AI is very powerful at creating the best music for use anywhere, anytime. There was a warning because music was used without the creator having the necessary license. And the sums involved were sometimes as high as €25,000.
Wouldn’t it be a dream if you could create cool sounds that fit the theme with just a few clicks, without worrying about licenses or other requirements? If you now think that AI is the perfect solution, then we have to disappoint you (at least partially).
Unlike AI image generators or AI text generators, you also have to read the license terms for music generators and look closely at what price you have to pay to get which rights.
Nevertheless, AI music generators can offer a good alternative to traditional music libraries. In this article, we present to you the eight best and most popular tools.
What is an AI Music Generator?
An AI music generator (or AI sound generator) is an online tool or software that uses artificial intelligence to generate music, jingles, and melodies.
It varies from tool to tool, which inputs you can provide and which parameters you can set.
How Good are AI Music Generators?
AI music generators have become so good today that you can no longer tell whether some pieces were composed by a human or by an AI.
However, this depends heavily on the underlying model. Moreover, not every tool offers such high-quality output.
Creating prompts (text commands) for pieces of music is sometimes a bit trickier than with AI text or image generators.
Nevertheless, with many of the tools, even beginners can achieve pretty good results in just a few steps, which is really impressive.
AI Music Generators & Licenses
If you have already dealt with AI music generators, you may have noticed that the licenses and copyrights are (unfortunately) much more restrictive than with AI lyrics or AI images.
The copyright often remains with the platform on which the piece of music was generated. As a user, you receive only limited usage rights, which vary depending on the tool and your subscription.
For example, all the AI music tools we tested prohibit commercial use, so you can’t upload the music to Spotify or Apple Music.
Some platforms also do not allow the use of music in videos intended solely as accompaniment to a piece of music. This includes videos with still images and meditation videos.
You should also check beforehand whether music can be used for sponsored or advertising videos, as AI music tools handle this very differently.
Comparison of Best & Powerful AI Music Generators in 2026
Here is a Detailed Description of the Best AI Music Generators in 2026
To rank the AI music generators, we considered several criteria, including music quality, musical variety, usability, price-performance ratio, and license restrictions.
Below, you will find all AI music tools sorted by their test results:
Mubert
Mubert is the AI music generator with the best sound quality and is currently the only generator that lets you enter a prompt (command) to compose a piece of music.
This didn’t work so well in May 2023 when we first tested Mubert, but it’s getting better and better now. Like ChatGPT, you have to experiment a bit with prompts to get the desired result.
Alternatively, you can choose a genre, a mood, or an activity. Mubert offers a huge selection. There are pieces of music in 80 different genres:
Unfortunately, Mubert doesn’t allow you to make any further changes after you’ve created the song. If you don’t like the piece, you can’t adjust it; you have to generate a new one.
You will be suggested some similar tracks that you can download directly:
ecrett music
Ecrett is the tool that performs best in terms of licensing in our AI music generator comparison, as it offers a very generous license for a small price, makes creating music easy, and provides many setting options.
You can use music that you create on ecrett for $4.99 per month (as an annual subscription) for all your social media and YouTube projects – including monetized ones. However, the license is only valid for you personally; if you have a company, you need the business subscription, which costs $10 more per month.
The interface for creating music is clear and yet offers many possibilities:
First, you select scene, mood, and genre in the window at the top left. This will create a piece you can adjust.
Below, you can see the sections of the piece of music, as well as its components. Here you can adjust everything.
Once you are satisfied, you can save, download, rename, or delete the piece completely in the window at the top right.
Soundful
Soundful also offers many options for creating and customizing songs to suit your needs.
Currently, for only $2.50 per month (as an annual subscription), you can use the songs for social media, online platforms, your own websites, and also for advertising.
To create a song, you first choose a genre and then a subcategory. You can then adjust the speed and pitch.
One advantage of Soundful over ecrett is that you can buy the copyright for a song for $49.99 if you need to. If you do this, you can use the song without a subscription, and you also have the right to upload and market it yourself on music platforms.
