Side by side
| Lyro | Suno | |
|---|---|---|
| Downloads | Not counted or capped | 20 a month on Pro and 60 a month on Premier from 3 Sep 2026, including songs created earlier. Extra downloads can be bought. Premier subscribers who use Suno Studio have no download limit there. Free accounts opened before 3 Sep 2026 have up to 7 trial downloads in total, and newer free accounts may occasionally receive trial downloads Suno blog, 10 Aug 2026 |
| Scale | A new product. We publish no user numbers | 2 million paid subscribers and $300 million in annual recurring revenue TechCrunch, 27 Feb 2026 |
| Free plan | None. Plans start at $6 a month billed yearly, or $14 month to month | Yes. 50 credits a day on its free model, with no commercial rights and no stem separation Suno pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026 |
| Price | Starter: $14 a month, or $6 a month billed yearly ($72), for 80 credits a month. Creator: $24 a month, or $7 a month billed yearly ($84), for 300 credits a month. Yearly is up to 70% off | Pro: $10 a month, or $8 a month billed yearly, for 2,500 credits. Premier: $30 a month, or $24 a month billed yearly, for 10,000 credits Suno plan guide, 31 Aug 2026 |
| Cost per song | A song costs 4 credits on Lyro High, about $0.70 on Starter and $0.32 on Creator, or 5 credits on Lyro Extra, about $0.88 and $0.40, whatever its length | About $0.02 on Pro: $10 for 2,500 credits, which Suno describes as roughly 500 songs. About $0.015 on Premier: $30 for up to 2,000 songs Suno plan guide, 31 Aug 2026 |
| Models | Two models from third-party providers, offered under Lyro’s own names: Lyro High, the default and the one for sung Turkish, and Lyro Extra, made for English, German, Spanish, French, Hindi, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese. The default follows one small internal blind test (one rater, seven Turkish-language briefs, 21 Sep 2026) | Suno’s own models: v6-mini on Free, v6 and v6-wild on Pro and Premier Suno pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026 |
| Start from your own vocal or beat | Yes, on every plan, from $14 a month: a beat written around your vocal, or a vocal added to your beat at its tempo and key | Yes. Audio upload on every plan: up to 8 minutes on Free and up to 30 minutes on paid plans. Adding a vocal or an instrumental to a song, and recording or uploading your own voice, on Pro and Premier Suno pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026 |
| Mixing and mastering | Multitrack mixer and mastering to a loudness target in the browser, on every plan, using no credits | Premier includes Suno Studio, listed with MIDI, effects and automation. Pro and Premier include editing such as crop, fade and replacing or adding a section. We have not checked what Suno offers for mastering Suno pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026 |
| Stems and file formats | MP3 and FLAC downloads and WAV export from the studio on every plan. A four-way stem splitter on Creator | Stem separation on Pro (2 types) and Premier (3 types), none on Free. See their current plans page for file formats Suno pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026 |
| Commercial use | Commercial licence on every paid plan, subject to our terms and our model providers’ terms. No promise of copyright protection | Commercial use rights on Pro and Premier. No commercial rights on Free Suno pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026 |
| AI labelling | AI-generated tag in every download. Output from Lyro High and Lyro Extra also carries an inaudible watermark added by the model provider | See their current plans page |
| Apps and community | Runs in the browser. No native mobile app and no public feed: share links are unlisted | iOS and Android apps are linked from its help centre. See its site for community features Suno help centre, checked 21 Sep 2026 |
Where Suno is stronger
Suno is ahead on scale, on having a free plan, on price per song, and on what its cheaper plans include. If those matter most to you, choose Suno.
- Scale. Suno reported 2 million paid subscribers and $300 million in annual recurring revenue (TechCrunch, 27 Feb 2026). Lyro is new and publishes no user numbers. A product of that size has been tried by far more people on far more kinds of song.
- Community. A user base that large means more people sharing songs, prompts and advice. Lyro has no public feed, and its share links are unlisted.
- A free plan. Suno has a Free plan with 50 credits a day (Suno pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026). Free accounts opened before 3 Sep 2026 have up to 7 trial downloads in total, and newer free accounts may occasionally receive trial downloads (Suno blog, 10 Aug 2026). Lyro has no free plan, because every generation costs us money at a model provider.
- Price per song. Suno is cheaper per song. Pro costs $10 a month for 2,500 credits, which Suno describes as roughly 500 songs: about $0.02 a song (Suno plan guide, 31 Aug 2026). A song on Lyro High, the cheaper of Lyro’s two models, costs about $0.70 on Starter and $0.32 on Creator. One reason is that Lyro pays outside model providers for every generation.
