ElevenLabs text-to-speech shows 1.5s median latency, 11.2s worst case in test

A digital studio tested ElevenLabs' v3 text-to-speech service over a ten-day period in October 2026. The service completed 313 calls without failure at a cost of $0.00236 per call. The median call duration was 1.5 seconds, while the slowest call took 11.2 seconds. The test represents only one specific workload and does not predict general performance. The studio recommends setting timeouts based on worst-case latencies rather than median performance.