GroqvsElevenLabs

Full side-by-side comparison — features, pricing, platforms, and which one wins in 2026.

Groq

LLM APIs & Inference

The fastest AI inference platform — LPU-powered, 1000+ tokens/sec

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ElevenLabs

Voice & Audio

AI voice synthesis and cloning platform

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FeatureGroqElevenLabs
CategoryLLM APIs & InferenceVoice & Audio
PricingFree tier available, pay-per-token for productionFree + from $6/mo
GitHub Stars——
PlatformsWebWeb
Key Features
  • ✓ LPU hardware — custom chips for inference, not repurposed GPUs
  • ✓ GPT OSS 120B at 500 tok/s ($0.15/M input)
  • ✓ GPT OSS 20B at 1000 tok/s ($0.075/M input)
  • ✓ Llama 4 Scout 17B at 750 tok/s with 131K context + vision
  • ✓ Qwen3-32B at 400 tok/s with 131K context
  • ✓ Compound AI systems with web search + code execution
  • ✓ Whisper transcription ($0.04-0.11/hour)
  • ✓ OpenAI-compatible API — drop-in replacement
  • ✓ Free developer tier: 250-300K TPM, 1K RPM
  • ✓ Voice cloning
  • ✓ Text-to-speech
  • ✓ Voice design
  • ✓ API
  • ✓ Dubbing
Pros
  • + Fastest inference available (500-1000 tok/s)
  • + Free tier with generous limits (250K+ tokens/min)
  • + OpenAI-compatible API — swap one line of code
  • + Latest open-source models (GPT OSS, Llama 4, Qwen3)
  • + Compound AI for agentic workflows (search + code exec)
  • + Most realistic AI voices
  • + Voice cloning capability
  • + 29+ languages
  • + Easy-to-use API
  • + Streaming support
Cons
  • − Cloud-only — cannot self-host LPU hardware
  • − Rate limits on free tier (1K RPM)
  • − Smaller model catalog than running locally via Ollama
  • − Expensive at scale
  • − Closed-source
  • − Ethical concerns with cloning
  • − Free tier is limited
Tags
inferencefastfreehardware
voicettsaudioapi

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