- Stems on a cheaper plan. Suno lists audio upload on every plan, and adding a vocal or an instrumental to a song and stem separation from Pro, $10 a month (Suno pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026). On Lyro, the stem splitter needs Creator, at $24 a month; starting from your own vocal or beat is on every plan, Starter included.
- One integrated product. Lyro rents its models from other companies. Suno runs its own: its pricing page lists v6-mini on Free and v6 and v6-wild on paid plans (Suno pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026). When one company builds the model and the app together, features can be designed around that model and the sound is consistent. Lyro’s results vary with the model a request is routed to.
- Mobile apps. Lyro runs in the browser on phones and computers and has no native app. Suno’s help centre links to iOS and Android apps (Suno help centre, checked 21 Sep 2026).
Where Lyro is different
In fewer places than it may look. Suno’s pricing page lists audio upload on every plan, adding a vocal or an instrumental to a song on paid plans, stem separation on Pro and Premier, and Suno Studio on Premier (Suno pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026). So starting from your own audio, stems and a studio are not differences. These are:
- Downloads are not counted. Your plan limits how much you generate, never how much you download. From 3 Sep 2026 Suno limits downloads to 20 a month on Pro and 60 a month on Premier, including songs created earlier, with extra downloads for sale. Premier subscribers who use Suno Studio have no download limit there. Free accounts opened before 3 Sep 2026 have up to 7 trial downloads in total, and newer free accounts may occasionally receive trial downloads (Suno blog, 10 Aug 2026).
- What Lyro does with your audio. Lyro detects the tempo and key of your upload in the browser. On every plan, from $14 a month, it writes a beat around a vocal, and from a beat it returns a vocal sung on that beat as a track of its own, so your beat stays as you made it. We have not compared this with Suno’s own tools for adding a vocal or an instrumental.
- A mixer and mastering that use no credits. On every plan, from $14 a month, the multitrack mixer and mastering to a loudness target run in your browser and cost no credits. Suno Studio is part of Premier, at $30 a month (Suno plan guide, 31 Aug 2026). We have not compared the two.
- Two models, and a Turkish test. Lyro offers Lyro High and Lyro Extra. Lyro High is the default because its model won one internal blind test on 21 Sep 2026, scoring 4.67 out of 5 for Turkish pronunciation; Lyro Extra, added later, is not made for Turkish yet. That test was small: one rater, seven Turkish-language briefs, and Suno was not part of it. The method is on the how we test page.
Every paid plan includes a commercial licence. We do not promise copyright protection. The details are on the music rights page.
Which should you pick
Pick by what you will do with the song after it is generated.
| If you want | Consider |
|---|---|
| A free plan to start on, a far larger user base, and a lower price per song | Suno |
| To download every version you make, with no monthly count | Lyro on any plan. On Suno, only exports from Suno Studio on Premier are not limited. |
| To start from your own vocal or your own beat | Either. Suno lists audio upload on every plan and adding a vocal or an instrumental from Pro, $10 a month. On Lyro it comes with every plan, from $14 a month. |
| A studio for working on the track afterwards | Either. Suno Studio comes with Premier, $30 a month. Lyro’s mixer and mastering come with every plan, from $14 a month, and use no credits. |
| Sung Turkish lyrics | Lyro chose its model for sung lyrics with a small Turkish blind test. We have not tested Suno, so try your own lyrics in both. |
Many people will be well served by Suno, and it costs less per song. If download limits get in your way, Lyro starts at $14 a month with the studio, WAV export and your own vocal or beat (a vocal for your beat, a beat for your vocal) included, and adds far more credits at a lower price per credit, the stem splitter and 3 generations at once on Creator, at $24 a month. You can cancel in the app in two clicks. You can also use both: the free prompt generator writes prompts that work in either.
What this page does not claim
We make no claim about which product sounds better. Our blind test covered three models that Lyro can offer, and Suno was not one of them. Sound quality also depends on taste and genre, so run the same prompt and lyrics through both and listen.
We also make no claim that Suno lacks a feature. A cell in the table says “See their current plans page” where we could not verify a fact on Suno’s own site. The rest was read on Suno’s pricing page, plan guide, blog and help centre on 21 Sep 2026. Plans and terms change. If something here is out of date or unfair, tell us through the contact page and we will correct it.