# Suno alternatives in 2026: what each one is actually for | Lyro

> Eight AI music tools in two dated, sourced tables: free tiers, cheapest plans, download limits, using your own audio, stems and commercial use.

Source: https://lyromusic.com/learn/suno-alternatives

# Suno alternatives in 2026: what each one is actually for

Updated 21 September 2026, 7 min read, by the Lyro 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. 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 and charges no credits for mixing or mastering. Every cell below was checked on the company’s own site on 21 Sep 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.

| Tool | Free tier | Cheapest paid plan | Download rules | Source, checked 21 Sep 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suno | Yes. 50 credits a day, up to ten short songs. No commercial rights | Pro: $10 a month, or $8 billed yearly. 2,500 credits, roughly 500 songs | Pro: 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 limited | suno.com pricing; Suno plan guide, 31 Aug 2026; Suno blog, 10 Aug 2026 |
| Udio | Yes. 10 credits a day plus 100 a month, and at most 3 full-length songs a day | Standard: $10 a month, or $8 billed yearly. 2,400 credits | Disabled for audio, video and stems under the Universal Music Group partnership of 29 Oct 2025 | udio.com pricing; Udio help centre, 17 Feb 2026 |
| Mureka | Yes. 4 songs a day. No audio download, no commercial rights | Pro: $10 a month, or $8 billed yearly. Up to 500 songs | No limit on paid plans. MP3 on Pro. WAV, stems and MIDI on Premier, $30 a month | mureka.ai plans |
| ElevenLabs Music | Yes. 11 minutes of music a month, about 3 to 5 tracks. Personal use only | Starter: $6 a month. 33 minutes, about 8 to 16 tracks, from credits shared with its voice tools | Not stated on their site (checked 21 Sep 2026) | elevenlabs.io pricing |
| Stable Audio | No free plan listed. New accounts get 50 credits | Solo: $12 a month. 660 credits, 4 for a full-mix generation | Exporting is listed as free and unlimited | stableaudio.com pricing; stableaudio.com guide; Stability AI knowledge base |
| AIVA | Yes. 3 downloads a month, non-commercial, and AIVA must be credited | Standard: €15 a month plus VAT, or €11 billed annually. 15 downloads | 3 a month on Free, 15 on Standard, 300 on Pro | aiva.ai pricing |
| Soundraw | None listed. You can try the generator first | Creator: unlimited MP3 downloads. Shown in local currency: from Türkiye, TRY 349 a month or TRY 207.50 billed annually. US dollar price not verified | Unlimited on Creator and Artist Unlimited. 10 a month on Artist Starter, 20 on Artist Pro | soundraw.io pricing |
| Lyro | No free plan and no free trial | Starter: $3 a month. 45 credits, about 11 songs | Not counted or capped on any plan | Lyro pricing |

## Your own audio, stems and commercial use

“Your own audio” means a recording you upload for the tool to build on. [Stems](https://lyromusic.com/glossary#stems) are a song’s layers, such as vocals and drums, as separate files.

| Tool | Your own audio | Stems | Commercial use | Source, checked 21 Sep 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suno | Yes. Uploads of up to 8 minutes on Free and 30 on paid plans, which can also add a vocal or an instrumental to a song | 2 separation types on Pro, 3 on Premier | Pro and Premier, for songs downloaded while you subscribe. None on Free | suno.com pricing; Suno downloads FAQ |
| Udio | Yes, on paid plans: songs from uploaded audio files | Stem downloads are disabled | No. The terms allow personal, non-commercial use only | udio.com pricing; Udio terms, 12 Nov 2025 |
| Mureka | A reference track guides the style on paid plans. On Premier any voice can be the singer | Premier only: up to 12 | Pro and Premier: full commercial rights, including earlier songs. None on Free | mureka.ai plans |
| ElevenLabs Music | Style reference only: a clip of about 30 seconds guides the sound and is not remixed | 2 and 4 stems on Starter and Creator, up to 6 on Pro | Starter: commercial, no streaming. Creator, $22 a month, and above: commercial with release to Spotify and Apple, not enterprise | elevenlabs.io pricing; ElevenLabs Music docs |
| Stable Audio | Yes. Audio-to-audio and inpainting on something you made | Generates and exports stems, marked experimental | The terms say you own the output as far as the law allows. No per-plan wording on the pricing page | stableaudio.com; Stability AI terms |
| AIVA | Yes. An audio or MIDI file can be uploaded as an influence | Not 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 it | aiva.ai pricing |
| Soundraw | Not stated on their site (checked 21 Sep 2026) | On Artist Pro and Artist Unlimited | Every plan: background music. Releasing on Spotify or Apple Music needs an Artist plan | soundraw.io pricing |
| Lyro | Yes, on Creator, from $19 a month: a beat around your vocal, or a vocal over your beat at its tempo and key | On Creator: four stems, for one credit plus two per started minute | Every paid plan, subject to our terms and our model providers’ terms. No promise of copyright protection | Lyro 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.

