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Sound Effects API Pricing — Price per Second

Last updated · By ModelsLab Engineering

Sound effects APIs price by the second, by the generation or by GPU time, so the headline numbers do not compare. Converted to one 10-second effect, read on October 6, 2026: Pika SFX $0.002 (plus $10/month), ModelsLab and fal MMAudio V2 $0.01, ElevenLabs $0.02, Mirelo SFX 1.6 $0.10 and Stable Audio 2.5 $0.20.

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  • Cheapest per second: Pika SFX $0.0002
  • ModelsLab and fal MMAudio: $0.001 / second
  • ElevenLabs: $0.12 / minute

Sound Effects API Prices, per 10-Second Effect

Fourteen text-to-sound-effects offers, each in the unit its provider publishes, converted to the cost of one 10-second effect.

ProviderModelListed price10-second effectMax length
Pika (dev.pika.art)Pika SFX$0.0002 / second + $10/month membership$0.00220 s
ReplicateMMAudio (zsxkib/mmaudio)≈ $0.0049 / run (L40S GPU time)≈ $0.0049Not published
ModelsLabStable Audio Open 1.0$0.001 / second, $0.0047 minimum; none on the $149 plan$0.0115 s
falMMAudio V2$0.001 / second$0.0130 s
falSonilo v1.1$0.0018 / second$0.018180 s
ElevenLabsSound Effects v2 (eleven_text_to_sound_v2)$0.12 / minute of audio$0.0230 s
falElevenLabs Sound Effects V2$0.002 / second$0.0222 s
falStable Audio 3 Small SFX$0.0206 / audio$0.0206120 s
WaveSpeedKling text-to-audio$0.035 / run$0.035 (max 10 s)10 s
SegmindElevenLabs sound generation$0.05 / generation$0.05Not published
ModelsLabElevenLabs Sound Effects (eleven_sound_effect)$0.06 / generation$0.06Not published
WaveSpeedMirelo SFX 1.6$0.01 / second$0.1060 s
Stability AIStable Audio 2.520 credits ($0.20) / generation$0.20190 s
falStable Audio 2.5$0.20 / audio$0.20190 s

Every price read on the provider's own page on October 6, 2026, in the unit the provider publishes. ElevenLabs lists Sound Effects at $0.12 per minute on its API pricing page, while its FAQ says sound effects are billed per generation and its docs say 40 credits per second when a duration is set. Replicate bills GPU time, so its cost per run varies. Pika's $10/month membership is charged on top of usage.

How Sound Effects APIs Charge

Per second, per generation, per GPU second

Per-second pricing (Pika SFX, fal MMAudio V2, ElevenLabs, Sonilo, Mirelo SFX and ModelsLab) charges for the length of audio you get back, so short one-shots are cheap. Per-generation pricing (Stable Audio 2.5, Stable Audio 3 Small SFX on fal, Segmind) charges the same for a 2-second click and a 2-minute ambience, so it favours long clips. Replicate bills the GPU time the run used, so a run’s cost depends on the hardware and the queue.

ElevenLabs publishes three descriptions of the same product: $0.12 per minute on its API pricing page, “billed per generation” in that page’s FAQ, and 40 credits per second in its docs. We list the per-minute figure because it is the one on the API price list. Run a small test batch and read the invoice before you budget a large job.

Monthly Cost by Volume

What 1,000, 10,000 and 50,000 ten-second effects a month cost on each billing model.

Provider / planRate1,000 effects10,000 effects50,000 effects
Pika SFX$0.0002 / s + $10/month$12.00$30.00$110.00
fal MMAudio V2$0.001 / s$10.00$100.00$500.00
ElevenLabs$0.12 / minute$20.00$200.00$1,000.00
WaveSpeed Mirelo SFX 1.6$0.01 / s$100.00$1,000.00$5,000.00
Stability AI Stable Audio 2.5$0.20 / generation$200.00$2,000.00$10,000.00
ModelsLab Open Source Unlimited$149/month, no per-effect charge$149.00$149.00$149.00

Usage at the listed rates, plus Pika's $10/month membership and the ModelsLab plan fee. On ModelsLab Basic ($21) and Standard ($47), effects cost $0.001 a second from included usage, the same rate as fal MMAudio V2. Every provider applies rate limits; check them before a batch job.

Where a flat plan beats a per-second price

The $149/month Open Source Unlimited plan carries no per-effect charge on Stable Audio Open, so its cost per effect falls as volume rises. It costs less than any $0.001-per-second API from about 14,900 ten-second effects a month, less than ElevenLabs from about 7,450, and less than Pika SFX from about 69,500.

Below those volumes, pay per second. Pika SFX is the cheapest rate we found, and the ModelsLab sound effects API charges $0.001 a second from the included usage of the $21 and $47 plans, the same rate as fal MMAudio V2.

What $0.001 per Second Sounds Like

Four unedited 5-second effects from the ModelsLab endpoint (Stable Audio Open 1.0), generated on October 6, 2026. At $0.001 per second, each one costs $0.005.

Door creak

Prompt: “Heavy wooden door creaking open slowly in a stone hallway”

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Thunderstorm

Prompt: “Thunderstorm with heavy rain and a close lightning strike”

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Laser shots

Prompt: “Sci-fi laser gun firing three quick shots”

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Glass shatter

Prompt: “Glass bottle shattering on a concrete floor”

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Read on October 6, 2026: Pika SFX $0.0002 per second plus a $10/month API membership; MMAudio V2 on fal and Stable Audio Open 1.0 on ModelsLab $0.001 per second; Sonilo v1.1 on fal $0.0018; ElevenLabs $0.002 (listed as $0.12 per minute); Mirelo SFX 1.6 on WaveSpeed $0.01 per second.

$0.002 on Pika SFX, $0.01 on ModelsLab or fal MMAudio V2, $0.018 on Sonilo, $0.02 on ElevenLabs, $0.0206 on Stable Audio 3 Small SFX (fal, per audio), $0.035 on Kling text-to-audio (WaveSpeed, per run), $0.10 on Mirelo SFX 1.6 and $0.20 on Stable Audio 2.5 (per generation).

Above about 14,900 ten-second effects a month, the $149/month ModelsLab Open Source Unlimited plan costs less than any $0.001-per-second API, because Stable Audio Open effects carry no per-effect charge on it. Pika SFX at $0.0002 per second plus $10/month stays cheaper until about 69,500 ten-second effects a month, and MMAudio on Replicate at about $0.0049 a run until about 30,400.

Some bill per second of output (Pika, fal MMAudio, ElevenLabs, ModelsLab), some per generation whatever its length (Stable Audio 2.5, Segmind), and Replicate bills GPU time. Per-generation pricing favours long clips and per-second pricing favours short ones, so convert every price to your typical clip length before you compare.

Both appear on its own pages. The ElevenLabs API pricing page lists Sound Effects at $0.12 per minute, its pricing FAQ says sound effects are billed per generation, and its docs say 40 credits per second when a duration is set. Check the invoice for a small test batch before you budget.