Suno vs Udio 2026: What Does AI Music Actually Cost?

Suno is currently easier to price as a finished-song tool: its Pro plan is $10/month when billed monthly or $8/month equivalent on annual billing, while Premier is $30/month or $24/month equivalent annually. Pro includes 2,500 monthly credits but only 20 song downloads; Premier includes 10,000 credits and 60 downloads. Udio's official Help Center says downloads of audio, video and stems are disabled. That makes Udio's generation credits a poor proxy for the cost of a releasable file: while exports remain unavailable, its platform does not provide the same paid deliverable as Suno.

Current plans and limits

Suno's pricing page shows its annual-billed monthly equivalent and says annual billing saves $24 on Pro and $72 on Premier. Those savings imply the monthly list rates shown above. Subscription credits do not roll over. Suno's current model guide lists v6-mini for all users, with v6 and v6-wild for Pro and Premier; earlier model-generation instructions are retired for new generations. (Suno pricing; Suno current models; Suno download limits)

Udio's official help pages confirm the credit allowances and that downloads are disabled, but do not list current Standard or Pro subscription prices. This comparison therefore omits third-party price captures. (Udio credit limits; UMG partnership changes)

Credit economics

Suno says each paid generation costs 10 credits for two songs, making the simple generation-only average approximately 5 credits per song. At that rate, Pro's 2,500 credits can generate about 500 songs and Premier's 10,000 credits about 2,000 songs, before edits, extensions, covers or other actions. This is a theoretical generation count, not a count of finished or exportable tracks.

Udio documents that a create, extend, remix, inpaint or edit action creates two songs. A pair of 32-second songs costs two credits; a pair of 130-second songs costs four. Its monthly credit allotments therefore support up to 1,200 130-second songs on Standard or 3,000 on Pro under a simple create-only calculation. These credits cannot currently be converted into downloadable audio because exports are disabled.

The download limit changes Suno's effective cost

If you use every included download, Pro's subscription fee divided by 20 is $0.50 per downloaded song at the monthly rate, or $0.40 at the annual-billed equivalent. Premier's fee divided by 60 is also $0.50 or $0.40 respectively. This is only an average allocation of the plan fee: it assumes you use all downloads, ignores unused credits, and does not include taxes or purchased add-ons.

For a creator who needs 50 downloads each month, Premier's $30 monthly price is lower than buying Pro and acquiring 30 extra downloads, but the exact extra-download price is not listed in Suno's official help page. The $30 plan thus gives a calculable ceiling for this workload, while a Pro-plus-top-up estimate should be calculated from the price shown in the account at purchase time.

At 100 downloads, Premier's 60 included exports are not enough. The additional 40 downloads make the actual monthly bill depend on Suno's current in-app top-up terms. Do not use a third-party screenshot as a permanent price list.

Rights and product status

Suno says paid Pro and Premier subscribers receive commercial-use rights for eligible songs created during the subscription, subject to its terms. Free-plan output does not carry the same commercial-use grant. The download entitlement and the rights grant are separate questions: check the current terms and the account's export eligibility before distributing a track.

Udio's Help Center says audio, video and stem downloads are disabled following its Universal Music Group partnership. Udio still documents generation credits, but the available official sources do not show a generally available export route that makes those generations equivalent to downloadable Suno tracks. Treat this as a product-availability limitation, not as a cost-per-song comparison.

Neither service's credit allotment guarantees a finished track. Rerolls and edits can consume the same pool, and the keeper rate depends on the creator's prompts and selection process. If 20% of generated songs are keepers, for example, producing 20 candidates may be necessary for four keepers; that is an illustrative assumption, not a provider benchmark.

Which should you choose?

Choose Suno if you need an available workflow for generating and downloading songs, and compare your expected exports with the 20- or 60-download monthly caps. Pro is a lower-cost entry point; Premier costs more but supplies three times as many monthly downloads and four times the credits.

Udio can still be evaluated for in-platform creation, but its credits should not be valued as downloadable deliverables while exports are disabled. Its current subscription price should be confirmed in checkout before buying. If the deliverable is an audio file for a client or distributor, the inability to export is more important than a low nominal credit cost.

Frequently asked questions

How much is Suno Pro?

Suno lists Pro at $8 per month equivalent on annual billing and says this saves $24 per year compared with monthly billing, implying a $10 monthly price. Taxes may apply.

How many songs can I download with Suno Pro?

Suno's current help page states that Pro subscribers receive 20 download credits per month. Premier subscribers receive 60.

Can Udio songs be downloaded?

Udio's official help page says downloads of audio, video and stems are disabled. Check its current help and account interface for any change before relying on exports.

Are Udio's paid plan prices confirmed here?

No. Current official sources reviewed for this update confirm plan credit limits but not the paid dollar prices, so this article avoids presenting third-party price captures as current official rates.

Sources

• Suno pricing
• Suno current models
• Suno download limits
• Udio credit limits
• Udio partnership changes and download status