Sume Music vs ElevenLabs Music: cost by track count and length

Sume and ElevenLabs bill music differently: Sume charges a fixed price per generation whatever the prompt, and ElevenLabs charges per minute of music. Which one is cheaper depends on how long each track is; the table gives every set these posts priced.

Worked example: 10 music tracks of 1 min: Sume $1.25 vs ElevenLabs $1.50

10 background tracks of 1 minute cost $1.25 on Sume and $1.50 on ElevenLabs. The two are billed differently: Sume charges $0.125 per generation whatever the prompt, ElevenLabs charges $0.15 per minute of music.

Two billing units

The Sume catalog lists Music generation as a fixed $0.125 per audio and says the price does not vary by prompt or image input. ElevenLabs lists music generation at $0.15 per minute (read 2026-10-09). Per-generation pricing means the Sume total depends on how many generations you run, not on their length.

Where the lines cross

The comparison depends on length. Sume's flat price is below ElevenLabs once a track would run longer than 50 seconds at ElevenLabs' rate, because $0.125 buys that many seconds there. Check the length Sume returns for your prompt in the Music docs before you plan on it.

Every track set in one table

This page replaces 12 posts that asked the same question with different numbers. Each row is one of them, with the answer it gave when it was published.