Descript vs. ElevenLabs: data protection per plan
Descript (4 plans) and ElevenLabs (4 plans) side by side: DPA, training on inputs, hosting and data retention per plan, based on the providers’ public documents. Without rating.
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At a glance
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| Feature | Descript | ElevenLabs |
|---|---|---|
| Provider based in | Descript, Inc., 385 Grove St., San Francisco, CA 94102, USA | Eleven Labs Inc., 169 Madison Ave #2484, New York, NY 10016, USA |
| Plans recorded | 4 | 4 |
| Hosting | US only: all 4 plans | mixed: Free, Starter / Creator / Pro, Scale / BusinessEU option: Enterprise |
| Training on inputs | opt-out available: all 4 plans | opt-out available: Free, Starter / Creator / Pro, Scale / Businessno: Enterprise |
| DPA | not documented: all 4 plans | yes: all 4 plans |
| As of | 18 Oct 2026 | 18 Oct 2026 |
Plans compared
Comparing: Descript Business vs. ElevenLabs Scale / Business
| Feature | DescriptBusiness | ElevenLabsScale / Business |
|---|---|---|
| differs by plan | not publicly documented | yes |
| Details: DPA available | not publicly documented (the Trust Center lists a 'DPA' document only with 'Request access'; whether it applies to self-service plans is not stated. The security page mentions data processing agreements with suppliers) | yes (public DPA, as of 2026-04-08; for self-serve customers, the Terms constitute the contract) Provider’s DPA |
| opt-out available | opt-out available | |
| Details: Training on inputs | Privacy policy (as of 2025-04-14): purposes include 'research and development purposes including training our artificial intelligence models'; projects: 'You can opt out of having your Projects used to improve the Descript Service' by disabling the 'Share Data with Descript' setting. Terms (as of 2025-02-25) section 8.4(e): use of Input and Output 'to train, improve, and develop its models and technologies' '(unless you have opted out of such use)'; third-party providers are said to be contractually prohibited from training on inputs/outputs. For AI speakers, voice data is used as training/research data. Security FAQ: sharing information to improve the algorithms is said to be 'disabled by default and can only be enabled by you'. Help Center 'Account data and privacy': the setting is requested during onboarding and can be changed at any time in the app settings ('Share data with Descript'); 'for any in-house AI training we maintain a clear data sharing opt-in'; according to the Help Center, current production models use no user data. | Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-09): ElevenLabs processes inputs and outputs as well as usage data to research, develop, train and improve AI models (legitimate interest or consent where required); opt-out at any time in the account under 'Terms and Privacy' > 'Data use', effective only for data from the opt-out onwards. Terms (EEA version and non-EEA version, each as of 2026-10-09) section 4(i): same opt-out option for content. Trust Center (Subprocessors): for Google Cloud and Anthropic, 'LLM Services may also be used for research, development, training, and product improvement purposes, to the extent permitted under the applicable agreement with the customer'. ZRM documentation: agreements with all third-party LLM providers 'expressly prohibit such providers from training their models on customer content'. Documentation does not differentiate between the self-serve plans. |
| differs by plan | US only | mixed |
| Details: Data residency | Privacy policy: 'Descript is based in the United States and we process and store information in the U.S.' Trust Center: hosting with AWS, GCP and Heroku; backups additionally in a separate AWS region (region not stated). The sub-processor list mostly shows 'US' as the data region. | Data residency documentation: 'As a standard, ElevenLabs' customer data is hosted/stored in the U.S.'; additional storage locations (EU, India, Singapore) only as isolated environments for Enterprise customers ('Data residency is an Enterprise feature'). Trust Center (Subprocessors): for non-Enterprise customers, data at Google Cloud, AWS and MongoDB may be processed 'in the US, EU, or Singapore for latency and service performance purposes'. |
| list available | list available | |
| Details: List published |
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| differs by plan | Trust Center | DPA section 9.2.2: for self-serve… |
