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AIVA vs Mureka

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AIVA

#7 in Music & SFX Not enough evidence yet

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Mureka

#4 in Music & SFX Provisional: limited evidence

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Mureka ranks higher in Music & SFX (#4 vs #7). How we score

How they differ

How each one works, from its own docs.

AIVAEditable score composer

Produces a note-level score you can edit and export as MIDI. Suno and Mureka write finished vocal songs as audio; Stable Audio and Beatoven output audio only.

Best for: Orchestral and thematic score drafts that composers refine in a DAW or orchestrate further from MIDI.

MurekaPrompt-to-song generator with API

Like Suno it writes full vocal songs, but adds a documented API (song, instrumental, extend, stems, vocal clone) and music-video generation. AIVA outputs editable instrumental MIDI scores.

Best for: Vocal songs, title themes and in-world radio tracks, or batch song generation through the API.

Workflow

AIVA

Mureka

Where you use it

Web app and desktop app.

Web app, mobile app, Studio, Mureka Co desktop DAW helper, and a developer API.

You give it

A style from 250+, a chord progression (typed or Text-to-Harmony), an uploaded MIDI or audio influence, a melody to build on, or your own MIDI.

Style prompt, your lyrics or generated lyrics, reference audio (Pro), your voice or humming, a photo plus voice sample for a singer, video or image to score.

You get

Instrumental tracks up to 3-5.5 min by plan; MP3, 48 kHz WAV, orchestrated and reduced MIDI, stems, chords as text.

Songs with vocals or instrumentals; MP3, WAV and stems on Pro, MIDI and chord sheets; MP4 music videos.

How you steer it

Key, time signature, tempo, duration, number of versions, instrumentation, layer priorities; Style Designer for custom styles.

Genre, mood, tempo and instruments in the prompt, vocal or instrumental, melodic complexity, voice cloning, choice of models (V9.5 latest).

How you refine results

Piano-roll note editing, add or mute layers, regenerate one layer's notes, insert or copy sections, change instruments and effects.

Region editing, extend, Remix (style, vocals, structure), local replacement, Studio track editing, MV Director shot regeneration.

Pick AIVA if you want

  • Editable soundtrack-style music with MIDI

Pick Mureka if you want

  • Game music with stems and MIDI export on a paid plan

How they score

Each signal is out of 100. Higher wins.

AIVAMureka
Benchmarks
No data
86
Expert reviews
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User reports
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Game-dev fit
60
72
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Mureka

At a glance

AIVAMureka
Paid plans fromFree tier + paidUS$10/mo
Free planFree planFree plan
Engine pluginsFile export onlyFile export only
API / MCPNoneAPI + MCP
Commercial usePaid plans onlyPaid plans only
Full comparison: every fact, with sources
Tool
AIVACommercial on paid plans only
MurekaCommercial on paid plans only
Best for
Editable soundtrack-style music with MIDI
Game music with stems and MIDI export on a paid plan
What it does
AI composer for soundtrack-style music with MIDI and audio export, editable in its built-in editor.
AI music generator (Skywork AI) for full songs and instrumentals, with reference-track generation, remixing, stem splitting and a self-serve music API.
Verdict
For soundtrack-style game music; only the Pro plan gives you the copyright, and the free plan is non-commercial.
For game soundtracks and menu music with stems and MIDI on Premier; commercial rights need a paid plan, and they also cover songs you made before upgrading.
Tasks
Music & SFX
Music & SFX
Engines
Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Free plan
Free plan 3 downloads/month; non-commercial
Free plan 4 songs/day on the free model; MP3 only; no commercial rights
Pricing
Free €0 (3 downloads/month). Standard €11/month (15 downloads). Pro €33/month (300 downloads). Prices shown with annual billing. source
Free: 4 songs per day on the free model, MP3 downloads. Pro US$10/month billed monthly, or US$96/year (US$8/month) billed yearly: 5,000 Gold/month (up to 500 songs), advanced models, MP3 + WAV. Premier US$30/month, or US$288/year (US$24/month) billed yearly: 20,000 Gold/month (up to 2,000 songs), stems (up to 12), MIDI and DAW session downloads. source
Export formats●
MIDI and audio
MP3 (all plans); WAV (Pro and Premier); stems, MIDI and DAW session (Premier)
Commercial use
Commercial on paid plans only
Free: non-commercial, credit AIVA, copyright owned by AIVA. Standard: limited monetization (YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Instagram only). Pro: copyright owned by you, full monetization. source
Commercial on paid plans only
Subscribe page: Pro and Premier include "Full commercial rights for all songs (new & past creations)", so songs made on the free plan become commercially usable once you subscribe. The free plan's comparison table does not include commercial rights. source
Revenue share / caps●
Standard plan: monetisation limited to YouTube, Twitch, TikTok and Instagram.
Not stated by vendor
API●
Partner / negotiated only. Private API only under a separately negotiated licence source
Available. Self-serve API platform with API keys, pricing and documentation for music and speech generation source
MCP server●
None found. No official MCP server found
Official MCP server. The API platform lists an official MCP server source
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.