Music · segment
Best free
Real free output — not a trial.
No independent measure ranks this whole set, so no crown. Shortlist ordered by Free tier; the basis is stated, not hidden.
10 eligibledata as of 2026-07-04
EM Eleven Music ElevenLabs B live
- API & price
- public · $0.15/min
secondary
- Max length
- 5 minutes (min 3s)
secondary
- Vocals
- vocals + instrumental
official
- Weights
- closed
official
- Free tier
- limited
secondary
- Commercial rights
- Outputs cleared for broad commercial use (Merlin/Kobalt); film & TV needs Enterprise
official
Quality no independent measure
GL Google Lyria / Magenta Google DeepMind B live
- API & price
- public · Vertex AI (Lyria 2 $0.06/30s; Lyria 3 undisclosed)
secondary
- Max length
- up to 3 min (Lyria 3)
official
- Vocals
- vocals + instrumental
official
- Weights
- closed (Lyria); open · Apache-2.0 (Magenta RealTime 2)
official
- Free tier
- limited
secondary
- Commercial rights
- Vertex outputs under Google Cloud terms (commercial OK); all carry SynthID watermark
secondary
Quality no independent measure
M Mureka Kunlun Tech (Skywork AI) C live
- API & price
- public · from ~$1000/mo, ~3¢/song (third-party)
secondary
- Max length
- ~5 min, extendable
secondary
- Vocals
- vocals + instrumental
official
- Weights
- closed
official
- Free tier
- limited
secondary
- Commercial rights
- Full commercial use on paid output; explicit ownership clause not stated
official
Quality no independent measure
S Suno Suno, Inc. C live
- API & price
- no
secondary
- Max length
- 8 minutes
official
- Vocals
- vocals + instrumental
official
- Weights
- closed
secondary
- Free tier
- limited
official
- Commercial rights
- Pro/Premier: you own the output; Free: personal non-commercial, must credit Suno
official
Quality no independent measure
U Udio Uncharted Labs, Inc. C live
- API & price
- no
official
- Max length
- ~130s per generation, extendable
official
- Vocals
- vocals + instrumental
secondary
- Weights
- closed
secondary
- Free tier
- limited
secondary
- Commercial rights
- In transition post-UMG/Warner settlements: downloads/stems disabled, tracks confined to walled-garden
unverified
Quality no independent measure
A ACE-Step ACE Studio & StepFun A live
- API & price
- no (community-hosted; no official API)
secondary
- Max length
- up to ~4 min
official
- Vocals
- vocals + instrumental
official
- Weights
- open · Apache-2.0
official
- Free tier
- open self-host
official
- Commercial rights
- Commercial use permitted (Apache-2.0); disclose AI involvement
official
Quality no independent measure
MM Meta MusicGen Meta AI (FAIR) B live
- API & price
- public via Replicate (community; price unverified)
secondary
- Max length
- ~8-30s clips, longer via continuation
secondary
- Vocals
- instrumental only
official
- Weights
- open · CC-BY-NC 4.0 (weights); MIT (code)
official
- Free tier
- open self-host
official
- Commercial rights
- NON-COMMERCIAL — CC-BY-NC 4.0 weights forbid selling generated music; MIT code forkable
official
Quality no independent measure
SA Stable Audio Stability AI A live
- API & price
- public · $0.20/generation
secondary
- Max length
- ~6 min 20 sec (Medium/Large)
official
- Vocals
- instrumental only
secondary
- Weights
- open · Stability Community License (Small/Medium open; Large API-only)
official
- Free tier
- open self-host
official
- Commercial rights
- You own outputs; free under Community License; orgs >$1M revenue need Enterprise License
official
Quality no independent measure
TS Tencent SongGeneration (LeVo 2) Tencent AI Lab B live
- API & price
- public via third-party WaveSpeed ~$0.05/run (no confirmed official API)
secondary
- Max length
- up to 4 min 30 sec
secondary
- Vocals
- vocals + instrumental (also a cappella, dual-track)
secondary
- Weights
- open · licence conflict (GitHub custom terms vs HF Apache-2.0)
unverified
- Free tier
- open self-host
secondary
- Commercial rights
- Unverified — governed by unresolved weight licence; review Tencent terms first
unverified
Quality no independent measure
Y YuE HKUST & M-A-P A live
- API & price
- no (community-hosted; no official API)
secondary
- Max length
- full-song, multi-minute
official
- Vocals
- vocals + instrumental
official
- Weights
- open · Apache-2.0
official
- Free tier
- open self-host
official
- Commercial rights
- Commercial use permitted (Apache-2.0); attribution encouraged
official
Quality no independent measure