Stable Audio vs Suno vs Udio vs Loudly
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Stable Audio
Stability AI's text-to-audio model
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Suno
AI music generation from text prompts
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Udio
AI music generator with strong studio-quality output
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Loudly
AI music generator with a copyright-cleared API for apps and games
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.8 / 10 | 8.2 / 10 | 6.9 / 10 | 7.1 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | — | 50 credits/day (~10 songs/day), v4.5-all model only, no commercial rights | 10 credits per day plus 100 bonus credits per month (approximately 1–3 songs per day); generated songs are public by default | — |
| Paid from | — | Pro $8/mo (annual) or $10/mo (monthly); Premier $24/mo (annual) or $30/mo (monthly) | $10/month (Standard, ~2,400 credits/month) or $30/month (Pro, ~6,000 credits/month, commercial use) | — |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | — | 100M+ (2M paid subscribers) | — | — |
| Founded | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | — |
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| Verdict | Stable Audio, from Stability AI, generates music and sound effects from text prompts with a focus on commercially licensable output, making it useful for video creators, game developers and marketers who need royalty-cle... |
Suno remains the standout consumer AI music generator: a short text prompt returns a complete song — instrumentation, vocals, lyrics — and v5.5's vocal quality leads the category. For hobbyists, content creators and mark... |
Udio still generates some of the most convincing AI vocals and full-band arrangements you can get from a text prompt, and its segmented workflow gives real compositional control. But since the October 2025 UMG settlement... |
Loudly runs two products under one roof: a consumer web app for royalty-free tracks, and an enterprise Music API that licenses the same generation engine — text-to-music, parametric controls, stem extraction, AI playlist... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.