Best AI song makers and top AI music generators (2026)

ComparisonUpdated 2026-11-14

Nine AI song makers and music generators compared on official pricing, free tiers, commercial terms, length and platforms. Verified November 14, 2026.

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Direct Answer

The best AI song maker depends on the job, so this guide compares nine tools on facts their own pages state rather than ranking them by sound. For prompt-to-song with lyrics and voices, look at Suno, Udio, Mureka, ElevenLabs Music and MusicMint. For instrumental, background or production music, look at Stable Audio, AIVA, Soundraw and Mubert. The differences that matter most are free-tier limits, commercial-use wording, documented song length, stems, download policy and apps. For example, Suno documents generations up to 8 minutes and has web, iOS and Android apps; Udio’s help center says downloads are disabled; AIVA’s Pro plan states you own the copyright; and MusicMint offers two versions per generation from a $0 Free plan, with paid plans from $9.99 a month. We ran no listening tests and make no quality ranking. All prices and terms were checked on November 14, 2026.

AI song makers and music generators compared

Tool	Free tier	Paid plans (official pages)	Commercial rights	Max length	Platforms and notable features
Suno (baseline)	50 credits per day; v6-mini model only; no monthly song downloads listed	Pro $8/month billed annually ($96/year); Premier $24/month billed annually ($288/year)	Pro and Premier include commercial use under the terms of service; Free does not	Up to 8 minutes per generation	Web, iOS, Android. Pro: 2,500 credits and 20 downloads a month, stems, uploads up to 30 minutes. Premier: 10,000 credits, 60 downloads, Suno Studio
MusicMint	$0 with 50 credits (10 songs, per the pricing page); non-commercial	Starter $9.99/month (first month $6.99); Pro $14.99/month (first month $9.99)	Paid plans grant rights to the songs you create within each plan’s stated scope; exclusivity and copyrightability are not guaranteed	Not verified	Web and iOS. Two versions (Side A and Side B) per generation, lyric generation, vocal separation, music video and lyric video tools. Starter: 1,000 credits (up to 200 songs a month); Pro: 2,000 credits (up to 400)
Udio	100 credits a month (10 per day); up to 3 full-length (2:10) generations a day	Standard $8/month billed annually ($96/year); Pro $24/month billed annually ($288/year)	Not stated on the pricing page or in the help article about the Universal Music Group partnership	130-second song generation (extension limits not verified)	Web and iOS (no Android app). Downloads of audio, video and stems were disabled after the UMG partnership; we found no official notice that this changed. Standard and up: audio uploads, Voice Control, lyric and music editing
Mureka	Free daily song creations (exact allowance not verified)	Basic $8/month billed annually ($96/year); Pro $24/month billed annually ($288/year), per the homepage	Homepage says tracks download with full commercial rights; Basic is described as including commercial licensing. Free-tier ownership terms not verified	Not verified	Web. Basic: up to 400 songs a month, MP3. Pro: up to 1,600 songs a month, MP3, WAV and stem downloads, reference audio, voice cloning. Lyrics, instrumental mode, style reference, V9.5 model
ElevenLabs Music	10,000 credits a month, personal use only (credits are shared with other ElevenLabs products)	Starter $6/month (first month $1); Creator $22/month (first month $11); Pro $99/month	Says tracks are cleared for broad commercial use; rights vary by tier; self-serve plans exclude film, TV and studio games; Starter and up include music commercial use	3 seconds to 5 minutes per track	Web and API. Vocals or instrumental, section-level lyric editing, composition plans, audio reference, inpainting. Stems from the Pro plan. Music v2 model
Stable Audio	50 credits a month (about 12 full mixes)	Solo $12, Session $30, Producer $90, Studio $199 per month (annual pricing not verified)	Pricing page lists the license as Commercial on every plan, including Free	Up to 6 minutes	Web app and DAW plugin. Upload your own audio for variations and edits, samples and loops, multi-track generations. Vocals and lyrics are not listed on the official pages we read
AIVA	3 downloads a month, up to 3 minutes, MP3 and MIDI; non-commercial; credit to AIVA required; AIVA owns the copyright	Standard €11/month + VAT; Pro €33/month + VAT; both billed annually (USD and month-to-month prices not verified)	Standard: AIVA keeps the copyright, limited monetization (YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Instagram). Pro: you own the copyright, full monetization	3 minutes (Free), 5 minutes (Standard), 5 minutes 30 seconds (Pro)	Web. 250+ styles, upload audio or MIDI as influence, MP3 and MIDI export, WAV on Pro. Downloads: 15 a month on Standard, 300 on Pro. Vocals and lyrics are not mentioned on its homepage
Soundraw	No free plan listed on the pricing page	Creator, Artist Starter, Artist Pro, Artist Unlimited and Enterprise tiers; see soundraw.io/pricing (monthly and annual figures are not clearly labeled there)	All paid plans include personal and commercial use in your projects; streaming-platform release is an Artist-plan right and the track must be clearly modified; Content ID registration is prohibited	Custom length (maximum not verified)	Web. Toggle instruments and intensity. Downloads: Creator and Artist Unlimited unlimited, Artist Starter 10 and Artist Pro 20 a month. WAV and stems from Artist Pro. Vocals and lyrics are not mentioned
Mubert	Ambassador plan: 25 generations and 5 MP3 downloads a month, audible watermark, attribution required	Annual billing: Creator $140, Pro $390, Ultra $750 per year (month-to-month prices not clearly labeled)	Pro and Ultra include commercial use; Free and Creator are non-commercial. Mubert owns the generated tracks; no Content ID registration or standalone streaming release. The license page is inconsistent about the free tier, so read it first	Creator 10 minutes, Pro 25, Ultra 60	Web, API and MCP server. Background-music focus with a chat-to-music mode. Stems: 4 tracks on Free and Creator, 6 on Pro and Ultra

