All AI tools on the bench (2026)
15 tools across 3 categories, each headed through the same standardized brief for its category. Scores are provisional editor estimates until a tool's bench round publishes — raw samples and measured timings replace them as each round completes.
AI Video
Rankings by use case →
AI Voiceover
Rankings by use case →
AI Writing
Rankings by use case →
Calculators
AI voice cost calculator → The cross-vendor one: enter your monthly minutes and compare cost per finished minute across ElevenLabs, Murf, Speechify and Narakeet, whose four meters cannot otherwise be held against each other.
Runway credits calculator → Work out what a video actually costs in credits across Runway's models and plans before you burn them.
ElevenLabs credits calculator → Turn credits or a plan into minutes of finished narration, scripts and dubbing time — built on our measured bench rate.
Synthesia credits calculator → Convert credit pools back into minutes of avatar video at Synthesia's 2-credits-per-second rate.
HeyGen credits calculator → Minutes by model — Avatar IV/V at 20 credits a minute, Avatar III at 3, translation at 5.
Speechify credits calculator → One credit per second of voiceover — and the 3× dubbing / 30× avatar spread that empties the same pool.
Narakeet cost calculator → The odd one out: no subscription. Enter the minutes you need and see the cheapest one-time pack — from $0.20 down to $0.05 a minute.
ElevenLabs character to minute converter → Paste a character count, get finished minutes, credits used and the plan that covers it — built on our measured 826–915 credits per minute.
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