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          "List your own voices with `GET /v0/tts/voices?provider=CUSTOM_VOICE`",
          "Use `/v0/tts/file` or streaming rather than the JSON endpoint to keep base64 audio out of context",
          "On E0811 back off and retry, the request was rate limited"
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hume-voice-cloning.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hume-voice-cloning.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP for reliability (+5), security \u0026 auth (+25), maintenance \u0026 community (+35), transparency \u0026 trust (+8).\n\nPick Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP for agent ergonomics (+10), payments \u0026 pricing (+20).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP | Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 63 | 58 | Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP +5 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 87 | Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP +2 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 75 | Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP +10 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 48 | 23 | Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP +25 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 30 | Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 45 | Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP +35 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 71 | 63 | Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP +8 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **59.8 · C** | **55.2 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP | Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | Cartesia | Hume AI |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cartesia.ai` | `https://api.hume.ai/v0/tts` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP, stdio | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) | MIT (SDKs) |\n| Tools exposed | 19 | 5 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-30 | 2026-08-18 |\n| Popularity | 133 stars, 166k npm/wk, 177k PyPI/wk | 180 stars, 79k npm/wk, 24k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2.5/5 (2) | 2/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP.** Instant clones from 10 seconds of audio, up to 60 seconds used on Sonic 3.6. No consent or speaker verification in the clone API.\n\n**Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP.** Voice design from a natural-language description, saved with one call. Cloning over the API is Enterprise-only.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP\n\n1. Send `Cartesia-Version` on every call. The clone endpoint lists it as a required header\n2. Pass the speaker's recorded `language`. A clone is built from one language, add others with the accents API\n3. Keep IVC uploads under 16 MB\n4. Don't blind-retry `POST /voices/clone`. The SDK retries 429 and 5xx twice and there's no idempotency key, so check the voice list first\n5. Poll a Pro clone fine-tune until it finishes before using the voice ID\n\n### Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP\n\n1. Design with `POST /v0/tts` using an utterance `description` plus sample `text`, then save a `generation_id` with `POST /v0/tts/voices`\n2. Request several generations and pick one. A saved voice can't be tuned afterwards\n3. List your own voices with `GET /v0/tts/voices?provider=CUSTOM_VOICE`\n4. Use `/v0/tts/file` or streaming rather than the JSON endpoint to keep base64 audio out of context\n5. On E0811 back off and retry, the request was rate limited\n\n## Other comparisons with Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP or Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP\n\n- [Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP vs ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cartesia-voice-cloning-vs-elevenlabs-voice-cloning.md)\n- [Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP vs Fish Audio Voice Cloning API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cartesia-voice-cloning-vs-fish-audio-voice-cloning.md)\n- [Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP vs Murf Voice Cloning API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cartesia-voice-cloning-vs-murf-voice-cloning.md)\n- [Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP vs PlayHT Voice Cloning API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cartesia-voice-cloning-vs-playht-voice-cloning.md)\n- [Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP vs Resemble AI Voice Cloning API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cartesia-voice-cloning-vs-resemble-ai-voice-cloning.md)\n- [Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP vs Soniox Voice Cloning](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cartesia-voice-cloning-vs-soniox-voice-cloning.md)\n- [Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP vs Speechify API Voice Cloning](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cartesia-voice-cloning-vs-speechify-voice-cloning.md)\n- [Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP vs Ultravox Voice Cloning](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cartesia-voice-cloning-vs-ultravox-voice-cloning.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API vs Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-voice-cloning-vs-hume-voice-cloning.md)\n- [Fish Audio Voice Cloning API vs Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fish-audio-voice-cloning-vs-hume-voice-cloning.md)\n- [Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP vs Murf Voice Cloning API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-voice-cloning-vs-murf-voice-cloning.md)\n- [Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP vs PlayHT Voice Cloning API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-voice-cloning-vs-playht-voice-cloning.md)\n- [Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP vs Resemble AI Voice Cloning API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-voice-cloning-vs-resemble-ai-voice-cloning.md)\n- [Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP vs Soniox Voice Cloning](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-voice-cloning-vs-soniox-voice-cloning.md)\n- [Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP vs Speechify API Voice Cloning](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-voice-cloning-vs-speechify-voice-cloning.md)\n- [Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP vs Ultravox Voice Cloning](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-voice-cloning-vs-ultravox-voice-cloning.md)\n",
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