Suno v6
Suno's new song models; v6-mini is free, but free songs can't be downloaded and your uploads can train it.
Should you use it?
Pick it if
Anyone curious about making songs from a text prompt, starting on the free plan.
Best for: Anyone curious about making songs from a text prompt, starting free (AI apps Top 20)
Skip it if
You want to own and download what you make without paying; that needs Pro.
You give up: Commercial rights need a paid plan; uploads can train it, with no opt-out described
The short version
- What this is
- An AI music model that writes and sings whole songs from a text prompt. v6 comes in three versions: v6, v6-wild and the free v6-mini.
- Why it matters
- Suno is a widely known song tool; v6 leads a small blind music arena and has a free tier, but the board is too small to score.
- Launched 9 Sep 2026; v6-mini is free, v6 and v6-wild need Pro at $8/month s1 s2.
- Warner and BMG licensed music for training; Universal and Sony are still suing s5.
- Free songs can't be downloaded, and content you add can train Suno's models s2 s3.
Good at
- Free accounts get the new v6-mini model; paid plans add v6 and the more varied v6-wild s1 s2.
- Ranks first of 13 on the Artificial Analysis blind vocal music arena, with the free v6-mini second s6.
- Trained from scratch on a new data set that includes licensed music from Warner and BMG, according to Suno s4 s5.
Our take
Suno is one of the best-known AI song makers, and v6 is its first model built with record labels on board. Suno says v6 was trained from scratch on a new data set that includes licensed music from Warner and BMG and user data s4 s5. Universal and Sony are still suing Suno over earlier models, and a German court ruled against it in a GEMA case in July s5.
The free plan is a fair way to hear what it can do: 50 credits a day on v6-mini s2. To download songs or use them commercially you need Pro, listed at $8 a month s2. The pricing page also mentions yearly billing savings without stating the yearly total, so check the price at checkout. Before uploading your own audio or lyrics, know that Suno's privacy notice allows it to use content you add to train its models, and it describes no way to opt out s3.
On Artificial Analysis's blind vocal music arena, Suno v6 ranks first and v6-mini second of 13 models s6. Our rules need at least 20 models on a board before it can set a score, so we have not given one yet.
Not scored yet
This is a First look: the call above comes from the maker's own pages, so there is no score yet. Once a music leaderboard with at least 20 distinct models ranks v6, or an independent listening test publishes.
Voice
New to this? What the scores and labels mean
- 0 to 100
- Our score for one job, like writing or coding, compared with everything else out today. 100 is the best available today. For AI models we build it from public data, such as Arena's blind votes and Epoch AI's independent tests; apps and tools are scored on our own checklist. The same tool can score differently for different jobs, and where two likely ranges overlap, we call it a tie.
- Our verdict
- Use it: a top choice for most people. Worth trying: good, and worth a go. Depends: good for some people or one kind of job. Wait: too early to tell, or not out for everyone yet. Skip: something else does the job better.
- First look
- Just released. We say what it is and whether to bother, and give it a score once public results exist.
- No score yet
- None of the public sources we use covers it yet, or the only evidence is from a source whose numbers we can't use, so we describe it in words instead.
- Best buy
- Nothing cheaper scores as well for that job.
- Best free
- The best score for that job that costs nothing, through a free plan or by running on your own computer.
- Pay as you go
- No monthly plan: you pay for each use, usually through a developer account.
- Checked
- The day we last confirmed the score and the price against the sources. Prices change often, so check the date.
- AI model
- The engine underneath, like GPT or Claude. You use it through an app or, if you code, directly.
- Open source
- Free to download and run on your own computer, so nothing leaves your machine.
Alternatives
Nothing we have scored beats it for voice on score or on price.
Evidence
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How we scored this
Reviews are drafted with help from AI models, including Anthropic's Claude. Model scores come only from outside leaderboards and independent evaluations, by a written rule.
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Sources 6
- s1Suno blog: Introducing v6 (9 Sep 2026)
- s2Suno pricing
- s3Suno privacy notice (last modified 23 Jun 2026)
- s4Engadget: Suno trained its v6 AI music models with help from Warner and BMG (9 Sep 2026)
- s5MusicRadar: Suno has rebuilt its AI music models from scratch with licensed music (9 Sep 2026)
- s6Artificial Analysis music leaderboard: vocals (AA-Music-Vocal v1.1)
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History 2 changes
Every change to a rating, the price or our call, with the reason. Scores are against what exists on the day, so they drift down as better things ship. Older entries come from before we moved to scores.
- First look. No music leaderboard is large enough to rating it yet.
- Audit: added the Artificial Analysis vocal music arena (v6 first, v6-mini second of 13); too small a board to rating, so still a First look.
Use it well 3 guides on this site
Pages on this site that help with the jobs above.