Stable Audio
Music & SFX · Free tier + paid- Commercial use
- Commercial on paid plans only
- Free plan
- Free planFree; personal, non-commercial
- Ship free-plan output?
- No: paid plan needed
- Engines
- Any (standard file export / engine-agnostic)
Stable Audio vs Suno
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Our ranking
In Music & SFX, Suno ranks #1 and Stable Audio ranks #3. 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 (Stable Audio terms; Suno terms).
- Free plan: Stable Audio: free plan (Free; personal, non-commercial) 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: Stable Audio: public API, MCP not stated by vendor. Suno: API for partners only, no MCP server found.
- Engine integrations stated by the vendor: both: none stated (standard file export).
Best for
Music and audio clips from text
Prototype songs and menu music on a paid plan
What it does
Stability AI's text-to-audio tool for generating music and audio clips.
Text-to-music generator for full songs and instrumentals; used for prototyping soundtracks and menu music.
Verdict
For generated music and audio clips; the free plan is non-commercial, while paid plans include a commercial licence.
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
Free plan Free; personal, non-commercial
Free plan Free $0; no commercial rights
Pricing
Free $0 (personal, non-commercial). $12/month (660 credits), $30/month, $90/month, $199/month. 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
Not stated by vendor
Not stated by vendor
Commercial use
Commercial on paid plans only
Free plan: personal, non-commercial use. Paid plans list a commercial license. source
Free plan: personal, non-commercial use. Paid plans list a commercial license. 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. Stable Audio via the Stability AI developer platform 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
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.