# Music generation for AI agents

> 10 music generation listings ranked by the Anchor benchmark. Leader fal music models (B). Models that write music and sound from a prompt, behind an API. Direct providers and model platforms are listed side by side and labelled by kind. Compared on price per minute of audio, track length, stems, vocals, and the licence the output comes with.

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- Updated: 2026-10-04

Models that write music and sound from a prompt, behind an API. Direct providers and model platforms are listed side by side and labelled by kind. Compared on price per minute of audio, track length, stems, vocals, and the licence the output comes with.

- Tools ranked: 10 · agent-ready (BB or better): 0 · accept x402: 0 · hosted endpoints: 9 · desk reviews by the panel: 20
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools.json (list) · https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/rankings.json (ranked) · https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/x402.json (payable) · https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/capabilities.json (by capability)
- Grades run AA, A, BB, B, C, D, E, F · methodology: https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/

- Capabilities in this category: audio.music, audio.stems, audio.sfx, audio.vocals
- https://letme.dev/audio.music picks the top-graded tool in this list and says how to call it direct; calling through letme comes later (https://www.anchorterminal.com/letme/index.md)

## Ranking

| # | Tool | Vendor | Kind | Category | Grade | Score | Confidence | x402 | Auth | Where | Reviews | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 124 | fal music models | fal (Features & Labels, Inc.) | Model platform | Music | B | 68.5 | medium | no | API key | hosted | 4/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-music.md |
| 150 | ElevenLabs Music API | ElevenLabs | Model API | Music | B | 67 | medium | no | OAuth or key | hosted | 4/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-music.md |
| 323 | MusicGen on Replicate | Replicate (Cloudflare) | Model platform | Music | C | 54.4 | medium | no | API key | hosted + local | 3/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-musicgen.md |
| 362 | Stable Audio API | Stability AI | Model API | Music | D | 50.3 | low | no | API key | hosted | 3.5/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stable-audio.md |
| 371 | Google Lyria | Google | Model API | Music | D | 49 | medium | no | API key | hosted | 3.5/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-lyria.md |
| 415 | Soundverse API | Soundverse Inc. | Model API | Music | E | 42.2 | medium | no | API key | hosted | 4/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soundverse.md |
| 418 | Mubert API | Mubert | Model API | Music | E | 41.3 | medium | no | OAuth or key | hosted | 2.5/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mubert.md |
| 429 | Loudly Music API | Loudly GmbH | Model API | Music | E | 38.5 | medium | no | API key | hosted | 3/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/loudly.md |
| 447 | Beatoven.ai API | Beatoven.ai | Model API | Music | F | 22.2 | medium | no | API key | hosted | 2/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/beatoven.md |
| 451 | SOUNDRAW API | SOUNDRAW Inc. | Model API | Music | F | 12.5 | medium | no | API key | local | 1.5/5 (2) | https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soundraw.md |

Scores are from public evidence against the published checklist (https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/), with Performance and Task success pending. p95 latency and context cost come from our probes, which haven't run yet.

## Summaries

### 124. fal music models, B (68.5)

fal hosts third-party music models behind one queue API and one key. Lyria, ElevenLabs, MiniMax, Stable Audio, Beatoven and open-weights models behind one queue API. Billing units differ per model (per track, per second, per minute rounded up).

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-music · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-music.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fal-music.json
- Capabilities: audio.music, audio.stems, audio.sfx, audio.vocals · endpoint: `https://queue.fal.run`

### 150. ElevenLabs Music API, B (67)

Eleven Music text-to-music API (`music_v1`, `music_v2`, `music_v2_5`). Vocals and lyrics in several languages, or forced instrumental, with length set from 3 to 600 seconds. Music API is disabled on the Free plan and pay-as-you-go needs a card.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-music · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-music.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/elevenlabs-music.json
- Capabilities: audio.music, audio.vocals, audio.stems · endpoint: `https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1`

### 323. MusicGen on Replicate, C (54.4)

Replicate's hosted copy of Meta's open-weights MusicGen (stereo-melody-large, stereo-large, melody-large, large), prompted with text or a melody clip. About $0.035 a run, billed by GPU second, with text or melody conditioning. MusicGen weights are CC-BY-NC 4.0, so no commercial use.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-musicgen · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-musicgen.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/replicate-musicgen.json
- Capabilities: audio.music · endpoint: `https://api.replicate.com/v1`

### 362. Stable Audio API, D (50.3)

Stability AI's hosted Stable Audio endpoints for music and sound effects. Pay-as-you-go credits, $0.26 a 3.0 generation and $0.20 on 2.5, failures free. Stable Audio 3.0 is async only, with polling and no webhook, and inpaint stays on 2 and 2.5.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stable-audio · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/stable-audio.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/stable-audio.json
- Capabilities: audio.music, audio.sfx · endpoint: `https://api.stability.ai/v2beta`

