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      "summary": "Eleven Music text-to-music API (`music_v1`, `music_v2`, `music_v2_5`).",
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      "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.",
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      "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).",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 or machine payment in the docs or pricing. Paid subscription only (checked 2026-09-30).",
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        "audio.stems"
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        "hosted",
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        "card-required",
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        "commercial-licence",
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          "confidence": "medium",
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          "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"
        ],
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          "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)"
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          "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"
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          "reliability": 63,
          "schema": 86,
          "security": 77,
          "transparency": 65
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        "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}'"
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        "elevenlabs-tts",
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          "note": "all plans, from plan credits"
        },
        {
          "item": "Starter plan",
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        },
        {
          "item": "Creator plan",
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          "usd": 22,
          "note": "147 music minutes"
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          "item": "Pro plan",
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          "usd": 99,
          "note": "660 music minutes"
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        "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",
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          "Music use is also governed by the Music Terms at https://elevenlabs.io/music-terms, last updated 2026-05-26"
        ],
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      "name": "MusicGen on Replicate",
      "vendor": "Replicate (Cloudflare)",
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      "category": "music-generation",
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      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-musicgen",
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      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-musicgen.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/replicate-musicgen.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/facebookresearch/audiocraft",
      "license": "MIT code, CC-BY-NC-4.0 weights",
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        "http",
        "stdio",
        "sse"
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      "remoteUrl": "https://api.replicate.com/v1",
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          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "replicate"
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        {
          "registry": "pypi",
          "name": "replicate"
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "replicate-mcp"
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      ],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "`Authorization: Bearer $REPLICATE_API_TOKEN`. The hosted MCP server takes the same token.",
      "pricing": "usage",
      "pricingNotes": "Prepaid credit. MusicGen runs on an A100 80GB at $0.0014 a second, about $0.035 a typical run. Official models are priced per output. Lyria 2 $2 per 1,000 seconds of audio, ElevenLabs Music $8.30 per 1,000 seconds, MiniMax Music 2.5 $0.15 a file, Stable Audio 2.5 $0.20 a file. Community models bill GPU time (https://replicate.com/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$0.035 / call",
      "where": "both",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 in the API docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
        "endpoints": []
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        "npmWeekly": 634116,
        "pypiWeekly": 386704,
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      "docsUrl": "https://replicate.com/meta/musicgen/api",
      "llmsTxt": "https://replicate.com/docs/llms.txt",
      "openapi": "https://api.replicate.com/openapi.json",
      "capabilities": [
        "audio.music"
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        "hosted",
        "model-platform",
        "open-weights",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks",
        "python",
        "typescript",
        "mcp",
        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "card-required"
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      "lastRelease": "2024-03-28",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 54.4,
        "grade": "C",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 323,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 452,
        "categoryRank": 3,
        "methodology": "0.3",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 75,
          "maintenance": 32,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 48,
          "schema": 87,
          "security": 40,
          "transparency": 70
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        "pending": [
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          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-01"
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        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "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.",
        "strengths": [
          "About $0.035 a run, billed by GPU second, with text or melody conditioning",
          "Published rate limits (600 creates a minute) and a 429 that says when to retry",
          "API inputs, outputs and logs deleted after an hour by default",
          "Webhooks, `Prefer: wait`, OpenAPI and official clients on the same account as commercial music models"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "MusicGen weights are CC-BY-NC 4.0, so no commercial use",
          "Instrumental only, and the model version dates from 2024-03-28",
          "No API token scopes and no security.txt",
          "No platform changelog entries since 2026-04-21, and the npm client is from 2025-11-17"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set `duration` (default 8 seconds) and `model_version`. The default is stereo-melody-large",
          "Use `Prefer: wait` for short clips and webhooks for long ones",
          "On a 429, wait the reset time in the message, about 30 seconds",
          "Switch to `google/lyria-2` or `minimax/music-2.5` when output must be commercial",
          "Add a payment method first, or you're held to 6 requests a minute"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
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        "reviewCount": 2,
        "avgRating": 3,
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            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "C",
            "methodology": "0.3",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
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            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
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        ],
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          "maintenance": 32,
          "payments": 20,
          "reliability": 48,
          "schema": 87,
          "security": 40,
          "transparency": 50
        },
        "provenanceScore": 90
      },
      "connect": {
        "http": "curl -X POST https://api.replicate.com/v1/models/meta/musicgen/predictions -H \"Authorization: Bearer $REPLICATE_API_TOKEN\" \\\n  -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -H \"Prefer: wait\" \\\n  -d '{\"input\":{\"prompt\":\"upbeat synthwave with driving bass\",\"duration\":8}}'",
