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Suno alternatives in 2026: what each one is actually for

Updated 6 October 2026, 8 min read, by the Lyro Music team

There is no single best Suno alternative, because each tool is built for a different job. Mureka and Udio are closest to Suno for full songs from a prompt, although Udio has disabled downloads, and Treblo says its app is free. MusicGPT and Mozart AI sell hundreds of songs a month with unlimited downloads, ElevenLabs Music sells music by the minute, Stable Audio is a multitrack tool, AIVA and Soundraw build their plans around downloads, and Lyro never counts downloads. Every cell was checked on the company’s own site, on 21 Sep 2026 or, for the three rows added later, on 6 Oct 2026.

Free tiers, cheapest plans and download rules

Prices are US dollars for monthly billing unless a cell says otherwise. “Not stated on their site” means it was not on the linked pages.

ToolFree tierCheapest paid planDownload rulesSource, checked 21 Sep 2026 unless the row says otherwise
SunoYes. 50 credits a day, up to ten short songs. No commercial rightsPro: $10 a month, or $8 billed yearly. 2,500 credits, roughly 500 songsPro: 20 a month. Premier: 60. Free: up to 7 in total, for accounts opened before 3 Sep 2026. Extra downloads are sold. Suno Studio exports on Premier are not limitedsuno.com pricing; Suno plan guide, 31 Aug 2026; Suno blog, 10 Aug 2026
UdioYes. 10 credits a day plus 100 a month, and at most 3 full-length songs a dayStandard: $10 a month, or $8 billed yearly. 2,400 creditsDisabled for audio, video and stems under the Universal Music Group partnership of 29 Oct 2025udio.com pricing; Udio help centre, 17 Feb 2026
TrebloYes. Treblo says its app is free, with unlimited songs on its latest model and no daily limitNone shown: the price is listed as $0.00On the free tier, in OGG, MP3, WAV, FLAC or M4Atreblo.com, checked 6 Oct 2026
MurekaYes. 4 songs a day. No audio download, no commercial rightsPro: $10 a month, or $8 billed yearly. Up to 500 songsNo limit on paid plans. MP3 on Pro. WAV, stems and MIDI on Premier, $30 a monthmureka.ai plans
MusicGPTYes. 500 credits a month. Each download costs 50 credits, in MP3. No commercial usePlus: $11.99 a month, or $9.99 billed yearly. 100 songs a monthUnlimited on paid plans, at the best quality from Pro, $21.99 a monthmusicgpt.com pricing, checked 6 Oct 2026
Mozart AIYes. About 10 songs once, at sign-up. No commercial rightsCreator: $17 a month, shown at $10 with a time-limited discount when we checked, or $12 a month billed yearly. About 450 songs a monthUnlimited on every plan, with audio and MIDI exportmozartai.com pricing, checked 6 Oct 2026
ElevenLabs MusicYes. 11 minutes of music a month, about 3 to 5 tracks. Personal use onlyStarter: $6 a month. 33 minutes, about 8 to 16 tracks, from credits shared with its voice toolsNot stated on their site (checked 21 Sep 2026)elevenlabs.io pricing
Stable AudioFree plan since our 5 Oct 2026 check: 50 credits a month, personal, non-commercial useSolo: $12 a month. 660 credits, 4 for a full-mix generationExporting is listed as free and unlimitedstableaudio.com pricing; stableaudio.com guide; Stability AI knowledge base
AIVAYes. 3 downloads a month, non-commercial, and AIVA must be creditedStandard: €15 a month plus VAT, or €11 billed annually. 15 downloads3 a month on Free, 15 on Standard, 300 on Proaiva.ai pricing
SoundrawNone listed. You can try the generator firstCreator: unlimited MP3 downloads. Shown in local currency: from Türkiye, TRY 349 a month or TRY 207.50 billed annually. US dollar price not verifiedUnlimited on Creator and Artist Unlimited. 10 a month on Artist Starter, 20 on Artist Prosoundraw.io pricing
LyroNo free plan and no free trialStarter: $14 a month, or $6 a month billed yearly. 80 credits a monthNot counted or capped on any planLyro pricing

Your own audio, stems and commercial use

“Your own audio” means a recording you upload for the tool to build on. Stems are a song’s layers, such as vocals and drums, as separate files.

