Why 7.5/10: Top pick for AI music: the most complete song generator, with vocals, lyrics, stems, a Studio and commercial rights on paid plans. Points off for monthly download caps, no downloads at all on the free plan, and unresolved copyright lawsuits from Universal and Sony.
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What it does
Suno turns a text prompt (or your own lyrics) into a full song with vocals, arrangement and production. Its pricing page lists v6-mini on the free plan and the advanced v6 and v6-wild models on paid plans. Features include remixing (extend, cover, adjust speed), co-writing, adding vocals or instrumentals, uploading your own audio, recording with your own voice, custom models, and editing from basic crop and fade up to replacing or adding sections. Stem separation splits a song into parts: two types on Pro, three on Premier.
Premier includes Suno Studio, which Suno describes as now having MIDI, effects, automation and design-your-own plugins, a DAW-style environment for arranging and editing. Credits included in subscriptions don't carry over between days or months; purchased top-up credits don't expire but need an active subscription to use.
Rights depend on plan: the comparison shows no commercial rights and no song downloads on Free, and commercial use rights on Pro and Premier, subject to limits in the terms of service. Suno's terms also say you may not use output to build a competing music-generation product.
Against our runners-up: ElevenLabs Music fits people who already use ElevenLabs and want music on the same credits and licence, and Stable Audio suits producers who want instrumentals, loops and sound design rather than full vocal songs. Suno's edge is complete songs: lyrics, vocals and structure in one generation, then editing and stems to refine. The legal picture is the main reason our score is lower than for other top picks.
Our verdict
Suno makes the most complete AI songs: full tracks with vocals and lyrics from a text prompt, plus stem splitting, editing and, on the top plan, Suno Studio with MIDI and effects. Paid plans carry commercial use rights. Two caveats matter. Downloads are capped per month (20 on Pro, 60 on Premier, none on Free), and Universal Music and Sony are still suing Suno over training data, with a second suit filed in September 2026. Warner settled and became a licensing partner. Pick it for finished songs; weigh the legal risk for high-profile commercial work.
✅ Pick it if You want finished songs with vocals that you can download and use commercially within the plan's limits.
⛔ Skip it if You need unlimited exports on a budget, want to avoid unresolved label lawsuits, or need fully licensed training data guarantees.
Pricing: As of 19 Oct 2026, shown to a UK visitor: Free £0 (50 credits a day, free model, no song downloads, no commercial rights); Pro £8/month or £72/year (2,500 credits a month, 20 song downloads a month, commercial use rights, best models, 2 stem types); Premier £22/month or £216/year (10,000 credits a month, 60 downloads a month, Suno Studio, 3 stem types, 30-minute uploads). Prices in your currency may differ at checkout. Check site.
Suno is run by Suno, Inc., the US company named in its terms of service and as defendant in the Massachusetts federal lawsuits.
What to watch
Ongoing litigation: UMG and Sony's 2024 copyright suit against Suno (D. Mass., 1:24-cv-11611) is still active. Dispositive motions were set for 9 Apr 2027 (26 Jun 2026 amended scheduling order (Dkt. 251), per the parties' 18 Sep 2026 joint motion; the schedule is also tracked by Outside IP Counsel and Chartlex); on 18 Sep 2026 the parties jointly asked the court to move them to 22 Jun 2027, and the labels filed a second suit the same day. These are allegations; no court has ruled on fair use.
Warner Music settled with Suno in November 2025 and became a licensing partner, per Reuters.
Download caps: Pro allows 20 and Premier 60 song downloads a month; the free plan allows none. Extra downloads can be bought.
Credits don't roll over between months, so unused plan credits are lost.
Commercial use has limits set out in the terms of service; read them before releasing tracks or using them in client work.