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The licence forbids sharing it.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "API Starter $29.99 a month for up to 100 songs (new sign-ups, companies of up to 3 people). API Pro $300 a month for up to 1,000 songs with a 6-month minimum. More than that needs a custom plan. Only successful generations count. 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Both do audio music. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 77 points." }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-lyria-vs-soundraw", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-lyria-vs-soundraw.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-lyria-vs-soundraw.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-lyria-vs-soundraw.min.md" }, "markdown": "Google Lyria has a score of 49 (D) against SOUNDRAW API's 12.5 (F). Both do audio music. The largest gap is maintenance \u0026 community, 77 points.\n\n- Google Lyria: grade D, 49/100, rank #371 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/google-lyria.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/google-lyria.json\n- SOUNDRAW API: grade F, 12.5/100, rank #451 of 452. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/soundraw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/soundraw.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Google Lyria for reliability (+18), schema \u0026 documentation (+51), agent ergonomics (+40), security \u0026 auth (+40), payments \u0026 pricing (+10), maintenance \u0026 community (+77), transparency \u0026 trust (+36).\n\nPick SOUNDRAW API for nothing in particular (no category where it leads by five points or more).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Google Lyria | SOUNDRAW API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 33 | 15 | Google Lyria +18 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 56 | 5 | Google Lyria +51 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 40 | 0 | Google Lyria +40 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 60 | 20 | Google Lyria +40 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 20 | 10 | Google Lyria +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 3 | Google Lyria +77 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 78 | 42 | Google Lyria +36 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **49 · D** | **12.5 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Google Lyria | SOUNDRAW API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | Google | SOUNDRAW Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Pay per use | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 (SDKs) | none |\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 | 2026-09-22 | none |\n| Popularity | 4k stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | 1.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Google Lyria.** $0.08 a full song on `lyria-3.5` and $0.04 a 30-second clip, flat. No free tier for Lyria, so billing is needed before the first call.\n\n**SOUNDRAW API.** Trained only on in-house compositions, per SOUNDRAW. No public API docs, OpenAPI spec, SDK or changelog.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Google Lyria\n\n1. Draft on `lyria-3-clip-preview` at $0.04 before paying for a full song\n2. Put the target length and structure in the prompt, e.g. \"[0:00 - 0:10] Intro\" or \"a 2-minute song\"\n3. Decode `output_audio.data` from base64 straight to a file. Don't let it into the context\n4. Don't name artists or paste song lyrics. The safety filter blocks the request\n5. Back off exponentially on 429 `RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED`. Limits are per project and tier\n\n### SOUNDRAW API\n\n1. Needs a contract and token before any call. There's nothing to probe anonymously\n2. Save generated files within 72 hours. The links expire and songs are deleted\n3. Don't let end users resell raw tracks. The licence restricts it\n\n## Other comparisons with Google Lyria or SOUNDRAW API\n\n- [Beatoven.ai API vs Google Lyria](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beatoven-vs-google-lyria.md)\n- [Beatoven.ai API vs SOUNDRAW API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/beatoven-vs-soundraw.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Music API vs Google Lyria](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-google-lyria.md)\n- [ElevenLabs Music API vs SOUNDRAW API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-music-vs-soundraw.md)\n- [fal music models vs Google Lyria](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-google-lyria.md)\n- [fal music models vs SOUNDRAW API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/fal-music-vs-soundraw.md)\n- [Google Lyria vs Loudly Music API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-lyria-vs-loudly.md)\n- [Google Lyria vs Mubert API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-lyria-vs-mubert.md)\n- [Google Lyria vs MusicGen on Replicate](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-lyria-vs-replicate-musicgen.md)\n- [Google Lyria vs Soundverse API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-lyria-vs-soundverse.md)\n- [Google Lyria vs Stable Audio API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/google-lyria-vs-stable-audio.md)\n- [Loudly Music API vs SOUNDRAW API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/loudly-vs-soundraw.md)\n- [Mubert API vs SOUNDRAW API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mubert-vs-soundraw.md)\n- [MusicGen on Replicate vs SOUNDRAW API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/replicate-musicgen-vs-soundraw.md)\n- [SOUNDRAW API vs Soundverse API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/soundraw-vs-soundverse.md)\n- [SOUNDRAW API vs Stable Audio API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/soundraw-vs-stable-audio.md)\n", "meta": { "attribution": "Anchor Terminal (https://www.anchorterminal.com)", "docs": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/docs/", "generatedAt": "2026-10-05", "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "method": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/benchmark/", "methodology": "0.3", "openapi": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/openapi.json", "preview": false, "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run" }, "page": { "breadcrumbs": [ { "name": "Home", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/" }, { "name": "Compare", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/" }, { "name": "Google Lyria vs SOUNDRAW API", "url": "" } ], "description": "Google Lyria has a score of 49 (D) against SOUNDRAW API's 12.5 (F). 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