ToolYour own audioStemsCommercial useSource, checked 21 Sep 2026 unless the row says otherwise
SunoYes. Uploads of up to 8 minutes on Free and 30 on paid plans, which can also add a vocal or an instrumental to a song2 separation types on Pro, 3 on PremierPro and Premier, for songs downloaded while you subscribe. None on Freesuno.com pricing; Suno downloads FAQ
UdioYes, on paid plans: songs from uploaded audio filesStem downloads are disabledNo. The terms allow personal, non-commercial use onlyudio.com pricing; Udio terms, 12 Nov 2025
TrebloNot stated on their site (checked 6 Oct 2026)Stem separation, listed on the free tierNo usage restrictions, on the free tier too. Its terms assign you whatever rights exist in your songs, and give Treblo a licence to use them and your prompts to improve its modelstreblo.com; Treblo terms, checked 6 Oct 2026
MurekaA reference track guides the style on paid plans. On Premier any voice can be the singerPremier only: up to 12Pro and Premier: full commercial rights, including earlier songs. None on Freemureka.ai plans
MusicGPTAdding vocals or an instrumental, remixing and extending, from ProStem downloads from ProOn paid plans, from Plus. Not on Freemusicgpt.com pricing, checked 6 Oct 2026
Mozart AICover, which it describes as reimagining any sound, on paid plans, and audio to MIDI on every planUp to 10 stems on paid plansOn paid plans. Not on Freemozartai.com pricing, checked 6 Oct 2026
ElevenLabs MusicStyle reference only: a clip of about 30 seconds guides the sound and is not remixed2 and 4 stems on Starter and Creator, up to 6 on ProStarter: commercial, no streaming. Creator, $22 a month, and above: commercial with release to Spotify and Apple, not enterpriseelevenlabs.io pricing; ElevenLabs Music docs
Stable AudioYes. Audio-to-audio and inpainting on something you madeGenerates and exports stems, marked experimentalThe terms say you own the output as far as the law allows. The pricing page lists a commercial licence on every paid plan and personal, non-commercial use on Free (5 Oct 2026)stableaudio.com; Stability AI terms
AIVAYes. An audio or MIDI file can be uploaded as an influenceNot stated on their site (checked 21 Sep 2026)Standard: limited monetisation on YouTube, Twitch, TikTok and Instagram, and AIVA owns the copyright. Pro, €49 a month: AIVA says you own itaiva.ai pricing
SoundrawNot stated on their site (checked 21 Sep 2026)On Artist Pro and Artist UnlimitedEvery plan: background music. Releasing on Spotify or Apple Music needs an Artist plansoundraw.io pricing
LyroYes, on every plan, from Starter at $14 a month: a beat around your vocal, or a vocal over your beat at its tempo and keyOn Creator: every instrument on its own stem, with MIDI, for 40 credits a song, or vocals, drums, bass, other and the instrumental for 6 creditsEvery paid plan, subject to our terms and our model providers’ terms. No promise of copyright protectionLyro pricing; music rights

What each one is actually for

We have not compared how these tools sound, so this is not a ranking.

  • Suno. Full songs from a prompt at about $0.02 a draft, with 20 downloads a month on Pro.
  • Udio. Making and listening inside one service. With downloads disabled, it does not suit releases.
  • Treblo. Full songs with vocals without paying. Formerly Sonauto, it says its app is free with unlimited songs, lists inpainting, extending and stem separation, and puts no usage restrictions on what you make.
  • Mureka. Closest to Suno on price and volume, with no download limit on paid plans.
  • MusicGPT. Volume: 100 songs a month on Plus, 500 on Pro and unlimited on Ultra, with unlimited downloads on paid plans.
  • Mozart AI. A studio around the generator: audio to MIDI and audio and MIDI export on every plan, and up to 10 stems on paid plans.
  • ElevenLabs Music. For people who already use ElevenLabs for voice work, or want music by the minute.
  • Stable Audio. For producers who think in tracks: multitrack sessions and a plugin for music software.
  • AIVA. For composers who want editable output. It exports MIDI.
  • Soundraw. Background music at a flat rate. Soundraw says its model is trained only on music made in-house.
  • Lyro. For people who want to download everything they make and finish a track in the browser. Its mixer and mastering come with every plan and use no credits, and on Creator its stem splitter puts every instrument on its own stem, with MIDI.