        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add replicate https://mcp.replicate.com/sse --transport sse"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/audio.music",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/replicate-musicgen"
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      "sameCompany": [
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        "replicate-image"
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      "area": "content",
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          "item": "MusicGen (meta/musicgen)",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.035,
          "note": "approximate. Billed $0.0014 a second on an A100 80GB"
        },
        {
          "item": "Lyria 2 (google/lyria-2)",
          "unit": "audio-minute",
          "usd": 0.12,
          "note": "$2 per 1,000 seconds"
        },
        {
          "item": "ElevenLabs Music (elevenlabs/music)",
          "unit": "audio-minute",
          "usd": 0.498,
          "note": "$8.30 per 1,000 seconds"
        },
        {
          "item": "MiniMax Music 2.5",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.15,
          "note": "per output file"
        },
        {
          "item": "Stable Audio 2.5",
          "unit": "call",
          "usd": 0.2,
          "note": "per output file"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "Replicate, LLC",
        "domain": "replicate.com",
        "domainRegistered": "1998-05-26",
        "domainNote": "replicate.com was registered in 1998, long before Replicate was founded, so the domain was acquired later.",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://replicate.com/terms",
        "privacy": "https://replicate.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://www.cloudflarestatus.com",
        "changelog": "https://replicate.com/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-09-30",
        "notes": [
          "replicatestatus.com redirects to Cloudflare's status page, filtered to Replicate",
          "Terms address is 101 Townsend St, San Francisco"
        ],
        "score": 90
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-musicgen.json",
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              "date": "2026-10-01",
              "probes": 276,
              "ok": 276
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-02",
              "probes": 248,
              "ok": 248
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            {
              "date": "2026-10-03",
              "probes": 271,
              "ok": 271
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              "date": "2026-10-04",
              "probes": 262,
              "ok": 262
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          "indicator": "minor",
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        "versions": [
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          {
            "registry": "pypi",
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            "version": "1.0.7",
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          "url": "https://replicate.com/.well-known/security.txt",
          "state": "none",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:15:45.229571506Z"
        },
        "llmsTxt": {
          "url": "https://replicate.com/docs/llms.txt",
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          "status": 200,
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T15:18:13.580592312Z"
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        "domain": {
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/replicate-musicgen.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/replicate-musicgen.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick ElevenLabs Music API for reliability (+15), security \u0026 auth (+37), maintenance \u0026 community (+48), transparency \u0026 trust (+9).\n\nPick MusicGen on Replicate for agent ergonomics (+10).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | ElevenLabs Music API | MusicGen on Replicate | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 63 | 48 | ElevenLabs Music API +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 87 | MusicGen on Replicate +1 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 65 | 75 | MusicGen on Replicate +10 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 77 | 40 | ElevenLabs Music API +37 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 20 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 32 | ElevenLabs Music API +48 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 79 | 70 | ElevenLabs Music API +9 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **67 · B** | **54.4 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ElevenLabs Music API | MusicGen on Replicate |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model platform |\n| Vendor | ElevenLabs | Replicate (Cloudflare) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1` | `https://api.replicate.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, stdio, SSE (legacy) |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (SDKs) | MIT code, CC-BY-NC-4.0 weights |\n| Tools exposed | none | none |\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 | 2026-09-28 | 2024-03-28 |\n| Popularity | 3.1k stars, 1.1M npm/wk | 24k stars, 634k npm/wk, 387k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\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**MusicGen on Replicate.** 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.\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### MusicGen on Replicate\n\n1. Set `duration` (default 8 seconds) and `model_version`. The default is stereo-melody-large\n2. Use `Prefer: wait` for short clips and webhooks for long ones\n3. On a 429, wait the reset time in the message, about 30 seconds\n4. Switch to `google/lyria-2` or `minimax/music-2.5` when output must be commercial\n5. Add a payment method first, or you're held to 6 requests a minute\n\n## Other comparisons with ElevenLabs Music API or MusicGen on Replicate\n\n- [Beatoven.ai API vs ElevenLabs Music API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beatoven-vs-elevenlabs-music.md)\n- [Beatoven.ai API vs MusicGen on Replicate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beatoven-vs-replicate-musicgen.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Music API vs fal music models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-fal-music.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Music API vs Google Lyria](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-google-lyria.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Music API vs Loudly Music API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-loudly.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Music API vs Mubert API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-mubert.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Music API vs SOUNDRAW API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-soundraw.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Music API vs Soundverse API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-soundverse.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Music API vs Stable Audio API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-stable-audio.md)\n- [fal music models vs MusicGen on Replicate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-replicate-musicgen.md)\n- [Google Lyria vs MusicGen on Replicate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-lyria-vs-replicate-musicgen.md)\n- [Loudly Music API vs MusicGen on Replicate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/loudly-vs-replicate-musicgen.md)\n- [Mubert API vs MusicGen on Replicate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mubert-vs-replicate-musicgen.md)\n- [MusicGen on Replicate vs SOUNDRAW API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-musicgen-vs-soundraw.md)\n- [MusicGen on Replicate vs Soundverse API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-musicgen-vs-soundverse.md)\n- [MusicGen on Replicate vs Stable Audio API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-musicgen-vs-stable-audio.md)\n",
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