Murf & ElevenLabs Weekly (4 Nov 2026): ElevenLabs $1 Ends 16 Nov, Murf Speech to Text Goes Global
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Disclosure: links to Murf and ElevenLabs on this page are referral links. If you sign up through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. Everything below comes from the vendors’ own changelogs, pricing pages and event pages, read on 3–4 November 2026. Coverage window: 27 October to 4 November 2026.
Welcome to the first Murf & ElevenLabs Weekly: every Wednesday we pick the top three updates for each of the two biggest AI voice tools, with dates, costs and our honest take. All editions live on the Voice AI Weekly hub.
This week in 30 seconds
ElevenLabs 1: the $1 Starter month is extended to 16 November.
ElevenLabs 2: ElevenLabs Summit New York on 11 November; launches likely, none announced yet.
ElevenLabs 3 (tip): a new clone-strength setting for v4 Professional Voice Clones (26 Oct).
Murf 1: Speech to Text adds Finch-Global: US, UK and Australian English plus 6 European languages.
Murf 2: background-voice removal is now live in Speech to Text.
Murf 3: the voice list is now split by model (Falcon 2.1 vs Gen2), so check your voice IDs.
ElevenLabs: top 3 this week
A quiet week for shipping: ElevenLabs’ changelog and blog had no new entries between 27 October and 4 November (the newest changelog entry is 26 October). The news is an offer and an event, plus one setting worth knowing about.
1. The $1 Starter deal now ends 16 November (seen 3 Nov)
- What changed: On 4 November the pricing page read “Ends November 8”, a week later than the original 1 November; it now reads “Ends November 16”. Creator is also 50% off its first month ($11, then $22).
- Who it helps: Anyone who wants a commercial license and voice cloning for one cheap month.
- Cost: $1 for 30,000 credits (about 30 minutes of Eleven v4 speech by our own usage), then $6 a month.
- Our take: The cheapest commercial-use voiceover month we know of. Our deal breakdown shows what 30,000 credits buy, from our own account.
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2. ElevenLabs Summit New York (11 Nov)
- What changed: ElevenLabs lists a summit on “the future of voice and agents” in New York on 11 November, with speakers including NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang and ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski. The page offers a “register interest” link.
- Who it helps: Anyone planning a voice agent or a bigger ElevenLabs plan: launches often land at these events.
- Cost: Free to register interest; no ticket price or livestream is listed.
- Our take: No launches are announced yet, so don’t wait on it. We will cover anything new in next week’s edition.
3. Tip of the week: clone strength for v4 voices (26 Oct)
- What changed: A 0–1 “clone strength” setting controls how closely a Professional Voice Clone made for Eleven v4 follows its training samples. ElevenLabs recommends 0 for most uses.
- Who it helps: Creator-plan users with their own Professional Voice Clone.
- Cost: No extra cost; Professional Voice Cloning starts on Creator.
- Our take: Labelled a tip because it shipped just before this week’s window. If your clone sounds stiff, try 0 before re-recording samples; our voice cloning guide covers setup.
Murf: top 3 this week
Murf’s API changelog had the bigger week, all in its new Speech to Text beta.
1. Speech to Text goes global with Finch-Global (2 Nov)
- What changed: A second model, Finch-Global, transcribes English (US, UK, Australia), German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch on a US-East endpoint. The original model is now called Finch-Indic (English India + 11 Indian languages). The WebSocket URL now needs a
modelparameter. - Who it helps: Developers outside India who build voice agents or call analytics, and anyone already using the beta (add the model parameter).
- Cost: Still $0.24 per hour, billed per second; the $10 free API credit covers about 41 hours.
- Our take: This fixes the biggest gap in our Murf speech to text review, which we have updated: it is no longer India-only.
2. Background voice removal is live (2 Nov)
- What changed: Setting
bvc=trueon the connection removes background voices before transcription, on both Finch models. Off by default. It was listed as “coming soon” a week ago. - Who it helps: Call centres and anyone transcribing noisy, multi-person rooms.
- Cost: No separate price is listed; it uses the same $0.24-an-hour rate.
- Our take: Useful, but automatic end-of-turn detection is still not live, so your app must still signal when a caller has finished.
3. Voice list split by model (27 Oct)
- What changed: The List Voices endpoint takes a
modelparameter:falcon-2.1for streaming voices,gen2for studio synthesis. Each has its own catalogue. - Who it helps: Developers who hard-coded voice IDs.
- Cost: Free.
- Our take: A small change that can break things: a voice ID from one catalogue may not exist in the other. Fetch the matching list before you stream.
Deals and deadlines
| Offer | Tool | Ends |
|---|---|---|
| Starter $1 for the first month (then $6) | ElevenLabs | 16 Nov 2026 |
| Creator 50% off the first month ($11, then $22) | ElevenLabs | No date shown |
| $10 free API credit (~41 h of speech to text) | Murf | Ongoing |
| Annual Studio plans (Murf shows “Saved 33%”) | Murf | Ongoing |
Which one to use this week
For voiceovers, take the ElevenLabs $1 month before it ends on 16 November: nothing else gives you a commercial license and voice cloning that cheaply. For live transcription, Murf is now worth testing in Europe and the US too, at $0.24 an hour against ElevenLabs’ listed $0.39 for Scribe v2 Realtime, as long as you can handle end-of-turn detection yourself.
What we could not verify
Open questions, stated plainly
Summit launches and livestream. ElevenLabs has not announced either.
Finch-Global accuracy and latency. Murf publishes neither; we have not tested it yet.
Price after the beta. Murf has not said whether $0.24 an hour will last.
Sources, read 3–4 November 2026: ElevenLabs pricing, ElevenLabs changelog, ElevenLabs Summit New York, Murf API changelog, Murf Speech to Text overview, Murf pricing.
FAQ
When does the ElevenLabs $1 Starter deal end?
ElevenLabs’ pricing page showed “Ends November 8” when we checked on 3 and 4 November 2026; on 8 November it showed “Ends November 16”. After the first month, Starter renews at $6 a month.
Does Murf speech to text work in English outside India now?
Yes. Since 2 November 2026 Murf offers a second model, Finch-Global, for English (US, UK, Australia), German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch, on a US-East endpoint. It is still in beta at $0.24 an hour.
Did ElevenLabs ship anything new this week?
Not in its changelog or blog: the newest changelog entry is from 26 October 2026. The news this week is the extended $1 offer and the ElevenLabs Summit in New York on 11 November.