Where the others are stronger than Lyro

On free tiers, price per song and scale, Lyro loses.

  • Free tiers. Suno, Udio, Mureka, MusicGPT, Mozart AI, ElevenLabs, AIVA and, since our 5 Oct 2026 check, Stable Audio let you try before paying, and Treblo says its whole app is free. Lyro has no free plan, because every generation costs us money.
  • Price per song. Suno Pro and Mureka Pro work out at about $0.02 a generated song. A Lyro song costs $0.32 to $0.70, around 26 times as much. The arithmetic is on our cost per song page.
  • Scale. Suno reports 2 million paid subscribers (TechCrunch, 27 Feb 2026). Lyro is new and publishes no user numbers.
  • Stems for less. Suno lists stems, and adding a vocal or an instrumental to your audio, from Pro, $10 a month. On Lyro the stem splitter needs Creator, at $24 a month; your own vocal or beat is on every plan, Starter included.
  • Length. ElevenLabs generates up to 10 minutes and Stable Audio up to 6, against Lyro’s 3. On stems Lyro is level: its Pro mode splits up to 12, as Mureka does, against 10 on Mozart AI and 6 on ElevenLabs.

Lyro vs Suno and Lyro vs Udio

How to choose

If you needLook at
The lowest price per songTreblo, which says its app is free, or Suno and Mureka at about $0.02 a song on their $10 plans
To download everything you makeTreblo, Mozart AI or Stable Audio on any plan, Mureka or MusicGPT on a paid plan, Soundraw, or Lyro
To release on streaming servicesSuno Pro, Mureka Pro, ElevenLabs Creator, AIVA Pro, a Soundraw Artist plan or any Lyro plan. Treblo puts no usage restrictions on your songs, and MusicGPT and Mozart AI include commercial use on paid plans. Then read what the platforms allow
To build on your own vocal or beatSuno on a paid plan, Stable Audio, MusicGPT Pro (it lists adding vocals or an instrumental) or any Lyro plan. See what Suno’s Add Vocals does

A licence is not copyright. See AI music copyright by country

How this page was checked

On 21 Sep 2026 we opened each company’s own pricing, help and terms pages and copied what they state, using no review sites. The Treblo, MusicGPT and Mozart AI rows were added on 6 Oct 2026, read on their own pages that day. Where two of a company’s pages disagreed, we followed its pricing page. Report an error through the contact page and we will correct it.

Questions

What is the best alternative to Suno?

It depends on the job. Mureka is closest on price and volume. We have not compared sound quality, so try your own prompt in a few.

Which Suno alternatives have no download limit?

Mureka’s paid plans, Soundraw’s Creator and Artist Unlimited plans, Stable Audio and Lyro (checked 21 Sep 2026), and Treblo, Mozart AI on every plan and MusicGPT’s paid plans (checked 6 Oct 2026). Suno limits downloads to 20 a month on Pro and 60 on Premier, except for exports from Suno Studio (Suno blog, 10 Aug 2026).

Is there a free Suno alternative?

Treblo says its app is free, with unlimited songs, downloads in five formats and no usage restrictions on what you make. Udio, Mureka, MusicGPT, Mozart AI, ElevenLabs Music, AIVA and Stable Audio have free tiers, and none of those includes commercial rights. Lyro has no free plan.

What is Treblo?

An AI song generator from Sonauto, Inc. that used to be called Sonauto (treblo.com). It says its app is free, with unlimited songs on its latest model, and its terms assign you whatever rights exist in your songs while giving Treblo a licence to use them and your prompts to improve its models (Treblo terms). We have not tested how it sounds.

Is Lyro cheaper than Suno?

No. A Suno Pro song works out at about $0.02 and a Lyro song at $0.32 to $0.70. Lyro’s lowest monthly price is higher too, $14 against $10, and each song costs more.

Sources

Hear it for yourself.