{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "elevenlabs-music", "name": "ElevenLabs Music API", "vendor": "ElevenLabs", "vendorUrl": "https://elevenlabs.io", "kind": "model", "category": "music-generation", "summary": "Eleven Music text-to-music API (`music_v1`, `music_v2`, `music_v2_5`).", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-music", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-music.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-music.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/elevenlabs-music.json", "repo": "https://github.com/elevenlabs/elevenlabs-python", "license": "MIT (SDKs)", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "elevenlabs" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "`xi-api-key` header. Keys can be limited to chosen endpoints, given a credit cap, an expiry and an IP allowlist, and service-account keys exist. The hosted MCP at `https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/mcp` uses OAuth but its documented tools cover agents and speech, not music. The local `elevenlabs-mcp` server, which had music tools, was deprecated and archived on 2026-08-22. Regional servers exist for the US, EU, India and Singapore.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Music is $0.15 a minute of audio, taken from plan or pay-as-you-go credits. Since May 2026 pay-as-you-go top-ups (card needed, $5 minimum) unlock the Music API without a subscription. Plans include music minutes at the same rate, Starter $6 a month 40 minutes, Creator $22 147, Pro $99 660, Scale $299 1,993 and Business $990 6,600. The Free plan's 3 minutes are for the web app only. Finetunes cost $1.50 each (https://elevenlabs.io/pricing/api, https://elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/administration/pay-as-you-go).", "priceSummary": "$6 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 or machine payment in the docs or pricing. Paid subscription only (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 3122, "npmWeekly": 1063065, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://elevenlabs.io/docs/overview/capabilities/music", "llmsTxt": "https://elevenlabs.io/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.elevenlabs.io/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "audio.music", "audio.vocals", "audio.stems" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "card-required", "python", "typescript", "openapi", "llms-txt", "commercial-licence", "c2pa" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 66.9, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 268, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 20, "reliability": 63, "schema": 86, "security": 77, "transparency": 77 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "Full songs with vocals and lyrics, or instrumentals where section-level control, inpainting or stems matter.", "strengths": [ "Vocals and lyrics in several languages, or forced instrumental, with length set from 3 to 600 seconds", "Composition plans for section-by-section control, plus inpainting and a stem separation endpoint", "Public OpenAPI document, llms.txt and official Python and TypeScript SDKs released most weeks", "API keys can be limited by endpoint, credit cap, expiry and IP range" ], "weaknesses": [ "Music API is disabled on the Free plan and pay-as-you-go needs a card", "Music Terms exclude customers in political, religious, adult, tobacco, weapons and prescription drug sectors, and prompts can't name artists or songs", "Zero Retention Mode doesn't cover Music yet", "No idempotency key, no SLA and no music-specific rate limit", "Docs disagree on maximum length (5 minutes in the overview, 600,000 ms in the API reference)" ], "agentNotes": [ "Strip artist and song names from user prompts before calling, or the request breaks the Music Terms", "Pin `model_id`. The API default is still `music_v1`", "Set `music_length_ms` and `force_instrumental: true` for background beds. Billing is by minute of audio", "On 429, retry `system_busy` with exponential backoff, but treat `too_many_concurrent_requests` as a plan limit and queue", "Don't plan on the MCP server for music. Its documented tools cover agents and speech" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 4, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 66.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 65, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 20, "reliability": 63, "schema": 86, "security": 77, "transparency": 65 }, "provenanceScore": 89 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/music -H \"xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"content-type: application/json\" -o track.mp3 \\\n -d '{\"prompt\":\"calm lo-fi piano, no vocals\",\"music_length_ms\":30000,\"model_id\":\"music_v2_5\",\"force_instrumental\":true}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/audio.music", "tool": "https://letme.dev/elevenlabs-music" }, "sameCompany": [ "elevenlabs-scribe", "elevenlabs-tts", "elevenlabs-agents", "elevenlabs-voice-cloning" ], "area": "content", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Music generation", "unit": "audio-minute", "usd": 0.15, "note": "all plans, from plan credits" }, { "item": "Starter plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 6, "note": "40 music minutes" }, { "item": "Creator plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 22, "note": "147 music minutes" }, { "item": "Pro plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 99, "note": "660 music minutes" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Eleven Labs Inc.", "domain": "elevenlabs.io", "domainRegistered": "2021-12-15", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://elevenlabs.io/terms-of-use", "privacy": "https://elevenlabs.io/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.elevenlabs.io", "changelog": "https://elevenlabs.io/docs/changelog", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-09-30", "notes": [ "Music use is also governed by the Music Terms at https://elevenlabs.io/music-terms, last updated 2026-05-26" ], "score": 89 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-music.json", "live": { "slug": "elevenlabs-music", "probe": { "target": "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T03:07:04.477512992Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 116, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 125, "p95ms24h": 176, "samples24h": 249, "samples30d": 2468, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 32, "ok": 32 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.elevenlabs.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T03:02:07.405047255Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "elevenlabs/elevenlabs-python", "version": "v2.71.0", "released": "2026-10-05", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:51:36.239462836Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js", "version": "2.71.