- **Mureka.** Closest to Suno on price and volume, with no download limit 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. On Creator its [stem splitter](https://lyromusic.com/features/stem-splitter) makes four stems, and its mixer and mastering use no credits.

## Where the others are stronger than Lyro

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

- **Free tiers.** Suno, Udio, Mureka, ElevenLabs and AIVA let you try before paying. 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 $0.25 to $0.27, around 13 times as much. The arithmetic is on our [cost per song](https://lyromusic.com/learn/ai-music-cost-per-song) page.

- **Scale.** Suno reports 2 million paid subscribers ([TechCrunch, 27 Feb 2026](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/ai-music-generator-suno-hits-2-million-paid-subscribers-and-300m-in-annual-recurring-revenue/)). Lyro is new and publishes no user numbers.

- **Own audio and stems for less.** Suno lists both from Pro, $10 a month, and Lyro from Creator, $19.

- **Stems and length.** Mureka splits up to 12 stems and ElevenLabs up to 6, against Lyro’s four. ElevenLabs generates up to 10 minutes and Stable Audio up to 6, against Lyro’s 3.

[Lyro vs Suno](https://lyromusic.com/compare/lyro-vs-suno) and [Lyro vs Udio](https://lyromusic.com/compare/lyro-vs-udio)

## How to choose

| If you need | Look at |
|---|---|
| The lowest price per song | Suno or Mureka |
| To download everything you make | Mureka, Soundraw, Stable Audio or Lyro |
| To release on streaming services | Suno Pro, Mureka Pro, ElevenLabs Creator, AIVA Pro, a Soundraw Artist plan or any Lyro plan. Then read what the platforms allow |
| To build on your own vocal or beat | Suno on a paid plan, Stable Audio or Lyro Creator |

A licence is not copyright. See [AI music copyright by country](https://lyromusic.com/learn/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. Where two of a company’s pages disagreed, we followed its pricing page. Report an error through the [contact page](https://lyromusic.com/contact) 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?

On 21 Sep 2026: Mureka’s paid plans, Soundraw’s Creator and Artist Unlimited plans, Stable Audio and Lyro. Suno limits downloads to 20 a month on Pro and 60 on Premier, except for exports from Suno Studio ([Suno blog, 10 Aug 2026](https://suno.com/blog/suno-updates-tos)).

### Is there a free Suno alternative?

Udio, Mureka, ElevenLabs Music and AIVA have free tiers, and none of them includes commercial rights. Lyro has no free plan.

### Is Lyro cheaper than Suno?

No. A Suno Pro song works out at about $0.02 and a Lyro song at $0.25 to $0.27. Lyro’s lowest monthly price is lower, $3 against $10, but it buys about 11 songs, not 500.

## Sources

- [Suno, pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026](https://suno.com/pricing)
- [Suno, “Is Suno’s AI music software worth the monthly subscription?”, updated 31 Aug 2026](https://suno.com/hub/ai-music-software)
- [Suno help centre, “Upcoming changes FAQ: downloads, models, and Terms of Service”, checked 21 Sep 2026](https://help.suno.com/en/articles/13614785)
- [Suno blog, 10 Aug 2026](https://suno.com/blog/suno-updates-tos)
- [Udio, pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026](https://www.udio.com/pricing)
- [Udio help centre, “Changes associated with the Universal Music Group partnership”, updated 17 Feb 2026](https://help.udio.com/en/articles/12683565-changes-associated-with-the-universal-music-group-umg-partnership)
- [Udio, Terms of Service, last revised 12 Nov 2025](https://www.udio.com/terms-of-service)
- [Mureka, plans page, checked 21 Sep 2026](https://www.mureka.ai/subscribe)
- [ElevenLabs, pricing page (Compare plans, Music), checked 21 Sep 2026](https://elevenlabs.io/pricing)
- [ElevenLabs documentation, “Music”, checked 21 Sep 2026](https://elevenlabs.io/docs/eleven-creative/products/music)
- [Stable Audio, pricing page, checked 21 Sep 2026](https://stableaudio.com/pricing)
- [Stable Audio, user guide (“What costs credits”), checked 21 Sep 2026](https://stableaudio.com/guide)
- [Stable Audio, product page, checked 21 Sep 2026](https://stableaudio.com/)
- [Stability AI knowledge base, “Stable Audio subscription plans and credits”, checked 21 Sep 2026](https://kb.stability.ai/knowledge-base/stable-audio-subscription-plans-and-credit-system)
- [Stability AI, Terms of Service, version effective 30 Sep 2026, read 21 Sep 2026](https://stability.ai/terms-of-service)
- [AIVA, pricing, checked 21 Sep 2026](https://www.aiva.ai/pricing)
- [Soundraw, pricing, checked 21 Sep 2026](https://soundraw.io/pricing)
- [TechCrunch, 27 Feb 2026](https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/ai-music-generator-suno-hits-2-million-paid-subscribers-and-300m-in-annual-recurring-revenue/)

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