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Murf AI: what’s new and our verdict

Text-to-speech platform with a $10 free API trial, pay-as-you-go credits and per-character API pricing.

Official site

Release Ruler for Murf AI: marked at its Reported release date on the timeline of every AI model we track.

At a glance

Evidence
Reported
First covered
Oct 25, 2026
Last verified
Oct 25, 2026
Pricing
Official page, dated
Best for
AI voice and speech

Evidence and ranking

Evidence behind this verdict

  1. Sources read1 cited source, latest fetched Oct 25, 2026. (done)
  2. Facts re-checkedLast verified Oct 25, 2026. (done)
  3. Not run by us yetWe have not run it, so this is labelled Reported. (not done)

Where we rank it (editorial)

Listed here but not yet ranked. Ranks are editorial picks, not benchmark scores.

Pricing: Read from murf.ai/pricing on 2026-10-25. The page focuses on API pricing; Studio subscription prices were not shown. (checked 2026-10-25)

Our verdict

Text-to-speech platform with a $10 free API trial, pay-as-you-go credits and per-character API pricing.

Good for

  • Developers who want low per-character TTS pricing
  • Teams building voice agents that need fast first audio

Skip if

  • You need a published monthly studio subscription price (not shown on the page we read)
  • You need on-device open-source TTS

Status: Reported. This write-up is based on official release notes and docs; we have not run this release ourselves yet.

Best for

Key facts

Murf's pricing page lists a free trial with $10 of API credit, pay-as-you-go credits that never expire, and Enterprise. API rates shown: its Falcon text-to-speech at $0.01 per 1,000 characters (time to first audio under 100 ms), studio-quality Gen2 at $0.03 per 1,000 characters, speech-to-text (beta) at $0.24, voice changer at $0.10 per minute and translation at $0.02 per 1,000 characters.

  • License: Proprietary
  • Platforms: API and web studio
  • Pricing model: Free API trial, pay as you go and enterprise
  • Free tier: $10 of free API credit
  • Paid plans: Pay as you go (credits never expire); Falcon TTS $0.01 per 1,000 characters; Gen2 TTS $0.03 per 1,000 characters; voice changer $0.10 per minute; Enterprise custom
  • How to start: Open murf.ai/pricing and start with the $10 free API trial.
  • Catalog entry: facts read from the vendor's pages on 2026-10-25. We do not track release notes for this entry.

How to set it up: Get started with Murf AI

These steps come from the vendor's own pages as read on 2026-10-25. We have not run Murf AI.

  1. Get access

    Open murf.ai/pricing and start with the $10 free API trial.

  2. Check the limits and costs first

    $10 of free API credit. Paid: Pay as you go (credits never expire); Falcon TTS $0.01 per 1,000 characters; Gen2 TTS $0.03 per 1,000 characters; voice changer $0.10 per minute; Enterprise custom. Read from murf.ai/pricing on 2026-10-25. The page focuses on API pricing; Studio subscription prices were not shown.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Credits never expire
  • Per-character API prices are published

Cons

  • Studio plan prices not captured
  • Speech-to-text is labelled beta

Alternatives and comparisons

  • ElevenLabs: Voice, speech, music and voice-agent platform with a detailed API changelog.
  • Cartesia: Realtime voice AI: text-to-speech, speech-to-text in 44 languages and voice agents, with a free plan and credit tiers.
  • Speechify: Text-to-speech app that reads PDFs, books and web pages aloud, with a Free plan and a $29 monthly premium price.
  • AssemblyAI: Speech AI APIs for transcription and understanding; start free, pay as you go.

See all alternatives to Murf AI

FAQ

What is Murf AI?

Murf's pricing page lists a free trial with $10 of API credit, pay-as-you-go credits that never expire, and Enterprise. API rates shown: its Falcon text-to-speech at $0.01 per 1,000 characters (time to first audio under 100 ms), studio-quality Gen2 at $0.03 per 1,000 characters, speech-to-text (beta) at $0.24, voice changer at $0.10 per minute and translation at $0.02 per 1,000 characters.

Is Murf AI free?

$10 of free API credit. Paid: Pay as you go (credits never expire); Falcon TTS $0.01 per 1,000 characters; Gen2 TTS $0.03 per 1,000 characters; voice changer $0.10 per minute; Enterprise custom. Read from murf.ai/pricing on 2026-10-25. The page focuses on API pricing; Studio subscription prices were not shown. Checked 2026-10-25; prices change, so confirm on the vendor's page.

What license is Murf AI under?

Its license: Proprietary. Read from the project's own pages on 2026-10-25.

What we have not verified

  • Release date (none published on the pages we read; the date shown is the day we first covered this entry)
  • Voice quality compared with other providers (not tested)
  • Studio subscription pricing

Sources

Last verified · Agentic Weekly

  • AssemblyAI: Speech AI APIs for transcription and understanding; start free, pay as you go.
  • Cartesia: Realtime voice AI: text-to-speech, speech-to-text in 44 languages and voice agents, with a free plan and credit tiers.
  • Deepgram: Voice AI APIs for speech-to-text, text-to-speech and agents with $200 in free credit.

How to cite this page

Agentic Weekly, "Murf AI: what's new, verdict & setup", last updated 2026-10-25, https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/murf-ai

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