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8 Best AI Music Generators Compared

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Lili Marocsik
September 5, 2025

TL;DR

  • AI music generators split into two categories—full music creation A-Z with vocals, instruments, and beats (Eleven Music, Udio, Suno) versus beat makers without vocals (Soundraw, BandLab, Beatoven.ai)—with quality ranging from highly professional tools like ElevenLabs to experimental ones like Beatoven.ai that sound like "a mad professor on a drum machine."
  • The technology enables complete song creation from text prompts, image-to-music generation (though not working well yet), and podcast jingles with Mubert.
  • Tools refuse to generate direct copies of famous artists like Beyonce (but will instead suggest similar keyword descriptions). Common issues are generation glitches causing songs to stop after a few seconds (Suno).

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Are AI Music Generators the future of music production?

If you haven't heard about the huge success of "Dust On The Wind" from The Velvet Sundown, your summer of 2025 must have been very busy. This viral Spotify hit was created by generative AI and made it to 1.5 million plays within the first few weeks. AI music generator Suno was the only production team involved. Like it or not, this will be part of the future of music: We will be swamped by AI-generated music on all platforms. So of course, I had to test this new category and create my list of best AI music generators. As I'm writing this, ElevenLabs (known to offer the most advanced voice generator) has just released Eleven Music, their own text to music tool this week, perfect timing! I've tested 8 tools and I will add more along the way as other tools get better.

The Different AI Music Generator Types

You can divide song generators into two buckets:
  • Music creation from A-Z - including vocals, all instruments, beats etc. (such as Eleven Music, Udio, Suno)
  • Beat makers - without vocals (such as Soundraw, BandLab, Beatoven.ai)
Of the 8 music creators only Mubert explicitly offers jingles for podcasts and image-to-music generation, but the latter didn't work too well yet. The quality ranged widely — from highly professional tools like ElevenLabs to ones like Beatoven.ai, which sounded more like a mad professor on a drum machine. Speech to speech: Various tools let you re-create your own into a different voice and keep its unique speech melody. I think this is pretty cool, all the sudden I can be a man. Ok, just sound like one, but this is the closest I will get to it

Which AI Music Generator to Use in a Nutshell

If you are a beginner
  • Use Soundraw for making beats
  • Use Eleven Music for generating full tracks
If you are a pro or musician
  • Use BandLab for creating beats and helping you get started with a new idea
  • Use an AI music generator if you already have your song lyrics

The AI Music Generation Test

And since I like to compare AI tool directly, I always use the same prompt. This time it was: Create a song that sounds like a Beyonce song. It is about her having a good time with her girlfriends. It's upbeat and danceable and has a nice R&B groove. The hook says "Cause we need to bounce, we need to dance, this is your last chance".  I wanted to keep it light and easy, but as I'm a huge Beyonce fan (I even have a little shrine at home, of course for fun, but you get my point) my expectations were very high. Understandably many of the tools didn't allow generating a direct copy of Queen Bee and suggested prompts that would rather describe her with a few keywords than mention her name.

And since music is a question of taste, I recorded the songs and put them in the video below for you. Maybe you prefer using Suno over Udio's unique music. Or you actually like a crazy professor's background music generated by beatoven.ai. Completely up to you, I, for my part, have decided that the overall best AI music generators come from Eleven Music, Soundraw and Bandlab (the last two are beat makers though). 
Infamous Suno's creations were a pity: I wasn't able to create even one full song this time, literally every generation stopped at a few seconds due to some glitch. I had used Suno before to create my podcast jingle for KI Plausch (my German podcast on AI). But this time we just couldn't become friendly collaborators making music together. My free credits were refunded every time, but I really liked the groove of those first seconds and would have loved to hear how they would have continued.

Use Cases for The Best AI Tools of

AI Music Generators

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Best AI Music Generator to create a song from scratch
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Eleven Music
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Best AI Music Generator for creating beats
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Soundraw
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Best Free AI Music Generator
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Suno
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Best Song Script Creator
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Udio
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Best AI Music Generator for ads
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Eleven Music
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Best AI Music Generator for Podcast Jingles
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Suno

Quick Overview of the Best AI Tools

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Tool name
Best Pro
Biggest Con
Free Trial
1
Eleven Music
The music is actually nice
Free song creation now downloadable
10 000 Credits
2
Soundraw
Advanced music editing features
Choosing the base song is very limited (via genre mix)
Testing Allowed, Downloads not Included
3
BandLab
Sounds great
Onboarding a bit annoying
3 Days
4
AI Music Generator
Song is actually nice (if I put in more lyrics even more)
Long loading times
4 Songs/Day
5
Udio
Super easy to use
Songs somehow sound a bit 80s
108 Credits
6
Suno
The 3 seconds it generated of my song, sounded good
Many Glitches, couldn't create a full song
50 Credits Daily
7
Mubert
Can create jingles, loops and mixes
Terrible song (the track, the jingle is fine)
25 Tracks/Mo
8
Beatoven.ai
Super simple setup and interface
Generated songs are awful and not usable
5 Generations, 1 Video Uploads, 1 Audio Uploads

