Murf AI
Verified Oct 16, 2026 ActiveText-to-speech studio billed by hours of generated audio
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
The Studio pricing page renders client-side and served no plan figures today, including through a rendering proxy; only the API rates were readable: $10 of free API credit, $0.01 per 1,000 characters for the Falcon conversational model, $0.03 per 1,000 for Gen-2 studio speech, $0.02 per 1,000 for translation and $0.10 per minute for the voice changer. Third-party listings put Creator at $29 month-to-month or $19 billed annually and Business at $99 or $66, metered in hours of generation; the vendor FAQ confirms unused generation time does not carry over, there is no self-service downgrade, and students and nonprofits get 20% off.
Use tool ↗About Murf AI
Murf AI reads a script in a stock voice and gives an editor for pitch, emphasis and pause placement, with narration that can be timed against slides or a video track. Alongside the studio there is a usage-priced speech API charged per thousand characters, plus a voice changer billed per minute. The subscription meter is hours of generated audio, allocated annually and spent monthly.
- Platforms
- Web · API
- API
- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 16, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page, read through a rendering proxy, shows API rates only: $10 free for API calls, $0.01 per 1,000 characters for Falcon, $0.03 per 1,000 for Gen-2 text to speech, $0.02 per 1,000 for translation, $0.10 per minute for the voice changer; Studio plan cards did not render (15 October 2026)murf.ai ↗
- About page: began in October 2020 with three founders, headquarters 535 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA; co-founder and CEO Ankur Edkie (15 October 2026)murf.ai ↗
- Vendor FAQ on pricing: unused voice generation time does not carry over and resets each billing cycle, no self-service downgrade, upgrades prorated, 20% discount for students and nonprofits (15 October 2026)murf.ai ↗
- Third-party comparison listing Creator $29/mo (about $19 annual) with 24 hours a year and Business $99/mo (about $66 annual); used only because the vendor page served no plan figuresfish.audio ↗
Is Murf AI legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Jul 17, 2020 (6 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar NameCheap, Inc., looked up Sep 18, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Amazon, valid until Mar 15, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 16, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 16, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2020The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Murf AI, United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Murf AI
A solid narration studio for training decks, explainers and product demos, priced against a clock rather than a seat count. The trap is arithmetic: Creator's 24 hours a year is roughly two hours a month and nothing rolls over, so bursty work — a course recorded in one week — burns an allowance sized for steady output.
Pros
- Timing narration against slides or video is built in, not a separate export dance
- The API is priced per character with a monthly free credit, so small integrations cost little
- Annual billing cuts about a third off the monthly rate on both paid tiers
Cons
- Unused generation minutes are wiped each period rather than carried forward
- One editor seat on Creator and Business alike makes team use expensive
- The free tier bars downloads and commercial use, so it tests the voices and not the workflow
- Voice cloning is an enterprise service requiring a 90-minute recording, not a self-serve feature
Best for
- L&D and product teams narrating slide decks and walkthroughs at a predictable pace
- Solo creators who need commercial rights without hiring a voice actor
- Developers who want a per-character speech API rather than a seat subscription
Not for
- Teams needing several people in the editor — every paid tier ships one seat
- Anyone evaluating output quality for real use on the free tier, which blocks downloads
- Projects requiring a cloned voice without going through enterprise onboarding
Watch out: The hour allowance is annual but consumed monthly and never rolls over, so a project that front-loads recording can exhaust a year's Creator allocation in a few weeks with no cheap way to top up short of the $99 tier.
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