{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "hume-voice-cloning", "name": "Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP", "vendor": "Hume AI", "vendorUrl": "https://www.hume.ai", "kind": "model", "category": "voice-cloning", "summary": "Custom voices for Hume's Octave TTS and EVI.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hume-voice-cloning", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hume-voice-cloning.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hume-voice-cloning.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hume-voice-cloning.json", "repo": "https://github.com/HumeAI/hume-python-sdk", "license": "MIT (SDKs)", "transports": [ "http", "stdio" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.hume.ai/v0/tts", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "hume" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "hume" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@humeai/mcp-server" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "`X-Hume-Api-Key` header. The MCP server reads `HUME_API_KEY`.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Voice design is billed as TTS characters. Free $0 includes 10,000 characters, Starter $3 30,000, Creator $14 ($7 first month) 140,000 then $0.15 per 1,000, Pro $70 1M then $0.12, Scale $200 3.3M then $0.10, Business $500 10M then $0.05. Cloning in the UI is unlimited on every plan. Cloning over the API needs Enterprise. Free and Starter are for non-commercial use only (https://www.hume.ai/pricing).", "priceSummary": "$14 / mo", "where": "both", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 or machine payment in the docs or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 5, "popularity": { "githubStars": 180, "npmWeekly": 79177, "pypiWeekly": 23750, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://dev.hume.ai/docs/voice/overview", "llmsTxt": "https://dev.hume.ai/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://dev.hume.ai/openapi.json", "capabilities": [ "voice.clone", "voice.design", "speech.tts" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "closed-source", "python", "typescript", "llms-txt", "mcp", "enterprise", "status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-08-18", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 54.6, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 611, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 75, "maintenance": 45, "payments": 30, "reliability": 58, "schema": 87, "security": 23, "transparency": 57 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Voice design from a natural-language description, saved with one call. Cloning over the API is Enterprise-only. Hume ends API access on 13 November 2026.", "bestFor": "Designing a voice from a description, and for teams already on EVI.", "strengths": [ "Voice design from a natural-language description, saved with one call", "Official MCP server with 5 tools to design, save, list and delete voices", "Public OpenAPI and AsyncAPI files and named error codes", "API data isn't used for training, per the privacy statement", "Custom voices work in both Octave TTS and EVI" ], "weaknesses": [ "Hume ends access to the TTS and EVI APIs on 13 November 2026 and deletes account data after that date", "Cloning over the API is Enterprise-only", "Consent is a legal checkbox in the Platform, not a check", "One account-wide API key, shown in a WebSocket query string in the docs", "No changelog entry since 15 May 2026", "No security.txt, SOC 2 report or subprocessor list found" ], "agentNotes": [ "Design with `POST /v0/tts` using an utterance `description` plus sample `text`, then save a `generation_id` with `POST /v0/tts/voices`", "Request several generations and pick one. A saved voice can't be tuned afterwards", "List your own voices with `GET /v0/tts/voices?provider=CUSTOM_VOICE`", "Use `/v0/tts/file` or streaming rather than the JSON endpoint to keep base64 audio out of context", "On E0811 back off and retry, the request was rate limited" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 2, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 54.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 75, "maintenance": 45, "payments": 30, "reliability": 58, "schema": 87, "security": 23, "transparency": 40 }, "provenanceScore": 73 }, "connect": { "http": "curl https://api.hume.ai/v0/tts -H \"X-Hume-Api-Key: $HUME_API_KEY\" \\\n --json '{\"utterances\":[{\"description\":\"Calm, warm support agent with a slight Irish accent\",\"text\":\"Thanks for calling, how can I help today?\"}],\"num_generations\":2}'", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add hume -e HUME_API_KEY=$HUME_API_KEY -- npx @humeai/mcp-server", "config": { "mcpServers": { "hume": { "args": [ "@humeai/mcp-server" ], "command": "npx", "env": { "HUME_API_KEY": "${HUME_API_KEY}" } } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/voice.clone", "tool": "https://letme.dev/hume-voice-cloning" }, "sameCompany": [ "hume-evi" ], "area": "voice", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Creator plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 14, "note": "commercial use, 140,000 characters, $7 first month" }, { "item": "Pro plan", "unit": "month", "usd": 70, "note": "1M characters" }, { "item": "Voice design and speech on Creator", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 150, "note": "$0.15 per 1,000 characters over the allowance" }, { "item": "Voice design and speech on Business", "unit": "1m-chars", "usd": 50, "note": "$0.05 per 1,000 characters over the allowance" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Hume AI, Inc.", "domain": "hume.ai", "domainRegistered": "2020-04-06", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.hume.ai/terms-of-use", "privacy": "https://www.hume.ai/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.hume.ai", "changelog": "https://dev.hume.ai/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-09-30", "score": 73 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hume-voice-cloning.json", "live": { "slug": "hume-voice-cloning", "probe": { "target": "https://api.hume.ai/v0/tts", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:30.767574258Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 173, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 166, "p95ms24h": 266, "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.hume.ai", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-09T11:39:38.159358164Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "HumeAI/hume-python-sdk", "version": "v0.14.0", "released": "2026-06-17", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:16:24.907314547Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@humeai/mcp-server", "version": "0.3.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:16:24.705009881Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "hume", "version": "0.16.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:16:21.420462404Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "hume", "version": "0.14.1", "released": "2026-08-17", "seenAt": "2026-10-08T16:16:24.567095602Z" } ], "githubStars": 181, "npmWeekly": 82525, "pypiWeekly": 19565, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://hume.ai/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T15:39:08.10154338Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://dev.hume.ai/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T14:00:33.37146206Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "hume.ai", "registered": "2020-04-06", "source": "https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/domain/hume.ai", "checkedAt": "2026-10-04T13:04:35.90510371Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-09T11:46:30.767574258Z" } }, "answer": "Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP scores 54.6 (C) on agent readiness against MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design's 53.