ElevenLabs Music API price: $0.15 per minute, per track

ElevenLabs lists its Music API at $0.15 per minute generated, so a 3-minute track is $0.45. Sume Music 1.0 is priced per generation, not per minute: $0.125 per audio, whatever the length of the track you ask for.

The ElevenLabs figure is from its API pricing page, read 2026-09-30. Sume's side is from the Music docs and the rate card.

What does a per-minute price mean for one track?

Multiply the rate by the track length in minutes. The table does that for three common lengths and puts the flat Sume price in the same column for reference.

Why can't the two prices be compared minute for minute?

Because the units differ. One is billed by output length; the other is one fixed price for one audio generation, and the router catalog states that every row is the fixed Music price. This table compares numbers only; it does not say one is a better value, since track length, quality and licensing are different questions.

How do I control length on Sume?

Length is not a request field. Do not send duration or duration_seconds; Music 1.0 rejects them as unrecognized. Ask for the length in the prompt instead, for example "a 2-minute track", or use section markers such as [0:00-0:30] Intro: .... The docs describe full-length structured songs up to a few minutes.

How should I budget a batch of tracks?

For a per-minute vendor, budget tracks x average minutes x rate. For a per-generation price, budget the number of generations, including retries you expect to make while tuning a prompt. For the wider cost picture see AI music generator cost.