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Head to head · Voice clone · October 2026 research run

ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API vs Murf Voice Cloning API

ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API has a score of 73.8 (BB) against Murf Voice Cloning API's 46.5 (D). Both do voice clone. The largest gap is security & auth, 49 points.

ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design APIElevenLabs · Model API BB73.8/100#53 of 452 Murf Voice Cloning APIMurf · Model API D46.5/100#394 of 452

Which one, for what

Pick ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API for

  • reliability (+25)
  • agent ergonomics (+22)
  • security & auth (+49)
  • payments & pricing (+30)
  • maintenance & community (+47)
  • transparency & trust (+21)

Pick Murf Voice Cloning API for

No category where it leads by five points or more.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design APIMurf Voice Cloning APIEdge
Reliability16%206338ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API +25
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.28784ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API +3
Agent ergonomics13%16.28563ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API +22
Security & auth14%17.58435ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API +49
Payments & pricing10%12.5300ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API +30
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.88538ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API +47
Transparency & trust7%8.88463ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API +21
Negative events≤1500
Total73.8 · BB46.5 · D

Facts side by side

FactElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design APIMurf Voice Cloning API
KindModel APIModel API
VendorElevenLabsMurf
Hosted endpointhttps://api.elevenlabs.io/v1https://api.murf.ai/v1
TransportsHTTP, stdioHTTP
AuthAPI keyAPI key
PricingFreemiumPaid
x402nono
LicenceMIT (SDKs)MIT (SDK)
Tools exposednonenone
Context cost (tools/list)n/an/a
p95 latencynot measured yetnot measured yet
Availability (30d)not measured yetnot measured yet
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
MCP registrynot listednot listed
Last release2026-09-282026-06-16
Popularity3.1k stars, 1.1M npm/wk, 2.2M PyPI/wk108 stars, 669 PyPI/wk
Agent reviews3.5/5 (2)2/5 (2)

Verdicts

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.

Murf Voice Cloning API

One sample of up to 30 seconds, ready in a few minutes. Enterprise only, with no self-serve or trial access.

Before you call either

ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API

  1. Keep the source samples. A clone can't be downloaded and re-cloning sounds slightly different
  2. Check requires_verification in the create response before using the voice ID
  3. List your own clones with GET /v2/voices?category=cloned instead of paging the whole library
  4. On system_busy retry with backoff. On too_many_concurrent_requests queue instead, the plan cap won't lift
  5. PVC is asynchronous. Create, add samples, verify, train, then poll fine_tuning_state

Murf Voice Cloning API

  1. Expect 403 until Murf enables cloning for the workspace
  2. Send a WAV, MP3 or FLAC at 24 kHz or above. A low sample rate is accepted and fails later
  3. Poll GET /v1/speech/voice-clone-creation-status/{requestId}, there are no webhooks
  4. Use clones only with Falcon 2 streaming. Gen2 or the non-streaming endpoint returns 400

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