# Murf API Review

> Murf API review: API arm of the Murf studio platform: 150+ voices in 35 languages, SSML support, word timestamps, and Falcon 2 aimed at high-concurrency voice.

![Murf API logo](https://www.versusref.com/logos/murf.png)

API arm of the Murf studio platform: 150+ voices in 35 languages, SSML support, word timestamps, and Falcon 2 aimed at high-concurrency voice agents at $0.01/1K characters. Note: Murf Studio subscription plans (murf.ai/pricing) are a separate product from API pay-as-you-go pricing and API characters are purchased separately.

Among the 46 text-to-speech tools we track, Murf API has the 12th-widest language coverage and the 3rd-cheapest fast-model rate - a fit for multilingual and localization projects.

See pricing · facts verified Jul 20, 2026

## What we know about Murf API

Murf API sits in the text-to-speech apis category, where it is aPI arm of the Murf studio platform: 150+ voices in 35 languages, SSML support, word timestamps, and Falcon 2 aimed at high-concurrency voice agents at $0.01/1K characters. Note: Murf Studio subscription plans (murf.ai/pricing) are a separate product from API pay-as-you-go pricing and API characters are purchased separately. We keep this Murf API profile grounded in primary sources, each fact dated to when we last confirmed it.

Murf API does not publish a public per-minute rate we have been able to verify, so the price figure here stays blank until we can confirm one. We would rather show nothing than a guessed number; if you have a current Murf API quote, it is the fastest way for us to close that gap.

On capabilities, Murf API covers streaming audio output, realtime websocket api, emotion / style controls, ssml support, word-level timestamps, and pronunciation dictionaries. Each of those is verified against Murf API's own docs or dashboard, not marketing copy.

For compliance, with Murf API: SOC 2 Type II is in place. If you are in a regulated space, confirm the current posture with Murf API before you commit, since these change plan by plan.

Placed against the 46 text-to-speech tools we track, Murf API's strongest showing is the 12th-widest language coverage, while it trails at 8th on latency - a spread worth weighing against your own priorities.

In total we track 18 verified facts for Murf API today, each linking the primary source it came from so you can check our work - and vendor claims we have not measured ourselves are labeled as such on the Murf API fact sheet below.

## Murf API pricing

Usage-priced at $30 per 1M characters (≈ $0.0285 per audio-minute), verified Jul 20, 2026 ([source](https://help.murf.ai/murf-api-plans-and-limits)).

| Monthly volume | $ / 1M chars | $ / audio-min | Monthly bill |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 200K chars/mo | $30 | $0.0285 | $6 |
| 2M chars/mo | $30 | $0.0285 | $60 |
| 20M chars/mo | $30 | $0.0285 | $600 |

Effective rates from published pricing; subscription plans resolve to plan fee plus overage. ~950 characters ≈ 1 audio minute.

## Fact sheet

### Pricing

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Price per 1M characters (flagship model) | 30 $/1M chars | Jul 20 | [source](https://help.murf.ai/murf-api-plans-and-limits) |
| Price per 1M characters (fast model) | 10 $/1M chars | Jul 20 | [source](https://murf.ai/falcon) |
| Pricing model | usage | Jul 20 | [source](https://help.murf.ai/murf-api-plans-and-limits) |
| Free tier quota | 100000 | Jul 20 | [source](https://help.murf.ai/murf-api-plans-and-limits) |

### Capabilities

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TTFB latency (vendor-claimed) | ~130 ms | Jul 20 | [source](https://murf.ai/falcon) |
| Streaming audio output | ✓  Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://murf.ai/api/docs) |
| Realtime websocket API | ✓  Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://murf.ai/api) |
| Voice library size | ~150 voices | Jul 20 | [source](https://murf.ai/api/docs/introduction/overview) |
| Languages supported | ~35 languages | Jul 20 | [source](https://murf.ai/api/docs/introduction/overview) |
| Emotion / style controls | ✓  Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://murf.ai/api/docs/introduction/overview) |
| SSML support | ✓  Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://murf.ai/api) |
| Word-level timestamps | ✓  Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://murf.ai/api/docs/resources/faq) |
| Pronunciation dictionaries | ✓  Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://murf.ai/api) |

### Compliance & trust

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOC 2 Type II | ✓  Yes | Jul 20 | [source](https://murf.ai/security) |

### Build experience

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Official SDKs | Python SDK (official); Node SDK | Jul 20 | [source](https://murf.ai/api) |
| Concurrency on base plan | 5 | Jul 20 | [source](https://help.murf.ai/murf-api-plans-and-limits) |
| Output formats | MP3, WAV, FLAC, ALAW, ULAW (or Base64-encoded) | Jul 20 | [source](https://murf.ai/api/docs/resources/faq) |
| Max input per request | 3000 | Jul 20 | [source](https://murf.ai/api/docs/resources/faq) |

## Murf API head-to-head

| Comparison | Record | Per use case |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Murf API vs ElevenLabs](https://www.versusref.com/tts/elevenlabs-vs-murf/) | won 0 · lost 2 · tied 1 | Dubbing: lost; Self-Hosted: tie; Voice Agents: lost |
| [Murf API vs Speechify API](https://www.versusref.com/tts/murf-vs-speechify-api/) | won 4 · lost 1 · tied 1 | Audiobooks: lost; Content Creators: won; Developers: won; Dubbing: won; Self-Hosted: tie; Voice Agents: won |
| [Murf API vs Azure Speech](https://www.versusref.com/tts/azure-speech-vs-murf/) | won 2 · lost 4 · tied 0 | Audiobooks: lost; Content Creators: won; Developers: lost; Dubbing: lost; Self-Hosted: lost; Voice Agents: won |

Source: https://www.versusref.com/tts/tools/murf/