Is this list ranked from best to worst?

No. Entries are alphabetical inside each group, and the directory makes no quality judgement. Our ranked picks are on the best-of pages, which are written separately.

Has anyone paid to be listed here?

No. Listings are not paid, and the links are plain outbound links marked nofollow. If sponsored placements are ever added, they will be labelled as sponsored and will not change the order of editorial entries.

Can I use music from a free plan commercially?

Often not. Several free plans in this directory are personal use only, or say commercial use needs a paid plan. The entry for each tool records what its site states, but confirm on the tool's current terms before you publish or sell anything.

Can I monetize songs from a free plan?

Usually not. Suno's free plan has no commercial rights, Mubert's free plan is non-commercial and asks for attribution, and AIVA's free plan is non-commercial with AIVA keeping the copyright. Monetization on YouTube and similar platforms starts on paid plans, and Mubert's terms bar streaming-service uploads even then. Check the tool's current terms first.

Which of these can I run on my own computer?

ACE-Step and MusicGen from AudioCraft, in the open-weight group. Their hardware needs and licences differ, so read each entry. MusicGen publishes non-commercial weights.

Why are some tools marked 'see site' for free access?

The tool's site did not state its free access in a form we could record, or its pricing page did not load when we checked. We would rather say so than guess.

How can a tool be added or corrected?

Use the contact page. Send the official URL and what the tool does, and we will check the facts on its own site before adding or changing an entry.

AI music generator directory: every tool, free tier marked

A neutral list of AI music generators and open-weight music models, with the official link, the free option and the licence terms each site states, A to Z.

11 tools
A to Z, not a ranking
Last updated: 2026-10-04

Our picks

The short ranked list from our best-of page. The complete list is below.

See the full ranking

1
Suno
The best full songs with vocals from a prompt
2
Udio
Finer audio fidelity and more control over the sound
3
Stable Audio
Royalty-free instrumental tracks and sound effects
4
Mubert
Endless royalty-free background music for content

This is a catalogue, not a ranking. It lists the AI music generators we have read an official page for, split into hosted tools and models you run yourself, with the official link and what each site says about free access.

Our recommendations live on a separate page. For picks, see Best AI music generators: Suno, Udio, and the real alternatives. Use this directory to see what exists, or to check a name you keep running into.

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Music generators

Tools that turn a prompt into a song or a royalty-free track. Some make full songs with vocals, others make instrumental background music, and the licence terms differ between them.

AIVA
In our picks, #6
Composes music in more than 250 styles and can build custom style models from an uploaded audio or MIDI influence. The free plan allows 3 downloads per month of tracks up to 3 minutes, for non-commercial use, and AIVA keeps the copyright. Standard (€11 per month billed annually) allows limited monetization on YouTube, Twitch, TikTok and Instagram. AIVA still owns the copyright there. Pro (€33 per month billed annually) is where the copyright becomes yours, with unrestricted monetization and WAV downloads.
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Google Lyria
Google DeepMind's music model, now at Lyria 3.5, which makes tracks up to 3 minutes with vocals in several languages from your own or generated lyrics. Google lists Flow Music, Gemini, YouTube Shorts (Dream Track), Google Vids and Google AI Studio as ways to use it, and says every track carries a SynthID watermark. Lyria RealTime (interactive) and the open-source Magenta RealTime are listed as related models. The model page does not state pricing. producer.ai now redirects to flowmusic.app.
Pricing: see siteDetails →
Mubert
In our picks, #4
Royalty-free AI music for creators. The free Ambassador plan gives 25 tracks and 5 downloads per month, with attribution and non-commercial use only. Creator ($11.69 per month billed annually) is also non-commercial. Pro ($32.49 per month billed annually) and Business ($149.29) are the plans that allow commercial use. Mubert's terms say tracks cannot go on streaming services such as Spotify, be registered with Content ID or be uploaded to stock libraries.
Free optionDetails →
Mureka
Generates songs from prompts. Basic Music & Speech is $8 per month billed annually for up to 400 songs a month with commercial licensing. Pro is $24 per month billed annually for 1,600 songs, WAV and stem downloads and voice cloning. A free trial is offered, but its limits are not detailed on the page.
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Soundful
Generates royalty-free tracks for creators and businesses. The free plan allows 1 MP3 download per month, with 25+ styles and a personal license only, and asks you to credit Soundful in descriptions. Plus adds 100 MP3 and WAV downloads per month, 150+ styles and a Music Creator License. Pro lists 400 downloads, 20 stem packs and SoundCloud distribution. The Business license is aimed at companies under $1M revenue. Prices are not shown on the page.
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Soundraw
Generates royalty-free music and says it trains only on songs produced in house. The pricing page has a try-it-for-free button but lists no trial limits. Every paid plan (Creator, Artist Starter, Artist Pro, Artist Unlimited, plus an Enterprise tier with API access) lists commercial use and monetization on streaming platforms, and says you keep 100% of royalties under a worldwide, perpetual license. WAV and stems start at the Artist Pro tier.
Pricing: see siteDetails →
Stable Audio
In our picks, #2
Stability AI's audio generator, with a web app and a DAW plugin. The free plan gives 50 credits per month (about 12 full-mix generations) for personal, non-commercial use. Paid plans carry a commercial license: Solo $12 per month (660 credits), Session $30 (1,800), Producer $90 (6,000) and Studio $199 (14,000), with generations up to 6 minutes. Companies over $1M revenue that want to run the models on their own infrastructure are pointed to an enterprise license.
Free optionDetails →
Suno
In our picks, #1
Generates full songs with vocals from a text description. The free plan gives 50 credits per day on the v6-mini model, with no commercial rights and no song downloads. Pro is $8 per month and adds commercial use, 2,500 monthly credits, 20 downloads a month, the v6 and v6-wild models and stem separation.
Free optionDetails →
Udio
In our picks, #2
AI music generator with extend, remix, inpaint and audio-upload tools. The free plan gives 10 credits per day and 100 per month, with up to 3 full-length (about 2:10) songs per day. Standard is $8 per month billed annually ($10 monthly) for 2,400 credits and adds Voice Control and editing of music and lyrics. Pro is $24 per month billed annually ($30 monthly) for 6,000 credits. The pricing page does not state commercial-use or download terms, so check its Terms before commercial use.
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Open-weight music models you run yourself

