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Udio disabled every download — audio, video, and stems, on paid tiers too — after its October 2025 UMG settlement, and the announced licensed relaunch keeps creations in-app under DRM. A music seat you can't export from isn't a seat. Suno holds the music job. Replaced by Suno.
The Stack / Voice & Audio
Udio
03 CreationNo — you can't get your music out. Udio disabled every download — audio, video, and stems, on every tier including Pro — as part of its October 2025 UMG settlement, and the announced licensed relaunch keeps creations in-app under DRM. Suno holds the music seat; revisit only if export ever returns.
The job in the stack
Retired from the stack: on-platform music generation with no export path since October 2025.
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 10 credits/day plus a 100-credit monthly pool, no rollover; 3 full-length songs/day |
| Standard | $10/mo | 2,400 credits/mo, no rollover; $8/mo billed annually; free trial available |
| Pro | $30/mo | 6,000 credits/mo; catalog permission controls; $24/mo billed annually |
| Pay-as-you-go | varies | 100 credits $3, 1,000 credits $25 — purchased credits never expire |
Pricing verified 2026-07-31. Plans change — the source of truth is Udio's own pricing page.
Models & versions
- Udio platformCurrent generator runs on-platform only; licensed relaunch (reportedly 'Starstruck') announced for 2026, not shipped
The honest read
What works
- +Vocal quality still competes with the category's best — inside the platform
- +Licensing deals with UMG, Warner, Merlin, and Kobalt make it the most label-cleared platform in the category
What breaks
- −All downloads disabled since October 29, 2025 — audio, video, and stems, for paying subscribers too
- −The reported relaunch ('Starstruck') keeps creations in-app; export is on no published roadmap
- −Stream encryption, watermarking, and fingerprinting now actively block off-platform use (BuyDRM deal, July 2026)
Use it for
- →On-platform experimentation only — nothing you make here can ship to YouTube, Spotify, or a client
- →Tracks downloaded before October 29, 2025, which remain usable under the old terms
Skip it if
- ×You need music you can publish anywhere off udio.com — today that's every operator use of a music tool
Questions operators ask
?Udio or Suno?
Suno — not on quality, on access. Udio has disabled all downloads since October 2025, so nothing you generate can leave the platform; Suno's paid plans still export with commercial rights. Quality was always close enough that taste decided. Access now decides.
What changed
- PUBLIC CORRECTION + RETIREMENT: our entry tracked pricing while missing the story — Udio disabled all downloads (audio, video, stems, every tier) on October 29, 2025 under its UMG settlement, added BuyDRM stream encryption in July 2026, and the reported 'Starstruck' relaunch keeps creations in-app. Verified today on udio.com and help.udio.com. Entry rewritten around the export lock; seat retired, replaced by Suno. Pricing itself was and remains accurate (Free $0, Standard $10, Pro $30; pay-as-you-go credits never expire).
- Freshness sweep — re-verified against udio.com/pricing: no changes to plan pricing. Noted detail: Free tier also caps at 3 songs/day on top of the 100-credit monthly pool, and Pro carries a 50%-off-for-6-months student rate.
- Added to the stack (alternate music seat). Verified: Free 100 credits, Standard $10/2,400, Pro $30/6,000, no rollover on plans; PAYG credits never expire.
Alternatives with different jobs
Suno
03 CreationThe music seat: custom background tracks, intros, and audio branding from a text prompt.
LALAL.AI
03 CreationThe stem-separation seat: extracting clean vocals, instrumentals, and individual instruments from finished audio for edits, remixes, and content.
ElevenLabs
03 CreationThe voice seat: narration, voice cloning for scaled content, and audio versions of written work.