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Murf AI

"Enterprise-grade AI voice generation with 150+ natural-sounding voices across 35 languages and 20+ speaking styles." [1]

murf.ai/api · By Murf AI · Agent JSON · Suggest an edit · Last verified 2026-06-21 · Source confidence: high

Murf AI is a text-to-speech API offering 150+ voices across 35 languages, supporting studio voiceovers, real-time streaming synthesis, professional voice cloning, dubbing, and translation. Pricing is usage-based per 1,000 characters with a one-time free tier of 100,000 characters and self-serve signup, scaling to custom enterprise plans. The API delivers time-to-first-audio under 130ms via its Falcon 2 model, with WebSocket streaming, webhooks, Python and Node.js SDKs, and an MCP server. It holds SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and HIPAA certifications, with customers including Pfizer, Cisco, and Oracle.

Best for / Avoid if

Best for: Regulated or enterprise workloads - compliance attestations and an enterprise plan; AI agents and automation - an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt); Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box

Avoid if: You want to try it free before paying

Pricing & procurement

Pricing model
Usage-based [2]
Published pricing
Yes [3]
Free tier
No [4]
Free tier details
One-time trial of 100,000 character credits with no time limit (expires when credits are exhausted; no monthly renewal). Separate startup incubator program offers 50 million free characters for 3 months for companies with fewer than 100 employees.
Self-serve signup
Yes
Requires sales call
No
Enterprise plan
Yes [5]
Published prices
PlanItemPerAmountSource
Free TrialSpeech synthesis (one-time allotment)100,000 characters (one-time, no renewal)$0source
Pay As You GoSpeech synthesis10,000 characters$1source
Pay As You GoSpeech synthesis (alternate rate per help docs)1,000 characters$0.03source
Pay As You GoMinimum purchaseminimum top-up$2source
Falcon TTS APIMurf Falcon speech synthesis (per-minute model)minute$0.01source
Startup IncubatorSpeech synthesis (startup program)50,000,000 characters (3-month program for startups <100 employees)$0source
Enterprise / CustomSpeech synthesis with volume discounts and custom concurrencycontact sales - source

Capabilities

  • Real-time streaming
  • Voice cloning
  • Multilingual voices
  • Word timestamps
Supported actions
synthesize_speech, streaming_tts, websocket_streaming, professional_voice_cloning, voice_changer, dubbing, translation, word_timestamps, multilingual_synthesis, custom_pronunciation, audio_duration_control, voice_style_selection, variation_generation, list_voices, gzip_compression [6]
Regions
US-East-2 (Ohio), India, Global (auto-routed), 10+ global regions (Falcon data residency) [7]
Languages
English (US & Canada), English (UK), English (India), English (Australia), English (Scotland), French (France), French (Canada), German (Germany), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico), Italian (Italy), Portuguese (Brazil), Mandarin (China), Dutch (Netherlands), Polish (Poland), Hindi (India), Korean (Korea), Tamil (India), Bangla (India), Japanese (Japan), Turkish (Turkey), Indonesian (Indonesia), Croatian (Croatia), Greek (Greece), Romanian (Romania), Slovak (Slovakia), Bulgarian (Bulgaria), Czech (Czech Republic), Gujarati (India), Kannada (India), Malayalam (India), Marathi (India), Malay (Malaysia), Punjabi (India), Swedish (Sweden), Telugu (India), Thai (Thailand), Tagalog (Philippines), Vietnamese (Vietnam) [8]
Input types
plain text, pause markup (e.g. [pause 1s]) [9]
Output types
mp3, wav, flac, alaw, ulaw, ogg, pcm, base64-encoded audio [10]
Webhooks
Yes [11]
Sandbox / test mode
No [12]
SDK languages
Python, Node.js (n8n integration) [13]
MCP server
Yes [14]

