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Professional cloning uses verified recordings, while Voice Design generates voices from text prompts.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-voice-cloning", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-voice-cloning.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-voice-cloning.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/elevenlabs-voice-cloning.json", "repo": "https://github.com/elevenlabs/elevenlabs-python", "license": "MIT (SDKs)", "transports": [ "http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "elevenlabs" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "elevenlabs-mcp" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "`xi-api-key` header. The hosted MCP server is scoped to Agents and Text to Speech and doesn't clone. The deprecated local `elevenlabs-mcp` server has `voice_clone` and `text_to_voice` tools.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Instant Voice Cloning is included from Starter at $6 a month. Professional Voice Cloning needs Creator at $22 a month (1 PVC slot), Pro $99 (1), Scale $299 (3) or Business $990 (10). Voice Design is on every plan including Free and charges only the preview text as TTS characters. Speech from a clone is billed at normal TTS rates (https://elevenlabs.io/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$6 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 or machine payment in the docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 3122, "npmWeekly": 1063065, "pypiWeekly": 2223099, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-creative/voices/voice-cloning", "llmsTxt": "https://elevenlabs.io/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://api.elevenlabs.io/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "voice.clone", "voice.design", "voice.consent", "speech.tts" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "closed-source", "python", "typescript", "openapi", "llms-txt", "async-jobs", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-28", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 73.6, "grade": "BB", "agentReady": true, "rank": 83, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 85, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 30, "reliability": 63, "schema": 87, "security": 84, "transparency": 82 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "high", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Instant clones from 1 to 2 minutes of audio on the $6 Starter plan. Instant clones rely on an attestation, not a check.", "bestFor": "Teams that need instant clones, professional clones and prompt-designed voices in one account, with consent checks on the professional tier.", "strengths": [ "Instant clones from 1 to 2 minutes of audio on the $6 Starter plan", "Professional clones gated by a spoken verification matched to the training audio", "Voice Design from a text prompt on every plan, including Free", "API keys scoped to endpoints, with credit quotas and expiry", "History API with per-generation records, filterable by voice and date" ], "weaknesses": [ "Instant clones rely on an attestation, not a check", "Training on your content is on by default until switched off in settings", "Terms take a perpetual, irrevocable licence to User Voice Models", "Clones can't be exported", "Only 1 PVC slot until the $299 Scale plan" ], "agentNotes": [ "Keep the source samples. A clone can't be downloaded and re-cloning sounds slightly different", "Check `requires_verification` in the create response before using the voice ID", "List your own clones with `GET /v2/voices?category=cloned` instead of paging the whole library", "On `system_busy` retry with backoff. On `too_many_concurrent_requests` queue instead, the plan cap won't lift", "PVC is asynchronous. Create, add samples, verify, train, then poll `fine_tuning_state`" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 3.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "high", "grade": "BB", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 73.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 85, "maintenance": 85, "payments": 30, "reliability": 63, "schema": 87, "security": 84, "transparency": 75 }, "provenanceScore": 89 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/voices/add -H \"xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY\" \\\n -F name=\"Support voice\" -F files=@sample.mp3", "config": { "mcpServers": { "elevenlabs": { "args": [ "elevenlabs-mcp" ], "command": "uvx", "env": { "ELEVENLABS_API_KEY": "${ELEVENLABS_API_KEY}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/voice.clone", "tool": "https://letme.dev/elevenlabs-voice-cloning" }, "sameCompany": [ "elevenlabs-music", "elevenlabs-scribe", "elevenlabs-tts", "elevenlabs-agents" ], "area": "voice", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 6, "note": "Instant Voice Cloning" }, { "item": "Creator plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 22, "note": "1 PVC slot, $11 first month" }, { "item": "Scale plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 299, "note": "3 PVC slots" }, { "item": "Business plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 990, "note": "10 PVC slots" } ], "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", "score": 89 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-voice-cloning.json", "live": { "slug": "elevenlabs-voice-cloning", "probe": { "target": "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:27.741084194Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 116, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 119, "p95ms24h": 163, "samples24h": 259, "samples30d": 2311, "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": 125, "ok": 125 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.elevenlabs.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T11:39:18.058021372Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "elevenlabs/elevenlabs-python", "version": "v2.71.0", "released": "2026-10-05", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:10:34.558793755Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js", "version": "2.71.