The ElevenLabs alternative
that plugs into your PBX.
ElevenLabs makes some of the best voices on the market. 008 Agent is built for the phone: it registers as an extension on your PBX and charges one price per minute, with the LLM and the voice inside.
Just another extension
The agent registers on your PBX like a desk phone: your numbers and your carrier stay the same.
The cheapest minute at volume
Big volume discounts, with voice and LLM included: no tokens or credits to add up.
Scale without limits
Every call spins up its own pod: it scales horizontally and call 1,000 sounds just like the first.
Read-out data, right first time
IDs, order numbers and phone numbers: the agent writes them down, validates them and confirms.
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008 Agent vs ElevenLabs, point by point.
Both build AI voice agents. What changes is how they reach your phone system, what each minute includes and what each one is built for.
| Criterion |  |  008 Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Connecting to your telephony | SIP trunk or Twilio numbers | PBX extension or SIP trunk |
| What a minute includes | Platform and voice; the LLM is billed separately | Platform, voice and LLM, in one price |
| Price at high volume | $0.08 plus the LLM; Enterprise on request | Big discounts, with voice and LLM inside |
| Entry price | Free plan with 15 minutes; from $6 a month | No fee, at $0.39/min |
| Concurrent calls | From 4 (free) to 40 (Business, $990/mo) | No limit: scales horizontally, one pod per call |
| Voice library | Among the best available; 31 languages for agents | Natural voices in 50+ regions and accents |
| Data read out over the phone | No dedicated feature published | Spelling, IDs and orders validated and confirmed |
| Integrations | HubSpot, Salesforce, Zendesk and ServiceNow | Zendesk, HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho and post-call webhooks |
ElevenLabs data taken from its public pages in October 2026; sources are listed at the bottom of the page. Prices exclude tax and may change.
What you pay for each minute on a call.
ElevenLabs' rate doesn't include the LLM: that's billed by model and by how much the agent talks. A 008 minute already includes it, with big discounts at volume.
- Agent minute$0.08/min
- LLMDepends on the modelExtra
- TelephonyTwilio or your carrier, at its ratesExtra
- Calls above your concurrency$0.16/min
008 Agent- High volumeBig discounts, custom pricing
- Voice and LLMInside the minuteIncluded
- Published plans$0.20 to $0.39/min
- TelephonyYour carrier, at its ratesExtra
On 008's published plans, a minute ranges from $0.20 (Elite, with a $549/month instance fee) to $0.39 with no fee, voice and LLM included. At high volume, Enterprise applies big custom discounts. ElevenLabs prices are taken from its Agents pricing page.
Where ElevenLabs still wins.
If you want the best possible voice, ElevenLabs is hard to beat.
Voice quality
Its library and expressiveness are among the best on the market, for narration and dubbing too.
Entry price
It has a free plan and plans from $6 a month: at low volume it costs less than 008's plans.
Languages
31 languages for agents and 70+ in its expressive mode.
If your agent lives in an app or you produce content, ElevenLabs fits. If it answers business calls from your PBX, that's what 008 is built for.
It plugs into your phone system as it is.
Bring your SIP trunk or your PBX and connect it straight to the pods. No need to change carriers or numbers.
Your trunk, your numbers
Connect your current carrier over SIP.
Works with your PBX
The agent joins as just another extension.
Transfers to your team
Hands the call to a person when needed.
Integrated with your stack
CRM, helpdesk and calendar, no code.
500, 1,000… as many as you need.
Every new call spins up its own pod. No matter how many run at once, none takes resources from another.
It slows down, whispers and even laughs.
It doesn't just understand what you say: it adjusts pace, volume and emotion the way a person would. Ask it to slow down and it does. If you're in a library, it lowers its voice.
Pace on request
Slower for reading out numbers, quicker when you're in a hurry.
Volume and whisper
Lowers its voice when the moment calls for it.
Real emotion
It laughs, empathizes and sounds warm, not robotic.
Matches your tone
It adapts to the way each customer talks.
Sorry, could you say that again more slowly?
Sure. Your order number is… four… seven… two… nine.
«Forty-seven, eighty-one, twenty-two, zero five, N as in Nancy»
008 AgentIDs, orders and phone numbers, right the first time.
It's where almost every voice agent fails: ID numbers, order numbers, phones or emails read out over the phone. Ours captures them, repeats them back to confirm and validates them before saving.
Understands how people dictate
Groups, pauses, «double zero», «N as in Nancy».
Validates before saving
ID check letter, phone format, order length.
Confirms it with you
Repeats the data out loud before moving on.
Emails without typos
Dots, dashes and at signs in the right place.
From ElevenLabs to 008 Agent, without downtime.
- 01
Bring your instructions
Your prompts, knowledge base and tools move from ElevenLabs to 008 as they are.
- 02
Connect your PBX
The agent joins as an extension or over your SIP trunk: numbers and carrier stay put.
- 03
Run both side by side
Route part of your calls to 008 and compare on your own data before moving anything else.
- 04
Move the rest
Once you're sure, switch all traffic over. No lock-in.
At volume, yes: with Enterprise discounts, a 008 minute comes in below ElevenLabs' $0.08, and it includes voice and LLM, which ElevenLabs bills separately. At low volume, its entry plans cost less.
And because 008 puts the LLM inside the minute, you know what a call costs before it happens. In the demo we run the numbers with your real minutes.
Yes. The agent registers as an extension on your PBX or connects to your SIP trunk, so you change neither carrier nor numbers.
Handing a call to your team is a transfer to another extension, just like with a person.
ElevenLabs has one of the best voice libraries. 008's voices are tuned for the phone: pace, pauses, interruptions and read-out data. Hear it in the demo with your use case.
No. You pick language and voice, write the instructions, connect your tools and publish the agent on your extension, with no code.
With 008 Engage you get AI agents on WhatsApp with the same knowledge base, and your team works from the same panel.
Compare 008 with other platforms.
Put an agent to the test.
Request a demo or talk to our agent on WhatsApp right now.
Sources
- ElevenLabs · Agents pricing
- ElevenLabs · SIP trunking (docs)
- ElevenLabs · New pricing and pay-as-you-go (May 2026)
- 008 Agent · Pricing
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