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:51:35.139875497Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "elevenlabs", "version": "2.71.0", "released": "2026-10-05", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T16:51:36.040852566Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "elevenlabs-mcp", "version": "0.12.2", "released": "2026-08-04", "seenAt": "2026-10-01T13:20:39.218087009Z" } ], "githubStars": 3135, "npmWeekly": 963854, "pypiWeekly": 2278971, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://elevenlabs.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-10-06T00:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T15:40:32.911327392Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://elevenlabs.io/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T14:01:52.599381691Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "elevenlabs.io", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:07:28.958673807Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://elevenlabs.io/music-terms", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:39:02.589408005Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-09T18:39:02.589408005Z", "fingerprint": "2dd200a35ced" }, { "url": "https://elevenlabs.io/pricing/api", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:39:07.915545091Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:11.253026653Z", "fingerprint": "0d1fed43f40b" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T03:07:04.477512992Z" } }, "answer": "ElevenLabs Music API scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against MusicGPT API's 45.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. MusicGPT API leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "musicgpt", "name": "MusicGPT API", "vendor": "MusicGPT Ltd", "vendorUrl": "https://musicgpt.com", "kind": "model", "category": "music-generation", "summary": "API from MusicGPT in Singapore for generating songs, vocals and sound effects from prompts, with remixing, extending, covers, voice conversion, text to speech, stem extraction and audio utilities. Jobs are asynchronous, with results by webhook or polling.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/musicgpt", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/musicgpt.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/musicgpt.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/musicgpt.json", "license": "Proprietary service under MusicGPT's Terms of Service. The npm client is ISC", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.musicgpt.com/api/public", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "musicgpt" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "musicgpt" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Self-serve API key. A person signs in at musicgpt.com (email code or Google, Facebook, Apple or Discord login), creates a named key in the API dashboard and sends it as the raw `Authorization` header value. No scopes, expiry or rotation are documented.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Per request from prepaid credits. Pay as you go is $0.10 a song on `v6`. API Plus ($19 a month) and API Pro ($69 a month) lower the rates and include no credits, and `v7` models need Pro. Music requests return two songs and bill each. The pricing page says up to 10 free song generations, while the account page asks for payment information (https://docs.musicgpt.com/api-documentation/index/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$0.10 / call", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the OpenAPI file or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 310, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.musicgpt.com", "llmsTxt": "https://docs.musicgpt.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://docs.musicgpt.com/api-documentation/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "audio.music", "audio.vocals", "audio.stems", "audio.sfx" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "commercial-licence", "async-jobs", "webhooks", "openapi", "llms-txt", "typescript", "python", "free-tier" ], "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 45.9, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 859, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 950, "categoryRank": 6, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 33, "payments": 30, "reliability": 37, "schema": 78, "security": 35, "transparency": 49 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A public OpenAPI 3.1 file with 27 operations, llms.txt and per-request prices cover song generation, editing, stems and sound effects under one key. No status page, SLA, security.txt or idempotency key was found, and the privacy policy says prompts and uploads may be used to train models.", "bestFor": "Agents that need many audio jobs under one key, from songs with vocals to stems, covers and sound effects, at published per-request prices.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.1 file with 27 operations, plus llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every docs page", "Per-request prices for every feature are published without a login, from $0.035 to $0.10 a song on the `v6` model", "Rate limits are published per plan, 1, 3 or 10 parallel requests and 20, 200 or 500 status calls a minute", "One error body (`success`, `error_code`, `message`) with 11 documented codes", "Results arrive by webhook or by polling `GET /v1/byId`, and each response carries a cost figure" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page, SLA or incident history was found on the pages read", "No idempotency key is documented, and music requests bill two songs each by default", "The privacy policy says prompts and uploads may be used to train models, with no opt-out stated", "No security.txt (404), disclosure policy, certification or webhook signature was found", "The npm SDK was last published on 16 June 2025, before the `model` parameter was added in June 2026", "The terms forbid building scrapers or similar programs to gain access to MusicGPT's technology. This matters before any probe is run" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key as the raw `Authorization` header value. The docs show no `Bearer` prefix", "Budget two songs for each music request. `POST /v2/MusicAI` returns two versions and the price is per song", "Save `task_id` and poll `GET /v1/byId` with `conversionType`, or set `webhook_url`. Music AI V2 sends up to seven webhooks a request", "Pass `model` explicitly. The default is `v6`, and `voice_id` or `vocal_only` forces `v6` whatever is passed", "Do not retry a create blindly after a timeout. No idempotency key is documented, so a retry may bill again" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 45.