Suno
Writes full songs with vocals and lyrics from a short description, in almost any genre.
- Free plan or free version
- Works in the browser
- Mobile app
Song generators write a full song, vocals and lyrics included, from a short prompt. Type a style and a subject, and a minute later there is a track with a verse, a chorus and a singer. For creators that opens up jingles, channel intros, parody-style songs, birthday videos and ad concepts that used to need a session singer and a producer.
The tools in this category differ in how much control they give you after the first take. Suno and Udio both let you write your own lyrics, pick a style and extend a song. Udio adds tools to change one section without regenerating the rest. Boomy leans toward fast results from presets and has its own route to streaming services.
Rights are the main question, and they change as the companies and the law catch up. Check what your plan says about commercial use and ownership, whether the platform you publish to asks you to label AI music, and whether the service you distribute through accepts AI-generated songs. A song that sounds close to a famous recording can still draw a copyright claim, even if nothing was copied on purpose. Avoid prompts that name living artists, and treat a familiar melody or lyric as a reason to start again.
What a featured listing costs ยท from $99 a month
Writes full songs with vocals and lyrics from a short description, in almost any genre.
Generates songs with vocals from text prompts, with tools to extend, remix and edit parts of a track.
Makes instant songs from style presets and lets you edit, add vocals and release them through its own distribution.
Keep a simple record for every song you publish: the tool, the plan, the date, the prompt and the lyrics you supplied. If a question comes up later, that record answers most of it.
Treat a first take as a draft. Generators often give a strong chorus and a weak verse, or the reverse, and the editing tools exist for exactly that. A song for a channel intro may only need its best ten seconds.
That depends on the service terms and on the law where you live, and both are still changing. Read the terms for your plan, which usually state what you can do with the output. For anything important, ask a music lawyer before you release it.
Platforms and distributors each have their own rules, and some ask you to disclose AI involvement or limit what they accept. Check the rules of the distributor and the platform at the time you publish.
Content identification systems match sound, and a generated song can resemble an existing recording closely enough to match. Keep your generation record, dispute with it where the claim is wrong, and avoid prompts that name real artists.
Yes, the main song generators accept your own lyrics as well as a style description. Writing your own lyrics also gives you a clearer record of your creative input if questions about the song come up later.