Udio

Overview

Udio is a text-prompt song generator for creators who want vocals and ways to reshape audio. It suits people developing short song ideas, particularly on the web; look elsewhere if you need downloadable finished tracks or stems.

Each prompt produces two songs, with clip choices of 32 seconds or 2 minutes 10 seconds. That makes it useful for exploring compact ideas, but the maximum length rules it out for generating longer compositions in one pass. Sliders and fields on the Create page let you refine tracks and generate variations, while library search, filters, favorites, playlists, and a trash bin support a more organized iteration process. Songs can also be shared from the player.

Key features

Udio offers vocal generation and audio upload. Paid subscribers can extend, inpaint, remix, stylize, or edit uploaded material in a waveform-focused Session editor, giving them several routes for working from existing audio. Uploads must be audio the user owns; Udio prohibits commercial or copyrighted tracks.

The iPhone app is narrower than the web experience: it supports track extension, but not audio upload, remixing, inpainting, styling, or searching by song title. Choose the web version for those tasks. Udio has no Android app. Signup is available through Google, Discord, X, Apple, or email.

Downloads of audio, video, and stems are disabled, and stem export is unavailable. That is a major limitation for anyone who wants to take generated material into another editor or keep finished files locally. Support is handled through the messenger in the lower-right corner of the service.

Pricing

Udio has a free tier and two monthly paid plans. The free plan costs nothing and provides 10 daily credits, 100 monthly credits, and up to three 130-second songs per day. It is enough to explore the workflow, but the daily song cap and disabled downloads make it a limited choice for production work.

Standard costs $10 a month, billed monthly, and includes up to 2,400 credits per month. It is the entry paid option for creators who want paid audio tools and more monthly generation capacity. Pro costs $30 a month, billed monthly, with up to 6,000 credits per month and up to 10 songs generated at the same time. That concurrency is useful for users who want to run several generations in parallel; the higher credit allowance alone will matter most to frequent creators.

A free Standard subscription trial lasts up to seven days and does not increase credit limits; it permits no more than three two-minute songs per day. Unless canceled, the trial is charged at the annual price, unless changed to monthly, so check the billing selection before starting. The trial is not a way to bypass generation caps.

Platforms

Udio runs on the web and iOS. The iPhone app's extension-only audio workflow leaves more involved editing to the web version, and Android users cannot use a Udio app.

Who it's for

Udio is a fit for vocal-focused creators who want to generate short ideas, iterate with controls, organize a library, and reshape audio they own. The free tier offers a way to start without a subscription, while Standard and Pro provide larger monthly credit allowances for more regular use. It is not a good fit for users who need exports, stems, long single-pass tracks, or a full set of creation tools on iPhone.

Pros and cons

• Pros: Two songs per prompt, vocal generation, and adjustable controls make it useful for exploring alternatives to an idea.
• Pros: Paid audio editing includes extension, inpainting, remixing, styling, and waveform editing for audio the subscriber owns.
• Pros: Search, filters, playlists, favorites, and deleted-song recovery help keep a growing library manageable.
• Cons: Downloads are disabled and stems cannot be exported, so generated work cannot be taken out as audio files or stems.
• Cons: The 2-minute-10-second maximum track length limits longer compositions in a single generation.
• Cons: The iPhone app omits upload and several editing tools, and there is no Android app.

Alternatives

For a broader comparison, browse AI Music Generators or Songwriting Software.

Suno is worth considering if Android access matters: it supports Android and iOS, has a free plan with 50 credits per day and 8 minutes of audio upload, and its Pro plan is $8 a month.

Eleven Music is a web alternative with a free plan offering 10,000 credits per month for personal use and a Starter plan at $6 a month.

Solos Music is another iOS and web option, with a free plan that gives 15 signup credits and a recurring monthly bonus.

MusicWave.ai is web-based and has a free tier with 10 credits for two song generations; its Starter plan costs $5.99 a month.

Ailume offers a web-based free plan for personal, non-commercial use, with attribution potentially required.

SongUp AI has a free plan with three instant songs for personal use, while its Pro plan costs $9.99 a month.

Treblo is available on web, iOS, and Android; its free plan includes unlimited songs, generation, inpainting, extending, stem separation, and downloads in several formats.

CAVN AI runs on Android, iOS, web, and API, and its free plan includes 10 daily renewing credits, about four songs, and two concurrent generations, without commercial use.

Verdict

Choose Udio if you want vocal song generation, flexible short-form iteration, and paid tools for reshaping audio you own. Its two-song prompts, library tools, and substantial paid credit tiers support idea development, but the short maximum length and disabled exports are decisive drawbacks. For work that must leave the service as audio or stems, choose another tool.