ACRCloud

ACRCloud provides automatic content recognition (ACR) APIs for music and audio. The HMAC-signed Identification API recognizes music, custom audio, live channels, and humming from short audio samples or fingerprints, while the bearer-token Console and Metadata APIs manage buckets, file-scanning containers, broadcast-monitoring projects, and rich third-party music metadata.

ACRCloud publishes 6 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Audio Files API, Broadcast Monitoring API, Buckets API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Audio, Music Recognition, Audio Fingerprinting, Broadcast Monitoring, and Metadata.

The ACRCloud catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

ACRCloud’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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1 published contract

Audio Music Recognition Audio FingerprintingBroadcast MonitoringMetadata Music

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Composite quality — 27.9/100 · thin

Contract Quality 8.8 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 4.7 / 15

Access Clarity 1.2 / 15

Operational Transparency 1.0 / 10

Contract Governance 1.2 / 9

Discoverability 5.0 / 8

Regulatory Posture 1.8 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 0 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
Stable Error Semantics +8 pts — OpenAPI $refs a shared error schema across 4xx/5xx responses (verified), else common[].type includes ErrorCatalog / ErrorCodes / DeclineCodes
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link
Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document

10 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 7.9 — up to +18.4 composite points
Developer Ergonomics scores 31.0 — up to +13.8 composite points
Contract Quality scores 46.9 — up to +13.3 composite points

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Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Broadcast Television (ATSC 3.0 / NEXTGEN TV, HbbTV, DVB)	undeclared	-	-	-

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Standards implemented 1

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenAPI

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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

ACRCloud Audio Files API

Upload and manage audio files and fingerprints within a bucket.

ACRCloud Broadcast Monitoring API

Manage broadcast-database monitoring projects and result callbacks.

ACRCloud Buckets API

Manage custom recognition buckets.

ACRCloud File Scanning API

Manage file-scanning containers that detect content from buckets.

ACRCloud Identification API

Recognize music, custom audio, and humming from a sample or fingerprint.

ACRCloud Metadata API

Look up enriched third-party music metadata.

Open Collections 7

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

ACRCloud Audio Files API

OPEN COLLECTION

ACRCloud Audio Files Broadcast Monitoring API

OPEN COLLECTION

ACRCloud Audio Files Buckets API

OPEN COLLECTION

ACRCloud Audio Files File Scanning API

OPEN COLLECTION

ACRCloud Audio Files Identification API

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ACRCloud Audio Files Metadata API

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ACRCloud API

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ACRCloud API pricing

Not yet checked against ACRCloud's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-06-21 from www.acrcloud.com/pricing/; confirm before you rely on a figure. A free plan or tier is listed.

Plan	Price
Free Trial free	—
Music Recognition usage	—
Custom Audio Recognition & File Scanning usage	—
Broadcast Monitoring subscription	—
Enterprise enterprise	—

Plan details, limits and sources →

Rate limits

Identification Concurrency: see provider documentation concurrent requests
Recognition Quota: see provider documentation requests
Sample Size: 5MB bytes

Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against ACRCloud's documentation. All 5 limits →

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Acrcloud Plans Pricing

5 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Acrcloud Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

Service Levels 1

Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.

ACRCloud

SLA

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Acrcloud Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

ACRCloud API Rules

60 rules · 58 errors 1 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Acrcloud Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Acrcloud Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Acrcloud Agentic Access

