What it is

Music generator known for the cleanest audio fidelity in the category at 48kHz stereo, with fine-grained section editing, extend and remix controls. Settled with Universal Music in October 2025 and with Warner subsequently, making it a licensed platform rather than a defendant.

Why it earns a slot

Sharper mixes and better instrument separation than Suno, and section-level editing gives far more structural control than a single prompt-and-pray generation. The choice when the stem quality has to survive a real mixdown.

Know before you commit

Downloads are disabled. Post-settlement Udio is a streaming walled garden - you can generate and listen inside the platform but cannot export audio for use anywhere else. Treat the paid tiers' commercial rights as theoretical until export returns.

Getting started

No public developer API.

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Pricing snapshot

Free 100 credits/mo (10/day). Standard $10/mo ($8 annual, 2,400 credits), Pro $30 ($24 annual, 6,000 credits). Add-on credit packs from $3 per 100.

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Evaluate Udio (https://www.udio.com) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: AI music, 48kHz stereo output. Music generator known for the cleanest audio fidelity in the category at 48kHz stereo, with fine-grained section editing, extend and remix controls. Settled with Universal Music in October 2025 and with Warner subsequently, making it a licensed platform rather than a defendant.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): Sharper mixes and better instrument separation than Suno, and section-level editing gives far more structural control than a single prompt-and-pray generation. The choice when the stem quality has to survive a real mixdown.
Watch out for: Downloads are disabled. Post-settlement Udio is a streaming walled garden - you can generate and listen inside the platform but cannot export audio for use anywhere else. Treat the paid tiers' commercial rights as theoretical until export returns.
Pricing: Free 100 credits/mo (10/day). Standard $10/mo ($8 annual, 2,400 credits), Pro $30 ($24 annual, 6,000 credits). Add-on credit packs from $3 per 100.
Setup: No public developer API.
Rules: treat the notes above as background only. Do not assume a theme, style, layout or feature that is not already in this project — inspect the existing code first and ask me before changing visual direction.

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