Eleven Realtime v1 Max / Mini
Speech and audio
eleven_realtime_v1_max
$0.08 connected audio per minute
Eleven Music v2.5
Text-to-music (vocals or instrumental) via API or ElevenMusic.
Model idmusic_v2_5
Price$0.15 per minute
Checked29 September 2026
Where it stands
No newer music generation model in our registry yet.
- Weights
- Closed weights; access is hosted only.
How to call it
2 ways to use Eleven Music v2.5, with the model id each provider expects.
| Provider | Model id | Endpoint | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|
| ElevenLabs API | music_v2_5 |
https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/music |
elevenlabs.io |
| Web app (ElevenMusic) | elevenmusic.io |
Pricing
| Per minute | $0.15 |
|---|
As published: “per minute of generated music (API)”.
Source: elevenlabs.io, checked 29 September 2026.
Specs
- Input
- Text and audio
- Output
- Audio
- Context window
- Not published
- Max output
- Not published
- Open weights
- No
- Licence
- Proprietary
- Released
- 11 September 2026
- Status
- Current
- Type
- Music generation
What stands out
What its maker marketed at launch, and what people found later, each with its source.
Commercially cleared music generation
Richer melodies and live-sounding instruments, built for commercial use; lossless downloads on every plan incl. Free.
Composition plans and audio reference
Music v2 line supports structured composition plans and reference-audio generation (v2.5 default for prompted and reference generation).
Composition-plan chunks via API
Found after launch
API support rolled out 2026-09-14 with 6,132-character composition chunks; waveform visual data via with_waveform_visual (2026-08-03).
Notes
Announced 2026-09-11 (blog + YouTube). music_v2 and music_v1 remain available (v1 ‘outclassed by v2/v2.5’). Preferred over v2 in a blind test of 47,885 sample pairs; biggest gains in R&B/soul, hip hop/trap, rock/metal, orchestral/cinematic. Downloads: Free 5 lossless/day, Pro 400/month; tracks based on other artists’ songs cannot be downloaded (protections built with labels/publishers).
curl -X POST https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/music -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"prompt":"upbeat indie pop, female vocals, summer road trip","music_length_ms":30000,"model_id":"music_v2_5"}' -o song.mp3
Launch video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXlVQ8rMJM0
Sources: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/models , https://elevenlabs.io/pricing/api , https://elevenlabs.io/blog/music-v2-5-model , https://elevenlabs.io/docs/changelog