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ElevenLabs vs Mureka

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ElevenLabs

#2 in Music & SFX
65/100
3 kinds of independent evidence

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Mureka

#4 in Music & SFX Provisional: limited evidence

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ElevenLabs ranks higher in Music & SFX (#2 vs #4). How we score

How they differ

How each one works, from its own docs.

ElevenLabsVoice, SFX and music generator

One account covers dialogue, sound effects and music, mostly as files you generate ahead of time. Inworld is an API for live in-game speech; Gridly is a localisation platform, not a voice generator.

Best for: Recorded VO, placeholder and final dialogue, barks, localised lines and quick SFX or music during production.

MurekaPrompt-to-song generator with API

Like Suno it writes full vocal songs, but adds a documented API (song, instrumental, extend, stems, vocal clone) and music-video generation. AIVA outputs editable instrumental MIDI scores.

Best for: Vocal songs, title themes and in-world radio tracks, or batch song generation through the API.

Workflow

ElevenLabs

Mureka

Where you use it

Web app (ElevenCreative), REST API, Python and TypeScript SDKs, CLI; ElevenAgents builder with React, Swift, Kotlin and WebSocket SDKs.

Web app, mobile app, Studio, Mureka Co desktop DAW helper, and a developer API.

You give it

Script text, a library voice, audio samples to clone a voice, a text description to design one, text prompts for SFX and music, or video.

Style prompt, your lyrics or generated lyrics, reference audio (Pro), your voice or humming, a photo plus voice sample for a singer, video or image to score.

You get

Speech as MP3, PCM or Opus, streamable with timestamps; multi-speaker dialogue; SFX up to 30 s, loopable; songs 3 s to 5 min, vocal or instrumental.

Songs with vocals or instrumentals; MP3, WAV and stems on Pro, MIDI and chord sheets; MP4 music videos.

How you steer it

Pick a model (v4 expressive, v4 Turbo/Flash fast), emotion audio tags, clone, design or remix voices; SFX length and prompt strength; music composition plans.

Genre, mood, tempo and instruments in the prompt, vocal or instrumental, melodic complexity, voice cloning, choice of models (V9.5 latest).

How you refine results

Regenerate lines, choose from three voice-design previews, remix a voice by prompt, regenerate or re-lyric one section of a song, assemble long projects in Studio.

Region editing, extend, Remix (style, vocals, structure), local replacement, Studio track editing, MV Director shot regeneration.

Pick ElevenLabs if you want

  • SFX: organic and environmental sounds, several variations per prompt (StraySpark)
  • Eleven Music mid-table on both AA blind-vote boards

Watch out: SFX: UI and tonal sounds inconsistent; edge artefacts on short percussive clips (StraySpark); Music: each newer Eleven Music version scores no better than v1 on AA instrumental

Pick Mureka if you want

  • Game music with stems and MIDI export on a paid plan

How they score

Each signal is out of 100. Higher wins.

ElevenLabsMureka
Benchmarks
47
86
Expert reviews
75
No data
User reports
100
No data
Game-dev fit
32
72
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ElevenLabs

Mureka

At a glance

ElevenLabsMureka
Paid plans fromUS$990/moUS$10/mo
Free planFree planFree plan
Engine pluginsFile export onlyFile export only
API / MCPAPI + MCPAPI + MCP
Commercial usePaid plans onlyPaid plans only
Full comparison: every fact, with sources
Tool
ElevenLabsCommercial on paid plans only
MurekaCommercial on paid plans only
Best for
NPC voice lines and SFX on a paid plan
Game music with stems and MIDI export on a paid plan
What it does
Text-to-speech, voices, sound effects and music generation; usable for NPC voice lines and SFX.
AI music generator (Skywork AI) for full songs and instrumentals, with reference-track generation, remixing, stem splitting and a self-serve music API.
Verdict
For NPC voice lines and SFX; free-plan output is non-commercial, so a paid plan is required to ship.
For game soundtracks and menu music with stems and MIDI on Premier; commercial rights need a paid plan, and they also cover songs you made before upgrading.
Tasks●
Voice & dialogue, Music & SFX
Music & SFX
Engines
Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Free plan
Free plan 10,000 credits; non-commercial only
Free plan 4 songs/day on the free model; MP3 only; no commercial rights
Pricing
Free US$0 (10,000 credits). Starter US$6, Creator US$22 (US$11 first month), Pro US$99, Scale US$299, Business US$990 per month. Enterprise custom. source
Free: 4 songs per day on the free model, MP3 downloads. Pro US$10/month billed monthly, or US$96/year (US$8/month) billed yearly: 5,000 Gold/month (up to 500 songs), advanced models, MP3 + WAV. Premier US$30/month, or US$288/year (US$24/month) billed yearly: 20,000 Gold/month (up to 2,000 songs), stems (up to 12), MIDI and DAW session downloads. source
Export formats●
MP3 (default), PCM and other API output formats source
MP3 (all plans); WAV (Pro and Premier); stems, MIDI and DAW session (Premier)
Commercial use
Commercial on paid plans only
Terms: free-plan users may only use the Services for non-commercial purposes; paid-subscription users may use them commercially (subject to the Prohibited Use Policy). source
Commercial on paid plans only
Subscribe page: Pro and Premier include "Full commercial rights for all songs (new & past creations)", so songs made on the free plan become commercially usable once you subscribe. The free plan's comparison table does not include commercial rights. source
Revenue share / caps
Not stated by vendor
Not stated by vendor
API
Available. REST API source
Available. Self-serve API platform with API keys, pricing and documentation for music and speech generation source
MCP server
Official MCP server. Hosted MCP server (OAuth) source
Official MCP server. The API platform lists an official MCP server source
Last checked

Rows marked ● differ between the two tools. Licence badges: green = commercial use allowed (including any free plan or trial), amber = paid plans only, restricted, or allowed but with no free plan, red = not allowed, grey = not stated by vendor or not applicable. Read the vendor's current terms before you ship.

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