Hume AI
Emotion AI software
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What is Hume AI
Hume AI is an emotion AI platform that provides APIs and developer tools to detect and model vocal and language-based emotional signals for use in applications such as conversational agents, customer support analytics, and user research. It targets product teams and developers who want to add affect-aware features to voice and text experiences. The product focuses on real-time inference and integration into applications via SDKs/APIs, rather than being a standalone research lab suite.
Developer-first APIs and SDKs
Hume AI is delivered primarily as APIs and developer tooling, which fits teams building emotion-aware features into existing products. This approach reduces the need for specialized lab hardware and supports embedding emotion signals directly into applications. It aligns well with software teams that prefer programmatic access over point-and-click analysis workflows.
Real-time voice emotion inference
The platform supports analyzing speech in near real time, enabling use cases like live agent assist, conversational UX adaptation, and interactive voice experiences. Real-time processing is a practical differentiator versus tools that are optimized for offline studies and post-session analysis. It also supports continuous monitoring of affective cues during an interaction rather than only end-of-session summaries.
Multimodal affect modeling focus
Hume AI positions its models around affective signals in human communication, with emphasis on voice and language understanding for emotion-related attributes. This makes it suitable for conversational systems where audio and text are the primary inputs. Compared with offerings centered on facial coding or lab-grade sensor fusion, it provides a more software-native path for voice-first products.
Validation and benchmarking opacity
Publicly comparable benchmarks, dataset details, and third-party validation can be difficult to standardize across emotion AI vendors. Buyers may need to run their own evaluations to understand accuracy by language, accent, domain, and recording conditions. This increases procurement effort relative to products that publish extensive validation studies for specific research protocols.
Context and bias risks
Emotion inference from voice and text is sensitive to cultural norms, neurodiversity, and situational context, which can lead to misclassification or over-interpretation. Organizations typically need governance controls, human review, and careful UX design to avoid inappropriate automation. These risks are inherent to the category but become more pronounced when outputs drive real-time decisions.
Not a full research suite
Teams looking for end-to-end study management, stimulus presentation, participant panels, or integrated sensor hardware workflows may find the platform more developer-centric than research-centric. Additional tooling is often required for experiment design, annotation pipelines, and reporting. This can add integration work compared with platforms built as complete UX research or biometrics lab environments.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 / month | 10,000 characters (~10 minutes); 5 EVI minutes included; limited features (no commercial license per Terms). |
| Starter | $3 / month | 30,000 characters (~30 minutes); 40 EVI minutes included (additional EVI $0.07/min); 20 projects; 5 concurrent connections; 1st month 50% off noted on page; limited to non-commercial use per Terms. |
| Creator | $7 / month (page also displays $14 / month) | 140,000 characters (~140 minutes); 200 EVI minutes included (additional EVI $0.07/min); 1,000 projects; commercial license available at this tier and above. |
| Pro | $70 / month | 1,000,000 characters (~1,000 minutes); 1,200 EVI minutes included (additional EVI $0.06/min); 3,000 projects. |
| Scale | $200 / month | 3,300,000 characters (~3,300 minutes); 5,000 EVI minutes included (additional EVI $0.05/min); 10,000 projects; 3 team seats. |
| Business | $500 / month | 10,000,000 characters (~10,000 minutes); 12,500 EVI minutes included (additional EVI $0.04/min); 20,000 projects; 5 team seats. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom/Contact sales; unlimited or custom limits, custom pricing, SLAs and enterprise features. |
Expression Measurement (usage-based) — official pay-as-you-go rates (listed on Hume pricing page): Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go Free tier/trial: Expression Measurement page notes a free tier is available. (See notes) Example costs:
- Video with audio (facial expression, speech prosody, vocal burst, emotional language, facemesh, transcription): $0.0828 / min.
- Audio only (speech prosody, vocal burst, emotional language, transcription): $0.0639 / min.
- Video only (facial expression, facemesh): $0.045 / min.
- Images (facial expression, facemesh): $0.00204 / image.
- Text only (emotional language): $0.00024 / word. Discount options: Volume discounts / enterprise pricing available for high volume (contact sales).
Seller details
Hume AI, Inc.
New York, NY, USA
2021
Private
https://www.hume.ai/
https://x.com/hume_ai
https://www.linkedin.com/company/hume-ai/
