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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 platform", "b": "Model API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.)", "b": "MusicGPT Ltd", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://queue.fal.run", "b": "https://api.musicgpt.com/api/public", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Pay per use", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "$0.15 per call", "b": "$0.035 per call", "name": "Price for music generation" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary service under MusicGPT's Terms of Service. 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MusicGPT API leads on payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, fal music models or MusicGPT API?" }, { "answer": "MusicGPT API, at $0.035 per call against $0.15 per call for fal music models. These are the vendors' published prices for the job.", "question": "Which is cheaper for music generation, fal music models or MusicGPT API?" }, { "answer": "Yes. fal music models has a hosted endpoint at https://queue.fal.run and MusicGPT API at https://api.musicgpt.com/api/public.", "question": "Can an agent call fal music models and MusicGPT API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 80 against 37", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 78", "Agent ergonomics, 80 against 54", "Security \u0026 auth, 62 against 35", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 33", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 57 against 49" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent or team that wants to compare or switch music models without a contract per vendor, or needs a published price for vendors that don't publish one (Beatoven).", "slug": "fal-music", "watchFor": "Billing units differ per model (per track, per second, per minute rounded up)" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20" ], "also": [ "Cheaper for music generation, $0.035 against $0.15 per call" ], "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-fal-music.json", "title": "Beatoven.ai API vs fal music models", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beatoven-vs-fal-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-musicgpt.json", "title": "ElevenLabs Music API vs MusicGPT API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-musicgpt" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-google-lyria.json", "title": "fal music models vs Google Lyria", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-google-lyria" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-loudly.json", "title": "fal music models vs Loudly Music API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-loudly" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-mubert.json", "title": "fal music models vs Mubert API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-mubert" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-replicate-musicgen.json", "title": "fal music models vs MusicGen on Replicate", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-replicate-musicgen" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-soundraw.json", "title": "fal music models vs SOUNDRAW API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-soundraw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-soundverse.json", "title": "fal music models vs Soundverse API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-soundverse" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-stable-audio.json", "title": "fal music models vs Stable Audio API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-stable-audio" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-lyria-vs-musicgpt.json", "title": "Google Lyria vs MusicGPT API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-lyria-vs-musicgpt" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/loudly-vs-musicgpt.json", "title": "Loudly Music API vs MusicGPT API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/loudly-vs-musicgpt" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mubert-vs-musicgpt.json", "title": "Mubert API vs MusicGPT API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mubert-vs-musicgpt" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/musicgpt-vs-replicate-musicgen.json", "title": "MusicGPT API vs MusicGen on Replicate", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/musicgpt-vs-replicate-musicgen" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/musicgpt-vs-soundraw.json", "title": "MusicGPT API vs SOUNDRAW API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/musicgpt-vs-soundraw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/musicgpt-vs-soundverse.json", "title": "MusicGPT API vs Soundverse API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/musicgpt-vs-soundverse" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/musicgpt-vs-stable-audio.json", "title": "MusicGPT API vs Stable Audio API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/musicgpt-vs-stable-audio" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 43, "edge": "fal-music", "fal-music": 80, "key": "reliability", "musicgpt": 37, "name": "Reliability", "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 7, "edge": "fal-music", "fal-music": 85, "key": "schema", "musicgpt": 78, "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 26, "edge": "fal-music", "fal-music": 80, "key": "ergonomics", "musicgpt": 54, "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 27, "edge": "fal-music", "fal-music": 62, "key": "security", "musicgpt": 35, "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "musicgpt", "fal-music": 20, "key": "payments", "musicgpt": 30, "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 49, "edge": "fal-music", "fal-music": 82, "key": "maintenance", "musicgpt": 33, "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 8, "edge": "fal-music", "fal-music": 57, "key": "transparency", "musicgpt": 49, "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "fal music models scores 68.3 (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. MusicGPT API is cheaper for music generation, $0.035 against $0.15 per call.", "verdicts": { "fal-music": "Lyria, ElevenLabs, MiniMax, Stable Audio, Beatoven and open-weights models behind one queue API. Billing units differ per model (per track, per second, per minute rounded up).", "musicgpt": "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." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-musicgpt", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-musicgpt.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-musicgpt.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-musicgpt.min.md" }, "markdown": "fal music models scores 68.3 (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. MusicGPT API is cheaper for music generation, $0.035 against $0.15 per call.\n\n- fal music models: grade B, 68.3/100, rank #222 of 950. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-music.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fal-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### fal music models (B)\n\nGood for: An agent or team that wants to compare or switch music models without a contract per vendor, or needs a published price for vendors that don't publish one (Beatoven).\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 80 against 37\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 85 against 78\n- Agent ergonomics, 80 against 54\n- Security \u0026 auth, 62 against 35\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 82 against 33\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 57 against 49\n\nWatch for: Billing units differ per model (per track, per second, per minute rounded up)\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\nAlso in its favour:\n- Cheaper for music generation, $0.035 against $0.15 per call\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 | fal music models | MusicGPT API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 37 | fal music models +43 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 78 | fal music models +7 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 54 | fal music models +26 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 62 | 35 | fal music models +27 |\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) | 82 | 33 | fal music models +49 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 57 | 49 | fal music models +8 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.3 · B** | **45.9 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | fal music models | MusicGPT API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model platform | Model API |\n| Vendor | fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.) | MusicGPT Ltd |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://queue.fal.run` | `https://api.musicgpt.com/api/public` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| Price for music generation | $0.15 per call | $0.035 per call |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | 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 | 2026-09-21 | none |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-08 | 2025-01-01 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-07-22 | 2025-01-01 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 186 stars, 1.7M npm/wk, 825k PyPI/wk | 310 npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**fal music models.** Lyria, ElevenLabs, MiniMax, Stable Audio, Beatoven and open-weights models behind one queue API. Billing units differ per model (per track, per second, per minute rounded up).\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### fal music models\n\n1. Submit to `queue.fal.run` and poll or use a webhook. Synchronous `fal.run` calls went down for 30 minutes on 2026-09-04\n2. Check the unit on the model page. ElevenLabs v2.5 bills a whole minute for a 30-second clip\n3. Pin the versioned endpoint, for example `fal-ai/elevenlabs/music/v2.5`\n4. Use an API-scope key for agents, never an ADMIN key\n5. For stems, run `fal-ai/demucs` on the output\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, fal music models or MusicGPT API?\n\nfal music models scores 68.3 (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### Which is cheaper for music generation, fal music models or MusicGPT API?\n\nMusicGPT API, at $0.035 per call against $0.15 per call for fal music models. These are the vendors' published prices for the job.\n\n### Can an agent call fal music models and MusicGPT API without installing anything?\n\nYes. fal music models has a hosted endpoint at https://queue.fal.run 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/fal-music-vs-musicgpt.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-musicgpt.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"fal-music\", \"b\": \"musicgpt\"}`. 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