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Suno v6
Suno · Full songs with vocals, up to 8 minutes, plus a browser DAW
$$
Suno v6 is #1 on both Artificial Analysis music arenas (vocals Elo 1144, instrumental Elo 1148), with v6-mini second on both. Launched 9 September 2026 with Warner Music Group, BMG and Believe, it generates up to 8 minutes per pass, can change a single lyric without regenerating the song, and Premier adds Suno Studio with stem separation. Universal and Sony filed a second lawsuit on 18 September 2026 claiming v6 is trained on outputs of earlier unlicensed models.
- Cheapest way in
- Free plan (non-commercial); Pro from $8/month
- Cost per output
- No public API; Pro allows 20 downloads a month (about $0.40 each), Premier 60 for $24
- Vocals
- Yes
- Stems
- Pro: 2 split types; Premier: 3 incl. advanced split
- Max length
- 8 minutes per generation
- Editing
- Single-lyric and section edits, Extend, Suno Studio (Premier)
- Licence
- Commercial use on paid plans, but no ownership; free plan non-commercial
- Open weights
- No
Good at
- Best-rated quality for vocals and instrumentals
- Up to 8 minutes per generation
- Lyric and section editing, stem separation
- Commercial use on paid plans
Watch out for
- Download caps since 3 Sept 2026: 20/month on Pro, 60/month on Premier
- Paid users get commercial rights but are 'generally not considered the owner' of songs
- Free tier (v6-mini) has no commercial rights
Benchmarks Artificial Analysis Music Arena: Vocals (AA-Music-Vocal v1.1): #1, Elo 1144 (v6-mini #2, Elo 1132) · Artificial Analysis Music Arena: Instrumental (AA-Music-Instrumental v1.1): #1, Elo 1148 (v6-mini #2, Elo 1114)
Prices suno.com, checked 1 November 2026
Suno v6 website Work made with it on AI LIVE
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Mureka V9.5
Mureka · Realistic vocals and song structure at a low monthly price
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Mureka V9.5 is #3 on the Artificial Analysis vocal music arena (Elo 1102) and joint 3rd-6th on instrumentals (Elo 1084). Released in August 2026, it plans song structure before generating audio. Paid plans include commercial licensing, with stems and voice cloning on Pro.
- Cheapest way in
- Basic $8/month (up to 400 songs, commercial licence); Pro $24/month
- Cost per output
- About $0.02 per song on Basic (up to 400 songs for $8)
- Vocals
- Yes
- Stems
- Pro
- Max length
- Not stated
- Licence
- Commercial licensing on paid plans ('full commercial rights' claim)
- Open weights
- No
- Voice cloning
- Pro
Good at
- Second-best vocal quality on the arena after Suno
- Commercial licence from the Basic plan
- Stems, WAV and voice cloning on Pro
Watch out for
- Official API per-song price not published
- Plan names and prices vary across sources
- Licence text not shown on the homepage
Benchmarks Artificial Analysis Music Arena: Vocals (AA-Music-Vocal v1.1): #3, Elo 1102 · Artificial Analysis Music Arena: Instrumental (AA-Music-Instrumental v1.1): Joint #3-6, Elo 1084
Prices mureka.ai, checked 1 November 2026
Mureka V9.5 website
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Google Lyria 3.5
Google DeepMind · Free or very cheap songs inside Gemini, and the cheapest song API
$
Lyria 3.5 is #5 on the Artificial Analysis vocal arena (Elo 1051) and joint 3rd-6th on instrumentals (Elo 1078). It is free to try in the Gemini app, sits inside Google Flow Music (the former Riffusion/Producer.ai, bought by Google in February 2026), and costs $0.08 per full song via the Gemini API. Tracks run from about 60 seconds to 3 minutes with vocals, custom lyrics, section tags and BPM control.
