Udio is an AI text-to-music generator that creates full songs from a prompt. See how it works, who built it, and its 2026 pricing plans.
Udio is a generative AI platform that creates full-length, studio-quality songs from a simple text description. Users type a prompt describing a genre, mood, instrumentation, or lyrical theme, and Udio's models generate a complete track with sung vocals, melody, and arrangement, typically in well under a minute.
The company was founded in 2023 by Yaroslav Ganin and David Ding, both former machine learning researchers at Google DeepMind, and launched publicly in April 2024 backed by a 10 million dollar seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from prominent musicians and music-industry figures.
Udio positions itself as a creative songwriting and production tool for musicians, content creators, and hobbyists rather than a passive listening service, emphasizing editing and remixing controls on top of raw generation.
Core generation lets users produce two-minute-plus songs from text prompts, choosing genre, tempo, and vocal style, with the option to extend a track section by section.
Audio-to-song functionality allows uploading a hummed melody, recorded instrument, or existing audio clip as a reference that Udio turns into a fully arranged song.
Editing tools support inpainting specific sections, remixing existing generations, adjusting vocal characteristics, and applying style references drawn from other tracks, alongside automatic custom cover art generation for finished songs.
Udio uses a credit-based freemium model. The Free plan gives 10 credits per day (100 per month, no rollover) capped at three full songs daily. The Standard plan is 10 dollars per month (8 dollars per month billed annually) for 2,400 monthly credits and commercial rights, and the Pro plan is 30 dollars per month (24 dollars per month billed annually) for 6,000 monthly credits and the highest concurrency.
Additional pay-as-you-go credit packs (for example 100 credits for 3 dollars) can be purchased on top of any plan and, unlike the monthly allotment, do not expire.
Udio generates complete songs, including vocals and instrumentation, from text prompts, letting musicians and creators produce demos, backing tracks, or finished songs quickly.
Udio was founded in 2023 by Yaroslav Ganin and David Ding, former Google DeepMind researchers, and launched publicly in April 2024.
Yes, Udio has a free tier with 10 credits per day and up to three full songs daily, though usage is limited to non-commercial purposes.
Commercial usage rights are included on the paid Standard and Pro plans, not on the free tier.
Standard is 10 dollars per month (8 dollars per month billed annually) and Pro is 30 dollars per month (24 dollars per month billed annually).
Yes, major record labels including Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Udio in 2024 over training data.
Both are AI music generators; Udio is generally noted for stronger editing and remix controls, while Suno is a longer-established competitor with a larger user base.
Udio has not launched a broadly available public API; access is primarily through its web application.