| Details: Data retention | Trust Center (Data Erasure): 'Data is retained until a customer deletes their account or projects'; project data is permanently deleted from the servers within 30 days; daily backups, additionally in a separate AWS region. Privacy policy: storage 'for as long as necessary' for the purposes; voiceprints (Descript) and facial geometry data (at service providers) until the purpose has been fulfilled, at most three years after the last account access. | DPA section 9.2.2: for self-serve services, ElevenLabs may delete content after 180 days of inactivity (right, not obligation). Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-09): voice-generated data at most 3 years after the last interaction, unless otherwise required by law; deletion of personal data on request. According to the documentation, 'Zero Retention Mode' is available only to selected Enterprise customers ('Enterprise customers can use Zero Retention Mode'); not documented for self-serve plans. |
| differs by plan | 50 USD/user/mo… (further prices in the details) | several tiers |
| Details: Price | USD 50 per person per month with annual payment, USD 65 with monthly payment (pricing page; not stated whether VAT is included) | Monthly billing: Scale USD 299 (3 seats, 1.8M credits), Business USD 990 (10 seats, 6M credits) per month. Annual billing ('Yearly billing' view, '2 months free'): Scale USD 249.17, Business USD 825 per month. 'Prices exclude all taxes, levies and duties.' (pricing page) |
| yes | yes | |
| Details: AI features included | yes (1,500 AI credits/month; up to 5 seats, team-wide access to Brand Studio, Priority Support with SLA according to the pricing page) | yes (team features, more seats and Professional Voice Clones according to the pricing page) |
| 7 sources | 10 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- differs by plan
- Descript Businessnot publicly documented
- ElevenLabs Scale / Businessyes
- Descript Business
not publicly documented (the Trust Center lists a 'DPA' document only with 'Request access'; whether it applies to self-service plans is not stated. The security page mentions data processing agreements with suppliers)
ElevenLabs Scale / Businessyes (public DPA, as of 2026-04-08; for self-serve customers, the Terms constitute the contract)
Provider’s DPA
Training
- Descript Businessopt-out available
- ElevenLabs Scale / Businessopt-out available
- Descript Business
Privacy policy (as of 2025-04-14): purposes include 'research and development purposes including training our artificial intelligence models'; projects: 'You can opt out of having your Projects used to improve the Descript Service' by disabling the 'Share Data with Descript' setting. Terms (as of 2025-02-25) section 8.4(e): use of Input and Output 'to train, improve, and develop its models and technologies' '(unless you have opted out of such use)'; third-party providers are said to be contractually prohibited from training on inputs/outputs. For AI speakers, voice data is used as training/research data. Security FAQ: sharing information to improve the algorithms is said to be 'disabled by default and can only be enabled by you'. Help Center 'Account data and privacy': the setting is requested during onboarding and can be changed at any time in the app settings ('Share data with Descript'); 'for any in-house AI training we maintain a clear data sharing opt-in'; according to the Help Center, current production models use no user data.
ElevenLabs Scale / BusinessPrivacy Policy (as of 2026-10-09): ElevenLabs processes inputs and outputs as well as usage data to research, develop, train and improve AI models (legitimate interest or consent where required); opt-out at any time in the account under 'Terms and Privacy' > 'Data use', effective only for data from the opt-out onwards. Terms (EEA version and non-EEA version, each as of 2026-10-09) section 4(i): same opt-out option for content. Trust Center (Subprocessors): for Google Cloud and Anthropic, 'LLM Services may also be used for research, development, training, and product improvement purposes, to the extent permitted under the applicable agreement with the customer'. ZRM documentation: agreements with all third-party LLM providers 'expressly prohibit such providers from training their models on customer content'. Documentation does not differentiate between the self-serve plans.
Hosting
- differs by plan
- Descript BusinessUS only
- ElevenLabs Scale / Businessmixed
- Descript Business
Privacy policy: 'Descript is based in the United States and we process and store information in the U.S.' Trust Center: hosting with AWS, GCP and Heroku; backups additionally in a separate AWS region (region not stated). The sub-processor list mostly shows 'US' as the data region.
ElevenLabs Scale / BusinessData residency documentation: 'As a standard, ElevenLabs' customer data is hosted/stored in the U.S.'; additional storage locations (EU, India, Singapore) only as isolated environments for Enterprise customers ('Data residency is an Enterprise feature'). Trust Center (Subprocessors): for non-Enterprise customers, data at Google Cloud, AWS and MongoDB may be processed 'in the US, EU, or Singapore for latency and service performance purposes'.
