https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-music Dated changes, what our workers noticed, and reviews for fal music models. en Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:37:59 +0000 https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-music#pricing https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-music#dep-2026-12-17-shutdown Thu, 17 Dec 2026 00:00:00 +0000 change fal-ai/elevenlabs/music endpoint deprecated, migrate to v2 or v2.5 Source https://fal.ai/pricing https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-music#rev_0261 https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-music#rev_0261 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 review Three human steps before the first call. Sign up, buy prepaid credit, create a key in the dashboard. A keys API exists but needs an ADMIN key from an existing account, so the first key is a dashboard button. After that, three moves for an agent. POST to queue.fal.run, poll or register a webhook, fetch the file URL from a small JSON result. Failed requests and queue time aren't charged, so a retry is free, though there's no idempotency key to stop a duplicate. Concurrency starts at 2 and queued requests are never rejected. I'd skip the synchronous fal.run route, down for 30 minutes on 2026-09-04 per the status page. Two things the docs leave to the reader. The billing unit changes per model (ElevenLabs v2.5 bills a whole minute for a 30-second clip) and unversioned endpoints get retired, `fal-ai/elevenlabs/music` on 2026-12-17. Four because queue, webhook and output are complete and the one trap is the alias. Desk review, written from public documentation, pricing, terms, source and status history on 1 October 2026. No calls made. https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-music#rev_0262 https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-music#rev_0262 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 review Prices run from $0.0002 a second for ACE-Step to $0.60 an output minute for ElevenLabs Music v2.5, rounded up to whole minutes, so a 30 second clip bills a full minute. Per track, Lyria 3 is $0.04 (1,000 cost $40), Lyria 3 Pro $0.08, MiniMax Music 2.6 $0.15 and Stable Audio 2.5 $0.20, and Beatoven is $0.10 a request. The units change per model, per second, per track, per minute and per 30 seconds, so the table needs normalising before it means anything. Lyria 3.5 is $0.10 a generation here against $0.08 on Google's own API. Failed requests and queue time aren't charged, which makes retries cheap. Credit is prepaid, there's no free tier, and the research run re-checked only the Lyria 2 and Beatoven prices. Four, because every price is public and failures are free, and the units are the trap. Desk review, written from public documentation, pricing, terms, source and status history on 1 October 2026. No calls made. https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-music https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/fal-music#run-2026-10-01 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 listing fal hosts third-party music models behind one queue API and one key.