ElevenLabs Is 50% Off on Vercel AI Gateway Until 9 November: 14 Voice, Music and Transcription Models, One API Key
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If you build web apps on Vercel, adding voice just got simpler. Vercel’s AI Gateway now serves 14 ElevenLabs audio models through the same API key you use for text models, and they’re half price until 9 November.
The short version
What: 14 ElevenLabs models on Vercel AI Gateway, from transcription to music, reached with one Gateway API key and the AI SDK.
Offer: 50% off all ElevenLabs models on AI Gateway for the first 14 days, through 9 November 2026.
Pricing: Vercel says it passes through ElevenLabs’ prices with no markup and no platform fee on inference, including bring-your-own-key requests.
Not covered: ElevenLabs app subscriptions. For those, the current offer is Starter at $1 for the first month, until 16 November.
The 14 models
| Type | What it does | Model IDs |
|---|---|---|
| Speech to text | Transcribe recordings or caption live audio | elevenlabs/scribe-v2, elevenlabs/scribe-v2-realtime |
| Streaming text to speech | Start playing audio while a language model is still writing its reply | elevenlabs/eleven-flash-v2.5, elevenlabs/eleven-flash-v2, elevenlabs/eleven-multilingual-v2, elevenlabs/eleven-v3-conversational |
| Realtime voice agents | A full spoken conversation in one live session: support lines, tutors, in-app assistants | elevenlabs/eleven-realtime-v1-max, elevenlabs/eleven-realtime-v1-mini |
| Music | A song or instrumental from a text prompt, at the length you set | elevenlabs/music-v2.5, elevenlabs/music-v2 |
| Sound effects | Short sounds and loopable ambience from a description | elevenlabs/sound-effects-v2 |
| Multi-voice dialogue | A whole multi-speaker script in one request, one voice per speaker | elevenlabs/eleven-v4, elevenlabs/eleven-v4-turbo, elevenlabs/eleven-v3 |
How you use it
In the AI SDK you name the model as model: 'elevenlabs/<model-id>'. Vercel’s examples use streamTranscribe for speech to text, streamSpeech and generateSpeech for voice, and a realtime token plus the useRealtime React hook for live voice agents. Music length is set in the ElevenLabs provider options, and multi-voice dialogue takes a list of voice IDs.
The main appeal is one key and one bill: if your app already calls text models through AI Gateway, voice is now the same integration rather than a separate ElevenLabs SDK and account.
Who should use the 50% window
- Developers prototyping voice features (a talking assistant, live captions, narrated content) who want to test costs at half price before 9 November.
- Teams already on AI Gateway who’d rather not manage another provider account.
- Not for people writing voiceovers in the ElevenLabs app. That’s a separate subscription, and the discount doesn’t apply.
Gateway or a direct ElevenLabs account?
Through AI Gateway you get one API key across providers and, until 9 November, half price. A direct ElevenLabs account gives you the full ElevenLabs product: the Studio editor, voice cloning, dubbing and the voice library, on a monthly credit plan, plus API access with your own key (which AI Gateway can also use, with no platform fee). If you want the app as well as the API, the cheapest way in right now is Starter at $1 for the first month, until 16 November; see our ElevenLabs $1 deal guide.
What we couldn’t confirm
Open questions
Exact per-model prices on AI Gateway. Vercel says they match ElevenLabs’ pricing with no markup, but the post doesn’t list them.
Whether bring-your-own-key usage gets the 50%. The post doesn’t say; we’d assume it only applies to usage billed by Vercel.
Try ElevenLabs ($1 Starter until 16 Nov) →
Sources, read 7 November 2026: Vercel blog: ElevenLabs on AI Gateway, Vercel docs: ElevenLabs integration.
FAQ
Is ElevenLabs 50% off on Vercel?
Yes, until 9 November 2026. Vercel says all ElevenLabs models on its AI Gateway are 50% off for the first 14 days after the 27 October launch. It applies to API usage billed through AI Gateway, not to ElevenLabs subscription plans.
Does the discount apply to the ElevenLabs app or Starter plan?
No. It covers models called through Vercel’s AI Gateway. The separate ElevenLabs offer for app users is Starter at $1 for the first month, which ElevenLabs lists until 16 November.
Which ElevenLabs models are on AI Gateway?
Fourteen: Scribe v2 and Scribe v2 Realtime (speech to text); Eleven Flash v2.5, Flash v2, Multilingual v2 and v3 Conversational (streaming speech); Eleven Realtime v1 Max and Mini (voice agents); Music v2.5 and v2; Sound Effects v2; and Eleven v4, v4 Turbo and v3 (multi-voice dialogue).
Does Vercel add a markup?
Vercel says AI Gateway passes through provider pricing with no markup and charges no platform fee on inference, including bring-your-own-key requests.
Does the 50% apply if I bring my own ElevenLabs key?
Vercel’s post doesn’t say. With your own key, usage is normally billed by ElevenLabs on your ElevenLabs account, so we’d assume the discount applies to Gateway-billed usage only.