Sub-processors
- Descript Businesslist available
- ElevenLabs Scale / Businesslist available
- Descript Business
- Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud (hosting; US)
- AI/ML: Anthropic API, OpenRouter, Hugging Face, Baseten, ElevenLabs, Andromeda (US)
- Other service providers for analytics, sales and support (US); list contains no EU data region
ElevenLabs Scale / Business- ElevenLabs affiliates in the UK, Poland, Japan, UAE, India, Ireland, Netherlands, Singapore and Switzerland (Global)
- Google Cloud Platform – cloud infrastructure, storage, LLM services (Enterprise: US or selected hosting location; non-Enterprise: US, EU or Singapore)
- Amazon Web Services and MongoDB – cloud infrastructure, storage, database (Enterprise: US or selected hosting location; non-Enterprise: US, EU or Singapore)
- Azure – infrastructure and LLM services where India Data Residency is selected (India)
- LLM services: Anthropic (US), OpenAI (US/EU), xAI (US; only after the customer enables the integration), Fireworks AI (Global), Databricks (Global)
- Generation of synthetic media: ByteDance (Indonesia, Malaysia, EU), Creatify (US), Fal (Global), Kling (Singapore), Runway (US), Sync (US)
- Safety and moderation: Cinder (EU), Hive (US), Reality Defender (US; optional integration for ElevenAgents)
- Support and collaboration: Asana, Slack, Zendesk, Pylon, Zapier (each US), Plain (UK)
- Analytics and data integration: PostHog (EU), Sigma (US), Fivetran (US)
- Other: Stripe (US; payments), Twilio (US; SMS 2FA), Trustpilot (EU; reviews), Tailscale (US/EU; networking)
Retention
- differs by plan
- Descript BusinessTrust Center
- ElevenLabs Scale / BusinessDPA section 9.2.2: for self-serve…
- Descript BusinessTrust Center (Data Erasure): 'Data is retained until a customer deletes their account or projects'; project data is permanently deleted from the servers within 30 days; daily backups, additionally in a separate AWS region. Privacy policy: storage 'for as long as necessary' for the purposes; voiceprints (Descript) and facial geometry data (at service providers) until the purpose has been fulfilled, at most three years after the last account access.ElevenLabs Scale / BusinessDPA section 9.2.2: for self-serve services, ElevenLabs may delete content after 180 days of inactivity (right, not obligation). Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-09): voice-generated data at most 3 years after the last interaction, unless otherwise required by law; deletion of personal data on request. According to the documentation, 'Zero Retention Mode' is available only to selected Enterprise customers ('Enterprise customers can use Zero Retention Mode'); not documented for self-serve plans.
Price
- differs by plan
- Descript Business50 USD/user/mo… (further prices in the details)
- ElevenLabs Scale / Businessseveral tiers
- Descript Business
USD 50 per person per month with annual payment, USD 65 with monthly payment (pricing page; not stated whether VAT is included)
ElevenLabs Scale / BusinessMonthly billing: Scale USD 299 (3 seats, 1.8M credits), Business USD 990 (10 seats, 6M credits) per month. Annual billing ('Yearly billing' view, '2 months free'): Scale USD 249.17, Business USD 825 per month. 'Prices exclude all taxes, levies and duties.' (pricing page)
- Descript Businessyes
- ElevenLabs Scale / Businessyes
- Descript Business
yes (1,500 AI credits/month; up to 5 seats, team-wide access to Brand Studio, Priority Support with SLA according to the pricing page)
ElevenLabs Scale / Businessyes (team features, more seats and Professional Voice Clones according to the pricing page)
Evidence
- Descript Business7 sources
- ElevenLabs Scale / Business10 sources
- Descript Business
- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2025-04-14)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms of Service (as of 2025-02-25)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- SecurityTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data SubprocessorsSub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Descript Trust Center (SecurityPal, as of 2026-08-21)Trust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Account data and privacy (Help Center)Help Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
ElevenLabs Scale / Business- Pricing (rendered in browser, monthly/yearly billing)Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-09)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Processing Addendum (as of 2026-04-08)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms of Use (non-EEA version, as of 2026-10-09)Terms and conditions, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Data residency (documentation)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms of Service for EEA, UK and Switzerland (as of 2026-10-09)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- ElevenLabs Trust Center (Vanta; ISO certificates and SOC 3 report viewable, SOC 2 via Request access)Trust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Trust Center: Subprocessors (32 entries with location)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Help Center: Is my data used to improve ElevenLabs’ AI models?Help Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Docs: Zero Retention Mode (Enterprise)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
| Feature | Descript | ElevenLabs |
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| differs by tool | not publicly documentedall 4 plans | yesall 4 plans |
| Details: DPA available |
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| differs by tool | opt-out availableall 4 plans |
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| Details: Training on inputs |
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| differs by tool | US onlyall 4 plans |
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| Details: Data residency |
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| list availableall 4 plans | list availableall 4 plans | |
| Details: List published |
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| Details: Data retention |
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| Details: Price |
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| yesall 4 plans | yesall 4 plans | |
| Details: AI features included |
