ElevenLabs: Eleven v4 vs Fish Audio: Drama 3
A side-by-side comparison of ElevenLabs: Eleven v4 ($280.00 / 1M characters) and Fish Audio: Drama 3 ($7.00 / 1M characters) using current USD prices and capabilities from the api14 catalog. Both run through the same OpenAI-compatible API.
Specifications
| ElevenLabs: Eleven v4 | Fish Audio: Drama 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | ElevenLabs | Fish Audio |
| Characters | $280.00 / 1M characters | $7.00 / 1M characters |
| Context window | - | - |
| Max output | - | - |
| Input | text | text |
| Output | speech | speech |
| Tool calling | ||
| Structured output | ||
| Reasoning control | ||
| Added | Oct 7, 2026 | Oct 13, 2026 |
Key differences
- Fish Audio: Drama 3 is 98% cheaper on input tokens.
Switch with one string
Both models use the same endpoint and request shape. Change the model value from "elevenlabs/eleven-v4" to "fish-audio/drama-3" and prompts, streaming and tools keep working.
import { writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({
baseURL: "https://api14.com/api/v1",
apiKey: process.env.API14_API_KEY,
});
const audio = await client.audio.speech.create({
"model": "fish-audio/drama-3",
"input": "Hello from api14! One API for every model.",
"voice": "alloy",
"response_format": "mp3"
});
await writeFile("speech.mp3", Buffer.from(await audio.arrayBuffer()));
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- Fish Audio: Drama 3 vs HeyGen: HeyGen Voice
- Fish Audio: Drama 3 vs HeyGen: HeyGen Voice Turbo
- Fish Audio: Drama 3 vs Mistral: Voxtral TTS 3
- HeyGen: HeyGen Voice vs HeyGen: HeyGen Voice Turbo
- HeyGen: HeyGen Voice vs Mistral: Voxtral TTS 3