Text-to-song generator with vocals and styles.
50 credits/day, no free commercial download · Paid plans only, on songs you download
Udio Alternatives
AI songs from a text prompt, close to Suno. Compared with 8 alternatives by price, platform, and license. About Udio.
Price
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UdioPriceFreemiumPlatformsWebVocalsVocals inside the app, downloads offFree limit10 credits/day, 100/month, no downloadsCommercialNo commercial use while downloads are disabled
SunoPriceFreemiumPlatformsWebVocalsFull songs with vocals and lyricsFree limit50 credits/day, no free commercial downloadCommercialPaid plans only, on songs you download
Stable AudioPriceFreemiumPlatformsWebVocalsInstrumentals, beds, and effectsFree limitAbout 50 credits/month on the hosted free planCommercialCommercial license on the hosted plans, including free
RiffusionPriceFreemiumPlatformsWebVocalsShort generated clips, not a sung songFree limitNo free-download figure checkedCommercialNot stated on the pages checked
SoundrawPricePaidPlatformsWebVocalsInstrumental beds for videoFree limitGenerate and preview; download is paidCommercialPaid plan, built for monetized video
AIVAPriceFreemiumPlatformsWebVocalsScores and instrumentals, with MIDIFree limit3 downloads/month, up to 3 minutesCommercialFree cannot be monetized; paid plans vary by platform
BoomyPriceFreemiumPlatformsWeb, iOSVocalsSongs aimed at a streaming releaseFree limit25 saves, no free downloadCommercialPaid plan, and the subscription has to stay active
MubertPriceFreemiumPlatformsWeb, APIVocalsInstrumental tracks and streamsFree limit25 tracks/month, 5 MP3 downloadsCommercialPro for commercial use; no streaming-platform release
LoudlyPriceFreemiumPlatformsWebVocalsInstrumental tracks for social videoFree limit1 MP3 download/day, non-commercialCommercialPaid planWhich job
Two jobs get mixed together on a page of Udio alternatives. One job is a finished song with a singer and lyrics. The other is a bed under a video, a podcast, a stream, or a game. A tool that wins the first job is often illegal or useless for the second, because the license, the download, and the vocal are three different questions.
For a sung song, ask three things before the price. Does this product actually generate a lead vocal, or only an instrumental? Can you download a file, or does the song stay inside the app? If you download it, does the plan you are on allow commercial use? Suno and Udio are the vocal products in this list. Udio fails the second question: downloads are disabled, so there is nothing to publish. Suno's free plan fails the third: you can hear the song, and you cannot treat that output as yours to sell.
For a bed, ignore the vocal column and read the license. Soundraw, Loudly, Mubert, AIVA, and Beatoven are instrumental. Stable Audio is the hosted instrumental that states a commercial license on the free plan. MusicGen runs on your own machine and the weights are non-commercial, so a free local model is not a free license. Beatoven's license covers the video you score, not a release of the cue on Spotify.
Free limit is the vendor's own phrase, not a converted dollar price. 50 credits a day is not the same product as 3 downloads a month or 1 MP3 a day. Where a page does not state a number, the cell says so instead of borrowing a figure from another tool.
Commercial use is the plan that lets you publish, not the cheapest plan on the pricing page. Mubert Creator is a paid plan and still non-commercial. Boomy's commercial use depends on the subscription staying active. AIVA's free downloads cannot be monetized, and the copyright stays with AIVA until Pro. These are the differences that change a choice. The price tier Freemium does not.
Questions
Can I use a free Udio alternative commercially? Not as a rule. Suno, Boomy, Mubert, Loudly, and AIVA exclude commercial use on the free plan. Stable Audio is the exception in this list: its hosted plans, including free, state a commercial license. MusicGen's weights are non-commercial even though you run them yourself.
How much does the free plan actually include? Suno lists 50 credits a day and no commercial download. Udio lists 10 credits a day and no downloads at all. AIVA lists 3 downloads a month. Mubert lists 25 tracks and 5 MP3s. Loudly lists 1 MP3 a day. Soundraw lets you generate and preview, then charges for the download.
Which of these sounds like Udio? Udio is a vocal song product, so the comparable voice is Udio, and Udio will not give you the file. Soundraw, Beatoven, AIVA, Mubert, Loudly, Stable Audio, and MusicGen are beds and scores. They can sit under a video. They are not a substitute singer.
Details
Stability AI music model with timed clips.
Instrumentals, beds, and effects · About 50 credits/month on the hosted free plan · Commercial license on the hosted plans, including free
Short AI riffs and full tracks from prompts.
Short generated clips, not a sung song · No free-download figure checked · Not stated on the pages checked
Royalty-free AI soundtrack builder for video.
Instrumental beds for video · Generate and preview; download is paid · Paid plan, built for monetized video
AI composer aimed at film and game scores.
Scores and instrumentals, with MIDI · 3 downloads/month, up to 3 minutes · Free cannot be monetized; paid plans vary by platform
Instant AI songs you can release to streaming.
25 saves, no free download · Paid plan, and the subscription has to stay active
Generative music streams and API for apps.
Instrumental tracks and streams · 25 tracks/month, 5 MP3 downloads · Pro for commercial use; no streaming-platform release
AI music studio with stems and genres.
Instrumental tracks for social video · 1 MP3 download/day, non-commercial · Paid plan
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Catalogued 2026-11-09.