Music · segment

Open-weights

Open model licence — self-hostable.

No independent measure ranks this whole set, so no crown. Shortlist ordered by Weights; the basis is stated, not hidden.

6 eligibledata as of 2026-07-04
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
Best freeBest for APIOpen-weightsWith vocals ✓ 2026-07-04
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
Best freeOpen-weightsWith vocals ✓ 2026-07-04
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
Best freeOpen-weightsWith vocals ✓ 2026-07-04
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
Best freeBest for APIOpen-weights ✓ 2026-07-04
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
Best freeBest for APIOpen-weightsWith vocals ✓ 2026-07-04
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
Best freeBest for APIOpen-weights ✓ 2026-07-04