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| 7 sources | 10 sources | |
| Details: Sources with retrieval date |
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Contract / DPA
- differs by tool
- Descriptnot publicly documentedall 4 plans
- ElevenLabsyesall 4 plans
- Descript
- Free
not publicly documented (the Trust Center lists a 'DPA' document only with 'Request access'; whether it applies to self-service plans is not stated. The security page mentions data processing agreements with suppliers)
- Hobbyist / Creator
not publicly documented (the Trust Center lists a 'DPA' document only with 'Request access'; whether it applies to self-service plans is not stated. The security page mentions data processing agreements with suppliers)
- Business
not publicly documented (the Trust Center lists a 'DPA' document only with 'Request access'; whether it applies to self-service plans is not stated. The security page mentions data processing agreements with suppliers)
- Enterprise
not publicly documented (the pricing page mentions 'custom legal terms'; the Trust Center lists a 'DPA' document only with 'Request access')
ElevenLabs- Free
yes (public DPA, as of 2026-04-08; applies to 'Self-Serve Services' = all non-Enterprise services; Free accounts are not expressly mentioned)
Provider’s DPA - Starter / Creator / Pro
yes (public DPA, as of 2026-04-08; for self-serve customers, the Terms constitute the contract)
Provider’s DPA - Scale / Business
yes (public DPA, as of 2026-04-08; for self-serve customers, the Terms constitute the contract)
Provider’s DPA - Enterprise
yes (DPA; pricing page names 'Custom terms & assurance around DPA/SLAs')
Provider’s DPA
- Free
Training
- differs by tool
- Descriptopt-out availableall 4 plans
- ElevenLabs
- opt-out availableFree, Starter / Creator / Pro, Scale / Business
- noEnterprise
- Descript
- Free
Privacy policy (as of 2025-04-14): purposes include 'research and development purposes including training our artificial intelligence models'; projects: 'You can opt out of having your Projects used to improve the Descript Service' by disabling the 'Share Data with Descript' setting. Terms (as of 2025-02-25) section 8.4(e): use of Input and Output 'to train, improve, and develop its models and technologies' '(unless you have opted out of such use)'; third-party providers are said to be contractually prohibited from training on inputs/outputs. For AI speakers, voice data is used as training/research data. Security FAQ: sharing information to improve the algorithms is said to be 'disabled by default and can only be enabled by you'. Help Center 'Account data and privacy': the setting is requested during onboarding and can be changed at any time in the app settings ('Share data with Descript'); 'for any in-house AI training we maintain a clear data sharing opt-in'; according to the Help Center, current production models use no user data.
- Hobbyist / Creator
Privacy policy (as of 2025-04-14): purposes include 'research and development purposes including training our artificial intelligence models'; projects: 'You can opt out of having your Projects used to improve the Descript Service' by disabling the 'Share Data with Descript' setting. Terms (as of 2025-02-25) section 8.4(e): use of Input and Output 'to train, improve, and develop its models and technologies' '(unless you have opted out of such use)'; third-party providers are said to be contractually prohibited from training on inputs/outputs. For AI speakers, voice data is used as training/research data. Security FAQ: sharing information to improve the algorithms is said to be 'disabled by default and can only be enabled by you'. Help Center 'Account data and privacy': the setting is requested during onboarding and can be changed at any time in the app settings ('Share data with Descript'); 'for any in-house AI training we maintain a clear data sharing opt-in'; according to the Help Center, current production models use no user data.
- Business
Privacy policy (as of 2025-04-14): purposes include 'research and development purposes including training our artificial intelligence models'; projects: 'You can opt out of having your Projects used to improve the Descript Service' by disabling the 'Share Data with Descript' setting. Terms (as of 2025-02-25) section 8.4(e): use of Input and Output 'to train, improve, and develop its models and technologies' '(unless you have opted out of such use)'; third-party providers are said to be contractually prohibited from training on inputs/outputs. For AI speakers, voice data is used as training/research data. Security FAQ: sharing information to improve the algorithms is said to be 'disabled by default and can only be enabled by you'. Help Center 'Account data and privacy': the setting is requested during onboarding and can be changed at any time in the app settings ('Share data with Descript'); 'for any in-house AI training we maintain a clear data sharing opt-in'; according to the Help Center, current production models use no user data.
- Enterprise
Pricing page: the Enterprise plan lists 'AI and data controls' with opt-out from training and custom retention. Trust Center: 'Enterprise customer data is excluded from improving, training, or developing Descript’s AI systems.' Help Center: for Enterprise drives, data sharing is disabled by default and cannot be toggled.
ElevenLabs- Free
Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-09): ElevenLabs processes inputs and outputs as well as usage data to research, develop, train and improve AI models (legitimate interest or consent where required); opt-out at any time in the account under 'Terms and Privacy' > 'Data use', effective only for data from the opt-out onwards. Terms (EEA version and non-EEA version, each as of 2026-10-09) section 4(i): same opt-out option for content. Trust Center (Subprocessors): for Google Cloud and Anthropic, 'LLM Services may also be used for research, development, training, and product improvement purposes, to the extent permitted under the applicable agreement with the customer'. ZRM documentation: agreements with all third-party LLM providers 'expressly prohibit such providers from training their models on customer content'. Documentation does not differentiate between the self-serve plans.