Compare AI tools directly

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Eleven Music
Soundraw
BandLab
AI Music Generator
Udio
Suno
Mubert
Beatoven.ai
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Eleven Music
Score 
4.75
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5
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The music is actually nice
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Highest quality of music
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Music editing features are great
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Free song creation now downloadable
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$0.50
Soundraw
Score 
4.5
/
5
Pros icon
Advanced music editing features
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Super easy to use also for music beginners
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Each element of the song is split down via buttons
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Choosing the base song is very limited (via genre mix)
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No lyrics and vocals
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$12.99
BandLab
Score 
4.25
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5
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Sounds great
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Toggles for keys and bpms (pro tool)
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Community focus allows exchanging ideas with other musicians
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Onboarding a bit annoying
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$14.95
AI Music Generator
Score 
4
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5
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Song is actually nice (if I put in more lyrics even more)
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Very basic tool, but everything works
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I like the groove of ALL songs
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Long loading times
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Will only use the lyrics you provide (no lyric generator)
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$12.49
Udio
Score 
4
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5
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Super easy to use
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Let's you adjust speed, energy and chaos
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Let's me download the free creations
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Songs somehow sound a bit 80s
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Lyrics don't always make sense
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$10
Suno
Score 
3.25
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5
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The 3 seconds it generated of my song, sounded good
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Lyric generation better than with others
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Many Glitches, couldn't create a full song
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Only created 3-11second parts of songs for me
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$10
Mubert
Score 
3
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5
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Can create jingles, loops and mixes
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Free song downloadable
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Terrible song (the track, the jingle is fine)
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Prompt has to be below 200 characters
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Image-to-Music feature still immature
$14
Beatoven.ai
Score 
2.25
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5
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Super simple setup and interface
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Lets you add a reference video to see if generated music matches it well
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Generated songs are awful and not usable
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Doesn't generate vocals, only background music
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$6
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Eleven Music
Soundraw
BandLab
AI Music Generator
Udio
Suno
Mubert
Beatoven.ai
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Eleven Music
Score 
4.75
/
5
Pros icon
The music is actually nice
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Highest quality of music
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Music editing features are great
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Free song creation now downloadable
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$0.50
Soundraw
Score 
4.5
/
5
Pros icon
Advanced music editing features
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Super easy to use also for music beginners
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Each element of the song is split down via buttons
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Choosing the base song is very limited (via genre mix)
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No lyrics and vocals
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$12.99
BandLab
Score 
4.25
/
5
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Sounds great
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Toggles for keys and bpms (pro tool)
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Community focus allows exchanging ideas with other musicians
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Onboarding a bit annoying
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$14.95
AI Music Generator
Score 
4
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5
Pros icon
Song is actually nice (if I put in more lyrics even more)
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Very basic tool, but everything works
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I like the groove of ALL songs
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Long loading times
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Will only use the lyrics you provide (no lyric generator)
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$12.49
Udio
Score 
4
/
5
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Super easy to use
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Let's you adjust speed, energy and chaos
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Let's me download the free creations
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Songs somehow sound a bit 80s
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Lyrics don't always make sense
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$10
Suno
Score 
3.25
/
5
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The 3 seconds it generated of my song, sounded good
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Lyric generation better than with others
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Many Glitches, couldn't create a full song
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Only created 3-11second parts of songs for me
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$10
Mubert
Score 
3
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5
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Can create jingles, loops and mixes
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Free song downloadable
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Terrible song (the track, the jingle is fine)
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Prompt has to be below 200 characters
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Image-to-Music feature still immature
$14
Beatoven.ai
Score 
2.25
/
5
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Super simple setup and interface
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Lets you add a reference video to see if generated music matches it well
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Generated songs are awful and not usable
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Doesn't generate vocals, only background music
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$6
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AI Music Generators

Comparison

1
Best Tool for:
Eleven Music
Score 
4.75
/
5
Tool Performance
4/5
Setup/Onboarding
5/5
User Experience
5/5
Prompt Coherence
0/5
AI Capabilities
0/5
Voice Quality
0/5
Lip Sync & Motion
0/5
Music Quality
5/5
Image Quality
0/5
Design Capabilities
0/5
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Pros:
The music is actually nice
Highest quality of music
Music editing features are great
Super clean interface
Cons:
Free song creation now downloadable
Monthly price starting from:
$0.50
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For Who?

