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Suno

Generates complete songs — music, vocals and lyrics — from a text description.

Open official site suno.comFree tier available · from $8/moAI Audio & Voice

Suno produces full tracks with vocals from a prompt, which is a different problem from generating instrumental loops. It is mostly used for background music, jingles and demos where commissioning a musician is not proportionate.

Suno gets used for two very different things, and they have different risk profiles. Background music for a video you own is straightforward. Anything released as music, or trained toward a recognisable artist's sound, walks into rights questions that are still being litigated. The tool will not stop you at that line, so it has to be your own. Judge it on whether the output survives a second listen — first impressions in this category are unusually flattering.

Our take

Produces complete songs — structure, instrumentation, vocals — from a text description, which is remarkable and also where the questions start. For background music in a video or a demo it works today. For anything published or monetised, the licence terms and the unresolved questions around training data matter more than the output quality.

Last checked 2026-07-26

Best for

  • Background music for video, prototypes and internal work
  • Sketching a musical idea quickly

Limitations

  • Commercial rights depend on your tier — read the current terms
  • Limited control over structure compared with writing music yourself
  • The legal landscape around training data is still moving

When to pick something else

  • Released commercial work, until you have checked the licence carefully
  • Music where a specific arrangement is the requirement

Key features

  • Full songs with vocals from a text prompt
  • Custom lyrics or auto-generated
  • Multiple genres and styles

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