Top 10 AI Music Tools

Suno has emerged as the clear frontrunner in consumer-facing AI music generation. Their latest model can create complete songs—vocals, instruments, and production—from a simple text prompt in under 30 seconds.

What makes Suno special is how it handles structure and coherence. Unlike earlier AI music tools that struggled with maintaining consistent themes throughout a track, Suno creates songs with clear verses, choruses, and bridges. The vocal synthesis is particularly impressive, with emotional performances that rarely dip into the uncanny valley.

AudioCraft from Meta is an open-source suite of AI models for audio generation, with MusicGen being its flagship music creation tool. What sets MusicGen apart is its ability to take both text and audio prompts—you can describe what you want or provide a melody, and it will generate music that follows that pattern.

Being open-source gives AudioCraft a significant advantage: developers can fine-tune it for specific genres or integrate it into other applications. This has led to a flourishing ecosystem of specialized tools built on top of Meta's foundation.

MusicLM is Google's answer to AI music generation, and it excels at creating highly detailed, nuanced compositions. What distinguishes MusicLM is its ability to understand and implement incredibly specific musical instructions.

Want "a calming violin melody with a distorted guitar joining during the bridge, transitioning to a jazz-influenced chorus with brushed drums"? MusicLM can handle these complex, multi-part prompts better than most competitors. It's particularly strong at generating atmospheric and ambient music with rich textures.

Udio (formerly Soundful) has positioned itself as the professional producer's AI tool of choice. Rather than focusing on complete song generation, Udio specializes in creating high-quality instrumental tracks and loops that can be imported directly into digital audio workstations (DAWs).

What makes Udio stand out is its focus on production quality. The tracks it generates are mixed and mastered to professional standards, ready for commercial use. It's particularly popular among content creators who need background music for videos and podcasts.

AIVA (Artificial Intelligence Virtual Artist) specializes in orchestral and cinematic music composition. Unlike some of the newer entrants that focus on popular music genres, AIVA has spent years perfecting its ability to create emotional, soundtrack-worthy compositions.

AIVA is particularly popular among game developers, filmmakers, and content creators who need epic, emotional scores. Its interface allows for detailed control over orchestration, making it possible to specify exactly which instruments should be featured and how they should interact.

Jukebox from OpenAI was one of the first AI systems to generate complete songs with vocals, and while it's been surpassed in some ways by newer tools, it remains impressive for its ability to mimic specific artists' styles.

What makes Jukebox unique is its artist conditioning—you can ask it to create a song in the style of specific performers, and it will capture nuances of their vocal timbre and musical approach. While the audio quality isn't as polished as some newer systems, the stylistic mimicry is often uncanny.

Mubert takes a different approach to AI music generation, focusing on creating infinite, non-repeating streams of music rather than discrete songs. This makes it ideal for applications like gaming, where adaptive, endless soundtracks enhance immersion.

Mubert's API has made it particularly popular among developers who want to integrate adaptive music into their applications. The company has also pioneered the concept of "functional music"—AI-generated tracks designed to enhance specific activities like studying, working out, or meditation.

Boomy has pioneered the democratization of music creation, with a focus on helping non-musicians not just create songs but actually publish and monetize them on streaming platforms.

What distinguishes Boomy is its end-to-end approach. Beyond just generating tracks, it helps users distribute their AI-created music to Spotify, Apple Music, and other services, and even handles royalty collection. This has made it controversial in some circles, as it's contributed to the flood of AI music on streaming platforms.

Amper , now owned by Shutterstock, focuses on creating royalty-free background music for content creators. Its integration with Shutterstock's vast media library makes it a one-stop shop for creators who need both visuals and audio.

Amper stands out for its simplicity and clear licensing terms. Users don't need to worry about complex rights issues—all music created through the platform comes with commercial usage rights, making it popular among YouTubers, podcasters, and marketing teams.

Soundraw offers perhaps the most granular control over AI-generated music among consumer-facing tools. Rather than just providing text prompts, users can specify exact parameters like tempo, instruments, intensity curves, and song structure.

What makes Soundraw special is how it bridges the gap between AI generation and traditional composition. It feels more like working with a digital audio workstation than a text-to-music tool, making it popular among musicians who want to use AI as part of their creative process rather than replacing it entirely.