Prices and terms checked on November 14, 2026 from official vendor pages — confirm on each official pricing page. “Not verified” means we did not find the item stated on an official page. Credits are not comparable across vendors. We ran no listening tests, so the table says nothing about sound quality.

Best by criterion

Prompt-to-song with lyrics and voices

Suno, Udio, Mureka, ElevenLabs Music and MusicMint all work from a prompt and lyrics. Suno’s paid plans add stems, audio upload up to 30 minutes and Voices; Mureka’s Pro adds WAV and stem downloads, reference audio and voice cloning; ElevenLabs adds section-level lyric editing and inpainting; MusicMint returns two versions per generation and bundles lyric, vocal separation and music video tools. Udio’s downloads are disabled per its help center.

Longest documented songs

Suno documents single generations up to 8 minutes. Stable Audio generates up to 6 minutes, ElevenLabs Music tracks run up to 5 minutes, and AIVA’s Pro plan allows 5 minutes 30 seconds. Mubert lists maximum generation times of 10, 25 and 60 minutes on Creator, Pro and Ultra, for instrumental music. Udio’s pricing page lists a 130-second song tier; Mureka, Soundraw and MusicMint do not state a maximum on the pages we read.

Free tiers to test first

Suno gives 50 credits a day but no commercial use on Free. Udio gives 100 credits a month. ElevenLabs gives 10,000 credits a month for personal use only. Stable Audio gives 50 credits a month and its pricing page lists a Commercial license on every plan. Mureka advertises free daily creations. AIVA gives 3 downloads a month with credit required. MusicMint’s Free plan has 50 credits (10 songs) and is non-commercial. Soundraw lists no free plan.

Commercial-use wording

ElevenLabs says tracks are cleared for broad commercial use from Starter, excluding film, TV and studio games on self-serve plans. AIVA’s Pro plan says you own the copyright, while Standard leaves it with AIVA. Soundraw’s paid plans include commercial use in your projects with restrictions on distribution and Content ID. Mubert owns the tracks it generates and lists commercial use on Pro and Ultra only. Suno lists commercial use on Pro and Premier with terms that make no copyright warranty. MusicMint’s paid plans grant rights to your songs within a stated scope, with no guarantee of exclusivity. Always read the full terms.

