An ElevenLabs Workspace is a shared team environment available on Scale and Business plans. All workspace members share access to a centralised resource library — custom voices, conversational AI agents, Studio projects, pronunciation dictionaries, and Dubbing projects. Resources created by any team member in the workspace are visible and usable by all members with appropriate permissions, eliminating the fragmentation that occurs when each team member maintains a separate ElevenLabs account.
| Shared Resource | What Members Access | Primary Use Case |
| Custom voices | All workspace voices including clones | Brand voice consistent across all producers |
| Conversational agents | All configured ElevenAgents | Customer service agents shared with all developers |
| Studio projects | All audiobook and production projects | Editorial team collaborative long-form content |
| Pronunciation dictionaries | All custom pronunciation rules | Consistent brand name pronunciation site-wide |
| Dubbing projects | All multilingual dubbing configurations | Localisation team sharing translation workflows |
Seat Types: Basic vs Full
| Capability | Basic Seat | Full Seat |
| Access and use shared voices | Yes | Yes |
| Create new custom voices | No | Yes |
| Access and run shared agents | Yes | Yes |
| Create new agents | No | Yes |
| View Studio projects | Yes | Yes |
| Create new Studio projects | No | Yes |
| Use pronunciation dictionaries | Yes | Yes |
| Create new dictionaries | No | Yes |
| Workspace admin controls | No | Admin only |
| Cost | Included — 20 free in Scale plan | Additional cost per seat |
Full Seats are for active creators and developers who need to build new ElevenLabs resources. Basic Seats are for team members who consume or review output without needing full creation capabilities — reviewers, editors, QA teams, and stakeholders. With 20 Basic Seats included in Scale plan, large organisations can give broad team read-access at minimal cost.
Workspace Groups and Permissions
Workspace Groups allow administrators to create named groups with specific permission sets, assigning members to groups that control their platform access. A Content Team group might access Studio and Dubbing but not Conversational AI agent configuration. A Developer Team group might have full agent access. A QA group might have read-only access to both. Permission areas include: image and video generation access, voice creation access, agent configuration access, and project creation access.
Setting Up Your Workspace
Requirements
Workspace is available on Scale plan ($330/month) and Business plan (custom pricing). Basic Seats are included; Full Seats are purchasable as the team grows.
Inviting Members
Dashboard → Workspace Settings → Team Members → Invite. Enter email address, select seat type (Basic or Full). The invited member receives an email invitation and on accepting has immediate access to shared resources appropriate to their seat type.
Sharing Resources
Resources created within a Workspace are private to the creator by default. To share: in the resource’s settings, enable ‘Share with workspace.’ The resource then appears in all workspace members’ libraries. Resources not explicitly shared remain private.
Non-Community Voice Filter: Essential for Workspace Management
The April 2026 API update added a non_community voice filter — returning only personal and workspace voices while excluding community library voices. For workspace administrators managing a team’s voice library, this filter is essential for operational clarity: showing only the voices the team owns and controls, without thousands of community library entries. Critical for auditing which voices are in use across workspace projects and for managing Default voice migration before the December 31, 2026 expiry deadline.
Three Insights Most Workspace Guides Miss
1. Basic Seat Inclusion Transforms Scale Plan ROI
Before Basic/Full seat differentiation, every additional workspace member required a Full Seat — making team-wide access expensive at scale. With 20 Basic Seats included in Scale plan, organisations can give 20 members access to shared ElevenLabs resources at zero additional cost. For a content team of 15 who need access to shared voices and project files — not full creation capabilities — this is effectively free team access. The ROI calculation for Scale plan versus individual Creator accounts changes significantly when team-wide access is factored in.
2. Shared Voice Clones Create IP Ownership Questions
When a team member creates a Professional Voice Clone in a Workspace and shares it, ownership and usage rights become organisational policy questions rather than platform configuration. If the team member leaves, what happens to the cloned voice? ElevenLabs handles the technical sharing; IP ownership, usage rights on departure, and deletion policies are determined by internal agreements. Establish clear voice asset ownership policies before deploying Workspaces with shared Professional Voice Clones.
3. Workspaces Enable Consistent Pronunciation Across All Team Content
The most undervalued Workspace feature is shared pronunciation dictionaries. Without Workspace, each team member’s ElevenLabs account has independent pronunciation settings. With Workspace, one administrator maintains the team’s pronunciation dictionary — ensuring ‘Xiaomi’ is always pronounced correctly whether the content was produced by the London or New York team. For brands with distinctive product names, executive names, and technical terminology, this consistency has direct quality impact on all AI-narrated content.
Workspace in 2027
Workspace will evolve toward SSO integration with enterprise identity providers (Okta, Azure AD), SCIM provisioning for automated user management, audit logging for compliance tracking, and resource-level permission control allowing specific voices or agents to be restricted to specific groups even within the same workspace.
Key Takeaways
- ElevenLabs Workspaces share voices, agents, Studio projects, pronunciation dictionaries, and Dubbing projects across team members on Scale and Business plans.
- May 2026: Basic Seats (20 included free in Scale plan) vs Full Seats (full creation rights, purchasable). Dramatically improves team access economics.
- Workspace Groups and Permissions enable different platform access for different team functions without separate accounts.
- Shared pronunciation dictionaries ensure brand name consistency across all AI-narrated team content — the most undervalued feature.
Conclusion
ElevenLabs Workspaces solve the team collaboration problem every organisation scaling ElevenLabs usage eventually encounters. The May 2026 Basic and Full seat differentiation makes team-wide access significantly more affordable. For content teams, development teams, and agencies sharing ElevenLabs resources across multiple people, Workspace is the operational infrastructure that makes consistent, maintainable deployment possible.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an ElevenLabs Workspace?
A shared team environment on Scale and Business plans where multiple users share custom voices, conversational agents, Studio projects, pronunciation dictionaries, and Dubbing projects. All shared resources are available to workspace members based on seat type and group permissions.
What is the difference between Basic and Full seats?
Full Seats have unrestricted access to create and manage all workspace features. Basic Seats provide access to use shared resources without full creation capabilities. 20 Basic Seats are included in Scale and Business plans at no additional cost.
Which plans include ElevenLabs Workspace?
Scale plan ($330/month) and Business plan (custom pricing). Creator and Pro plans do not include multi-seat Workspace features.
Can I control access within a Workspace?
Yes — Workspace Groups and Permissions allow administrators to create groups with specific access rights. Members inherit the permissions of their assigned group.
Methodology
Workspace features from ElevenLabs official Twitter/X announcement (Luke Harries @lukeharries_). Basic and Full seat types from Releasebot ElevenLabs May 2026 release notes. Workspace Groups from elevenlabs.io blog page 10. Non-community voice filter from ElevenLabs changelog April 2026. This article was drafted with AI assistance and reviewed by the editorial team at ElevenLabsMagazine.com.
References
ElevenLabs. (2026). Workspace documentation. https://elevenlabs.io/docs
Releasebot. (May 2026). ElevenLabs May 2026 release notes. https://releasebot.io/updates/eleven-labs
