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Music generation

Songs and instrumentals from a written description. What each tool costs, where it runs, what it shipped last, and what its terms say about what you make.

  • 7tools compared
  • 5 of 7have a free plan
  • $4.99a month, the cheapest paid plan
7 tools

Compare them.

Makers' own descriptions, plans and terms, read Oct 20, 2026, so company-reported. Open "Rights" or "Your data" on a card for the maker's own words.

Suno

Suno, Inc.

“Suno is a music company building the world's first creative entertainment platform.”

Free planPaid from $8 a month

50 credits per day; 'No commercial rights'; no monthly song downloads

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LatestIntroducing Speech (beta)Oct 1, 2026

Rights and 2 disputes
Who owns what you make
“Suno hereby assigns to you all of its right, title and interest in and to any Output owned by Suno”

Suno Terms of Service, Aug 10, 2026

In dispute, Sep 18, 2026

Universal Music and Sony Music sued Suno a second time, alleging its v6 models still infringe; the labels allege 60,202 recordings were infringed. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Newly filed; pending. Warner Music Group is not a party (it settled and licensed Suno).

Variety (Corbin Bolies)

In dispute, Jun 2024

Original June 2024 copyright suit by the major record labels (UMG, Sony, Warner) over training on their recordings, U.S. District Court for Massachusetts.

Boston.com (2026-09-27): 'The record labels previously filed a lawsuit against Suno in June 2024, and that suit is ongoing.' Warner Music Group 'settled out of court and created a licensing agreement with Suno.'

Boston.com (Boston Globe Media)

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Udio

Uncharted Labs (Udio)

Free planPaid prices not shown in US dollars

10 daily credits, plus a monthly limit of 100 credits that do not roll over

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LatestVoices launched (early access for all subscribers)Sep 11, 2025

2 disputes
In dispute, Oct 30, 2025

Universal Music Group and Udio reached a 'compensatory legal settlement' and agreed to build a licensed creation and streaming platform; AP reported 'Udio immediately stopped allowing people to download songs they've created.'

Settled (UMG). AP said the new subscription service 'will debut next year' (2026); launch not verified.

Associated Press (Kelvin Chan), via WSLS

In dispute, Jul 20, 2026

Sony Music filed a second lawsuit against Udio in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York after a judge denied its bid to add more tracks to the 2024 case; Variety: 'discovery for the case revealed 30,117 tracks were found among Udio's training datasets.'

Pending. Variety: 'both Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group have settled their respective cases against Udio.' Sony has not settled.

Variety (Corbin Bolies)

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Eleven Music

ElevenLabs · US/UK

“Better vocals, instrumentation, and arrangement across every genre.”

Free planPaid from $6 a month

10k credits/month on the shared ElevenLabs Free plan; non-commercial use only

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LatestIntroducing Music v2May 26, 2026

Rights
Who owns what you make
“Except as expressly set forth herein, as between you and ElevenLabs, you retain all rights in and to your Output.”

ElevenLabs Terms of Use, Oct 9, 2026

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“Generate high fidelity music and audio”

Free planPaid from $4.99 a month

Available to free Gemini users; Feb 2026 launch said 30-second tracks, users 18+, and higher limits for AI Plus/Pro/Ultra (no numbers given)

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LatestCreate your best tracks yet with Lyria 3.5 in GeminiSep 4, 2026

Rights
Who owns what you make
“Some of our services allow you to generate original content. Google won't claim ownership over that content.”

Google Terms of Service, Jul 30, 2026

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Stable Audio

Stability AI · UK

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LatestStable Audio 3.0 model family (small SFX, small, medium open weights; large via API)May 20, 2026

Rights and 1 dispute
Who owns what you make
“as between you and Stability, you own outputs generated from the Core Models or Derivative Works”

Stability AI Community License summary, Oct 20, 2026

In dispute, Nov 4, 2025

Getty Images v Stability AI (UK High Court, [2025] EWHC 2863 (Ch)) over use of Getty images to train Stable Diffusion (Stability's image model, not Stable Audio). Reuters: Getty 'largely lost its landmark lawsuit'.

Getty was granted permission to appeal part of its claim on 2025-12-16 (LexisNexis, 2025-12-22); appeal outcome as of 2026-10 not verified.

Judiciary of England and Wales (judgment page)

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AIVA

Aiva Technologies SARL · Luxembourg

Free planPaid prices not shown in US dollars

3 downloads per month; 'Copyright owned by AIVA'; non-commercial use cases only

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Rights
Who owns what you make
“Copyright owned by YOU”

AIVA pricing, Oct 20, 2026

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Mureka

Kunlun Tech (Skywork) · China

“Create full songs, vocals, lyrics, and instrumentals from text prompts with Mureka, an AI music generator for creators.”

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