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:10:30.803592149Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "elevenlabs", "version": "2.71.0", "released": "2026-10-05", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:10:32.551686231Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "elevenlabs-mcp", "version": "0.12.2", "released": "2026-08-04", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:10:32.671529188Z" } ], "githubStars": 3134, "npmWeekly": 1147747, "pypiWeekly": 2206805, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://elevenlabs.io/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-10-06T00:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:10.327718715Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://elevenlabs.io/docs/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:28.946209807Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "elevenlabs.io", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:07:28.958673807Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://elevenlabs.io/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T18:20:07.251583404Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-02T15:20:51.805343088Z", "fingerprint": "9211a9710ad7" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:27.741084194Z" } }, "answer": "ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API scores 73.6 (BB) on agent readiness against MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design's 53.1 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design leads on reliability.", "b": { "slug": "minimax-voice-cloning", "name": "MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design", "vendor": "MiniMax", "vendorUrl": "https://www.minimax.io", "kind": "model", "category": "voice-cloning", "summary": "MiniMax's API clones a voice from a 10 second to 5 minute audio sample and designs voices from a text description. The resulting voice IDs work with its speech-2.8 text-to-speech models.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-voice-cloning", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-voice-cloning.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-voice-cloning.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/minimax-voice-cloning.json", "repo": "https://github.com/MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-MCP", "license": "Proprietary API under MiniMax's platform terms. The two official MCP servers are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.minimax.io", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "minimax-mcp" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "minimax-mcp-js" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "Bearer API key created in the platform console under Account, API Keys. No scopes were found in the docs. Voice cloning also needs individual or enterprise verification of the account, and an unverified account gets error 2038. Mainland China accounts use `https://api.minimaxi.com`.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "Pay as you go from a prepaid balance. Rapid voice cloning $1.50 a voice and voice design $3 a voice, each charged when the voice is first used for synthesis. Speech from the voice is $100 per million characters on speech-2.8-hd and $60 on speech-2.8-turbo. Previews are billed per character. Audio subscriptions from $5 a month include 10 to 800 voice slots. No free allowance for cloning is published (https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/pricing-paygo, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$1.50 / tx", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs index, the pricing pages or the voice OpenAPI files. Prepaid balance top-up (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 8, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 377, "pypiWeekly": 1532, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/guides/speech-voice-clone", "llmsTxt": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/api-reference/speech/voice-cloning/api/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "voice.clone", "voice.design", "speech.tts" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "usage-priced", "prepaid", "openapi", "llms-txt", "mcp", "python", "typescript", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-21", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.1, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 640, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 38, "payments": 20, "reliability": 70, "schema": 78, "security": 39, "transparency": 53 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Typed OpenAPI files, published prices of $1.50 a cloned voice and $3 a designed voice, and optional transcript and watermark checks. Cloning needs individual or enterprise account verification, the terms and privacy policy could not be read without a browser, and no statement on training with uploaded voice audio was found in the docs.", "bestFor": "Teams already using MiniMax speech models that want quick clones or prompt-designed voices at a flat fee per voice across 40 languages.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.1 files for clone, upload, design, list and delete, with llms.txt and Markdown copies of every docs page", "A cloned voice costs $1.50 and a designed voice $3, charged on first synthesis and not at creation", "Rate limits are published, 60 requests a minute for cloning and 20 for voice design", "Optional `text_validation` rejects a sample whose speech does not match an expected transcript, and `aigc_watermark` adds a watermark tone to the preview", "`POST /v1/delete_voice` removes a cloned or designed voice, and unused voices are deleted after 7 days" ], "weaknesses": [ "The terms of service and privacy policy render only in a browser, so voice ownership, training use and retention terms were not read", "No field records the speaker's consent. The documented gate is individual or enterprise verification of the account", "The voice design reference prices preview audio at $30 per million characters and the pricing page at $60", "The API release notes stop at 28 October 2025 and omit `text_validation` and `aigc_watermark`", "No security.txt, bug bounty or certification found, and no SLA in the docs" ], "agentNotes": [ "Upload the sample to `POST /v1/files/upload` with `purpose=voice_clone`, then pass the integer `file_id` and a new `voice_id` of 8 to 256 characters to `POST /v1/voice_clone`", "Synthesise once with T2A within 7 days or the voice is deleted. A preview inside the clone call does not count", "Read `base_resp.status_code` on every response. Errors such as 2038 (no cloning permission) and 2039 (duplicate `voice_id`) arrive in the body", "Voice design returns `trial_audio` as hex in the JSON body. Write it to a file and keep it out of the model context", "Send `voice_type` to `POST /v1/get_voice`, because `all` also returns the 300+ system voices" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.1 