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ElevenMusic vs Stable Audio
ElevenMusic scores higher overall (8.6 vs 7.1), but the right pick depends on what you need.
Choose ElevenMusic if…
Creators who want polished vocal songs with the clearest commercial licensing
8.6/10★★★★★Full review →Choose Stable Audio if…
Producers and video teams who need licensed instrumentals and sound effects
7.1/10★★★★★Full review →Side by side
| ElevenMusic | Stable Audio | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 8.6/10 | 7.1/10 |
| Rank in category | #1 of 10 | #5 of 10 |
| Price | Freemium · from $9.99/month | Freemium · from $12/month |
| Free version | Up to 7 songs a day in the app; no commercial rights on the free plan | 50 credits a month (about 12 full-mix generations), personal non-commercial use |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, API | Web, Desktop app, API |
| Made by | ElevenLabs | Stability AI |
| Music quality | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| Ease of use | 8.5 | 7 |
| Features | 9.5 | 7 |
| Value for money | 8 | 7 |
| Platforms | 8 | 6.5 |
ElevenMusic: what the AI does
- Songs and instrumentals from text, lyrics, loops or voice recordings
- Section-by-section regeneration (inpainting)
- Genre changes within a single track
- Consistent custom or library voices
- Multilingual vocals
- Music API for developers
- Trained on licensed music, so commercial use is the least legally murky
- Precise editing of individual sections
- Marketplace lets you earn when others use your tracks
- Part of the wider ElevenLabs voice and audio toolkit
- No Android app yet
- Self-serve licences exclude film, TV and studio games
- Credit-based pricing on ElevenLabs plans is hard to compare
Stable Audio: what the AI does
- Text-to-audio and audio-to-audio generation
- Tracks up to six minutes
- Multi-track generation
- Sound effects generation
- DAW plugin
- Open-weight models for self-hosting
- Trained on licensed data, with Universal and Warner partnerships
- Fast, multi-minute generations
- DAW plugin fits into production workflows
- Open-weight models can run locally
- No vocals or lyrics
- Results usually need finishing in a DAW
- Top plan's price more than doubled in August 2026