Instrumental, background and production music

Stable Audio (samples, loops, multi-track, DAW plugin), AIVA (250+ styles, MIDI export), Soundraw (toggle instruments and intensity, stems on Artist Pro and up) and Mubert (chat-to-music, API, up to 60-minute generations on Ultra) are built around instrumental output. None of their official pages we read advertises sung vocals with your own lyrics.

What we did not rank

This guide does not rank sound quality, lyric quality or vocal realism because we ran no listening tests. We also excluded anything found only on third-party sites, such as lawsuit status, licensing deals and price aggregators.

Key Facts

Prices and terms checked on November 14, 2026 — confirm on each official pricing page before you buy.
Longest documented generation among the tools checked: Mubert Ultra up to 60 minutes (instrumental), Suno up to 8 minutes, Stable Audio up to 6, ElevenLabs up to 5 and AIVA Pro 5 minutes 30 seconds.
Free tiers: Suno 50 credits a day, Udio 100 credits a month, ElevenLabs 10,000 credits a month (personal use), Stable Audio 50 credits a month, AIVA 3 downloads a month, Mubert 25 generations a month, MusicMint 50 credits.
Commercial wording differs widely: AIVA’s Pro plan says you own the copyright, while Mubert says it owns the tracks it generates and licenses them.
Stems are listed by Suno (Pro and up), Mureka (Pro), ElevenLabs (Pro), Soundraw (Artist Pro and up) and Mubert; Udio’s help center says stems downloads are disabled.
Mobile apps: Suno has iOS and Android, Udio and MusicMint have iOS; for the other tools we found only web apps, plugins or APIs on their official pages and did not check third-party store listings.
MusicMint: $0 Free (non-commercial), Starter $9.99 a month (first month $6.99), Pro $14.99 a month (first month $9.99); two versions per generation.

Recommended Workflow

Decide whether you need a sung song with lyrics or instrumental and background music.
Check the commercial-use terms against how you will publish the music.
Try the free tiers of two or three tools with the same brief and compare by ear.
Choose a paid plan only after confirming the current price and download limits on its official page.

FAQ

What is the best AI song maker?

There is no single best; it depends on whether you need sung songs or instrumental music, how long the track must be, what the license allows and what you can spend. We ran no listening tests, so use the table to shortlist and compare the free tiers by ear.

Which AI music generator is best for commercial use?

Check wording rather than rely on a label. AIVA Pro states you own the copyright, ElevenLabs lists commercial use from Starter, Soundraw lists it on all paid plans, Stable Audio lists a Commercial license on all plans, and Suno and MusicMint list it on paid plans within their terms. Mubert owns the tracks it generates. Read the full terms for your use.

Are there free AI music generators?

Several have free tiers: Suno, Udio, ElevenLabs, Stable Audio, AIVA, Mubert, Mureka and MusicMint. Free tiers vary in credits and often exclude commercial use, so check each official page.

Which AI song makers make instrumental music?

Stable Audio, AIVA, Soundraw and Mubert are built around instrumental output, and Mureka and ElevenLabs list instrumental options on their official pages. Stable Audio and AIVA do not mention vocals on the pages we read.

Where does MusicMint fit?

MusicMint is a prompt-to-song tool on web and iOS that returns two versions per generation and adds lyric, vocal separation and music video tools. Its pricing page does not list a maximum song length or stem downloads, so compare it with Suno or Mureka if you need those.

Use these guides when you need a direct answer about AI music, not just another prompt box.

Direct Answer

AI song makers and music generators compared

Best by criterion

Prompt-to-song with lyrics and voices

Longest documented songs

Free tiers to test first

Commercial-use wording

Instrumental, background and production music

What we did not rank

Recommended Workflow

FAQ

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