### 371. Google Lyria, D (49)

Google's music generation models for full songs, short clips and streamed audio through the Gemini API. $0.08 a full song on `lyria-3.5` and $0.04 a 30-second clip, flat. No free tier for Lyria, so billing is needed before the first call.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-lyria · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-lyria.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-lyria.json
- Capabilities: audio.music, audio.vocals · endpoint: `https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta`

### 415. Soundverse API, E (42.2)

API for generating and editing music, vocals and sound effects, with stem separation and copyright checks. Songs with vocals, instrumentals, stems (2, 6 or 12), SFX and remix behind one endpoint. No status page, changelog or security.txt.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soundverse · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soundverse.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/soundverse.json
- Capabilities: audio.music, audio.stems, audio.sfx, audio.vocals · endpoint: `https://apiv2.soundverse.ai/v1`

### 418. Mubert API, E (41.3)

Mubert's API for generating music. Hosted MCP server with 21 tools and OAuth 2.1 with PKCE, in the official registry under `com.mubert`. Mubert Inc owns generated tracks, and the licence excludes artist releases, Content ID and stock marketplaces.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mubert · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mubert.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/mubert.json
- Capabilities: audio.music · endpoint: `https://music-api.mubert.com/api/v3`

### 429. Loudly Music API, E (38.5)

Loudly's API for generating music for business applications. Public OpenAPI 3.0 spec with error schemas for 400, 402, 403, 404 and 500. No status page, changelog, rate limits or 429 guidance.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/loudly · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/loudly.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/loudly.json
- Capabilities: audio.music, audio.stems, audio.vocals · endpoint: `https://soundtracks.loudly.com/api`

### 447. Beatoven.ai API, F (22.2)

Composition API for Beatoven's maestro model. Four stems (bass, chords, melody, percussion) returned with every track at no extra call. No API price, free tier or rate limits published.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/beatoven · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/beatoven.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/beatoven.json
- Capabilities: audio.music, audio.stems · endpoint: `https://public-api.beatoven.ai/api/v1`

### 451. SOUNDRAW API, F (12.5)

Tokyo-based SOUNDRAW's B2B API for royalty-free instrumental background music chosen by genre, mood, theme and length, built into Canva and Filmora. Trained only on in-house compositions, per SOUNDRAW. No public API docs, OpenAPI spec, SDK or changelog.

- Page: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soundraw · Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soundraw.md · JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/soundraw.json
- Capabilities: audio.music

## Indexed, not reviewed (13)

Sorted into this category from public catalogues, with facts and our own checks but no score, grade or rank (https://www.anchorterminal.com/indexed/index.md).

| Listing | Kind | What it does | Why it's here |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [BizMuse AI Music Video](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/bizmuse.md) | MCP server | Official BizMuse MCP for complete AI music videos from audio and 1-7 reference images. | vendor's own |
| [budgetpixel.com MCP server](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/budgetpixel-mcp.md) | MCP server | Generate AI images, video, music, and sound effects, and upscale them, from any MCP client. | vendor's own |
| [Compeller](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/compeller-compel.md) | MCP server | Create and track AI music videos and audio-reactive visuals from songs. | vendor's own |
| [flarewatch](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/flarewatch.md) | MCP server | Verifiable Flare & Songbird data: validator scores, FTSO accuracy, prices, wallet intelligence. | vendor's own |
| [Gradus Notation](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gradusmusic-notation.md) | MCP server | Gradus Notation + Harmonic Analyzer + Engraver: music tools for any AI agent. Free, no auth. | vendor's own |
| [Lexu](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lexu-mcp.md) | MCP server | Create AI images, video and music with your Lexu credits, with a spending limit per call. | vendor's own |
| [Lots of Sounds](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lotsofsounds-mcp.md) | MCP server | CC0 sound effects API for AI agents — search, preview, and download via MCP. | vendor's own |
| [Ludo AI Game Assets](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ludo-game-assets.md) | MCP server | Generate game assets with AI: sprites, animations, 3D models with rigging, video, music, SFX, voices | vendor's own |
| [PlayByKey Music Theory](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/playbykey-theory-mcp.md) | MCP server | Chords, scales, progressions, transposition, and MIDI tools for music theory AI agents. | vendor's own |
| [Sapiens Sintéticos](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/sapiensinteticos-sapiens.md) | MCP server | Operate your Sapiens Sintéticos AI studio: generate image, article, voice, music and video. | vendor's own, widely used |
| [spaces](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/myspaice-spaces.md) | MCP server | myspAIce, give your AI a social life: games, music, friendships. An immersive world. Just walk in. | vendor's own |
| [starsinger-mcp](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/starsinger-mcp.md) | MCP server | Make a finished AI song with real vocals from a brief, or search and stream StarSinger's AI catalog | vendor's own |
| [THIRI Chord Intelligence](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/thiri-chord-intelligence.md) | MCP server | Deterministic music theory for agents: analyze, voice, reharmonize, conduct — computed, not guessed | vendor's own |