Everyone Picks Leonardo AI. I Kept ElevenLabs and Here's the Uncomfortable Why

I'm not a power user. I just wanted the task over with. I came to Leonardo AI because keeps a consistent character across a batch of assets. That part delivered.

The easy part, ElevenLabs clones a voice well enough that my mother didn't notice the demo. mispronounced our product name

Neither is clean. Leonardo AI the daily token cap bites mid-project. ElevenLabs charges per character and the meter moves fast on long reads. You feel both within a day.

My call: ElevenLabs for 'narration and prototype voiceovers' -- it's the one I trust there. Leonardo AI takes 'game and product mock art', where its quirk matters less. Plenty of people flip this; I didn't, because the failure mode of Leonardo AI costs me more.

Good enough that I'll reach for it next time.