Udio

  • Udio — Full Profile

    1. One-line positioning

    Udio = prompt-to-song AI music generator (v1.5 / Allegro v1.5) with section-level inpainting, style blending, voice control, and 48 kHz-class stereo output, but since the Oct 2025 UMG + Warner settlements all audio/video/stem downloads are disabled on every tier — output stays in-platform under a licensed “walled garden”. Credit-metered freemium, iOS app only, no public API. It is the quality/control-first cousin of Suno with the strictest export lock in the category.

    2. Core features

    Capability Free Standard Pro Notes
    Generation 10 credits/day + 100/mo, 3 full-length (130s) songs/day cap​ 2,400/mo, no daily cap 6,000/mo 32s pair = 2 cr, 130s pair = 4 cr; no rollover
    Concurrent 4 songs (2 slots) 6 songs (3 slots) 10 songs (5 slots) —
    Models v1.5 / Allegro v1.5 / Allegro v1.5 / Allegro No v4 shipped
    Inpainting (Magic Edit) ✅ ✅ ✅ Regenerate a time-range, keep rest
    Extend / Remix / Chain sections ✅ ✅ ✅ Build to ~10 min by chaining
    Voice Control ❌ ✅ ✅ Adjust vocal character
    Style Blending / reference upload ❌ ✅ ✅ Timbral fingerprint, not melody copy
    Premium Artist Styles ❌ ❌ ✅ Gated
    Audio upload (remix your file) ❌ ✅ ✅ —
    Cover-art gen + custom upload ❌ ✅ ✅ —
    Stem separation (vocals/drums/bass/other) ❌ ❌ (pre-settlement only) ❌ (pre-settlement only) Disabled for all tiers since 2025-10-29​
    Downloads (MP3/WAV/video/stems) ❌ ❌ ❌ Disabled for all tiers since 2025-10-29; 48h window Nov 3–5 2025 only
    Commercial rights Attribution required ✅ (under current terms) ✅ Verify before monetized release — terms shifting with licensed relaunch
    Mobile iOS app only (no Android native) iOS iOS Web works on Android browser
    API ❌ ❌ ❌ No public API despite some 2026 blogs claiming it

     

    3. Pricing — Freemium (credit-meter, double cap on free)

    • Free: $0, 10 credits/day + 100 credits/month​ (separate pools, neither rolls over), max 3 full-length (130s) songs/day, 4 concurrent, v1.5/Allegro, inpainting only, no Voice Control/Style Blend/uploads, no downloads, attribution-required commercial use.
    • Standard: $10/mo monthly / $8/mo billed annually ($96/yr)​ — 2,400 credits/mo, no daily song cap, 6 concurrent, unlocks Voice Control + Style Blending + audio upload + lyrics edit + cover art + permission controls.
    • Pro: $30/mo monthly / $24/mo billed annually ($288/yr)​ — 6,000 credits/mo, 10 concurrent, all Standard features + Premium Artist Styles + song-access permissions + highest priority.
    • Top-up credits: 100 cr $3, 1,000 cr $25, never expire, need active sub to use. Student .edu = 50% off 6 months (Std $5/mo, Pro $15/mo).
    • CPT: pricing_type = freemium, starting_price = $0, free_tier = "10 credits/day + 100 credits/month, 3 full-length songs/day cap, no downloads, attribution-required", note “downloads disabled all tiers since 2025-10-29 UMG/Warner settlement; credits subscription-only, no rollover; top-ups never expire”.

    4. Access Type (v2 spec)

    • access_type: web-app, mobile
    • access_display: 🌐 Web App (udio.com) · 📱 iOS only
    • No desktop client, no public API​ (contrary to some 2026 wrap posts — official docs expose no API keys to users).

    5. Who should use it

    1. Producers prototyping arrangements​ — inpainting + style blend beat text-only tools for finessing a section
    2. Lyricists / songwriters​ — hear verses in genre context, chain sections to full length, no DAW needed to sketch
    3. Hobbyists okay with on-platform sharing​ — UMG-licensed walled garden means lower takedown risk inside Udio
    4. iPhone-based creators​ — iOS app solid, fine for mobile ideation
    5. Researchers / A/B listeners​ comparing Udio vocal realism vs Suno before picking a camp

    6. Who should NOT use it

    1. Anyone needing WAV/stems for external video, YouTube, Spotify, client delivery​ — export dead since 2025-10-29; Suno (Pro/Premier) is the export-capable alternative
    2. Android-native mobile teams​ — no Android app
    3. Production pipelines needing API scale​ — no public API; Riffusion/Resemble/Falcon cover that gap
    4. Agencies shipping 20–60 tracks/mo to clients​ — can’t export, period
    5. Label-grade exclusive masters​ — commercial-rights wording is in flux pending 2026 licensed relaunch (“Starstruck”), not a stable indemnity
    6. Podcast cleanup / live cleanup / TTS / ASR​ → Cleanvoice / Krisp / Murf / Whisper respectively

    7.Competitors (Core Set)

    Suno (closest 1:1, faster, broader feature set, exports work, but lower fidelity/mix), Mureka (multilingual, voice clone), ElevenLabs Music (vocal realism, licensed, exports work), Soundraw (instrumental BG music, clean licensing), Mubert (real-time/API), AIVA (orchestral), Stable Audio, Riffusion, Boomy, Beatoven, Loudly

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