Trust & compliance

SOC 2
SOC 2 Type II [15]
HIPAA
Yes [16]
GDPR
Yes [17]
ISO 27001
Yes [18]
PCI DSS
No [19]
Published SLA
No [20]
Rate limits
Concurrency limits by plan and model: Falcon 2 - Free: 5 concurrent (US-East), 2 (global/regional); Pay-as-you-go: 15 (US-East), 2 (global/regional); Enterprise: custom up to 10,000 concurrent calls. Gen2 - Free: 5; Pay-as-you-go: 15; Enterprise: custom. WebSocket connections support up to 10x the streaming concurrency limit. Free plan rate limit: 1,000 requests/minute; PAYG: 10,000 requests/minute. Max 3,000 characters per request. Time-to-first-audio under 130ms (Falcon 2). Model inference latency: 55ms. [21]
Known restrictions
Maximum 3,000 characters per request; longer text must be split into multiple requests, ULAW and ALAW formats only support mono channel and 8000 Hz sample rate, Professional voice cloning requires up to 90 minutes of recordings and 1–4 weeks processing time, Falcon 2 streaming model only available via Pay-as-you-go or higher plans at higher concurrency, Free plan limited to 100,000 character credits total (one-time, no monthly renewal), HIPAA compliance (BAA) requires Business or Enterprise subscription [22]

Developer surface

Docs rendering: static · llms.txt present

Integration

API style
rest
Base URL
https://api.murf.ai/v1
Version
v1
Versioning
url
Stability
ga
Auth methods
api_key, jwt
Error format
vendor-specific
Webhook signing
hmac_sha256

SDKs

  • Python murf · repo
  • Node.js (n8n integration) n8n-nodes-murf · repo

Adoption & maturity

Launched
2020-01-01
Notable customers
Pfizer, Cisco, Splunk, Glencore, VMware, Honeywell, Oracle, Baker Hughes

Other Text-to-Speech APIs

  • ElevenLabs Text to Speech

    "Text to Speech with high quality, human-like AI voices"

    Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

  • Azure AI Text to Speech

    "Text to speech enables your applications, tools, or devices to convert text into human like synthesized speech. The text to speech capability is also known as speech synthesis. Use human like standard voices out of the box, or create a custom voice that's unique to your product or brand."

    Usage · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

  • Amazon Polly

    "Amazon Polly is a cloud service that converts text into lifelike speech. You can use Amazon Polly to develop applications that increase engagement and accessibility."

    Usage · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

  • Google Cloud Text-to-Speech

    "Cloud Text-to-Speech converts text or Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) input into audio data of natural human speech."

    Usage · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

  • Cartesia (Sonic)

    "The fastest and most natural text to speech model"

    Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

  • OpenAI Text to Speech (gpt-4o-mini-tts / tts-1)

    "Transform text into lifelike spoken audio" - OpenAI's TTS service enabling blog narration, multilingual audio production, and realtime voice output via gpt-4o-mini-tts, tts-1, and tts-1-hd models.

    Usage · public pricing · self-serve

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References

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  1. ↑Description: murf.ai
  2. ↑Pricing model: help.murf.ai · help.murf.ai
  3. ↑Published pricing: help.murf.ai · murf.ai
  4. ↑Free tier: murf.ai · help.murf.ai
  5. ↑Enterprise plan: murf.ai
  6. ↑Supported actions: murf.ai · murf.ai
  7. ↑Regions: murf.ai · murf.ai
  8. ↑Languages: murf.ai · help.murf.ai
  9. ↑Input types: murf.ai
  10. ↑Output types: murf.ai · murf.ai
  11. ↑Webhooks: murf.ai
  12. ↑Sandbox: help.murf.ai
  13. ↑SDK languages: murf.ai · murf.ai
  14. ↑MCP server: murf.ai
  15. ↑SOC 2: murf.ai
  16. ↑HIPAA: murf.ai · murf.ai
  17. ↑GDPR: murf.ai · murf.ai
  18. ↑ISO 27001: murf.ai
  19. ↑PCI DSS: murf.ai
  20. ↑Published SLA: murf.ai
  21. ↑Rate limits: help.murf.ai · murf.ai
  22. ↑Known restrictions: murf.ai · murf.ai

Change history

Every field change, who made it, and when - from our audited data pipeline and editors.

