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Suno
Text-to-music with vocals
Free tier + paidAI media generationsuno.com
What it is
The leading AI music generator, currently v5.5, producing complete songs with vocals, lyrics and structure from a text prompt. Premier adds Suno Studio, a browser DAW with stem separation and MIDI export. Warner signed a licensing deal in November 2025; UMG and Sony suits remain pending.
Why it earns a slot
First model whose vocals routinely pass as human - natural breath, vibrato and phrasing instead of the vocoder sheen everything else carries. Fast enough to spin out a dozen usable variations on a brief in minutes.
Know before you commit
After the Warner deal, Suno's terms shifted from ownership guarantees to language stating users are generally not considered the owner of content created with the service, and free-tier downloads were removed. Do not build a brand asset on it without legal review.
Getting started
No official public API; third-party wrappers resell access at roughly $0.10-$0.25 per song.
Neighbourhood
How Suno sits against the rest of the atlas — swaps, companions and the tools builders actually save alongside it.
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