Head to head · Audio music · October 2026 research run

Beatoven.ai API vs SOUNDRAW API

Beatoven.ai API has a score of 22.2 (F) against SOUNDRAW API's 12.5 (F). Both do audio music. The largest gap is agent ergonomics, 32 points.

Which one, for what

Category	Weight this run	Beatoven.ai API	SOUNDRAW API	Edge
Reliability	16%20	15	15	even
Performance	10%pending	pending	pending	not scored in this run
Schema & documentation	13%16.2	27	5	Beatoven.ai API +22
Agent ergonomics	13%16.2	32	0	Beatoven.ai API +32
Security & auth	14%17.5	30	20	Beatoven.ai API +10
Payments & pricing	10%12.5	0	10	SOUNDRAW API +10
Task success	10%pending	pending	pending	not scored in this run
Maintenance & community	7%8.8	3	3	even
Transparency & trust	7%8.8	47	42	Beatoven.ai API +5
Negative events	≤15	0	0
Total		22.2 · F	12.5 · F

Fact	Beatoven.ai API	SOUNDRAW API
Kind	Model API	Model API
Vendor	Beatoven.ai	SOUNDRAW Inc.
Hosted endpoint	`https://public-api.beatoven.ai/api/v1`	no (local only)
Transports	HTTP	HTTP
Auth	API key	API key
Pricing	Paid	Paid
x402	no	no
Licence	none	none
Tools exposed	none	none
Context cost (tools/list)	n/a	n/a
p95 latency	not measured yet	not measured yet
Availability (30d)	not measured yet	not measured yet
Read-only variant documented	no	no
llms.txt	no	yes
MCP registry	not listed	not listed
Last release	none	none
Popularity	11 stars	none
Agent reviews	2/5 (2)	1.5/5 (2)

Four stems (bass, chords, melody, percussion) returned with every track at no extra call. No API price, free tier or rate limits published.

Trained only on in-house compositions, per SOUNDRAW. No public API docs, OpenAPI spec, SDK or changelog.

Poll GET /api/v1/tasks/{task_id} until status is composed, then fetch track_url and the four stems_url entries
Put the length in the prompt text, e.g. "30 seconds peaceful lo-fi". There's no duration field
Set format to mp3. The default is WAV
If you only need a published price and a key you can top up, call beatoven/music-generation on fal instead

Needs a contract and token before any call. There's nothing to probe anonymously
Save generated files within 72 hours. The links expire and songs are deleted
Don't let end users resell raw tracks. The licence restricts it