Pay per book when you publish once, or subscribe when you produce often. No opaque credits, no surprise overages - and your rights stay yours on every plan.
For the author shipping their first audiobook.
For the series author who publishes every month.
For prolific authors and small publishers at volume.
Go over your quota? Overage is billed as one-off credits - Studio, Premium voice, music or video - at cost plus a small margin, never below what it costs us. Annual billing gives you two months free on every plan.
One book up to ~50,000 words, narrated with the Studio voice, exported retail-ready with a deposit guide. Add the Premium voice or mood music as options. No subscription needed.
Swap the Studio engine for top-of-market ElevenLabs narration on any plan or any single book. Charged per book, or by the minute for partial use. Paid plans include a monthly Premium allowance first.
Original ambient scoring matched to each chapter's mood, generated with Mureka under a full commercial licence. Included on Creator and Pro; add a track to any single title. Royalty-free partner library: Soundstripe.
Turn any audiobook into a published podcast feed - chapters as episodes, scheduled, auto-posted to YouTube. Or a $19 one-time conversion. We recommend Transistor as the host.
| Option | AudioBook Factory | Speechki | DeepZen | ElevenLabs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One book, retail-ready | $59 | ~$500 | $1,000-3,000 | Per credit |
| Subscription | $19 / 39 / 99 | No | No | $22 / 99 |
| Auto podcast + video | Included | No | No | No |
| Mood music + per-chapter direction | Included | No | No | No |
| Premium voice option | +$99 / book | No | Studio only | Native |
| Multi-retail | One click | Yes | Ingram | No |
| Keep your rights | Always | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Competitor prices verified 2026-06-28. Annual plans on AudioBook Factory bill 10 months for 12.
No. You pay a flat price per book or a flat monthly plan. A 90,000-word novel costs the same whether the engine works for ten minutes or an hour - no credit meter, no overage bill.
Annual billing gives you two months free on every plan - you pay for ten months and get twelve. That is the standard across the sector and it is the cheapest way to subscribe.
Always. You own the master files, set your own retail price, and keep your royalties on every store. Unlike Apple's free AI narration, we never take the rights to your audiobook.
We publish to your podcast host through its API. We recommend Transistor for its reliable API and unlimited shows; alternatives like Spreaker and Buzzsprout are supported too.
Waitlist members get the best price we will ever offer.
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