Who owns the song an AI music generator made for you?
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The Short Answer
- Suno — Suno's terms let free users keep output "solely for your lawful, internal, personal and non-commercial purposes, provided that you give attribution credit to Suno in each case".
- Mubert — Mubert's $0 tier gives "5 downloads per month" and its terms state that even after downloading "we retain ownership of the item".
- Soundraw — Soundraw's free plan schedule permits only that "Music can be generated on our website and used personally by the user", and states no download permission at all.
- Udio — Udio's terms say "You may not download copies of any Output or any other output generated by the Services", and assign ownership of Output to the company.
| Product | Best for | From | Free plan | Free-plan track |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suno | Daily credits, personal use, credit Suno | $8/mo (annual) | Yes | Conditions attached |
| Mubert | Five free downloads, ownership retained by Mubert | $14/mo | Yes | Conditions attached |
| Soundraw | Generate on the site, take nothing off it | — | Yes | No file, or no commercial use |
| Udio | Terms that prohibit the download itself | $8/mo (annual) | Yes | No file, or no commercial use |
What we checked, and what we did not test
Every other category on this site asks whether a file leaves the product. Music asks a second question underneath it, and the terms answer that one too: once the file has left, whose is it?
That answer is never on the pricing page. It is in the terms of service, and in two cases here it was not even on the main terms page — Soundraw’s free-plan licence lives in a schedule exhibit linked from its terms, and Mubert’s is in a PDF linked from its licence page. We read all four on 6 August 2026 and quote the clauses. We did not generate or download any music.
Four vendors, four different things withheld
The uniform part is easy to state: no free tier here grants commercial use. What separates them is which additional thing each one holds back.
- Suno lets the file go and attaches a condition to every use of it: personal, non-commercial, credit Suno each time. Paying converts that into ownership outright.
- Mubert lets five files a month go, watermarked and low-quality, and never transfers ownership on any plan — including the $199 one. You are licensing a track, permanently.
- Soundraw does not document a download for free users at all. Its paid rows in the same schedule state download counts; the free row has no such line.
- Udio prohibits the download in the terms themselves, and assigns ownership of Output to the company in section 6.1.
Read as a group, this is a category where “free” almost never means what it means elsewhere on this site. In transcription, free sometimes hands you the file. Here, the most generous free tier hands you a file you may not sell and must credit.
Daily credits, personal use, credit Suno
1. Suno — Daily credits, personal use, credit Suno
Suno has the most usable free allowance here and states its conditions in a single readable sentence.
Best for Daily free credits, with the licence spelled out
From $8/mo (annual). Free plan: Free — $0 a month with 50 credits that renew daily, access to the v4.5 model, a shared generation queue and audio uploads up to 8 minutes; commercial use is marked as excluded.
- Pro — $10/mo, or $8/mo billed annually · 1 seat ($96 a year, a 20% saving; 2,500 credits a month, commercial rights for newly created songs, 2 stem-separation types, priority queue)
- Premier — $30/mo, or $24/mo billed annually · 1 seat ($288 a year; 10,000 credits a month, Suno Studio access, 3 stem-separation types)
Suno's terms set both conditions in one sentence: a free-tier user "will only use Outputs generated from Submissions made by you through the Service solely for your lawful, internal, personal and non-commercial purposes, provided that you give attribution credit to Suno in each case." Paying changes the ownership rather than the permission — "Suno hereby assigns to you all of its right, title and interest in and to any Output owned by Suno" for Pro and Premier subscribers.
Pros
- Fifty credits renew every day rather than monthly, which is the most usable free allowance in this category.
- The paid tiers assign ownership outright rather than granting a licence, which the terms state in those words.
- The annual discount is a verifiable 20% on both paid tiers.
Skip it if
- Free output is personal and non-commercial, and requires crediting Suno in each use.
- Stem separation and add-on credits are unavailable on free.
- Neither the pricing page nor the terms state the file format a free download produces.
Five free downloads, ownership retained by Mubert
2. Mubert — Five free downloads, ownership retained by Mubert
Mubert is the only one whose free tier includes an explicit download count, and the only one that keeps ownership on every plan it sells.