- Cheapest way in
- Free in the Gemini app; Flow Music Free, then Starter $6/month
- Cost per output
- $0.08 per full song via the Gemini API; $0.04 per 30s clip (Lyria 3 Clip)
- Vocals
- Yes
- Stems
- Flow Music lists stem downloads
- Max length
- About 3 minutes
- Editing
- Timestamped instrument entries, BPM; no iterative edits
- Open weights
- No
- Where to use it
- Gemini app, Google Flow Music, AI Studio, Gemini API, Google Vids
Good at
- Cheapest per-song API at $0.08
- Free in the Gemini app
- Custom lyrics with verse/chorus tags, image prompts, WAV output
- Stem downloads in Flow Music
Watch out for
- Tracks top out around 3 minutes
- No iterative editing of a generated clip yet
- Commercial terms for Gemini app and Flow Music output not confirmed
Benchmarks Artificial Analysis Music Arena: Vocals (AA-Music-Vocal v1.1): #5 Lyria 3.5, Elo 1051; #6 Lyria 3 Pro, Elo 1048 · Artificial Analysis Music Arena: Instrumental (AA-Music-Instrumental v1.1): Joint #3-6, Lyria 3 Pro Elo 1080, Lyria 3.5 Elo 1078
Prices ai.google.dev, checked 1 November 2026
Google Lyria 3.5 website Work made with it on AI LIVE
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ElevenLabs Music v2.5
ElevenLabs · Licensed-data music with stems and inpainting for online content
$$
Eleven Music v2.5 (13 September 2026) is #7 on the Artificial Analysis vocal arena (Elo 1016); the original Eleven Music scores 1021 on instrumentals. ElevenLabs says it is trained on licensed stems and music, offers inpainting of any section and up to 6 stems on Pro. Self-serve plans allow commercial use online and offline but exclude film, TV and studio games, which matters for filmmakers.
- Cheapest way in
- Free plan (personal use, with attribution); Starter $6/month
- Cost per output
- API $0.15 per minute of music
- Vocals
- Yes, incl. consistent voice from Vocal Library or your own tracks
- Stems
- Starter/Creator 2 and 4; Pro up to 6
- Max length
- Not stated
- Editing
- Section inpainting
- Licence
- Commercial use except film, TV and studio games (Enterprise: all uses)
- Open weights
- No
Good at
- Trained on licensed material (vendor statement)
- Section inpainting
- 2-6 stems depending on plan
- Same subscription as voice and SFX
Watch out for
- Self-serve licence excludes film, TV and studio games (Enterprise needed)
- Starter plan licence excludes streaming
- Below Suno, Mureka and Lyria on the arena
Benchmarks Artificial Analysis Music Arena: Vocals (AA-Music-Vocal v1.1): #7 Eleven Music v2.5, Elo 1016 · Artificial Analysis Music Arena: Instrumental (AA-Music-Instrumental v1.1): Eleven Music Elo 1021 (rank range 7-11); v2.5 Elo 1001
Prices elevenlabs.io, checked 1 November 2026
ElevenLabs Music v2.5 website Work made with it on AI LIVE
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MiniMax Music 3.0
MiniMax · The best open-weights song model, with vocals, for self-hosting
$
MiniMax Music 3.0 is the top open-weights model on the Artificial Analysis music arenas, where it anchors the scale at Elo 1000 (#9 on vocals). Weights were released on 13 August 2026 under a community licence that allows commercial use with attribution up to $20M revenue. MiniMax closed its paid music API to new users from 20 August 2026, so self-hosting or third-party hosts are the way in.
