# ElevenLabs Sound Effects API — card for AI agents

Text-to-sound-effects generation, royalty-free, MP3 or WAV output.

Maker: ElevenLabs · category: Sound effects and music generation

## Price (official page)
- Free tier: Free plan: 8 sound-effect generations/month
- Paid from $6/month
- Usage price: $0.12 per minute
- Pricing page: https://elevenlabs.io/pricing/api (checked 2026-10-09)
- Note: Starter $6/mo ($1 first month) includes 150 generations; Creator $22 includes 605. FAQ says SFX is 'billed per generation' while the table shows $0.12 per minute. Local MCP (pypi elevenlabs-mcp) is deprecated in favor of the hosted one.

## Connect
- Official MCP server: https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/mcp
- npm: `npm install @elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js`
- PyPI: `pip install elevenlabs`
- Repository: https://github.com/elevenlabs/elevenlabs-js
- Status: All Systems Operational

## Other APIs in this category
- ElevenLabs Music API: https://agentgid.com/apis/elevenlabs-music/agent.md
- Stable Audio API: https://agentgid.com/apis/stable-audio/agent.md
- Mubert API: https://agentgid.com/apis/mubert/agent.md
- AIVA: https://agentgid.com/apis/aiva/agent.md
- Descript: https://agentgid.com/apis/descript/agent.md

## Links
- AgentGid page: https://agentgid.com/apis/elevenlabs-sound-effects/

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