Pricing for AI dubbing tools varies wildly. Free tiers, per-minute charges, monthly subscriptions, and credit packs all coexist. Here's a per-minute comparison so you can compare apples to apples.
Per-minute cost (USD)
- SyncDub AI — $0.06/min (5.99 USD for 100 minutes, one-time purchase).
- ElevenLabs Dubbing Studio — $0.30/min on the Starter plan, drops to $0.15/min at higher tiers.
- Captions — $0.10/min on the Creator plan, $0.07/min on Pro.
- HeyGen — $0.40/min on the Starter plan, $0.25/min on Business.
- Rask.ai — $0.50/min for short videos, $0.30/min for 30-minute videos.
- Heenok (free) — free with ads, or $0.20/min ad-free.
- YouTube Auto-Dub — free, built into YouTube.
Hidden costs
Watch out for: per-character fees on Chinese and Japanese dubbing (some tools charge 2–3× for languages with non-Latin scripts); setup fees for custom voices (often $200+); minimum monthly commitments on enterprise plans; overage charges when you exceed your monthly quota.
When the cheapest option is fine
If you're dubbing a one-off video that won't be published, YouTube Auto-Dub is hard to beat. If you need a polished file you can publish, ElevenLabs is the best value despite the higher per-minute cost. If you're watching foreign content in real time, SyncDub's per-minute rate is the cheapest because you're not paying for files — you're paying for minutes of actually-watched dubbing.