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 33, "payments": 30, "reliability": 37, "schema": 78, "security": 35, "transparency": 32 }, "provenanceScore": 65 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install musicgpt", "http": "curl -X POST https://api.musicgpt.com/api/public/v2/MusicAI -H \"Authorization: $MUSICGPT_API_KEY\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" \\\n -d '{\"prompt\":\"a song about greenery, nature and forest\",\"model\":\"v7-pro\"}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/audio.music", "tool": "https://letme.dev/musicgpt" }, "area": "content", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "AI Music Generator, v6, pay as you go", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.1, "note": "per song, two songs a request by default" }, { "item": "AI Music Generator, v6, Pro plan", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.035, "note": "per song, on top of $69 a month" }, { "item": "AI Music Generator, v7-pro, Pro plan", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.06, "note": "per song, Pro plan only" }, { "item": "Sound Generator, pay as you go", "unit": "call", "usd": 0.028, "note": "per generation, free during October 2026" }, { "item": "API Plus plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 19, "note": "lowers per-call rates, no credits included" }, { "item": "API Pro plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 69, "note": "lowest per-call rates, no credits included" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "MusicGPT Ltd", "domain": "musicgpt.com", "domainRegistered": "2021-11-04", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://musicgpt.com/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://musicgpt.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://docs.musicgpt.com/api-documentation/index/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service (effective 1 January 2025) name MusicGPT Ltd. Singapore and are governed by Singapore law. No registration number or address is given.", "One Terms of Service and one Privacy Policy cover the whole platform. No API-specific terms or DPA were found.", "The docs give the base URL https://api.musicgpt.com/api/public. No request was sent to it.", "musicgpt.com/.well-known/security.txt answers 404.", "RDAP for musicgpt.com gives a registration date of 2021-11-04 and GoDaddy.com, LLC as registrar.", "The npm maintainer account uses a lalals.com address and a docs sample is served from a bucket named lalals. The relation to MusicGPT Ltd was not established." ], "score": 65 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/musicgpt.json", "live": { "slug": "musicgpt", "probe": { "target": "https://api.musicgpt.com/api/public", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-10T03:07:13.657098931Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 351, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 348, "p95ms24h": 458, "samples24h": 117, "samples30d": 117, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 32, "ok": 32 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "musicgpt", "version": "1.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:07:41.886986325Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "musicgpt", "version": "0.0.0", "released": "2025-05-16", "seenAt": "2026-10-09T17:07:42.741432027Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 310, "pypiWeekly": 7, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docs.musicgpt.com/api-documentation/index/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:37:48.3965534Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "5d30f3cc38c8" }, { "url": "https://docs.musicgpt.com/api-documentation/index/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:37:50.601892204Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "c1eb2eb33f8c" }, { "url": "https://musicgpt.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:19.644313641Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "31a22e1fc410" }, { "url": "https://musicgpt.com/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T18:42:21.893297794Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "59c260496ee4" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-10T03:07:13.657098931Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Model API", "b": "Model API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "ElevenLabs", "b": "MusicGPT Ltd", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1", "b": "https://api.musicgpt.com/api/public", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$0.15 per minute of audio", "b": "$0.035 per call", "name": "Price for music generation" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT (SDKs)", "b": "Proprietary service under MusicGPT's Terms of Service. The npm client is ISC", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-09-28", "b": "none", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-03-31", "b": "2025-01-01", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-05-20", "b": "2025-01-01", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "yes", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "3.1k stars, 1.1M npm/wk", "b": "310 npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "4/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "ElevenLabs Music API scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against MusicGPT API's 45.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. MusicGPT API leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, ElevenLabs Music API or MusicGPT API?" }, { "answer": "ElevenLabs Music API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. MusicGPT API needs an API key.", "question": "Do ElevenLabs Music API and MusicGPT API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. ElevenLabs Music API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1 and MusicGPT API at https://api.musicgpt.com/api/public.", "question": "Can an agent call ElevenLabs Music API and MusicGPT API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 63 against 37", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 78", "Agent ergonomics, 65 against 54", "Security \u0026 auth, 77 against 35", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 33", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 77 against 49" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Full songs with vocals and lyrics, or instrumentals where section-level control, inpainting or stems matter.", "slug": "elevenlabs-music", "watchFor": "Music API is disabled on the Free plan and pay-as-you-go needs a card" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Agents that need many audio jobs under one key, from songs with vocals to stems, covers and sound effects, at published per-request prices.", "slug": "musicgpt", "watchFor": "No status page, SLA or incident history was found on the pages read" } ], "job": { "capability": "audio.music", "name": "Music generation" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beatoven-vs-elevenlabs-music.json", "title": "Beatoven.ai API vs ElevenLabs Music API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beatoven-vs-elevenlabs-music" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beatoven-vs-musicgpt.json", "title": "Beatoven.ai API vs MusicGPT API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beatoven-vs-musicgpt" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-fal-music.json", "title": "ElevenLabs Music API vs fal music models", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-fal-music" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-google-lyria.json", "title": "ElevenLabs Music API vs Google Lyria", "url": 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"elevenlabs-music", "elevenlabs-music": 80, "key": "maintenance", "musicgpt": 33, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 28, "edge": "elevenlabs-music", "elevenlabs-music": 77, "key": "transparency", "musicgpt": 49, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "ElevenLabs Music API scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against MusicGPT API's 45.