- Starter / Creator / Pro
Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-09): ElevenLabs processes inputs and outputs as well as usage data to research, develop, train and improve AI models (legitimate interest or consent where required); opt-out at any time in the account under 'Terms and Privacy' > 'Data use', effective only for data from the opt-out onwards. Terms (EEA version and non-EEA version, each as of 2026-10-09) section 4(i): same opt-out option for content. Trust Center (Subprocessors): for Google Cloud and Anthropic, 'LLM Services may also be used for research, development, training, and product improvement purposes, to the extent permitted under the applicable agreement with the customer'. ZRM documentation: agreements with all third-party LLM providers 'expressly prohibit such providers from training their models on customer content'. Documentation does not differentiate between the self-serve plans.
- Scale / Business
Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-09): ElevenLabs processes inputs and outputs as well as usage data to research, develop, train and improve AI models (legitimate interest or consent where required); opt-out at any time in the account under 'Terms and Privacy' > 'Data use', effective only for data from the opt-out onwards. Terms (EEA version and non-EEA version, each as of 2026-10-09) section 4(i): same opt-out option for content. Trust Center (Subprocessors): for Google Cloud and Anthropic, 'LLM Services may also be used for research, development, training, and product improvement purposes, to the extent permitted under the applicable agreement with the customer'. ZRM documentation: agreements with all third-party LLM providers 'expressly prohibit such providers from training their models on customer content'. Documentation does not differentiate between the self-serve plans.
- Enterprise
Help Center ('Is my data used to improve ElevenLabs’ AI models?'): 'By default, we don’t train on any data from our Enterprise customers, other than as may be necessary to provide services to such Enterprise customers.' ZRM documentation: agreements with all third-party LLM providers 'expressly prohibit such providers from training their models on customer content, whether or not Zero Retention Mode is enabled'. Enterprise contract texts are not public.
- Free
Hosting
- differs by tool
- DescriptUS onlyall 4 plans
- ElevenLabs
- mixedFree, Starter / Creator / Pro, Scale / Business
- EU optionEnterprise
- Descript
- Free
Privacy policy: 'Descript is based in the United States and we process and store information in the U.S.' Trust Center: hosting with AWS, GCP and Heroku; backups additionally in a separate AWS region (region not stated). The sub-processor list mostly shows 'US' as the data region.
- Hobbyist / Creator
Privacy policy: 'Descript is based in the United States and we process and store information in the U.S.' Trust Center: hosting with AWS, GCP and Heroku; backups additionally in a separate AWS region (region not stated). The sub-processor list mostly shows 'US' as the data region.
- Business
Privacy policy: 'Descript is based in the United States and we process and store information in the U.S.' Trust Center: hosting with AWS, GCP and Heroku; backups additionally in a separate AWS region (region not stated). The sub-processor list mostly shows 'US' as the data region.
- Enterprise
as other plans: storage and processing in the USA according to the privacy policy; no EU option documented.
ElevenLabs- Free
Data residency documentation: 'As a standard, ElevenLabs' customer data is hosted/stored in the U.S.'; additional storage locations (EU, India, Singapore) only as isolated environments for Enterprise customers ('Data residency is an Enterprise feature'). Trust Center (Subprocessors): for non-Enterprise customers, data at Google Cloud, AWS and MongoDB may be processed 'in the US, EU, or Singapore for latency and service performance purposes'.
- Starter / Creator / Pro
Data residency documentation: 'As a standard, ElevenLabs' customer data is hosted/stored in the U.S.'; additional storage locations (EU, India, Singapore) only as isolated environments for Enterprise customers ('Data residency is an Enterprise feature'). Trust Center (Subprocessors): for non-Enterprise customers, data at Google Cloud, AWS and MongoDB may be processed 'in the US, EU, or Singapore for latency and service performance purposes'.
- Scale / Business
Data residency documentation: 'As a standard, ElevenLabs' customer data is hosted/stored in the U.S.'; additional storage locations (EU, India, Singapore) only as isolated environments for Enterprise customers ('Data residency is an Enterprise feature'). Trust Center (Subprocessors): for non-Enterprise customers, data at Google Cloud, AWS and MongoDB may be processed 'in the US, EU, or Singapore for latency and service performance purposes'.
