ElevenLabs
Voice & dialogue · Free tier + paid- Commercial use
- Commercial on paid plans only
- Free plan
- Free plan10,000 credits; non-commercial only
- Ship free-plan output?
- No: paid plan needed
- Engines
- Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
ElevenLabs vs Suno
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Our ranking
In Music & SFX, Suno ranks #1 and ElevenLabs ranks #2. 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
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)
Bottom line for game devs
- Commercial use: both commercial on paid plans only (ElevenLabs terms; Suno terms).
- Free plan: ElevenLabs: free plan (10,000 credits; non-commercial only) pricing. Suno: free plan (Free $0; no commercial rights) pricing.
- Shipping free-plan output in a paid game: neither allows it, per their published terms.
- API and MCP: ElevenLabs: public API, official MCP server. Suno: API for partners only, no MCP server found.
- Engine integrations stated by the vendor: both: none stated (standard file export).
Best for
NPC voice lines and SFX on a paid plan
Prototype songs and menu music on a paid plan
What it does
Text-to-speech, voices, sound effects and music generation; usable for NPC voice lines and SFX.
Text-to-music generator for full songs and instrumentals; used for prototyping soundtracks and menu music.
Verdict
For NPC voice lines and SFX; free-plan output is non-commercial, so a paid plan is required to ship.
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●
Voice & dialogue, Music & SFX
Music & SFX
Engines
Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Free plan
Free plan 10,000 credits; non-commercial only
Free plan Free $0; no commercial rights
Pricing
Free US$0 (10,000 credits). Starter US$6, Creator US$22 (US$11 first month), Pro US$99, Scale US$299, Business US$990 per month. Enterprise custom. 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
Commercial use
Commercial on paid plans only
Terms: free-plan users may only use the Services for non-commercial purposes; paid-subscription users may use them commercially (subject to the Prohibited Use Policy). source
Terms: free-plan users may only use the Services for non-commercial purposes; paid-subscription users may use them commercially (subject to the Prohibited Use Policy). 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
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. REST API source
Partner / negotiated only. No public self-serve API found; a developer partner programme was reported source
MCP server●
Official MCP server. Hosted MCP server (OAuth) source
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.