gotnerfed · index of recordfiled · 2025-11-04 · receipt #elevenlabs-2025-11-clone-credit-cut

RECEIPT#ELEV-2025-11-RLCwarn

ElevenLabs·AI voice generation + cloning·scored43nerf/ 100

ElevenLabs Creator tier voice-cloning quota cut 40% silently

Creator tier ($22/mo) subscribers saw their monthly cloned-voice character quota drop from 100,000 to 60,000 characters without notice. The pricing page was updated to reflect the new number with no migration window for existing subscribers.

Filed: 2025-11-04
Observed: 2025-11-04
Response window: UNCONTESTED · DAY 30
Jurisdiction: MIT · public

§ 01THE CHANGEBEFORE → AFTER · AI VOICE GENERATION + CLONING

− BEFORE · REMOVED2025-11-04

Creator $22/mo: 100,000 cloned-voice characters/mo

$22.00/mo·CREATOR · 100K CHARS/MO·active since 2024-04-15

+ AFTER · CURRENT2025-11-04

Creator $22/mo: 60,000 cloned-voice characters/mo

$22.00/mo·CREATOR · 60K CHARS/MO·quota cut from 2025-11-04

WAS$22 / mo · 100,000 cloned-voice characters

→

NOW
$22 / mo · 60,000 cloned-voice characters

-40%EFFECTIVE QUOTA CUT

PREDICTED IMPACT · EST.MED CONFIDENCE

USER IMPACT10-40%of paid users

12-MO FINANCIAL DAMAGE$0 - $20 per userminor disruption

CHURN PRESSURE · 30Dmoderatevalue reduction vs switching cost

Estimate based on the receipt's Nerf Index (43 / 100), the severity flag, and the kind of change (rate limit cut). How we estimate ↗

§ 03VENDOR RESPONSE WINDOWCLOSED · UNCONTESTED

ElevenLabs · response window UNCONTESTEDUNCONTESTED

FILED2025-11-04

MARKED UNCONTESTED2025-12-04

NOW · DAY 237

ElevenLabs did not respond inside the 30-day window. This receipt now reads as uncontested in the public record.

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§ 04EVIDENCE TRAIL1 SOURCES

CONTEXT · NARRATIVEfiled by gotnerfed · 2025-11-04

ElevenLabs has reduced Creator-tier quotas multiple times since the tier launched.

ElevenLabs has reduced Creator-tier quotas multiple times since the tier launched. The November 2025 cut was the third such reduction in 18 months. Subscribers who built apps on the old quota faced unexpected billing.

DETECTED2025-11-04KINDRATE LIMIT CUTSEVERITYMAJORSOURCES1VENDOR REPLYNONE

PRIMARY SOURCES · CHRONOLOGICAL01 / 01

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ElevenLabs pricing page ↗Source · elevenlabs.io

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