It was only logical for Elevenlabs to make its own AI music generator as they are the experts for AI generated voices and music is only a stone throw and huge target audience away.
They have just recently launched this application and I'm positively surprised by the quality of it.
Song and lyrics quality are both 3 out of 5, I'd say, nothing amazing but also not silly.
Eleven Music will create a timeline divided by song parts such as Verse 1, Pre-Chorus, Bridge etc. which is super handy and allows changing only certain parts.
But my free 10.000 credits are used up pretty quickly (one song generation cost me about 3000 credits) and I can't download the generated music without signing up.
Also if you don't change it, it will automatically create 2 variations of the song at once.

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Last test:
November 11, 2025
1
Best Tool for:
Soundraw
Score 
4.5
/
5
Tool Performance
3/5
Setup/Onboarding
5/5
User Experience
5/5
Prompt Coherence
0/5
AI Capabilities
0/5
Voice Quality
0/5
Lip Sync & Motion
0/5
Music Quality
5/5
Image Quality
0/5
Design Capabilities
0/5
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Pros:
Advanced music editing features
Super easy to use also for music beginners
Each element of the song is split down via buttons
Cons:
Choosing the base song is very limited (via genre mix)
No lyrics and vocals
Monthly price starting from:
$12.99
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For Who?

Soundraw is more of a beatmaker for musicians than a tool that creates the end music product. Here we have to choose the genre from a catalog instead of prompting it. You can add various genres to merge into one song, and a producer dashboard below the track allows you to make changes to each section of the song. Since I couldn't prompt the Beyonce song, I gave it quite a challenge with mixing House with Dancehall, which it really didn't do well. Another genre mix with R&B and Tropical House did much better. I think this is a good tool for people starting out with music production who want to take their first steps on a small budget. Real musicians will outgrow it before even starting.

Tested Model:
Last test:
November 11, 2025
1
Best Tool for:
BandLab
Score 
4.25
/
5
Tool Performance
4/5
Setup/Onboarding
3/5
User Experience
5/5
Prompt Coherence
0/5
AI Capabilities
0/5
Voice Quality
0/5
Lip Sync & Motion
0/5
Music Quality
5/5
Image Quality
0/5
Design Capabilities
0/5
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Pros:
Sounds great
Toggles for keys and bpms (pro tool)
Community focus allows exchanging ideas with other musicians
Cons:
Onboarding a bit annoying
Monthly price starting from:
$14.95
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For Who?

Bandlab is like a midjourney for music producers, simply because it seems very community based. You set up a profile and can contact other musicians through the platform for collaborations. The AI music generator is actually an idea generator or let's say a starting point. Its approach is completely different to the other tools and much more professional. You can e.g. adjust the beats per minute (bpm) and you can modify the key. Pretty cool, although more for advanced musicians. Also, I gave fewer points for onboarding because you have to go through a series of questions before getting started (which probably make a lot of sense for professionals).

Tested Model:
Last test:
November 11, 2025
1
Best Tool for:
AI Music Generator
Score 
4
/
5
Tool Performance
5/5
Setup/Onboarding
4/5
User Experience
3/5
Prompt Coherence
0/5
AI Capabilities
0/5
Voice Quality
0/5
Lip Sync & Motion
0/5
Music Quality
4/5
Image Quality
0/5
Design Capabilities
0/5
Arrow previous
Arrow next
Pros:
Song is actually nice (if I put in more lyrics even more)
Very basic tool, but everything works
I like the groove of ALL songs
Cons:
Long loading times
Will only use the lyrics you provide (no lyric generator)
Monthly price starting from:
$12.49
User icon
For Who?

AI Music Generator is a positive surprise. Judging by the simple interface, I thought the music generation would be rather clunky too. But no, the songs generated with this tool are definitely among my favorites. I should have added more lyrics, because this tool doesn't add more to the chorus unless you let AI completely generate them. Elevenlab for example just filled in the rest. So overall, not too much choice here, choose male or female voice, add lyrics, keywords for style, but great results!

Tested Model:
Last test:
November 7, 2025
1
Best Tool for:
Udio
Score 
4
/
5
Tool Performance
2/5
Setup/Onboarding
5/5
User Experience
4/5
Prompt Coherence
0/5
AI Capabilities
0/5
Voice Quality
0/5
Lip Sync & Motion
0/5
Music Quality
5/5
Image Quality
0/5
Design Capabilities
0/5
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Pros:
Super easy to use
Let's you adjust speed, energy and chaos
Let's me download the free creations
Cons:
Songs somehow sound a bit 80s
Lyrics don't always make sense
Monthly price starting from:
$10
User icon
For Who?