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 56, "maintenance": 38, "payments": 20, "reliability": 70, "schema": 78, "security": 39, "transparency": 25 }, "provenanceScore": 80 }, "connect": { "http": "curl --location 'https://api.minimax.io/v1/voice_clone' \\\n --header \"Authorization: Bearer $MINIMAX_API_KEY\" \\\n --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n --data '{\"file_id\": 123456789, \"voice_id\": \"MiniMax001\"}'", "config": { "mcpServers": { "MiniMax": { "args": [ "minimax-mcp", "-y" ], "command": "uvx", "env": { "MINIMAX_API_HOST": "https://api.minimax.io", "MINIMAX_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/voice.clone", "tool": "https://letme.dev/minimax-voice-cloning" }, "sameCompany": [ "minimax-video" ], "area": "voice", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Rapid voice clone", "unit": "tx", "usd": 1.5, "note": "per voice, charged on first synthesis" }, { "item": "Voice design", "unit": "tx", "usd": 3, "note": "per voice, charged on first synthesis" }, { "item": "Speech from a clone, speech-2.8-hd", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 100 }, { "item": "Speech from a clone, speech-2.8-turbo", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 60 } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Nanonoble Pte. Ltd.", "domain": "minimax.io", "domainRegistered": "2021-03-27", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://platform.minimax.io/protocol/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://platform.minimax.io/protocol/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.minimax.io", "changelog": "https://platform.minimax.io/docs/release-notes/apis", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The legal entity is carried from the 30 September 2026 check recorded on our MiniMax Video API listing. The terms page that would name it renders only in a browser and was not read on 8 October.", "The terms of service, privacy policy and paid agreement at platform.minimax.io/protocol/ return a page with no document text to a plain reader.", "RDAP for minimax.io gives a registration date of 2021-03-27 and a transfer on 2025-01-31.", "platform.minimax.io/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and www.minimax.io/.well-known/security.txt redirects to the home page.", "The API release notes page has no entry after 28 October 2025. Model releases are dated on a separate page." ], "score": 80 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-voice-cloning.json", "live": { "slug": "minimax-voice-cloning", "probe": { "target": "https://api.minimax.io", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:34.48172947Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 274, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 281, "p95ms24h": 567, "samples24h": 44, "samples30d": 44, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 44, "ok": 44 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.minimax.io", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T11:39:55.136957076Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:34.48172947Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "Model API", "b": "Model API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "ElevenLabs", "b": "MiniMax", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1", "b": "https://api.minimax.io", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, stdio", "b": "HTTP, stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "not published", "b": "$60 per 1M characters", "name": "Price for voice clone" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "MIT (SDKs)", "b": "Proprietary API under MiniMax's platform terms. 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MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design leads on reliability.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API or MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API and MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1 and MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design at https://api.minimax.io.", "question": "Can an agent call ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API and MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 78", "Agent ergonomics, 85 against 56", "Security \u0026 auth, 84 against 39", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 38", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 82 against 53" ], "also": [ "Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better" ], "goodFor": "Teams that need instant clones, professional clones and prompt-designed voices in one account, with consent checks on the professional tier.", "slug": "elevenlabs-voice-cloning", "watchFor": "Instant clones rely on an attestation, not a check" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 70 against 63" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Teams already using MiniMax speech models that want quick clones or prompt-designed voices at a flat fee per voice across 40 languages.", "slug": "minimax-voice-cloning", "watchFor": "The terms of service and privacy policy render only in a browser, so voice ownership, training use and retention terms were not read" } ], "job": { "capability": "voice.clone", "name": "Voice clone" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cartesia-voice-cloning-vs-elevenlabs-voice-cloning.json", "title": "Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP vs ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cartesia-voice-cloning-vs-elevenlabs-voice-cloning" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cartesia-voice-cloning-vs-minimax-voice-cloning.json", "title": "Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP vs MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cartesia-voice-cloning-vs-minimax-voice-cloning" }, { "json": 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Cloning needs individual or enterprise account verification, the terms and privacy policy could not be read without a browser, and no statement on training with uploaded voice audio was found in the docs." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-voice-cloning-vs-minimax-voice-cloning", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-voice-cloning-vs-minimax-voice-cloning.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-voice-cloning-vs-minimax-voice-cloning.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-voice-cloning-vs-minimax-voice-cloning.min.md" }, "markdown": "ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API scores 73.6 (BB) on agent readiness against MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design's 53.1 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design leads on reliability. Both do voice clone.