What is Suno?
Suno turns a text prompt into a complete song — vocals, instruments, structure — in about a minute. Describe a genre and mood, or paste your own lyrics, and it returns full-length takes you can extend, remix or split into stems. Recent versions sound startlingly close to real productions, and for podcast intros, video soundtracks or just messing around it’s genuinely fun. The important fine print: the free tier’s daily credits (enough for roughly ten songs) are non-commercial only, and commercial rights require a paid plan. Lyrics it writes itself lean cliché, vocals occasionally glitch into artifacts, and the wider legal questions around AI music training are still being worked out.
Choosing against the other household name? See Suno vs Udio for commercial rights, pricing shape, and a fair A/B method.
Best for: Creating full songs with vocals for videos, podcasts and fun.
Suno pricing
| Plan | Price | What you actually get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | A daily credit allowance for non-commercial use only. Genuinely fun, but you do not own the output commercially. |
| Pro | $10/mo | A monthly credit allowance with commercial rights and priority generation. |
| Premier | $30/mo | A much larger allowance for people producing regularly. |
Prices checked 27 July 2026. Vendors change limits often — treat the caps as indicative and confirm on the pricing page before you buy.
What Suno is good at
- Background music for video where licensing would otherwise be a headache
- Jingles, idents and short-form audio branding
- Demoing a song idea before recording it properly
- Personalised music for events and gifts
Make background music that fits a video
- Describe genre, instrumentation and mood — and crucially, the tempo. Tempo is what makes music fit footage.
- Generate several short variations rather than one long track.
- Pick by how it sits under speech, not how it sounds alone. Good background music is unremarkable.
- Extend the winning clip to the length you need rather than regenerating.
Who should skip Suno
- Anyone needing precise musical control — you steer with prompts, not a score.
- Free-tier users publishing commercially; those rights require a paid plan.
- Artists worried about training-data provenance, which remains genuinely contested.
What's good
- Complete songs with vocals from one prompt
- Use your own lyrics or let it write them
- Free daily credits to experiment
- Extend, remix and split tracks into stems
Watch-outs
- Free tier is non-commercial only
- Self-written lyrics tend toward cliché
- Occasional vocal artifacts, and AI-music licensing is unsettled
Suno FAQ
- Is Suno free?
- Yes, with a daily credit allowance — but free output is non-commercial. Commercial rights start at $10/mo.
- Can I sell music made with Suno?
- On paid plans, yes. On the free tier, no. Check the current terms before releasing anything.
- Is AI music legal?
- The output rights are clear on paid plans. The training-data question is still being litigated across the industry, which is worth knowing before you build a business on it.
The verdict
Suno earns a 4/5 from us. There’s a free way in, so it’s low-risk to try. Generate full songs with vocals from a prompt.