I remember when I was a kid I would often sing along English songs, but since I didn't speak the language yet I made gibberish lyrics up. And that is also kind of how Udio sounds. Which is a pity, because otherwise it's a great tool! Where others had glitches (Suno) or simply created terrible music (Beathoven), Udio delivered. And I have to say, not all vocals sounded completely silly. What also confused me is that even though I had prompted a female vocalist (Udio automatically turns Beyonce into various keywords describing her), it generated half of the songs with a male vocalist. Still, I will keep an eye on Udio, I think they will improve a lot in the next few months.

Tested Model:
Last test:
November 11, 2025
1
Best Tool for:
Suno
Score 
3.25
/
5
Tool Performance
2/5
Setup/Onboarding
5/5
User Experience
2/5
Prompt Coherence
0/5
AI Capabilities
0/5
Voice Quality
0/5
Lip Sync & Motion
0/5
Music Quality
4/5
Image Quality
0/5
Design Capabilities
0/5
Arrow previous
Arrow next
Pros:
The 3 seconds it generated of my song, sounded good
Lyric generation better than with others
Cons:
Many Glitches, couldn't create a full song
Only created 3-11second parts of songs for me
Monthly price starting from:
$10
User icon
For Who?

Suno is probably the most famous AI music generator, at least the one I have heard most of. Let's you download every song layer separately and similar to Midjourneys character consistency, you can create a voice persona and use it throughout various tracks (on the pro version). User experience is not as smooth as with Eleven Music, for example I wanted to copy my prompt in but it was too long. Instead of just indicating why it wouldn't copy, nothing happened. There are a few glitches like that. What bums me the most is that I've created a super nice version but I only received 3 seconds of it, then it had a bug and they refunded the credits. I tried 4 times, every time it was the same. And according to perplexity this happens a lot with Suno, so I have to deduct quite a few points, even though I really liked the beginning of the song and would have loved to listen to the full thing.

Tested Model:
Last test:
November 11, 2025
1
Best Tool for:
Mubert
Score 
3
/
5
Tool Performance
2/5
Setup/Onboarding
5/5
User Experience
3/5
Prompt Coherence
0/5
AI Capabilities
0/5
Voice Quality
0/5
Lip Sync & Motion
0/5
Music Quality
2/5
Image Quality
0/5
Design Capabilities
0/5
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Pros:
Can create jingles, loops and mixes
Free song downloadable
Cons:
Terrible song (the track, the jingle is fine)
Prompt has to be below 200 characters
Image-to-Music feature still immature
Monthly price starting from:
$14
User icon
For Who?

Mubert, I'm not sure what to do with you. On one side I love your fresh approach, for example you can upload an image instead of using a prompt to generate a picture (image-to-music). Also I love that you would let me generate a jingle for free, when I was looking for this for my podcast KI Plausch, I couldn't find this feature anywhere and just cut out a piece of an ai-generated song. I haven't seen this anywhere else. But then your core product doesn't convince me: the AI-generated music track. The Beyonce song was complete crap as you can see in the video above. And let's not even speak about the Image-to-Music track...

Tested Model:
Last test:
November 11, 2025
1
Best Tool for:
Beatoven.ai
Score 
2.25
/
5
Tool Performance
1/5
Setup/Onboarding
5/5
User Experience
2/5
Prompt Coherence
0/5
AI Capabilities
0/5
Voice Quality
0/5
Lip Sync & Motion
0/5
Music Quality
1/5
Image Quality
0/5
Design Capabilities
0/5
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Pros:
Super simple setup and interface
Lets you add a reference video to see if generated music matches it well
Cons:
Generated songs are awful and not usable
Doesn't generate vocals, only background music
Monthly price starting from:
$6
User icon
For Who?

On Beathoven's homepage they say that they create background music for your projects, so it looks like the R'n'B song I prompted will be a challenge for the tool. And indeed, not just that, but in general generating a song that is a pleasant experience to listen to is a challenge in itself. Check out the video above to see what I mean, its creation is simply terrible.

Tested Model:
Last test:
November 11, 2025

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Lili Marocsik

The future for musicians & Last Words

As an experienced musician, it’s worth making peace with AI technology and using it where it helps you achieve things that your own skills or limitations may have held back in the past. At the same time, keep the parts you’ve already mastered distinctly human. Like with all AI‑powered tools, you’ll only stand out if you combine your own originality with AI. Otherwise, you risk blending into the vast sea of mediocrity where the algorithm won’t notice you.
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Author:
Lili Marocsik
Lili remembers the excitement of discovering the internet at 14 — a true window to the world. The AI boom now feels just as thrilling. Since 2023, she's tested many AI tools, seeing the good, the bad and the ugly (especially at the beginning). Before AI, she worked as a video marketer, crafting YouTube Ads for HelloFresh and Revolut. She believes AI should empower people, leading her to build this site for SMEs. When not exploring AI, she enjoys her 30 plants and modern art.

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