- Enterprise
Data residency documentation: Enterprise feature via isolated environments (EU: eu.residency.elevenlabs.io); storage at the selected location, processing may also take place outside it; according to the documentation, processing can be restricted to the EU using 'Zero Retention Mode' and the API (optional integrations such as Custom LLMs may process outside). Trust Center (Subprocessors): selection of the hosting location 'subject to availability and ElevenLabs’ discretion'.
- Free
Sub-processors
- Descriptlist availableall 4 plans
- ElevenLabslist availableall 4 plans
- Descript
- Free
- Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud (hosting; US)
- AI/ML: Anthropic API, OpenRouter, Hugging Face, Baseten, ElevenLabs, Andromeda (US)
- Other service providers for analytics, sales and support (US); list contains no EU data region
- Hobbyist / Creator
- Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud (hosting; US)
- AI/ML: Anthropic API, OpenRouter, Hugging Face, Baseten, ElevenLabs, Andromeda (US)
- Other service providers for analytics, sales and support (US); list contains no EU data region
- Business
- Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud (hosting; US)
- AI/ML: Anthropic API, OpenRouter, Hugging Face, Baseten, ElevenLabs, Andromeda (US)
- Other service providers for analytics, sales and support (US); list contains no EU data region
- Enterprise
- as other plans
ElevenLabs- Free
- ElevenLabs affiliates in the UK, Poland, Japan, UAE, India, Ireland, Netherlands, Singapore and Switzerland (Global)
- Google Cloud Platform – cloud infrastructure, storage, LLM services (Enterprise: US or selected hosting location; non-Enterprise: US, EU or Singapore)
- Amazon Web Services and MongoDB – cloud infrastructure, storage, database (Enterprise: US or selected hosting location; non-Enterprise: US, EU or Singapore)
- Azure – infrastructure and LLM services where India Data Residency is selected (India)
- LLM services: Anthropic (US), OpenAI (US/EU), xAI (US; only after the customer enables the integration), Fireworks AI (Global), Databricks (Global)
- Generation of synthetic media: ByteDance (Indonesia, Malaysia, EU), Creatify (US), Fal (Global), Kling (Singapore), Runway (US), Sync (US)
- Safety and moderation: Cinder (EU), Hive (US), Reality Defender (US; optional integration for ElevenAgents)
- Support and collaboration: Asana, Slack, Zendesk, Pylon, Zapier (each US), Plain (UK)
- Analytics and data integration: PostHog (EU), Sigma (US), Fivetran (US)
- Other: Stripe (US; payments), Twilio (US; SMS 2FA), Trustpilot (EU; reviews), Tailscale (US/EU; networking)
- Starter / Creator / Pro
- ElevenLabs affiliates in the UK, Poland, Japan, UAE, India, Ireland, Netherlands, Singapore and Switzerland (Global)
- Google Cloud Platform – cloud infrastructure, storage, LLM services (Enterprise: US or selected hosting location; non-Enterprise: US, EU or Singapore)
- Amazon Web Services and MongoDB – cloud infrastructure, storage, database (Enterprise: US or selected hosting location; non-Enterprise: US, EU or Singapore)
- Azure – infrastructure and LLM services where India Data Residency is selected (India)
- LLM services: Anthropic (US), OpenAI (US/EU), xAI (US; only after the customer enables the integration), Fireworks AI (Global), Databricks (Global)
- Generation of synthetic media: ByteDance (Indonesia, Malaysia, EU), Creatify (US), Fal (Global), Kling (Singapore), Runway (US), Sync (US)
- Safety and moderation: Cinder (EU), Hive (US), Reality Defender (US; optional integration for ElevenAgents)
- Support and collaboration: Asana, Slack, Zendesk, Pylon, Zapier (each US), Plain (UK)
- Analytics and data integration: PostHog (EU), Sigma (US), Fivetran (US)
- Other: Stripe (US; payments), Twilio (US; SMS 2FA), Trustpilot (EU; reviews), Tailscale (US/EU; networking)
- Scale / Business
- ElevenLabs affiliates in the UK, Poland, Japan, UAE, India, Ireland, Netherlands, Singapore and Switzerland (Global)
- Google Cloud Platform – cloud infrastructure, storage, LLM services (Enterprise: US or selected hosting location; non-Enterprise: US, EU or Singapore)
- Amazon Web Services and MongoDB – cloud infrastructure, storage, database (Enterprise: US or selected hosting location; non-Enterprise: US, EU or Singapore)
- Azure – infrastructure and LLM services where India Data Residency is selected (India)
- LLM services: Anthropic (US), OpenAI (US/EU), xAI (US; only after the customer enables the integration), Fireworks AI (Global), Databricks (Global)
- Generation of synthetic media: ByteDance (Indonesia, Malaysia, EU), Creatify (US), Fal (Global), Kling (Singapore), Runway (US), Sync (US)
- Safety and moderation: Cinder (EU), Hive (US), Reality Defender (US; optional integration for ElevenAgents)
- Support and collaboration: Asana, Slack, Zendesk, Pylon, Zapier (each US), Plain (UK)