21 operations · 13 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: acrcloud
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/acrcloud/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: ACRCloud
kind: company
description: ACRCloud provides automatic content recognition (ACR) APIs for music and audio. The HMAC-signed Identification
  API recognizes music, custom audio, live channels, and humming from short audio samples or fingerprints, while the bearer-token
  Console and Metadata APIs manage buckets, file-scanning containers, broadcast-monitoring projects, and rich third-party
  music metadata.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: true
  try_now: true
  public: false
  gated: none
  gated_source:
  - onboarding
  label: Freemium (free trial) · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/acrcloud.png
x-docs-platform: gitbook
x-docs-platform-confidence: high
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-09-17
tags:
- Audio
- Music Recognition
- Audio Fingerprinting
- Broadcast Monitoring
- Metadata
- Music
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: acrcloud:acrcloud-audio-files-api
  name: ACRCloud Audio Files API
  description: Upload and manage audio files and fingerprints within a bucket.
  humanURL: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api
  baseURL: https://identify-eu-west-1.acrcloud.com/v1
  tags:
  - Audio Files
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/acrcloud-audio-files-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api/identification-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/file-scanning
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/bm-projects/broadcast-database-projects
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/buckets
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/metadata-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/accesstoken
- aid: acrcloud:acrcloud-broadcast-monitoring-api
  name: ACRCloud Broadcast Monitoring API
  description: Manage broadcast-database monitoring projects and result callbacks.
  humanURL: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api
  baseURL: https://identify-eu-west-1.acrcloud.com/v1
  tags:
  - Broadcast Monitoring
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/acrcloud-broadcast-monitoring-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api/identification-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/file-scanning
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/bm-projects/broadcast-database-projects
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/buckets
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/metadata-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/accesstoken
- aid: acrcloud:acrcloud-buckets-api
  name: ACRCloud Buckets API
  description: Manage custom recognition buckets.
  humanURL: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api
  baseURL: https://identify-eu-west-1.acrcloud.com/v1
  tags:
  - Buckets
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/acrcloud-buckets-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api/identification-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/file-scanning
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/bm-projects/broadcast-database-projects
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/buckets
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/metadata-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/accesstoken
- aid: acrcloud:acrcloud-file-scanning-api
  name: ACRCloud File Scanning API
  description: Manage file-scanning containers that detect content from buckets.
  humanURL: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api
  baseURL: https://identify-eu-west-1.acrcloud.com/v1
  tags:
  - File Scanning
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/acrcloud-file-scanning-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api/identification-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/file-scanning
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/bm-projects/broadcast-database-projects
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/buckets
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/metadata-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/accesstoken
- aid: acrcloud:acrcloud-identification-api
  name: ACRCloud Identification API
  description: Recognize music, custom audio, and humming from a sample or fingerprint.
  humanURL: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api
  baseURL: https://identify-eu-west-1.acrcloud.com/v1
  tags:
  - Identification
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/acrcloud-identification-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api/identification-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/file-scanning
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/bm-projects/broadcast-database-projects
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/buckets
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/metadata-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/accesstoken
- aid: acrcloud:acrcloud-metadata-api
  name: ACRCloud Metadata API
  description: Look up enriched third-party music metadata.
  humanURL: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api
  baseURL: https://identify-eu-west-1.acrcloud.com/v1
  tags:
  - Metadata
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/acrcloud-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/identification-api/identification-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/file-scanning
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/bm-projects/broadcast-database-projects
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/buckets
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/metadata-api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.acrcloud.com/reference/console-api/accesstoken
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/acrcloud-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/acrcloud-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/acrcloud-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/acrcloud
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/acrcloud
- type: Website
  url: https://www.acrcloud.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.acrcloud.com
- type: Plans
  url: plans/acrcloud-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/acrcloud-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/acrcloud-finops.yml
- type: Blog
  url: https://acrcloud.com/blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

ACRCloud API — frequently asked questions

Does ACRCloud have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 6 APIs from ACRCloud, including ACRCloud Audio Files API, ACRCloud Broadcast Monitoring API and ACRCloud Buckets API, and 3 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the ACRCloud API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 6 OpenAPI specifications for ACRCloud, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the ACRCloud API?

ACRCloud uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey/http · 2 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Acrcloud Authentication.

How much does the ACRCloud API cost?

APIs.io lists 5 pricing plans for ACRCloud, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.

Is the ACRCloud API ready for AI agents?

ACRCloud has a Kin Score of 27.9 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 19.0 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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