  1. 2026-06-21 Capabilities: {} → {"streaming":true,"multilingual":true,"voice_cloning":true,"word_timestamps":tr…
  2. 2026-06-21 Summary Md: (none) → Murf AI is a text-to-speech API offering 150+ voices across 35 languages, suppo…
  3. 2026-06-21 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 55
  4. 2026-06-21 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 85
  5. 2026-06-21 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 45
  6. 2026-06-21 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 85
  7. 2026-06-21 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 70
  8. 2026-06-21 Best For: (none) → Regulated or enterprise workloads - compliance attestations and an enterprise p…
  9. 2026-06-21 Avoid If: (none) → You want to try it free before paying
  10. 2026-06-21 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
  11. 2026-06-21 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 55
  12. 2026-06-21 Has Structured Data: (none) → No
  13. 2026-06-21 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
  14. 2026-06-21 API Reference URL: (none) → https://murf.ai/api/docs/introduction/overview
  15. 2026-06-21 Docs URL: (none) → https://dev.murf.ai/
  16. 2026-06-21 Rendering: (none) → static
  17. 2026-06-21 Llms Txt URL: (none) → https://murf.ai/llms.txt
  18. 2026-06-21 Llms Txt Present: (none) → Yes
  19. 2026-06-21 Free Tier Available: set to No
  20. 2026-06-21 Free Tier Details: set to One-time trial of 100,000 character credits with no time limit (expires when cr…
  21. 2026-06-21 Self Serve Signup: set to Yes
  22. 2026-06-21 Requires Sales Call: set to No
  23. 2026-06-21 Enterprise Plan Available: set to Yes
  24. 2026-06-21 SOC 2: set to type_2
  25. 2026-06-21 HIPAA: set to Yes
  26. 2026-06-21 GDPR: set to Yes
  27. 2026-06-21 ISO 27001: set to Yes
  28. 2026-06-21 PCI DSS: set to No
  29. 2026-06-21 SLA Published: set to No
  30. 2026-06-21 Data Retention Policy URL: set to https://murf.ai/legal/privacy-policy
  31. 2026-06-21 Documented Rate Limits: set to Concurrency limits by plan and model: Falcon 2 - Free: 5 concurrent (US-East), …
  32. 2026-06-21 Rate Limit Window: set to concurrent
  33. 2026-06-21 Known Restrictions: set to Maximum 3,000 characters per request; longer text must be split into multiple r…
  34. 2026-06-21 Auth Methods: set to api_key, jwt
  35. 2026-06-21 Auth Docs URL: set to https://murf.ai/api/docs/api-reference/authentication/generate-token
  36. 2026-06-21 API Style: set to rest
  37. 2026-06-21 Base URL: set to https://api.murf.ai/v1
  38. 2026-06-21 API Version: set to v1
  39. 2026-06-21 Versioning Scheme: set to url
  40. 2026-06-21 Stability: set to ga
  41. 2026-06-21 MCP URL: set to https://github.com/murf-ai/murf-mcp
  42. 2026-06-21 Quickstart URL: set to https://murf.ai/api/docs/introduction/quickstart
  43. 2026-06-21 Error Format: set to vendor-specific
  44. 2026-06-21 Webhook Signing: set to hmac_sha256
  45. 2026-06-21 Webhook Events URL: set to https://murf.ai/api/docs/capabilities/dubbing/webhooks
  46. 2026-06-21 Requires Verification: set to No
  47. 2026-06-21 Slug: set to murf
  48. 2026-06-21 Price Basis: set to 1,000 characters
  49. 2026-06-21 Free Tier Limit: set to 100,000 characters
  50. 2026-06-21 Launched At: set to 2020-01-01

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