- Analytics and data integration: PostHog (EU), Sigma (US), Fivetran (US)
- Other: Stripe (US; payments), Twilio (US; SMS 2FA), Trustpilot (EU; reviews), Tailscale (US/EU; networking)
- Enterprise
- ElevenLabs affiliates in the UK, Poland, Japan, UAE, India, Ireland, Netherlands, Singapore and Switzerland (Global)
- Google Cloud Platform – cloud infrastructure, storage, LLM services (Enterprise: US or selected hosting location; non-Enterprise: US, EU or Singapore)
- Amazon Web Services and MongoDB – cloud infrastructure, storage, database (Enterprise: US or selected hosting location; non-Enterprise: US, EU or Singapore)
- Azure – infrastructure and LLM services where India Data Residency is selected (India)
- LLM services: Anthropic (US), OpenAI (US/EU), xAI (US; only after the customer enables the integration), Fireworks AI (Global), Databricks (Global)
- Generation of synthetic media: ByteDance (Indonesia, Malaysia, EU), Creatify (US), Fal (Global), Kling (Singapore), Runway (US), Sync (US)
- Safety and moderation: Cinder (EU), Hive (US), Reality Defender (US; optional integration for ElevenAgents)
- Support and collaboration: Asana, Slack, Zendesk, Pylon, Zapier (each US), Plain (UK)
- Analytics and data integration: PostHog (EU), Sigma (US), Fivetran (US)
- Other: Stripe (US; payments), Twilio (US; SMS 2FA), Trustpilot (EU; reviews), Tailscale (US/EU; networking)
- Free
Retention
- differs by tool
- Descript
- Trust CenterFree, Hobbyist / Creator, Business
- Pricing page: 'custom retention' in the…Enterprise
- ElevenLabs
- DPA section 9.2.2: for self-serve…Free, Starter / Creator / Pro, Scale / Business
- DPA section 9.2.1: deletion of customer…Enterprise
- Descript
- FreeTrust Center (Data Erasure): 'Data is retained until a customer deletes their account or projects'; project data is permanently deleted from the servers within 30 days; daily backups, additionally in a separate AWS region. Privacy policy: storage 'for as long as necessary' for the purposes; voiceprints (Descript) and facial geometry data (at service providers) until the purpose has been fulfilled, at most three years after the last account access.
- Hobbyist / CreatorTrust Center (Data Erasure): 'Data is retained until a customer deletes their account or projects'; project data is permanently deleted from the servers within 30 days; daily backups, additionally in a separate AWS region. Privacy policy: storage 'for as long as necessary' for the purposes; voiceprints (Descript) and facial geometry data (at service providers) until the purpose has been fulfilled, at most three years after the last account access.
- BusinessTrust Center (Data Erasure): 'Data is retained until a customer deletes their account or projects'; project data is permanently deleted from the servers within 30 days; daily backups, additionally in a separate AWS region. Privacy policy: storage 'for as long as necessary' for the purposes; voiceprints (Descript) and facial geometry data (at service providers) until the purpose has been fulfilled, at most three years after the last account access.
- EnterprisePricing page: 'custom retention' in the Enterprise plan; retention periods not documented.
ElevenLabs- FreeDPA section 9.2.2: for self-serve services, ElevenLabs may delete content after 180 days of inactivity (right, not obligation). Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-09): voice-generated data at most 3 years after the last interaction, unless otherwise required by law; deletion of personal data on request. According to the documentation, 'Zero Retention Mode' is available only to selected Enterprise customers ('Enterprise customers can use Zero Retention Mode'); not documented for self-serve plans.
- Starter / Creator / ProDPA section 9.2.2: for self-serve services, ElevenLabs may delete content after 180 days of inactivity (right, not obligation). Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-09): voice-generated data at most 3 years after the last interaction, unless otherwise required by law; deletion of personal data on request. According to the documentation, 'Zero Retention Mode' is available only to selected Enterprise customers ('Enterprise customers can use Zero Retention Mode'); not documented for self-serve plans.
- Scale / BusinessDPA section 9.2.2: for self-serve services, ElevenLabs may delete content after 180 days of inactivity (right, not obligation). Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-09): voice-generated data at most 3 years after the last interaction, unless otherwise required by law; deletion of personal data on request. According to the documentation, 'Zero Retention Mode' is available only to selected Enterprise customers ('Enterprise customers can use Zero Retention Mode'); not documented for self-serve plans.
