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 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.
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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.
Reviewed by vsref Editorialfacts verified Jul 20, 2026Methodology →
Murf API pricing
Usage-priced at $30 per 1M characters (≈ $0.0285 per audio-minute), verified Jul 20, 2026 (source).
| Monthly volume | $ / 1M chars | $ / audio-min | Monthly bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| 200K chars/moHobby project | $30 | $0.0285 | $6 |
| 2M chars/moProduct feature | $30 | $0.0285 | $60 |
| 20M chars/moAt scale | $30 | $0.0285 | $600 |
Effective rates from published pricing; subscription plans resolve to plan fee plus overage. ~950 characters ≈ 1 audio minute. How we compute costs →
Fact sheet
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Voice agents in this stack
The engine is one layer: a voice agent speaks through its text-to-speech engine, but orchestration, telephony, and turn-taking come from the agent platform. Compare the platforms builders pair Murf API with: Pipecat, OpenAI Realtime API, Twilio ConversationRelay, or the full voice-agent comparison →
Distribute it
Most Murf API voiceover ends up in short-form video, and publishing that video across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram is a scheduling problem with real per-channel pricing. Compare the schedulers creators actually run: Buffer, Postiz, Mixpost, or the social media scheduling platforms compared →
Avatar video in this stack
A cloned or bring-your-own Murf API voice does not have to stay audio-only: AI avatar video platforms lip-sync it onto a talking avatar for finished video. Compare the platforms: HeyGen, Synthesia, Hedra, or the full avatar-video comparison →