ElevenMusic
ElevenLabs' text-to-song generator trained on licensed catalogs, with commercial indemnity, section-level editing and a first-party music API.
Updated 2026-08-10
Not settled here. This entry does not record a confirmed free tier for ElevenMusic.
Listed pricing: Free tier + Pro $9.99/mo.
Overview
Is ElevenMusic free?
Not settled here. This entry does not record a confirmed free tier for ElevenMusic.
What the entry records: Roughly 7 songs per day at no cost, with limited styles and storage. Plan structure last confirmed June 2026 — check the site for current figures.
Listed pricing: Free tier + Pro $9.99/mo.
No figure is estimated here for what is not published. Check ElevenMusic's own site for the current terms.
Pricing verified . That is the date the plans were last re-checked against the vendor's own pages, not today's date. Confirm on the official site before you pay.
ElevenMusic pricing
| Plan | Price | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Roughly 7 songs per day, limited styles and storage |
| Pro | $9.99/mo | Around 500 tracks per month, more styles, expanded storage |
| Pro (annual) | $95.90/yr | Same as Pro, billed yearly (about 20% off) |
| Via ElevenLabs platform | $5/mo Starter to $330/mo Scale | Music generation shares the credit pool with ElevenLabs TTS, dubbing and sound effects; API access is usage-based on the same credits |
Roughly 7 songs per day, limited styles and storage
Around 500 tracks per month, more styles, expanded storage
Same as Pro, billed yearly (about 20% off)
Music generation shares the credit pool with ElevenLabs TTS, dubbing and sound effects; API access is usage-based on the same credits
Pricing verified . That is the date the plans were last re-checked against the vendor's own pages, not today's date. Confirm on the official site before you pay.
Is ElevenMusic worth it?
Worth it for Agencies, video editors and app developers who need original background music cleared for commercial use, and who want one vendor handling the score, voiceover and sound effects together.
There is no free tier to test it on, so the plans above are the entry cost. The recorded trade-offs are listed below, and any one of them can settle the question on its own.
The 7.5/10 AI Score is an editorial read of published capability, price and shipping pace. Nobody here has hands-on hours with ElevenMusic. How we verify.
Worth it if
The strengths recorded against this entry.
- Licensed via actual rights-holder agreements (Merlin, Kobalt) with commercial indemnification written into the product terms, not just a usage promise
- First-party generation API makes it the practical choice for embedding music in an app or batch-scoring video, where Suno and Udio are weaker
- Section-level prompt editing beats rerolling an entire track when one part is wrong
- Shares an account and credit pool with ElevenLabs TTS, dubbing and sound effects — one vendor for score plus narration
- Instrumental-only output and multi-language lyrics broaden it beyond English pop pastiche
Not worth it if
Any one of these blocks your use case.
- The legal moat has largely closed — Suno's Warner deal and Udio's Universal settlement in late 2025 mean rivals now offer licensed output too
- Audio quality and vocal realism are generally rated behind Suno's best model, and there is no credible independent A/B benchmark either way
- Much smaller community, catalog and discovery layer than Suno, so less shared prompt craft to learn from
- Credit-pool pricing shared across ElevenLabs products makes per-song cost harder to predict than a flat track quota
What sets ElevenMusic apart
- Licensed its training catalogue up front through Merlin and Kobalt agreements, where Suno and Udio arrived at label deals through litigation and settlement
- Documented first-party music-generation API alongside the consumer app, not just a web interface
- Same account and credit pool as ElevenLabs TTS, dubbing and sound effects, so a full soundtrack plus narration comes from one vendor
- Section-level prompt editing rather than whole-track regeneration
Key features
Prompt-to-Song
Generates a complete track — vocals, lyrics, and instrumentation — from a text prompt describing genre, mood, and structure, with instrumental-only output and lyrics in multiple languages.
Section-Level Editing
Regenerate or replace a specific part of a track by prompt instead of rerolling the whole song, which is what makes it usable when you need a precise runtime or a fixed chorus.
First-Party Music API
A documented generation API alongside the consumer app, so music can be produced inside your own product or batch pipeline. This is the clearest remaining advantage over rivals built primarily as web apps.
Licensed Catalog & Indemnity
Trained via agreements with rights organizations including Merlin and Kobalt, with commercial indemnification in the product terms rather than a bare terms-of-service assurance.
How it compares
| Tool | Best for | Pricing | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| ElevenMusic | Agencies, video editors and app developers who need original background music cleared for commercial use, and who want one vendor handling the score, voiceover and sound effects together. | Free tier + Pro $9.99/mo | 7.5/10 |
| Suno AI vs Suno AI → | Video creators, podcasters and indie artists who need commercially licensed original songs with vocals, and on Premier want stems they can drop into a real DAW. | Free tier + Pro $10/mo, Premier $30/mo | 8.9/10 |
| ElevenLabs | Podcast and audiobook producers, localization teams, and developers building voice agents who want expressive TTS, cloning, dubbing, and transcription behind a single API instead of stitching three vendors together. | Free tier + Starter $5/mo + Creator $22/mo + Pro $99/mo + Scale $330/mo + Business $1,320/mo + Enterprise custom | 8.9/10 |
| Chatterbox vs Chatterbox → | Developers and audio teams who need commercial-grade voice cloning running on their own GPUs — for cost control at volume, or because the audio legally cannot leave their infrastructure. | Free MIT open weights; Resemble AI hosted platform — check website for current pricing | 8.5/10 |
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