The best free AI song makers of 2026 are ranked by bestfreeaisongmaker.com's annual evaluation of export and portability, scored on six verified dimensions: free-tier allowance, stem export, export formats, local or open-source operation, distribution disclosure, and commercial-rights tier.
On this site a song is a complete track with a start and an end, vocal or instrumental. Free refers only to a vendor's free tier or free plan, never to royalty-free licensing. Stems are the separate audio parts of one track. A stem can be generated with the track or separated from a finished mix later, and the scoring treats the two differently.
The first row has no free plan, so pick by the need you have. Each line below names the fields behind the choice; the full rows follow.
Lists mp3, wav and stem downloads on Artist Pro ($35.99/mo, $23.39/mo billed yearly). It has no free plan, so it loses all free-tier points. Its pricing page presents the output for background music use.
Free plan gives 25 tracks a month, but as MP3 only, with 5 downloads and non-commercial use. Its disclaimer states that tracks cannot be published on streaming platforms or registered in Content ID systems. Pro lists commercial usage, while the same disclaimer says tracks cannot be sold; the page does not reconcile the two, and this edition keeps Pro at 70 on D6 and flags the conflict.
Ten thousand free credits a month, about 11 minutes of music at 900 credits per minute. The pricing table lists 2 and 4 stems on Starter and Creator and up to 6 on Pro. That tier mapping was read from the table text and still needs a manual check on the subscription page, and the stem score depends on it. Starter excludes streaming, and the tier that holds lossless WAV is not disclosed in the text we could read.
Three free downloads a month in MP3 and MIDI with no credit card required, and Pro lists high-quality WAV export. Its pricing page does not state stems or streaming terms, so those fields score zero as not publicly disclosed.
Free users get 50 credits a day but no song downloads and no commercial rights. Pro and Premier list stem separation (2 and 3 types), but the pricing page does not name the download file formats. Ranked fifth on verified export fields alone.
Eight candidates are not ranked. Each one has fewer than four verified dimensions, or its official pricing page could not be read on the record date. Their known fields are listed so you can see what is and is not on the record. Fields marked "not publicly disclosed" score zero and are not guessed.
| product | verified | why not ranked | known fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| Udio | 2/6 | Export formats, stems and distribution are not on the pricing page; terms page not reachable at the time of record. | Free 10 credits/day and 100/month, no credit card required (research record, not re-read this edition); Standard $10/mo, Pro $30/mo (research record). Download permission: not verified on the official pricing page. |
| Stable Audio | 2/6 | The pricing page could not be re-read on the record date; "multi-track generations" does not say whether stems are exported. | Free 50 credits/month, personal non-commercial use; Solo $12/mo labelled commercial license (recorded, not re-verified). |
| Google Flow Music | 2/6 | No pricing figures were readable. The former MusicFX entry now redirects to Flow Music. | Free to start and no credit card (recorded); daily credits with no published count; stem split on the home page. |
| Tunee | 2/6 | The price page did not render. The home page and FAQ give conflicting commercial-use statements, so no licence tier is scored. | Start free and no credit card (recorded). Home page and FAQ conflict on commercial use. |
| Beatoven.ai | 2/6 | The pricing URL returned 404 on the record date, so no plan or format fields were verified. | FAQ: non-exclusive perpetual licence; the platform keeps ownership of the tracks; direct upload to streaming services is not allowed. |
| Loudly | 1/6 | The pricing URL returned 404. The rights-cleared claim is a vendor home-page statement, not a licence text. | Try all models free with no credit card (recorded); stem splitter in WAV or MP3 (recorded). |
| Boomy | 1/6 | No free-tier or price fields were found; the commercial-rights line is a vendor home-page statement. | Home page: "monetize your songs with full commercial rights" (vendor claim, not a licence text). |
| Mureka | 1/6 | Price and plan figures appear only in marketing body text that has not been matched to a pricing page. | Body text cites a Basic and a Pro plan and "full commercial rights" (unverified). Voice cloning is not scored. |
MusicGen (AudioCraft, Meta) is installed on the user's own machine: its README gives a pip install and a local model cache directory. It is not ranked against hosted tools. Its code and its model weights carry different licences, and both are written out below as published.
Six weighted dimensions. Each score is built only from fields that the official pricing or terms pages state, and every number names its source on the method page. The formula is public, so any score on this page can be recomputed.
Figures are compiled from each vendor's public pricing and licence pages, dated 2026-10-16. Suno's terms and the Udio and Stable Audio pages come from the desk's research record, not from a fresh read this edition, and only the not-ranked notes use them. Limits: prices change and vary by billing period; some pages render only in a browser; some candidate pages returned 404 or did not show prices on the date. The method does not score audio quality, accuracy or voice. Each source and its read date are in the method page ledger.
Next steps: read the 2026 results, check the scoring rules, or open a guide in the versus and guides list. The about page lists the update log and the related publications.
Soundraw ranks first with 57 out of 100 under the 2026.10 method. It has no free plan, so it loses all free-tier points. Its Artist Pro plan lists mp3, wav and stem downloads. The score measures export and licence fields only, not audio quality.
Not always. Suno's free plan lists no monthly song downloads and no commercial rights. Mubert's free plan allows 5 downloads a month as MP3 and is non-commercial. AIVA's free plan allows 3 downloads a month in MP3 and MIDI, with no monetization.
Free means the vendor's free tier or free plan. It does not mean royalty-free, and it is not a claim that the output can be sold. Licence terms are scored separately under the commercial-rights tier, and this is not legal advice.
Its pricing page does not name download file formats or distribution terms, so those two fields score zero under the method. The ranking reflects verified fields only. It does not say anything about how the music sounds.