Beatoven.ai vs Suno

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In Music & SFX, Suno ranks #1 and Beatoven.ai ranks #5. 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

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Tool
Beatoven.aiCommercial use allowed
SunoCommercial on paid plans only
Best for
Background music you can monetise (Beatoven keeps ownership)
Prototype songs and menu music on a paid plan
What it does
AI background-music generator; its site lists games among supported uses.
Text-to-music generator for full songs and instrumentals; used for prototyping soundtracks and menu music.
Verdict
For background music you can monetise; you get a perpetual licence but Beatoven keeps ownership, and pricing is unverified.
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.
Tasks
Music & SFX
Music & SFX
Engines
Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Free plan●
Not stated by vendor
Free plan Free $0; no commercial rights
Pricing
unverified (pricing page could not be loaded when checked). source
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
Export formats●
Tracks and stems (API) source
Not stated by vendor
Commercial use●
Commercial use allowed
FAQ: you get a non-exclusive perpetual licence to use and monetise downloaded tracks; Beatoven.ai remains the owner of the tracks. source
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
Revenue share / caps
Not stated by vendor
Not stated by vendor
API●
Available. Public REST API source
Partner / negotiated only. No public self-serve API found; a developer partner programme was reported source
MCP server●
Not stated by vendor. Not checked
None found. No official MCP server found
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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.