Which is cheaper, ElevenLabs v4 or ElevenLabs v4 Turbo?

Both start at the same price: from $0.01 per run. By starting rate, ElevenLabs v4 Turbo is lower: ElevenLabs v4 $0.08/1k chars, ElevenLabs v4 Turbo $0.04/1k chars. Those are each model's cheapest settings, and the price of a request depends on what it asks for: the table lists each model's rates. For the exact price of a request before you run it, send the same body to POST https://api.varg.ai/v2/estimate.

Can I use ElevenLabs v4 and ElevenLabs v4 Turbo with one API key?

Yes. Both run on varg behind POST https://api.varg.ai/v2/tools/speech/call with one API key and one credit balance: send "model": "eleven_v4" or "model": "eleven_v4_turbo". Every model is billed at its provider's price with no markup, from one credit balance: 1 credit is $0.01.

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ElevenLabs v4 vs ElevenLabs v4 Turbo

ElevenLabs v4 and ElevenLabs v4 Turbo are both AI speech models that run on one varg API key. This page puts what the varg catalog states about each side by side: the price, how it is billed, what it takes and the typical time. It ranks neither on quality.

ElevenLabs v4: From $0.01 per run $0.08/1k chars
ElevenLabs v4 Turbo: From $0.01 per run $0.04/1k chars

Every model is billed at its provider's price with no markup, from one credit balance: 1 credit is $0.01.

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ElevenLabs v4 vs ElevenLabs v4 Turbo: side by side

Every row is read from the varg catalog and each model's input schema. A "from" price is the cheapest request the catalog states for that model, at its own cheapest settings. For the exact price of a request, send its body to POST https://api.varg.ai/v2/estimate.

ElevenLabs v4 vs ElevenLabs v4 Turbo
Fact	ElevenLabs v4	ElevenLabs v4 Turbo
Made by	ElevenLabs	ElevenLabs
Takes and makes	Text to speech	Text to speech
Price	From $0.01 per run	From $0.01 per run
Rates on the cheapest route	Per 1,000 characters: $0.08; Minimum charge: $0.01	Per 1,000 characters: $0.04; Minimum charge: $0.01
Billed	per character	per character
Typical time	~4 s	~2 s
Routes	1 on elevenlabs	1 on elevenlabs
Model id	`eleven_v4`	`eleven_v4_turbo`

Which to pick

Each line is a difference between two rows of the table. None of it says which model's output looks better: that depends on the prompt.

Pick ElevenLabs v4 when

you prefer its output. On price, limits and inputs the catalog states no advantage for ElevenLabs v4 over ElevenLabs v4 Turbo, so run one prompt on both and compare.

Pick ElevenLabs v4 Turbo when

you want the lower starting rate: $0.04/1k chars, against $0.08/1k chars; the table gives each model's rate by setting.
you want the shorter typical wait: ~2 s, against ~4 s, by the catalog's estimates.

Call ElevenLabs v4 and ElevenLabs v4 Turbo

One endpoint and one API key for both: POST https://api.varg.ai/v2/tools/speech/call with Authorization: Bearer $VARG_API_KEY. It answers 202 with a job right away; poll GET /v2/jobs/{id} until its status is completed.

ElevenLabs v4

POST /v2/tools/speech/call

curl -X POST https://api.varg.ai/v2/tools/speech/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VARG_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "eleven_v4",
  "text": "[excited] We just shipped it! [laughs] Okay, okay — let me walk you through what changed.",
  "voice": "rachel"
}'

vargai

vargai call_tool --tool speech '{"model":"eleven_v4","text":"[excited] We just shipped it! [laughs] Okay, okay — let me walk you through what changed.","voice":"rachel"}'

ElevenLabs v4 Turbo