Audience
Developers and organizations building low-latency voice-enabled applications and AI agents, including conversational customer experiences.
About Eleven Realtime
Eleven Realtime is a developer-facing speech-to-speech API for adding live voice conversations to applications and AI agents. It combines speech recognition, turn-taking, language-model reasoning, and voice generation, with Mini and Max model options for different conversational needs. Developers can use the models through the Realtime API or select them in ElevenAgents. The streaming interface is designed for interactive voice experiences, including assistants, customer support, tutors, and interactive characters. Agent configurations can include prompts, voices, tools, knowledge bases, and conversation flows. Realtime usage is billed per minute plus model input and output tokens. The product is intended for developers and organizations building real-time conversational applications and voice-enabled customer experiences.
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Pricing
Pricing Details:
Realtime agents are billed at the standard ElevenAgents per-minute rate plus input, cached-input, and output-token charges for the selected model. Eleven Realtime v1 Max costs more per token than Mini; rates vary by plan and model.
Company Information
ElevenLabs
Founded: 2022
United States
elevenlabs.io/realtime
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Eleven Realtime Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of users and organization types does Eleven Realtime work with?
Eleven Realtime works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does Eleven Realtime support in their product?
Eleven Realtime supports these languages: English.
Q: What kind of support options does Eleven Realtime offer?
Eleven Realtime offers support via online.
Q: What other applications or services does Eleven Realtime integrate with?
Eleven Realtime integrates with: ElevenLabs and OpenAI.
Q: Does Eleven Realtime have an API?
Yes, Eleven Realtime has an API.
Q: What type of training does Eleven Realtime provide?
Eleven Realtime provides training in the form of documentation.
