languages
No language model built for African languages
Owns the model layer
Yes. TTS, STT and the LLM are our own models, fine-tuned for African languages
General multilingual models, not built for African languages
Try without a sales call
$3.17 free credit on signup, no card required
Varies
Credit where it is due

Where ElevenLabs is strong.

We are not here to pretend ElevenLabs is bad software. It is not. Here is what it does well, so you can make an honest call.

  • Best-in-class natural English and major-language voices.
  • Mature voice cloning, dubbing, and a large community voice library.
  • Broad language coverage (70+ on its newest model) for well-resourced languages.

Sources

Claims about ElevenLabs are drawn from their own public documentation and pricing pages. Last reviewed 2026-06-18. Vendor offerings change, so verify before quoting.

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