Models you download and run on your own machine, so there is no per-use bill. The licence is the real filter here: code and weights are often licensed differently.

ACE-Step
Open music generation model under Apache 2.0, with weights on Hugging Face and ModelScope. The README says v1.5 came out on 2026-01-28 and calls it the latest model. It lists 19 languages for text to music, plus lyric editing, audio repainting and instrumental generation. It needs 8 GB of VRAM at minimum with optimizations on, and the project recommends an A100, RTX 4090 or RTX 3090. The project asks users to verify originality and disclose AI involvement.
Free optionDetails →
MusicGen and AudioCraft
In our picks, #2
Meta's audio generation library, with MusicGen for text to music and AudioGen for text to sound. The code is MIT, but the model weights are CC-BY-NC 4.0, so they are non-commercial.
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How this directory works

Entries are alphabetical inside each group. Position carries no meaning, and a tool being listed is not a recommendation.

We include a tool when it has a public music generator and an official page we could open. Each entry shows the date its facts were read from the tool's own site. Where a page did not load or did not state a limit, the entry says so instead of guessing.

A free option here means the tool's own site describes one. It does not tell you how good the free output is, which is a separate question that our ranked page tries to answer.

Free plans and commercial use

The free plans we read mostly stop at personal use. Suno, Mubert, AIVA and Soundful each say on their own pages that commercial use or monetization needs a paid plan or is not allowed on the free one.

Open-weight models are different, and the difference sits in the licence. ACE-Step is Apache 2.0. MusicGen publishes its weights under CC-BY-NC, which is non-commercial, even though its code is MIT. Read the licence of the weights, not just the code, before shipping anything.

Choosing a music generator

Music generators split into two jobs: full songs with vocals, and instrumental tracks to put under a video. Check which one a tool does before comparing prices.

Missing a tool or spotted a mistake? Tell us.

Frequently asked questions

Is this list ranked from best to worst?: No. Entries are alphabetical inside each group, and the directory makes no quality judgement. Our ranked picks are on the best-of pages, which are written separately.
Has anyone paid to be listed here?: No. Listings are not paid, and the links are plain outbound links marked nofollow. If sponsored placements are ever added, they will be labelled as sponsored and will not change the order of editorial entries.
Can I use music from a free plan commercially?: Often not. Several free plans in this directory are personal use only, or say commercial use needs a paid plan. The entry for each tool records what its site states, but confirm on the tool's current terms before you publish or sell anything.
Can I monetize songs from a free plan?: Usually not. Suno's free plan has no commercial rights, Mubert's free plan is non-commercial and asks for attribution, and AIVA's free plan is non-commercial with AIVA keeping the copyright. Monetization on YouTube and similar platforms starts on paid plans, and Mubert's terms bar streaming-service uploads even then. Check the tool's current terms first.
Which of these can I run on my own computer?: ACE-Step and MusicGen from AudioCraft, in the open-weight group. Their hardware needs and licences differ, so read each entry. MusicGen publishes non-commercial weights.
Why are some tools marked 'see site' for free access?: The tool's site did not state its free access in a form we could record, or its pricing page did not load when we checked. We would rather say so than guess.
How can a tool be added or corrected?: Use the contact page. Send the official URL and what the tool does, and we will check the facts on its own site before adding or changing an entry.

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