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        "llms-txt",
        "openapi",
        "card-required"
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          "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"
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          "MusicGen weights are CC-BY-NC 4.0, so no commercial use",
          "Instrumental only, and the model version dates from 2024-03-28",
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          "No platform changelog entries since 2026-04-21, and the npm client is from 2025-11-17"
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          "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"
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          "item": "Stable Audio 2.5",
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        "changelog": "https://replicate.com/changelog",
        "securityTxt": "none",
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          "replicatestatus.com redirects to Cloudflare's status page, filtered to Replicate",
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  "markdown": "fal music models has a score of 68.5 (B) against MusicGen on Replicate's 54.4 (C). Both do audio music. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 50 points.\n\n- fal music models: grade B, 68.5/100, rank #124 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-music.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/fal-music.json\n- MusicGen on Replicate: grade C, 54.4/100, rank #323 of 452. 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 fal music models for reliability (+32), agent ergonomics (+5), security \u0026 auth (+22), maintenance \u0026 community (+50).\n\nPick MusicGen on Replicate for transparency \u0026 trust (+11).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | fal music models | MusicGen on Replicate | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 48 | fal music models +32 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 85 | 87 | MusicGen on Replicate +2 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 80 | 75 | fal music models +5 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 62 | 40 | fal music models +22 |\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) | 82 | 32 | fal music models +50 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 70 | MusicGen on Replicate +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **68.5 · B** | **54.4 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | fal music models | MusicGen on Replicate |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model platform | Model platform |\n| Vendor | fal (Features \u0026 Labels, Inc.) | Replicate (Cloudflare) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://queue.fal.run` | `https://api.replicate.com/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, stdio, SSE (legacy) |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | 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 | 2026-09-21 | 2024-03-28 |\n| Popularity | 186 stars, 1.7M npm/wk, 825k PyPI/wk | 24k stars, 634k npm/wk, 387k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 4/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\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**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### 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### 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 fal music models or MusicGen on Replicate\n\n- [Beatoven.ai API vs fal music models](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beatoven-vs-fal-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 MusicGen on Replicate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-replicate-musicgen.md)\n- [fal music models vs Google Lyria](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-google-lyria.md)\n- [fal music models vs Loudly Music API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-loudly.md)\n- [fal music models vs Mubert API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-mubert.md)\n- [fal music models vs SOUNDRAW API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-soundraw.md)\n- [fal music models vs Soundverse API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-soundverse.md)\n- [fal music models vs Stable Audio API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-stable-audio.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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