Best for A free tier that genuinely downloads, five times a month
From $14/mo. Free plan: Free Non-Commercial — $0 with "25 tracks/mo", limited duration, MP3 quality and "5 downloads per month".
- Creator (non-commercial) — $14/mo (500 tracks a month, 25-minute duration, lossless quality, unlimited downloads — but explicitly labelled non-commercial. An annual toggle offers "up to 25%" off, whose figure did not render for us)
- Pro (commercial) — $39/mo (Same limits as Creator plus commercial usage)
- Business — $199/mo (1,000 tracks a month with commercial usage)
The file does leave — the pricing table gives the $0 tier "5 downloads per month" — and it leaves with strings. The terms attach attribution: "You must explicitly and unambiguously cite and indicate Mubert as the copyright holder in any use of Free Remix", and free downloads are described as "low-quality Items, watermarks protected". Ownership never moves at any tier: "once you have downloaded an item, you acquire a license to use the item under the terms set out in the license, we retain ownership of the item."
Pros
- The free tier is explicitly downloadable rather than preview-only — five files a month.
- The licence travels inside the download: "Your license may be attached and located together with the digital musical track file in the .zip archive".
- The $14 Creator tier already includes lossless quality and unlimited downloads.
Skip it if
- The free tier is named "Free Non-Commercial" and requires crediting Mubert as the copyright holder.
- Mubert retains ownership of the file on every plan — downloading buys a licence, not the track.
- A site-wide disclaimer bars Content ID, standalone streaming release and stock-music resale on all plans, paid included.
Generate on the site, take nothing off it
3. Soundraw — Generate on the site, take nothing off it
Soundraw’s free plan exists only in the terms, and what it grants is use on Soundraw’s own website.
Best for Paid royalty-free music, with a free tier that stays on the site
From —. Free plan: The pricing section is headed "Paid Plans" and lists no free tier. The terms define one — a "Free Plan" whose schedule says "Music can be generated on our website and used personally by the user" — with no download permission or generation quota stated anywhere.
- Creator — price not shown on the page we opened (The site priced in Korean won for us (₩13,900 a month, ₩8,250 billed annually) with no USD figure anywhere; includes commercial use, unlimited monthly downloads and MP3)
- Artist Starter — price not shown on the page we opened (₩26,900 a month, ₩16,583 annually — KRW only; 10 downloads a month and streaming distribution)
- Artist Pro — price not shown on the page we opened (₩55,900 a month, ₩29,916 annually — KRW only; 20 downloads a month with mp3, wav and stems)
- Artist Unlimited — price not shown on the page we opened (₩69,900 a month, ₩34,916 annually — KRW only; unlimited downloads)
- Enterprise — price not shown on the page we opened ("For companies of 10+ employees", price on request)
The schedule attached to Soundraw's terms grants the Free Plan exactly one thing: "Music can be generated on our website and used personally by the user. Any other uses are not permitted unless otherwise authorized under a paid plan (e.g., playing generated music in public settings or using it for commercial purposes)." Paid rows in the same schedule state download counts — "Up to 10 downloads of generated music per month" — and the free row has no equivalent line at all.
Pros
- The paid licence is unusually plain: "All plans allow personal and commercial use including YouTube, UGC, product videos, tutorials, live streams, social media, video games, client work, and radio".
- Attribution is optional on paid plans — "crediting SOUNDRAW is totally optional".
- Artist tiers document a route to Spotify and other streaming platforms, provided the beat is modified first.
Skip it if
- The pricing section has no free row at all; the free plan exists only in the terms.
- The free plan's schedule states no download permission and no generation quota.
- Every price was served to us in Korean won with no USD figure available.
Terms that prohibit the download itself
4. Udio — Terms that prohibit the download itself
Udio’s published terms rule out the download rather than the use, which is a different and stronger restriction than anything else in this category.
Best for Nothing you intend to keep, going by the terms
From $8/mo (annual). Free plan: Free — $0 with no card required, "10 credits per day and 100 credits per month (no rollovers)", up to 4 simultaneous generations and a "Limit of 3 full length (2:10s) song generations per day".
