Suno
Music & SFX · Free tier + paid- Commercial use
- Commercial on paid plans only
- Free plan
- Free planFree $0; no commercial rights
- Ship free-plan output?
- No: paid plan needed
- Engines
- Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Suno vs Udio
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Our ranking
In Music & SFX, Suno ranks #1 and Udio ranks #9. Suno v6, the model Suno serves now, is #1 of 13 on Artificial Analysis's blind-vote vocal music leaderboard and #1 of 19 on its instrumental leaderboard. AA vocal music leaderboard AA instrumental leaderboard
Udio
Music & SFX · Free tier + paid- Commercial use
- Not allowed
- Free plan
- Free plan10 credits/day, 100/month
- Ship free-plan output?
- No, on any plan
- Engines
- Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Bottom line for game devs
- Commercial use: Suno: commercial on paid plans only terms. Udio: not allowed terms.
- Free plan: Suno: free plan (Free $0; no commercial rights) pricing. Udio: free plan (10 credits/day, 100/month) pricing.
- Shipping free-plan output in a paid game: neither allows it, per their published terms.
- API and MCP: Suno: API for partners only, no MCP server found. Udio: no public API, no MCP server found.
- Engine integrations stated by the vendor: both: none stated (standard file export).
Best for
Prototype songs and menu music on a paid plan
Personal music experiments only (not for commercial games)
What it does
Text-to-music generator for full songs and instrumentals; used for prototyping soundtracks and menu music.
AI music generation and remixing app.
Verdict
For prototype songs and menu music; free-tier output is personal, non-commercial use only, and upgrading later doesn't license songs made on the free plan.
For personal music experiments only; its current terms prohibit commercial use of output, so it isn't suitable for shipped games.
Tasks
Music & SFX
Music & SFX
Engines
Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Free plan
Free plan Free $0; no commercial rights
Free plan 10 credits/day, 100/month
Pricing
Free $0/month (no commercial rights). Pro US$10/month billed monthly, or US$96/year (US$8/month) billed yearly; Premier US$30/month billed monthly, or US$288/year (US$24/month) billed yearly. USD prices from the pricing page's own plan data. source
Free US$0 (10 credits/day, 100/month). Standard US$10/month (US$8 billed annually). Pro US$30/month (US$24 billed annually). source
Export formats
Not stated by vendor
Not stated by vendor
Commercial use●
Commercial on paid plans only
Terms: Pro/Premier subscribers are assigned Suno's rights in their Output; free/basic tier Outputs are for personal, non-commercial use only. Suno's help centre adds that subscribing after you made a song "will not give you a retroactive license for the song", so free-plan songs stay non-commercial after you upgrade; songs made while subscribed keep commercial rights even if you cancel. source
Terms: Pro/Premier subscribers are assigned Suno's rights in their Output; free/basic tier Outputs are for personal, non-commercial use only. Suno's help centre adds that subscribing after you made a song "will not give you a retroactive license for the song", so free-plan songs stay non-commercial after you upgrade; songs made while subscribed keep commercial rights even if you cancel. source
Not allowed
Current Terms of Service list exploiting the Services or any Output for any commercial purpose among prohibited uses. Not suitable for shipping in commercial games under these terms. source
Current Terms of Service list exploiting the Services or any Output for any commercial purpose among prohibited uses. Not suitable for shipping in commercial games under these terms. source
Revenue share / caps
Not stated by vendor
Not stated by vendor
API●
Partner / negotiated only. No public self-serve API found; a developer partner programme was reported source
No public API. Help centre says there is no public API source
MCP server
None found. No official MCP server found
None found. No official MCP server found
Last checked
Rows marked ● differ between the two tools. Licence badges: green = commercial use allowed (including any free plan or trial), amber = paid plans only, restricted, or allowed but with no free plan, red = not allowed, grey = not stated by vendor or not applicable. Read the vendor's current terms before you ship.