- EnterpriseDPA section 9.2.1: deletion of customer content within 30 days of expiry/termination of the contract unless the customer consents to longer retention. According to the documentation, Zero Retention Mode for selected Enterprise customers: via the API parameter enable_logging=false (not for the web UI), for agents also per agent; ElevenLabs may restrict access at its discretion.
Price
- differs by tool
- Descript
- 0 USDFree
- several tiersHobbyist / Creator
- 50 USD/user/mo… (further prices in the details)Business
- customEnterprise
- ElevenLabs
- 0 USDFree
- several tiersStarter / Creator / Pro, Scale / Business
- customEnterprise
- Descript
- Free
USD 0 (pricing page; no credit card required)
- Hobbyist / Creator
Hobbyist USD 16, Creator USD 24 per person per month with annual payment; USD 24 and USD 35 respectively with monthly payment (pricing page; not stated whether VAT is included)
- Business
USD 50 per person per month with annual payment, USD 65 with monthly payment (pricing page; not stated whether VAT is included)
- Enterprise
Custom (pricing page: 'Talk to sales')
ElevenLabs- Free
USD 0 (10,000 credits/month, pricing page)
- Starter / Creator / Pro
Monthly billing: Starter USD 6, 30,000 credits (the promotion 'First month 83% off' ran until 18 Oct according to the page and is no longer shown on 2026-10-19); Creator USD 22 ('First month 50% off' = USD 11), 121,000 credits; Pro USD 99, 600,000 credits. Annual billing ('Yearly billing' view, '2 months free'): Starter USD 5, Creator USD 18.33, Pro USD 82.50 per month. 'Prices exclude all taxes, levies and duties.' (pricing page)
- Scale / Business
Monthly billing: Scale USD 299 (3 seats, 1.8M credits), Business USD 990 (10 seats, 6M credits) per month. Annual billing ('Yearly billing' view, '2 months free'): Scale USD 249.17, Business USD 825 per month. 'Prices exclude all taxes, levies and duties.' (pricing page)
- Enterprise
Custom (pricing page: 'Custom pricing', contact sales)
- Free
- Descriptyesall 4 plans
- ElevenLabsyesall 4 plans
- Descript
- Free
yes (100 AI credits one-off; 1 seat; export with watermark according to the pricing page)
- Hobbyist / Creator
yes (AI credits: Hobbyist 400/month, Creator 800/month; Underlord, Studio Sound, Green Screen, Eye Contact according to the pricing page; Creator up to 3 seats, billed separately)
- Business
yes (1,500 AI credits/month; up to 5 seats, team-wide access to Brand Studio, Priority Support with SLA according to the pricing page)
- Enterprise
yes (custom AI credits and media minutes according to the pricing page)
ElevenLabs- Free
yes (Text-to-Speech, Speech-to-Text, Sound Effects, Voice Design, Music; 10,000 credits/month; Commercial License and Voice Cloning not included according to the pricing page)
- Starter / Creator / Pro
yes (as Free, plus Commercial License; Instant Voice Cloning from Starter, Professional Voice Cloning from Creator according to the pricing page)
- Scale / Business
yes (team features, more seats and Professional Voice Clones according to the pricing page)
- Enterprise
yes
- Free
Evidence
- Descript7 sources
- ElevenLabs10 sources
- Descript
- PricingPricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2025-04-14)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms of Service (as of 2025-02-25)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- SecurityTrust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data SubprocessorsSub-processor list, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Descript Trust Center (SecurityPal, as of 2026-08-21)Trust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Account data and privacy (Help Center)Help Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
ElevenLabs- Pricing (rendered in browser, monthly/yearly billing)Pricing page, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Privacy Policy (as of 2026-10-09)Privacy notice, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Data Processing Addendum (as of 2026-04-08)DPA, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms of Use (non-EEA version, as of 2026-10-09)Terms and conditions, retrieved 14 Oct 2026
- Data residency (documentation)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Terms of Service for EEA, UK and Switzerland (as of 2026-10-09)Terms and conditions, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- ElevenLabs Trust Center (Vanta; ISO certificates and SOC 3 report viewable, SOC 2 via Request access)Trust Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Trust Center: Subprocessors (32 entries with location)Sub-processor list, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Help Center: Is my data used to improve ElevenLabs’ AI models?Help Center, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
- Docs: Zero Retention Mode (Enterprise)Documentation, retrieved 18 Oct 2026
not documentedmeans: not publicly documented, not verifiable in any provider source. It does not mean “no”.
No guarantee of accuracy, not legal advice. Each entry is valid as of the date shown. Open points are listed on the detail pages.
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