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design leads on reliability and security \u0026 auth.", "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": "Hume AI", "b": "MiniMax", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.hume.ai/v0/tts", "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. The two official MCP servers are MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "5", "b": "8", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-08-18", "b": "2026-08-21", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-10-05", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2025-02-25", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "couldn't be read", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "180 stars, 79k npm/wk, 24k PyPI/wk", "b": "377 npm/wk, 1.5k PyPI/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "2/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP scores 54.6 (C) on agent readiness against MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design's 53.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design leads on reliability and security \u0026 auth.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP or MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design?" }, { "answer": "Both need an API key.", "question": "Do Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP and MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.hume.ai/v0/tts and MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design at https://api.minimax.io.", "question": "Can an agent call Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP and MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 78", "Agent ergonomics, 75 against 56", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 45 against 38" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Designing a voice from a description, and for teams already on EVI.", "slug": "hume-voice-cloning", "watchFor": "Hume ends access to the TTS and EVI APIs on 13 November 2026 and deletes account data after that date" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 70 against 58", "Security \u0026 auth, 39 against 23" ], "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-hume-voice-cloning.json", "title": "Cartesia Voice Cloning API + MCP vs Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cartesia-voice-cloning-vs-hume-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": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/elevenlabs-voice-cloning-vs-hume-voice-cloning.json", "title": "ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice 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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/hume-voice-cloning-vs-minimax-voice-cloning", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-voice-cloning-vs-minimax-voice-cloning.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-voice-cloning-vs-minimax-voice-cloning.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-voice-cloning-vs-minimax-voice-cloning.min.md" }, "markdown": "Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP scores 54.6 (C) on agent readiness against MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design's 53.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design leads on reliability and security \u0026 auth. Both do voice clone.\n\n- Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP: grade C, 54.6/100, rank #611 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/hume-voice-cloning.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/hume-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### Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP (C)\n\nGood for: Designing a voice from a description, and for teams already on EVI.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 87 against 78\n- Agent ergonomics, 75 against 56\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 30 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 45 against 38\n\nWatch for: Hume ends access to the TTS and EVI APIs on 13 November 2026 and deletes account data after that date\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 58\n- Security \u0026 auth, 39 against 23\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 | Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP | MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 58 | 70 | MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design +12 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 78 | Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP +9 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 75 | 56 | Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP +19 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 23 | 39 | MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design +16 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 20 | Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 38 | Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP +7 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 57 | 53 | Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **54.6 · C** | **53.1 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP | MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Model API | Model API |\n| Vendor | Hume AI | MiniMax |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.hume.ai/v0/tts` | `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 | 5 | 8 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-08-18 | 2026-08-21 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-10-05 | couldn't be read |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-02-25 | couldn't be read |\n| Customer content may train models | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | 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 | 180 stars, 79k npm/wk, 24k PyPI/wk | 377 npm/wk, 1.5k PyPI/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 2/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP.** Voice design from a natural-language description, saved with one call. Cloning over the API is Enterprise-only. Hume ends API access on 13 November 2026.\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### Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP\n\n1. Design with `POST /v0/tts` using an utterance `description` plus sample `text`, then save a `generation_id` with `POST /v0/tts/voices`\n2. Request several generations and pick one. A saved voice can't be tuned afterwards\n3. List your own voices with `GET /v0/tts/voices?provider=CUSTOM_VOICE`\n4. Use `/v0/tts/file` or streaming rather than the JSON endpoint to keep base64 audio out of context\n5. On E0811 back off and retry, the request was rate limited\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, Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP or MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design?\n\nHume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP scores 54.6 (C) on agent readiness against MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design's 53.1 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design leads on reliability and security \u0026 auth.\n\n### Do Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP and MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design need an API key?\n\nBoth need an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP and MiniMax Voice Clone and Voice Design without installing anything?\n\nYes. Hume Octave Voice Design and Cloning + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.hume.ai/v0/tts 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/hume-voice-cloning-vs-minimax-voice-cloning.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hume-voice-cloning-vs-minimax-voice-cloning.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"hume-voice-cloning\", \"b\": \"minimax-voice-cloning\"}`. 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