Boomy
Boomy costs $9.99 per month for the Creator subscription. However, it is not that easy to personalize a song on Boomy to your liking.
To create a song, you first select a category on Boomy:
To then define a subcategory:
The song is now created. You can then swap or move sections of the song or select or deselect different instruments. It is also possible to add background noises, such as birds chirping.
Overall, however, the editing is not quite as intuitive as with Ecrett or Soundful.
Songs created with Boomy can also be used for advertising and sponsored videos.
Beatoven.ai
Beatoven is particularly interesting because you can do a lot with the free version. However, downloads are only available with a subscription. For $30 a year, you can download 15 minutes of music per month.
With Beatoven, you also first choose a genre:
And then sets the mood:
Now that the song is created, you can adjust the tempo and instruments.
Soundraw
Soundraw is the most expensive AI music generator in comparison: you pay over $16 per month if you choose the annual plan.
Soundraw offers a clear platform and a very generous license: If you have a subscription, you can use the songs for any purpose, as long as the music itself is not the product.
To create a song, you first select a mood in Soundraw and set the length and tempo:
SOUNDRAW then composes several pieces that fit these parameters, and you can make adjustments to the individual pieces:
AIVA
With AIVA, you can generate music to use in videos on social networks such as Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and Facebook. If you want to use the music outside these platforms, you have to cancel the Pro subscription, which costs €33 per month (annual subscription).
With the standard subscription for €11 per month (annual subscription) you can download 15 tracks per month and the copyright remains with AIVA. With the Pro subscription, you can download 300 tracks per month and also become the copyright owner.
To create a song in AIVA, you first select a preset:
In addition, length, instruments, and speed can be specified:
Once the song has been created, you have the option to adjust and change it later in the Piano Roll:
Evoke Music
Evoke Music is not a classic music generator but a library that provides AI-generated pieces of music.
Here, you will find ready-composed pieces that you cannot adjust afterward.
What Makes a Good AI Music Generator?
Generous licenses
As mentioned above, music is, unfortunately, much more difficult than images generated by AI. All platforms on which music can be generated artificially usually retain copyright in the generated music, and only a few even offer the option to purchase it.
Why?
The platforms want to prevent the generated music from being monetized and downloaded from the Internet.
The license terms do say they want to protect the user (so that not everyone can use the sounds they create), but ultimately, it’s more about maintaining control over those sounds.
Since the copyright remains with the platform, it is extremely important to be well informed about what you are allowed to do with the downloaded music.
We haven’t found a platform that lets you use music for commercial projects without a subscription or a free trial. So if you’re an influencer, blogger, or content creator, and you don’t want only friends to access your profiles, you’ll inevitably have to subscribe to use the music publicly.
There are also differences in the context in which you can use these pieces of music:
With providers with generous licenses, you can use the music for many purposes. For providers with restrictive licenses, certain areas are excluded and only covered by a more expensive subscription (this often raises the question of whether a video should be monetized, for example).
So think carefully in advance about what you want to use the music for, and then choose a provider that covers exactly these areas.
Easy operation
The operation of the AI music generators is also a big factor in our ranking. Even at first glance, you can see that there are big differences between the various platforms.
The platforms that have been ranked best here are those on which you can not only easily create a melody on a specific topic, but can also change and adapt it later with little effort.
FAQs:
Here, I have compiled answers to frequently asked questions about AI music generators:
What types of music can I use AI music generators for?
AI music generators can be used for various purposes, such as:
background music for videos and podcasts
intros and outros
Creating a harmonious playlist for an event
Music for Apps
However, you should check with each provider separately whether the respective application purposes are permitted and which subscription you need to take out for them.
Do AI music generators violate copyright?
The music used by AI music generators to generate new sounds is provided by the platform. Musicians and composers often work with AI models and “feed” them music.
Theoretically, pieces of music may be used for which the developers do not have a license.
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