- Standard — $10/mo, or $8/mo billed annually · 1 seat ($96 billed annually; 2,400 credits a month with no rollovers, 6 simultaneous generations, voice control and editing)
- Pro — $30/mo, or $24/mo billed annually · 1 seat ($288 billed annually; 6,000 credits a month. Credits are also sold à la carte at 100 for $3 and 1,000 for $25)
Udio's terms of service, last revised 12 November 2025, prohibit the download itself: section 1.2 says "You may not download copies of any Output or any other output generated by the Services", and section 6.3 repeats it — "you may use Output solely for your personal and non-commercial purposes, provided that you may not download any copies of your Output from the App for any purpose." Section 6.1 assigns ownership to the company. We read the published terms and found no paid-tier exception to the download prohibition; we have not tested whether the product offers a download button, and those are different claims.
Pros
- The free tier's quotas are concrete: 10 credits a day, 100 a month, three full-length songs a day.
- Prices are displayed in USD, GBP and EUR directly, with no conversion needed.
- Paid tiers add voice control, lyric and music editing, and audio uploads.
Skip it if
- The terms prohibit downloading Output "for any purpose", and we found no paid-tier carve-out in them.
- Section 6.1 assigns all right, title and interest in Output to the company.
- Credits do not roll over on any plan.
What this means if you are choosing today
For anything you will publish — a video, a podcast bed, a game — none of these free tiers covers you, and the cheapest route that does is Suno Pro at $8 a month billed annually, which its terms back with an assignment of ownership rather than a licence. That combination is rarer than the price difference suggests.
If you are only auditioning, Suno’s fifty daily credits refresh faster than anyone else’s monthly pool. And if you are evaluating Udio, read its terms before you build a workflow on it: the restriction there is not on what you may do with the music but on whether you may have a copy of it, and that is the sort of clause worth knowing before rather than after.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you use AI-generated music commercially on a free plan?
Not on any of these four. Suno restricts free output to "personal and non-commercial purposes" with attribution. Mubert's $0 tier is named "Free Non-Commercial". Soundraw's free schedule permits personal use on its website only. Udio's terms restrict use to "personal and non-commercial purposes" and prohibit downloading entirely. Commercial rights start at $8 a month on Suno billed annually.
Does Udio really not let you download your songs?
That is what its terms say, and we want to be exact about the claim. Section 1.2 reads "You may not download copies of any Output or any other output generated by the Services", and section 6.3 repeats it for any purpose. We read the published terms of 12 November 2025 and found no paid-tier exception. We have not created an account to see whether the product offers a download button — a document saying one thing and an interface doing another is possible, and we are reporting the document.
Who owns music you generate?
It depends on the vendor and, on one of them, on your plan. Suno assigns ownership to paying subscribers in those words: "Suno hereby assigns to you all of its right, title and interest in and to any Output owned by Suno." Udio's section 6.1 assigns Output ownership to the company. Mubert retains ownership on every tier — downloading buys "a license to use the item", not the track.
What does attribution actually require?
Suno requires that you "give attribution credit to Suno in each case" for free-tier output. Mubert goes further: "You must explicitly and unambiguously cite and indicate Mubert as the copyright holder in any use of Free Remix" — not credit as the generator, but as the copyright holder. Soundraw makes attribution optional, but only on paid plans.
Did you generate and download any music?
No. Every verdict here was read in the vendor's own terms of service or licence page on 6 August 2026 and is labelled as read, not run. That distinction matters more in this category than anywhere else on this site: a licence is settled by the document, but whether a download button exists is settled only by pressing it.
How We Keep This Updated
Prices move and vendors rewrite their plan tables, so every value on this page carries the date we read it. When a page changes, the change lands here rather than being edited away quietly. The procedure is on the methodology page. tell us and we will re-check it.
- 2026-08-06 — First published. Licence terms read in each vendor's own terms of service or licence schedule — including Soundraw's schedule exhibit and Mubert's terms PDF, both linked from their public pages; Soundraw prices recorded as unavailable after the site served Korean won only.