Udio
: How to use it, features, and the business problems it solves
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What is Udio?
An AI music generator (by Uncharted Labs) that creates full songs with vocals from a text prompt. It supports lyrics/style control, extend, inpainting, and audio upload — but since its 2025 Universal Music Group partnership it has become a closed platform, and downloading your generated songs is currently disabled (use stays on-platform). Free plan available, credit-based.
Business problems it solves
About "Udio"
What is Udio
Udio is an AI music generator that creates full songs with realistic AI vocals and instrumentation from a text prompt (plus optional lyrics and style references). Under the banner "Make your music / Create any song. Just imagine it.," it is operated by Uncharted Labs (founded in 2023 by former Google DeepMind researchers).
Important change: since its October 2025 partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG), Udio has moved to a closed "walled garden" where your generated songs stay on the platform. Downloading from the platform was disabled on October 29, 2025, and there is no download option on the current pricing/feature pages. A Warner Music Group (WMG) partnership was also announced in November 2025, and new models trained on licensed music are said to be in preparation.
How to use
Enter a prompt or lyrics to generate a song, then edit and share.
Enter a prompt
Describe the song you want, and specify lyrics/style.
Generate a song
Generate a full song with AI vocals and instrumentation.
Edit
Adjust with extend, remix, and inpainting.
Share
Add cover art and publish/share within Udio (no download).
Generation is credit-based; the free plan is 100 credits/month (10/day, no rollover). Currently you cannot download generated songs — use is basically on-platform.
Key features
01Generation from prompts/lyrics
Combine a text prompt with optional lyrics and style (a musical reference) to generate a full song with AI vocals. It supports 32-second and 2:10 (130-second) generations.
02Voices, styles, editing
Supports saving/reusing your own Voices and Voice Control, blending styles, extend/remix/inpainting (partial editing), and uploading your own audio.
03Cover art & publishing
Supports generating/uploading cover art, setting access permissions, and publishing/sharing to the Udio community. There is also an iOS app (downloads are currently unavailable).
Pricing
You can start for free; the figures below are the monthly price when billed annually (monthly billing is higher). Plans are credit-based.
| Plan | Monthly (billed yearly) | Monthly credits | Main content |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 100 (10/day) | Up to 4 songs at once, full songs 3/day |
| Standard | $8 (monthly $10) | 2,400 | Up to 6 at once, editing/upload/style reference |
| Pro | $24 (monthly $30) | 6,000 | Up to 10 at once, all features |
Credit top-ups are $3.00 for 100 and $25.00 for 1,000. Student pricing exists. You currently cannot download generated songs (disabled Oct 29, 2025 with the UMG partnership). Check the latest post-partnership terms for commercial-use rights (no commercial-use row on the official pricing page at the time of writing). Prices are in USD and subject to change; check the official site for the latest (as of August 2026).
How it differs from other AI music generators
Udio stands out in that it generates high-quality songs with AI vocals, but due to major-label partnerships, creations stay on the platform (no downloads). For uses where you want to download songs and use them freely, this restriction is a major difference.
| Aspect | Udio | Suno | Mureka |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus | Prompt → full song | Prompt/lyrics → song | Song generation/studio |
| Audio download | Currently no (on-platform) | Yes (by plan) | Yes (by plan) |
| Partnerships | UMG & WMG | — | — |
Suno and Mureka, which also compose from prompts, make good points of comparison. Because whether you can download output greatly affects your use case, always check each service's current terms if you need to export songs. If you enjoy composing and sharing on-platform, Udio is a strong option.
The information on this page is based on the official site as of August 2026. Please check the official site for the latest specifications and pricing.
