We compared ten AI music generators on what matters once the song is made: vocals, song length, stems, whether you can download it, and who owns it. Every fact links to its source.
Suno is the best AI music generator overall in 2026: songs up to 8 minutes with vocals, the fullest editor and ownership on paid plans from $10 a month. ElevenLabs Music has the clearest rights for commercial work, and Mureka leads blind voting for instrumentals. Note that Udio no longer lets you download anything.
Filter by what matters to you. Tick “Compare” on up to three tools to see them side by side.
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Best overall
1. Suno
by Suno · Suno v6
Suno v6 Is Here · official video by Suno
Suno makes the longest songs here, up to 8 minutes, with the most complete editing tools, and its V5.5 model tops blind voting for vocals. On a paid plan you own what you make, even after you cancel.
Up to 8 min
#1 vocals (V5.5)
Stems on Pro
Paid plans from
$10/mo (Pro, 2,500 credits)
Longest song
8 min
Vocals
Yes
Commercial use
Yes: you own songs made on paid plans
What we like
Songs of up to 8 minutes, the longest here, with vocals in many styles.
The most complete editor: extend, cover, section edits, stems and voice upload.
Its previous model, V5.5, tops the blind-vote vocals leaderboard.
Watch out for
Pro caps downloads at 20 songs a month.
v6 is new and faces lawsuits from two major labels; early user reviews are mixed.
Introducing Music v2.5 · official video by ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs states ownership more plainly than anyone: in ElevenMusic you own what you make on every plan. Music v2.5 adds section editing, and stems start on the $6 plan.
Clear ownership
Stems from $6
Section editing
Paid plans from
$6/mo (Starter, credits shared with voice)
Longest song
5 min
Vocals
Yes
Commercial use
Yes on paid plans; no streaming release on Starter
What we like
The clearest ownership terms here: ElevenMusic says you own what you make on every plan.
Two- and four-stem splits from the cheapest paid plan.
Watch out for
Credits are shared with ElevenLabs’ voice products.
Film, TV and games use needs an enterprise agreement.
Introducing Mureka V9.5 · official video by Kunlun Tech
Mureka V9 is first on the blind-vote instrumental board and second for vocals, and the $10 plan includes commercial rights. Stems and WAV wait for the $30 plan.
#1 instrumental
#2 vocals
Commercial from $10
Paid plans from
$10/mo (Pro)
Longest song
Not published
Vocals
Yes
Commercial use
Yes, from Pro
What we like
Mureka V9 is first on the blind-vote instrumental board and second for vocals.
Commercial rights to monetise your music from the $10 plan.
Introducing Lyria 3.5 in Google Flow Music · official video by Google
Google Flow Music, the former Riffusion, lets you talk a song into shape with an AI producer for $8 a month, with daily credits to start. Its commercial terms per plan are not spelled out yet.
$8/mo
AI producer chat
Daily credits
Paid plans from
$8/mo (Starter, 3,000 credits)
Longest song
Not published
Vocals
Yes
Commercial use
Google claims no ownership; per-plan terms not published
What we like
A conversational “Producer” that builds and revises songs with you.
Low entry price, and bundled with Google AI Pro and Ultra.
Watch out for
Commercial terms and song length per plan are not spelled out on official pages.
Lyria 3.5 sits mid-table on the blind-vote music boards.
Our own studio, ranked where we think it fits: songs with vocals on the Mureka V9 engine in the AI Music studio, extend and section edits, six download formats, and video tools on the same credits to make the music video. Songs are for personal use by default.
Mureka V9 engine
6 formats
Music videos
Paid plans from
$25/mo (Creator, 75 credits)
Longest song
5 min
Vocals
Yes
Commercial use
Personal use by default; see our Terms
What we like
Runs Mureka V9, first on the blind-vote instrumental board, at 5 credits for two versions of a song.
Extend a song or rewrite one section, then download in six formats.
Turn the song into a music video with the video tools in the same studio.
Watch out for
No no-cost plan and no stems.
Songs are for personal use by default: check the Terms before commercial use.
Disclosure: GoCrazyAI publishes this guide. We rank ourselves only where we think we genuinely fit.
