ElevenLabs podcasts start from your content
ElevenLabs makes podcasts with GenFM. In Studio you choose GenFM podcast when you create a project, import a PDF, an article, a link or an ebook, and two AI co-hosts discuss it. Then you edit the transcript, swap or add speakers, and export the audio. The ElevenReader app makes GenFM episodes on your phone the same way. It is built for someone publishing a show: the content is yours, and so is the editing.
SUN starts from what you want to learn
With SUN there is nothing to import. Ask for "how a mortgage rate is set, 15 minutes, two hosts" and SUN plans the episode, researches it, writes it and voices it with Genesis, its own model built for long-form audio. Say what you already know and it starts there, and ask it a question while you listen. A subject too big for one episode comes as an Audio Course, lessons that build on each other. When you do have the material, attach it, a paper, slides or your notes, and the episode is built on it: PDF to podcast.
When ElevenLabs is the better choice
If you are producing audio for an audience, ElevenLabs gives you more to work with: more than 10,000 voices, Studio in 32 languages, music and sound effects on a timeline, voice cloning, a commercial license from its $6 Starter plan, and an API. SUN is for the person who presses play.
SUN and ElevenLabs side by side
| SUN | ElevenLabs | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Listening to learn | Producing podcasts, audiobooks, voiceovers and video |
| Where you start | A sentence, a question, or your files | The content you import, or a script its Studio Agent drafts |
| What you get | A podcast, audio course or audiobook, ready to play | A project you edit and export |
| Voices | One host or two, from SUN's narrators, or your own voice | More than 10,000, and cloning |
| Languages | 12: English (American and British), Spanish, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Hindi | 32 in Studio |
| Free | Your first hour of generation | 10,000 credits a month, for personal use |
| Paid | Premium monthly or yearly, or pay as you go | From $6 a month |
Your own voice
Record a minute of audio and hear any SUN episode in your own voice: AI voices. A voice you add stays private to your account; use only one you have the right to use. On ElevenLabs, instant voice cloning comes with Starter, and Professional Voice Cloning with Creator, at $22 a month.
Common questions
Is there a free ElevenLabs alternative for podcasts?
SUN's first hour of generation is free. After that it is Premium, monthly or yearly, or pay as you go, with credits that never expire. ElevenLabs' free plan gives 10,000 credits a month, for personal use only. Plans and pricing
Can SUN turn a document into a podcast, the way GenFM does?
Yes. Attach PDFs, documents, slides, notes or images, several at once if you like, and the episode is built on them rather than on the subject in general.
Can I change the script?
Yes, a line at a time, once the episode is made. For a full editor, with a timeline, music and sound effects, ElevenLabs Studio is the tool.
Starting from a topic? SUN's AI podcast generator. Other tools: best AI podcast generators, NotebookLM alternative, Speechify alternative.