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Suno vs Mureka

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Suno

#1 in Music & SFX
78/100
3 kinds of independent evidence

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Mureka

#4 in Music & SFX Provisional: limited evidence

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Suno ranks higher in Music & SFX (#1 vs #4). How we score

How they differ

How each one works, from its own docs.

SunoPrompt-to-song generator

Writes finished songs with vocals in one pass. AIVA composes editable instrumental scores; Stable Audio and Mubert build instrumental tracks and loops; Mureka is the closest rival.

Best for: Licensed vocal songs for trailers, menus and in-world radio, plus quick musical stingers and loops via Sounds.

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

Suno

Mureka

Where you use it

Web app, mobile app, and Suno Studio (browser-based DAW).

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

You give it

Style prompt, your own lyrics, uploaded audio up to 8 min, your recorded voice, Personas; Suno Sounds takes a text prompt.

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

Full songs with vocals up to 8 min (v6); MP3, WAV on Pro, video, stems; MIDI from Studio (Premier). Sounds gives one-shots or loops.

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

How you steer it

Genre and mood prompt, exclusions, vocal gender, weirdness and style sliders, custom models trained on your music; BPM and key for Sounds.

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

Song Editor replaces, re-lyrics, extends, crops or rearranges sections; Remix and Cover restyle a song; Studio multitrack editing and automation.

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

Pick Suno if you want

  • #1 on both Artificial Analysis blind-vote music boards (vocal and instrumental), Oct 2026
  • Stem and MIDI downloads from Suno Studio (MusicTech)
  • Strong full songs with vocals, fast (Unite.AI)

Watch out: Inconsistent results and some audio artefacts (MusicTech); Heavy user backlash against v6 (muffled mixes); older models retired with no fallback (MusicTech news 2026-09-21, eesel)

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.

SunoMureka
Benchmarks
100
86
Expert reviews
60
No data
User reports
75
No data
Game-dev fit
60
72
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Suno

  • Artificial Analysis Music Arena, AA-Music-Vocal v1.1 Vocals (songs with singing; model writes its own lyrics): Suno v6 #1 of 13
  • Artificial Analysis Music Arena, AA-Music-Instrumental v1.1 Instrumental: Suno v6 #1 of 19
  • MusicTech Reviews Suno Studio, the browser DAW. The output sounds professional, control is finer than before, and stem and MIDI downloads make it much more useful in a DAW. Results are inconsistent, with some artefacts and a steep learning curve. Stem splitting is hit-and-miss.
  • eesel AI blog First-day look at v6. The writer finds it more controllable and more templated, an improvement for structured pop. Retiring v5.5 is the main pain point. Most of its quality evidence is quoted Reddit reactions (muffled mixes, buried vocals) rather than its own tests.
  • X posts (12 read) 7 positive, 4 mixed, 1 negative

Mureka

Vendor claims (not scored): Suno: v6 family (v6, v6-wild, v6-mini) launched 2026-09-09. v6 and v6-wild are for Pro/Premier, v6-mini for everyone. Older models are retired. source

At a glance

SunoMureka
Paid plans fromUS$10/moUS$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
SunoCommercial on paid plans only
MurekaCommercial on paid plans only
Best for
Prototype songs and menu music on a paid plan
Game music with stems and MIDI export on a paid plan
What it does
Text-to-music generator for full songs and instrumentals; used for prototyping soundtracks and menu music.
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 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 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 Free $0; no commercial rights
Free plan 4 songs/day on the free model; MP3 only; no commercial rights
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: 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●
MP3, WAV (Pro), stems, MIDI (Premier) source
MP3 (all plans); WAV (Pro and Premier); stems, MIDI and DAW session (Premier)
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
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
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
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.