- Cheapest way in
- Free (open weights)
- Cost per output
- $0.15 per track via the MiniMax API, for existing users only
- Vocals
- Yes
- Max length
- Up to 5 minutes (API spec)
- Licence
- Community licence: commercial use with attribution under $20M revenue
- Open weights
- Yes
Good at
- Open weights with vocals
- Commercial use allowed with attribution
- ComfyUI support
Watch out for
- Paid MiniMax music API closed to new users
- About 57 GB download; needs serious hardware
- No published listening tests from MiniMax
Benchmarks Artificial Analysis Music Arena: Vocals (AA-Music-Vocal v1.1): #9, Elo 1000 (anchor, top open-weights model) · Artificial Analysis Music Arena: Instrumental (AA-Music-Instrumental v1.1): Elo 1000 (rank range 8-15)
Prices platform.minimax.io, checked 1 November 2026
MiniMax Music 3.0 website
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Stable Audio 3
Stability AI · Long instrumental beds from licensed data, local or by API
$
Stable Audio 3 Large is the best non-Suno/Mureka/Google model on the Artificial Analysis instrumental arena (Elo 1014, rank range 7-12), and Medium scores 996. Released 20 May 2026, all models are trained on fully licensed data, Medium and Large generate more than six minutes, and Small and Medium are open weights. It is an instrumental-focused tool; Stability does not describe vocal generation.
- Cheapest way in
- Free open weights (Small, Medium); 25 free API credits
- Cost per output
- $0.08 per Stable Audio 3.0 API call
- Vocals
- Not described
- Max length
- 6+ minutes (Medium, Large)
- Editing
- Inpainting, multi-segment edits, continuation
- Licence
- Community Licence: own outputs, commercial use under $1M revenue
- Open weights
- Small, Medium yes; Large no
Good at
- Trained on licensed data
- 6+ minute tracks
- Open weights (Small, Medium) and LoRA fine-tuning
- Inpainting and continuation
Watch out for
- Not on the vocal leaderboard; vocals not described
- Enterprise licence needed above $1M revenue
- Large is API or enterprise only
Benchmarks Artificial Analysis Music Arena: Instrumental (AA-Music-Instrumental v1.1): Large Elo 1014 (rank range 7-12); Medium Elo 996
Prices docs.stability.ai, checked 1 November 2026
Stable Audio 3 website
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Adobe Firefly Music
Adobe · Commercially safe instrumental soundtracks fitted to a video
$$
Generally available since August 2026, Generate Music uses the Firefly Music Model to make instrumental tracks tuned to a video's length and mood, with controls for mood, energy, tempo and duration. Adobe says the tracks are licensed for commercial use, which suits client and brand work. It does not do vocals or songwriting and has no public benchmark.
- Cheapest way in
- Free daily generations; Firefly Standard €11.35/month incl. VAT
- Vocals
- No
- Licence
- Marketed as licensed and commercially safe
- Open weights
- No
- Controls
- Mood, energy, tempo, duration, style
Good at
- Adobe's commercially safe licensing claim
- Fits music to video length
- Included in Firefly plans (up to 100 minutes on Standard)
Watch out for
- Instrumental only
- No arena or independent benchmark
Prices adobe.com, checked 1 November 2026
Adobe Firefly Music website
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AIVA
AIVA Technologies · Orchestral and score-style music with MIDI export and full ownership
$$
AIVA is a composition tool rather than a song generator: it exports MIDI for editing in a DAW and, on the Pro plan, assigns copyright of tracks to you with full monetisation rights. That ownership is rarer than with Suno or ElevenLabs. It is not on the Artificial Analysis arenas and makes instrumental music only.
- Cheapest way in
- Free plan (non-commercial); Standard €11/month + VAT, billed yearly
- Cost per output
- Pro €33/month + VAT billed yearly (300 downloads, you own the copyright)
- Vocals
- No
- Max length
- Up to 5 min 30 s (Pro)
- Licence
- Free: non-commercial; Standard: limited; Pro: you own the copyright
- Open weights
- No
- Formats
- MP3, MIDI, WAV (Pro)
Good at
- You own the copyright on Pro
- MIDI export for real editing
- Clear tiered monetisation rules
Watch out for
- Instrumental only
- No public benchmark
- Standard plan keeps copyright with AIVA and limits monetisation to social platforms
Prices aiva.ai, checked 1 November 2026
AIVA website