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Best for producers
6. Stable Audio
by Stability AI · Stable Audio 3.0
SAStable Audio 3.0
Stable Audio 3.0 plugs into your DAW, makes tracks up to 6 minutes and does audio-to-audio and inpainting, with open weights. It is built for sound design and instrumentals rather than vocal songs.
DAW plugin
Up to 6 min
Open weights
Paid plans from
$12/mo (Solo, 660 credits)
Longest song
6 min
Vocals
Not published
Commercial use
Yes on paid plans; companies over $1M revenue need an enterprise licence
What we like
Tracks of up to 6 minutes, audio-to-audio and inpainting.
A plugin for your DAW on every plan, and open model weights.
Watch out for
Vocal songs from lyrics are not advertised.
The highest entry price among the song generators here.
Soundraw generates licensed background tracks from a model trained only on its own producers’ recordings, with a perpetual licence and no download cap on MP3.
Own training data
Perpetual licence
Bar-by-bar edits
Paid plans from
$16.99/mo (Creator, per the pricing page)
Longest song
Not published
Vocals
No
Commercial use
Yes: worldwide, perpetual licence
What we like
Trained only on music its in-house producers wrote and recorded.
Edit length, energy and instruments bar by bar.
Watch out for
Mostly instrumental background music; no lyrics or vocal songs.
Udio’s remix tools are still fun, but since its label settlement you cannot download audio, video or stems, so nothing you make can leave the platform. Choose another tool if you need the file.
Remix tools
No downloads
10 credits a day
Paid plans from
$10/mo (Standard, 2,400 credits)
Longest song
2:10 min
Vocals
Yes
Commercial use
Nothing can be exported
What we like
Extend, remix and style tools for experimenting inside the app.
A label-licensed direction after its 2025 settlement.
Watch out for
Downloads of audio, video and stems are disabled, so songs stay on Udio.
Last on the blind-vote vocals board among the models listed.
Entry prices buy very different amounts of output: compare what each plan includes on the company’s pricing page.
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How we chose
Blind votes for quality
We use the Artificial Analysis music arena, where listeners pick the better of two anonymous tracks, on both its vocals and instrumental boards.
Rights and downloads first
A great song you cannot download or use is not much use. We read each company’s pricing, terms and help pages on ownership, commercial use and export.
Specs from the source
Song length, vocals, lyrics and stems come from official pages, linked below with the date we checked.
An award per tool
Each tool is ranked on overall usefulness and given the one job it does best.
Make it on GoCrazyAI
Write, sing and share a song in one studio
GoCrazyAI’s song studio runs Mureka V9, first on the blind-vote instrumental board, with lyrics, extend and section editing, plus video tools for the music video.
Suno is the best overall: songs up to 8 minutes with vocals, the fullest editor and ownership on paid plans from $10 a month. ElevenLabs Music is best for commercial use and Mureka for instrumentals.
Which AI music generator makes songs with vocals?
Suno, ElevenLabs Music, Mureka, Google Flow Music, GoCrazyAI and Udio all generate songs with vocals from your own lyrics. AIVA and Soundraw focus on instrumentals.
Can AI turn my own lyrics into a song?
Yes. Suno, ElevenLabs Music, Mureka, Google Flow Music and GoCrazyAI all sing your lyrics. On GoCrazyAI, Lyrics to Song builds a full track around them, and the AI rap generator does the same for rap verses.
Can AI make a personalised song for an occasion?
Yes: give the generator names, a story and a mood. GoCrazyAI has ready-made starting points for a birthday song, a love song or a wedding song, and you can browse finished examples in the AI music library.
Can I use AI-generated music commercially?
On most paid plans, yes, with conditions. Suno and Mureka grant commercial rights from $10 a month, ElevenLabs excludes film and TV below enterprise, and AIVA gives you the copyright only on Pro. No-cost plans are usually personal use only.
Which AI music generators export stems?
Suno (from Pro), ElevenLabs (from the $6 Starter plan) and Stable Audio export stems. Mureka and Soundraw offer them only on higher plans, and Udio has disabled all downloads.
Can I still download songs from Udio?
No. Since its settlement with Universal Music, Udio has disabled downloads of audio, video and stems, so songs can only be played on the platform.
What happened to Riffusion?
Google acquired Producer.ai, the company behind Riffusion, in early 2026 and renamed it Google Flow Music. It now runs Google’s Lyria 3.5 model.
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