\n\n- ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API: grade BB, 73.6/100, rank #83 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-voice-cloning.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/elevenlabs-voice-cloning.json\n- MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design: grade D, 53.1/100, rank #640 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/minimax-voice-cloning.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/minimax-voice-cloning.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API (BB)\n\nGood for: Teams that need instant clones, professional clones and prompt-designed voices in one account, with consent checks on the professional tier.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 78\n- Agent ergonomics, 85 against 56\n- Security \u0026 auth, 84 against 39\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 85 against 38\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 82 against 53\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n\nWatch for: Instant clones rely on an attestation, not a check\n\n### MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design (D)\n\nGood for: Teams already using MiniMax speech models that want quick clones or prompt-designed voices at a flat fee per voice across 40 languages.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 70 against 63\n\nWatch for: The terms of service and privacy policy render only in a browser, so voice ownership, training use and retention terms were not read\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API | MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 63 | 70 | MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design +7 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 78 | ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API +9 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 56 | ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API +29 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 84 | 39 | ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API +45 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 20 | ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 85 | 38 | ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API +47 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 82 | 53 | ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API +29 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **73.6 · BB** | **53.1 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API | MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | ElevenLabs | MiniMax |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1` | `https://api.minimax.io` |\n| Transports | HTTP, stdio | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Pay per use |\n| Price for voice clone | not published | $60 per 1M characters |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT (SDKs) | Proprietary API under MiniMax's platform terms. The two official MCP servers are MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 8 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-28 | 2026-08-21 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-03-31 | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-05-20 | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Popularity | 3.1k stars, 1.1M npm/wk, 2.2M PyPI/wk | 377 npm/wk, 1.5k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API.** Instant clones from 1 to 2 minutes of audio on the $6 Starter plan. Instant clones rely on an attestation, not a check.\n\n**MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design.** Typed OpenAPI files, published prices of $1.50 a cloned voice and $3 a designed voice, and optional transcript and watermark checks. Cloning needs individual or enterprise account verification, the terms and privacy policy could not be read without a browser, and no statement on training with uploaded voice audio was found in the docs.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API\n\n1. Keep the source samples. A clone can't be downloaded and re-cloning sounds slightly different\n2. Check `requires_verification` in the create response before using the voice ID\n3. List your own clones with `GET /v2/voices?category=cloned` instead of paging the whole library\n4. On `system_busy` retry with backoff. On `too_many_concurrent_requests` queue instead, the plan cap won't lift\n5. PVC is asynchronous. Create, add samples, verify, train, then poll `fine_tuning_state`\n\n### MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design\n\n1. Upload the sample to `POST /v1/files/upload` with `purpose=voice_clone`, then pass the integer `file_id` and a new `voice_id` of 8 to 256 characters to `POST /v1/voice_clone`\n2. Synthesise once with T2A within 7 days or the voice is deleted. A preview inside the clone call does not count\n3. Read `base_resp.status_code` on every response. Errors such as 2038 (no cloning permission) and 2039 (duplicate `voice_id`) arrive in the body\n4. Voice design returns `trial_audio` as hex in the JSON body. Write it to a file and keep it out of the model context\n5. Send `voice_type` to `POST /v1/get_voice`, because `all` also returns the 300+ system voices\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API or MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design?\n\nElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API scores 73.6 (BB) on agent readiness against MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design's 53.1 (D), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design leads on reliability.\n\n### Do ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API and MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API and MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design without installing anything?\n\nYes. ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API has a hosted endpoint at https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1 and MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design at https://api.minimax.io.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-voice-cloning-vs-minimax-voice-cloning.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-voice-cloning-vs-minimax-voice-cloning.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"elevenlabs-voice-cloning\", \"b\": \"minimax-voice-cloning\"}`. 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