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. 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No status page, SLA, security.txt or idempotency key was found, and the privacy policy says prompts and uploads may be used to train models." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-musicgpt", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-musicgpt.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-musicgpt.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-musicgpt.min.md" }, "markdown": "ElevenLabs Music API scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against MusicGPT API's 45.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. MusicGPT API leads on payments \u0026 pricing. Both do music generation.\n\n- ElevenLabs Music API: grade B, 66.9/100, rank #268 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-music.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/elevenlabs-music.json\n- MusicGPT API: grade E, 45.9/100, rank #859 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/musicgpt.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/musicgpt.json\n- Best music generation for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/music-generation/index.md\n- All 55 music comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/music-generation/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### ElevenLabs Music API (B)\n\nGood for: Full songs with vocals and lyrics, or instrumentals where section-level control, inpainting or stems matter.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 63 against 37\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 78\n- Agent ergonomics, 65 against 54\n- Security \u0026 auth, 77 against 35\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 33\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 77 against 49\n\nWatch for: Music API is disabled on the Free plan and pay-as-you-go needs a card\n\n### MusicGPT API (E)\n\nGood for: Agents that need many audio jobs under one key, from songs with vocals to stems, covers and sound effects, at published per-request prices.\n\nAhead on:\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n\nWatch for: No status page, SLA or incident history was found on the pages read\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | ElevenLabs Music API | MusicGPT API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 63 | 37 | ElevenLabs Music API +26 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 78 | ElevenLabs Music API +8 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 54 | ElevenLabs Music API +11 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 77 | 35 | ElevenLabs Music API +42 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 30 | MusicGPT API +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 33 | ElevenLabs Music API +47 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 77 | 49 | ElevenLabs Music API +28 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **66.9 · B** | **45.9 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ElevenLabs Music API | MusicGPT API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | ElevenLabs | MusicGPT Ltd |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1` | `https://api.musicgpt.com/api/public` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |\n| Price for music generation | $0.15 per minute of audio | $0.035 per call |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (SDKs) | Proprietary service under MusicGPT's Terms of Service. The npm client is ISC |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-28 | none |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-03-31 | 2025-01-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-20 | 2025-01-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 3.1k stars, 1.1M npm/wk | 310 npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**ElevenLabs Music API.** 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.\n\n**MusicGPT API.** A public OpenAPI 3.1 file with 27 operations, llms.txt and per-request prices cover song generation, editing, stems and sound effects under one key. No status page, SLA, security.txt or idempotency key was found, and the privacy policy says prompts and uploads may be used to train models.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### ElevenLabs Music API\n\n1. Strip artist and song names from user prompts before calling, or the request breaks the Music Terms\n2. Pin `model_id`. The API default is still `music_v1`\n3. Set `music_length_ms` and `force_instrumental: true` for background beds. Billing is by minute of audio\n4. On 429, retry `system_busy` with exponential backoff, but treat `too_many_concurrent_requests` as a plan limit and queue\n5. Don't plan on the MCP server for music. Its documented tools cover agents and speech\n\n### MusicGPT API\n\n1. Send the key as the raw `Authorization` header value. The docs show no `Bearer` prefix\n2. Budget two songs for each music request. `POST /v2/MusicAI` returns two versions and the price is per song\n3. Save `task_id` and poll `GET /v1/byId` with `conversionType`, or set `webhook_url`. Music AI V2 sends up to seven webhooks a request\n4. Pass `model` explicitly. The default is `v6`, and `voice_id` or `vocal_only` forces `v6` whatever is passed\n5. Do not retry a create blindly after a timeout. No idempotency key is documented, so a retry may bill again\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, ElevenLabs Music API or MusicGPT API?\n\nElevenLabs Music API scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against MusicGPT API's 45.9 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. MusicGPT API leads on payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do ElevenLabs Music API and MusicGPT API need an API key?\n\nElevenLabs Music API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. MusicGPT API needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call ElevenLabs Music API and MusicGPT API without installing anything?\n\nYes. ElevenLabs Music API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1 and MusicGPT API at https://api.musicgpt.com/api/public.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-musicgpt.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-musicgpt.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"elevenlabs-music\", \"b\": \"musicgpt\"}`. 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