Comparison

Suno vs Udio vs AIVA

A side-by-side look at three AI music generation platforms, drawn from their index records.

At a glance

Three AI music products. Suno and Udio are song generators from prompts; AIVA is positioned more toward composition tools for scored music.

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Suno vs Udio vs AIVA
Dimension	Suno	Udio	AIVA
Company	Suno, Inc.	Udio	AIVA Technologies
Category	Audio, Voice & Music	Audio, Voice & Music	Audio, Voice & Music
Business model	Freemium	Freemium	Freemium
Licence	—	—	—
Pricing	A free tier offers a daily song allowance; Pro and Premier raise monthly song limits and include commercial use rights. Pricing ↗	A free tier is available; paid plans add more generations, advanced editing tools, and commercial rights. Pricing ↗	AIVA offers a free plan for non-commercial use with attribution, plus paid Standard and Pro subscriptions that add commercial-use rights and, on Pro, full copyright ownership.
Documentation	—	—	—
Launched	2023-12	2024-04	2016
Availability	Global	Global	Global
Output	Prompt-to-song Source ↗ From the product record	Prompt-to-song Source ↗ From the product record	Composition / scoring Source ↗ From the product record
Typical user	Consumer song clips Not independently verified — Editorial characterisation written to compare the products; no single vendor page states it in these words.	Consumer song clips Not independently verified — Editorial characterisation written to compare the products; no single vendor page states it in these words.	Composers and media Not independently verified — Editorial characterisation written to compare the products; no single vendor page states it in these words.
Entry paid plan	$8/month (Pro) Source ↗ Verified 2026-10-10	Not readable Not independently verified — udio.com/pricing returned 200 on 2026-10-10 with only 51 characters of text; plan prices are rendered client-side and no figure was citable.	Not readable Not independently verified — aiva.ai serves the same 12,167-byte client-rendered shell for its homepage, /pricing and /docs, so no price could be confirmed from it.
Free tier	Yes — 50 credits/day Source ↗ Verified 2026-10-10	Not readable Not independently verified — udio.com/pricing carried only its title, so no free-tier wording was readable on 2026-10-10.	Not readable Not independently verified — aiva.ai returned only its client-rendered shell, so no free-tier wording was readable on 2026-10-10.
Updated	2026-10-10	2026-10-12	2026-10-12

Fields taken from the product records use the record dates shown. Sourced claims are labelled per product: verified against the linked page on the date shown, taken from the product record without re-checking, or not independently verified.

Quick answer

Suno, Udio, AIVA can be used free of charge to start.

Where they differ — the rows worth reading first: Runs on, Launched.
Identical on the record: Business model, Licence, Where it runs, Works offline.

When to choose each

Suno — When you want full songs (vocals + accompaniment) from a text prompt in a consumer app.
Udio — When you want a competing prompt-to-song generator with similar consumer workflow.
AIVA — When you want composition-oriented tools rather than a social song clip app.

Each tool on the record

Suno

Suno is made by Suno, Inc.. The record lists it as Freemium, first recorded in 2023, and fit for Audio and voice. Its values below carry their own source and date.

Suno is listed under Audio, Voice & Music: Speech synthesis, voice cloning, and AI music generation.

Company: Suno, Inc.
Category: Audio, Voice & Music
Business model: Freemium
Licence: proprietary
Launched: 2023-12
Availability: Global
Tasks it fits: Audio and voice
How you use it: Web app
Runs on: iOS, Android
Where it runs: Vendor cloud
Works offline: Not recorded
Commercial use: Not recorded

Pricing on the record: A free tier offers a daily song allowance; Pro and Premier raise monthly song limits and include commercial use rights.

Sources on the record: Official website, Help center, WMG-Suno partnership announcement, Suno | AI Music Generator, Official pricing.

Not recorded for Suno: Works offline, Public API, Commercial use. An empty field is reported as unknown rather than guessed.

Udio

Udio is made by Udio. The record lists it as Freemium, first recorded in 2024, and fit for Audio and voice. Its values below carry their own source and date.

Udio is listed under Audio, Voice & Music: Speech synthesis, voice cloning, and AI music generation.

Company: Udio
Category: Audio, Voice & Music
Business model: Freemium
Licence: proprietary
Launched: 2024-04
Availability: Global
Tasks it fits: Audio and voice
How you use it: Web app
Runs on: Web
Where it runs: Vendor cloud
Works offline: Not recorded
Commercial use: Not recorded

Pricing on the record: A free tier is available; paid plans add more generations, advanced editing tools, and commercial rights.

Sources on the record: Official website, Udio (Wikipedia), UMG-Udio licensed platform announcement, Pricing.

Not recorded for Udio: Works offline, Public API, Commercial use. An empty field is reported as unknown rather than guessed.

AIVA

AIVA is made by AIVA Technologies. The record lists it as Freemium, first recorded in 2016, and fit for Audio and voice. Its values below carry their own source and date.

AIVA is listed under Audio, Voice & Music: Speech synthesis, voice cloning, and AI music generation.

Company: AIVA Technologies
Category: Audio, Voice & Music
Business model: Freemium
Licence: proprietary
Launched: 2016
Availability: Global
Tasks it fits: Audio and voice
How you use it: Web app
Runs on: Web
Where it runs: Vendor cloud
Works offline: Not recorded
Commercial use: Not recorded

Pricing on the record: AIVA offers a free plan for non-commercial use with attribution, plus paid Standard and Pro subscriptions that add commercial-use rights and, on Pro, full copyright ownership.

Sources on the record: Official website, AIVA (Wikipedia).

Not recorded for AIVA: Works offline, Public API, Commercial use. An empty field is reported as unknown rather than guessed.

Frequently asked questions

Which of these has been available longest?

AIVA — first recorded in 2016.

Which of these can I start using for free?

Free to start: Suno, Udio, AIVA.

Which of these is open source?

None of these is open source; every tool in this comparison is proprietary.

Which of these works offline?

None of these is recorded as working offline.

Which of these has a public API?

No public API is recorded for any of them.

Which platforms do these run on?

Recorded platforms — Suno: iOS, Android · Udio: Web · AIVA: Web.

Can any of these be self-hosted or run locally?

None of these is recorded as self-hosted or local; all run as a hosted service.

Who owns the generated music?

Licenses differ by product and plan and have changed over time. Read current vendor terms; this page does not give legal advice.

Is this the same as Stable Audio?

Stable Audio is indexed as an audio-generation model/service. Suno, Udio, and AIVA are song/composition products.

Why are most of the price cells empty?

Suno publishes readable plan prices. Udio's pricing page returns 200 but only 51 characters of text, and Aiva serves one client-rendered shell for its homepage, /pricing and /docs — so those cells carry no figure rather than a guess.

How to use a comparison

Start from the task, not the brand: filter the index by what you need to get done.
Check the evidence: a value marked “verified” names the source page and the date it was checked.
Prefer the vendor’s own page for the final decision: prices and limits change without notice.

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Sources and record dates

Record dates describe index updates, not independent product tests. Check linked documentation for current features and pricing.