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Hume AI

Emotional intelligence API for AI that understands how you feel

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★4.5ratingPricing · FreemiumHot
The FalcoScan Intel PanelHume AI · Voice
Data updated 2 November 2026
Opportunity
High
Band
Saturation
Open
Band
Wrapper risk
Low
Band
Momentum
Hot
Market trend
Rating
4.5
of 5 · FalcoScan rating

Voice AI has a narrow moat on average, from the moat scores of its rated products. What protects Voice AI tools, and the widest moats

The Brief

What Hume AI does

Hume AI measures and responds to human emotions through voice tone, facial expression, and language. The empathic AI layer for applications that need to understand emotional context.

How Hume AI compares with its closest alternatives

4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Hume AI does. All 5 offer an API, as Hume AI does. Hume AI offers a web app. Of the 3 alternatives with platforms on record, all 3 offer a web app. Hume AI was founded in 2021; the alternatives were founded between 2015 and 2023, 3 of them earlier. Hume AI is based in New York, United States; all its 5 alternatives are in the United States too.

Market position · Voice

How Hume AI compares in Voice

Hume AI has high opportunity and sits in the top third of 306 live Voice tools on FalcoScan. Across Voice, the average opportunity score is 66.1 and the average saturation score 41.2. FalcoScan rates Hume AI's own market position as open. 92 of the 306 operating Voice tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 11 shutdowns in the category.

Hume AI compared with its closest alternatives
ProductOpportunitySaturationPricingPricing fromFree planAPIPlatformsMomentum
Hume AIFounded 2021 · New York, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
AssemblyAIFounded 2017 · San Francisco, United StatesHighContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
DeepgramFounded 2015 · San Francisco, United StatesModerateContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
Whisper APIFounded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesHighCrowdedPaid—NoYesAPIHot
CartesiaFounded 2023 · San Francisco, United StatesHighContestedFreemium—YesYesWeb, APIHot
Deepgram Nova 3Founded 2015 · San Francisco, United StatesHighOpenFreemium—YesYesAPIHot

Exact opportunity and saturation scores for all 6 of these, and where each ranks in Voice.

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What it ships with

Capabilities & who uses it

The capabilities Hume AI exposes to builders and the verticals it currently serves.

AI Capabilities
Emotion RecognitionEmpathic VoiceSentiment AnalysisVocal Analysis
Industry Verticals
HealthcareTechnologyCustomer Service
Tagged

Hume AI shows up when builders search for these

emotional-aivoice-emotionempathicapimental-health
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Questions

Hume AI: common questions

Is Hume AI free?

Hume AI has a free tier, with paid plans.

What are the best alternatives to Hume AI?

The closest alternatives to Hume AI that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are AssemblyAI, Deepgram, Whisper API, Cartesia, and Deepgram Nova 3.

Is Hume AI still running?

Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Hume AI as operating at hume.ai.

Where is Hume AI based?

Hume AI is headquartered in New York, United States.

Does Hume AI have an API?

Yes. Hume AI offers an API.

Who is Hume AI for?

Hume AI is built for developers, healthcare, and mental health apps.

How do I sign in to Hume AI?

Sign in on Hume AI's own website, hume.ai. FalcoScan reviews Hume AI but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Hume AI directly.

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