Suno

Suno is an AI music generation platform that transforms text prompts into complete songs with vocals, instrumentation, and full production in under a minute. Founded in 2023 and backed by Sequoia Capital, Lightspark, and others, Suno has reached over 100 million users and 2 million paid subscribers. The platform serves everyone from first-time creators to professional songwriters and producers, offering tools for quick idea generation, detailed editing, and full production workflows.

Key Features

• Text-to-song generation: describe a genre, mood, or theme in plain language and get a complete track with vocals, lyrics, and arrangement in 30 to 60 seconds.
• v5.5 model with Voices: record or upload your own singing voice and incorporate it into generated songs, with identity verification to prevent misuse. Voices are private by default.
• Custom Models: upload tracks from your catalog to train a personalized version of v5.5 that matches your style. Pro and Premier subscribers can create up to three custom models.
• My Taste: learns your preferred genres and moods over time and applies them when you use the Magic Wand for quick generation. Available on all tiers.
• Song Editor: reorder, rewrite, and remake tracks section by section directly from the waveform, with creative sliders for controlling how weird, structured, or reference-driven generations are.
• Stem separation: split any track into up to 12 time-aligned stems, including vocals, drums, bass, and synths, exportable as WAV for DAW integration.
• Suno Studio: a first-of-its-kind generative audio workstation that combines timeline editing, multitrack layering, instant stem generation, and MIDI export for Premier subscribers.
• Mashup and Sample: combine any two songs or sample a section of audio as a jumping-off point for new ideas.
• Covers and Personas: re-record any track in a different genre or vocal style, with genre-switching and voice transfer capabilities.
• Extended uploads: bring in audio clips up to 30 minutes or 8 minutes for full songs as starting material.
• Inspire feature: generate songs based on curated playlists and mood preferences.
• Mobile apps for iOS and Android with CarPlay and Android Auto support.

Use Cases

• Songwriters and producers demoing ideas quickly before refining in a traditional DAW.
• Content creators generating background music, intro themes, and soundtracks for YouTube, podcasts, and ads.
• Musicians exploring genre combinations, remixing tracks, or creating covers with different vocal styles.
• First-time creators making complete songs without music production experience.

Pricing

The free tier provides approximately 10 songs per day for personal, non-commercial use. The Pro plan at $10 per month ($8 annually) includes 500 songs per month, commercial rights, v5.5 access, the Song Editor, stem separation, and audio uploads up to 8 minutes. The Premier plan at $30 per month ($24 annually) adds 2,000 songs per month, Suno Studio with multitrack editing and MIDI export, persona voices, and early access to new features. Both paid plans offer a 20% discount with annual billing.

Limitations

Suno faces ongoing copyright litigation from major record labels. A settlement and licensing deal with Warner Music Group was announced in November 2025, but legal disputes with Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment remain. The platform restricts downloads and commercial rights to paid subscribers only. Free-tier output is limited to personal use.