Updated August 2026 · includes the 3 September download limits

Suno AI pricing,
explained properly

Three plans, one credit system, and a set of limits that changed materially this month. Here's what each tier actually costs, what you really get, and which one fits how you work.

Free
Trying it out, personal projects
$0/ month
No card required
Start for free
50 credits / day≈ 10 songs daily, refreshed every day
  • Runs the v4.5-all model
  • My Taste personalization included
  • Unlimited streaming & sharing on Suno
  • 7 lifetime downloads from 3 Sept, MP3 only
  • Personal, non-commercial use only
  • No Voices, Custom models or Studio
  • Shared queue, no credit top-ups
Premier
Production, high volume, Studio
$24/ month
billed annually · $288/year
Get Premier
10,000 credits / month≈ 2,000 songs · 4× the Pro allowance
  • Everything in Pro
  • Suno Studio 2.0 - MIDI, synth, effects, automation
  • Advanced stem separation, 32-bit / 48 kHz export
  • Unlimited downloads via Studio - the biggest exemption in the new policy
  • 60 downloads / month outside Studio
  • Highest priority and concurrency
Prices in USD. Annual billing saves roughly 20% - Pro works out at $96/year and Premier at $288/year. Regional pricing varies (Premier is around £18/month in the UK). Suno revises plan limits periodically, so confirm at suno.com/pricing before subscribing.
New this month

What changed in August 2026

The sticker prices haven't moved, but what each plan buys has changed twice in a fortnight - once in your favour, once against it. Both matter more than the headline numbers.

Premier got a lot better 13 Aug

Studio 2.0 turned the browser DAW into a real one: MIDI recording and a piano roll, MIDI-as-prompt, a wavetable synth, seven effects, custom plugins you build by describing them, automation, and proper stem separation.

Editing in Studio costs no credits, and multitrack export is unlimited. For anyone who actually produces, Premier is a stronger proposition than it was two weeks ago.

Every plan got download caps 3 Sept

From 3 September, Free gets 7 downloads for life, Pro 20 a month and Premier 60 a month - applied retroactively to your entire back catalogue.

Crucially, commercial use is now tied to obtaining an authorised download through Suno. Holding a subscription is no longer enough on its own.

HOW THIS CHANGES THE VALUE CALCULATION

Downloads are now the real currency, not credits

For most of Suno's history, credits were the constraint - Pro's 2,500 a month was the number that decided whether you'd upgrade. From September, the binding limit for most people is downloads, and Pro's 20 a month is far tighter than its 500 songs.

That reframes the tiers. If you generate a lot but release a little, Pro is still fine. If you export regularly - stems, revisions, client deliverables - Premier with Studio is the only plan without a ceiling, and that exemption is worth more than the extra credits.

Line by line

Full plan comparison

Everything that differs between the three tiers, including the limits that only take effect in September.

FeatureFreeProPremier
Price & credits
Monthly price$0$10$30
Annual priceeffective per month-$96 $8/mo$288 $24/mo
Credits50 / day2,500 / mo10,000 / mo
Approx. songsat ~5 credits per song~10 / day~500 / mo~2,000 / mo
Credit top-upsNoYesYes
Credits roll overNoNoNo
Models & personalization
Model accessv4.5-allv5.5 + allv5.5 + all
My TasteYesYesYes
Voicesyour verified singing voiceNoYesYes
Custom modelsNoUp to 3Up to 3
Downloads & formats
Download limitfrom 3 September 20267 lifetime20 / mo60 / mo
Unlimited via StudioNoNoYes
MP3 · VideoYesYesYes
WAVdesktop site onlyNoYesYes
12 time-aligned stemsNoYesYes
32-bit / 48 kHz multitrackNoNoYes
Studio & production
Suno Studio 2.0NoNoYes
MIDI recording & piano rollNoNoYes
Effects, plugins, automationNoNoYes
Rights & performance
Commercial useNoYesYes
Royalties owed to Sunon/a0%0%
Generation queueSharedPriority ~10 concurrentHighest
Streaming & sharing on SunoUnlimitedUnlimitedUnlimited
The currency

How Suno credits actually work

Every plan runs on the same credit system. Understanding it is the difference between a plan that feels generous and one that runs dry in the third week.

~5 credits per song

One generation costs about 10 credits and returns two songs - so roughly 5 credits each. That's where the 10 / 500 / 2,000 song estimates come from.

Everything generative costs

Extensions, remixes, covers and regenerations each spend a full generation's worth of credits - not a discount. The re-roll is the same price as the first attempt.

Nothing rolls over

Daily free credits reset each day; monthly credits reset on your billing date, not the 1st. Unused credits are forfeited. Only purchased top-ups persist, while your subscription stays active.

Editing is free

Arranging, comping, splitting, mixing, automating and exporting in Studio cost no credits. Only generating new audio draws from the pool - so edit more, re-roll less.

Top-ups exist

Pro and Premier can buy additional credits on top of the monthly allowance, and from September you can buy extra downloads too. Neither is available on Free.

The re-roll multiplier

The honest number: a finished track usually costs 3-5× its list price in credits, because almost nobody keeps the first take. Budget by finished songs, not generations.

What the plans really give you

~10
Free · finished songs per day, if you keep one take in five
~100-165
Pro · realistic finished songs per month after re-rolls
~400-660
Premier · realistic finished songs per month after re-rolls
Read those numbers against the download caps. Pro's realistic output is well over 100 finished songs a month, but from September you can only take 20 of them off the platform. For most people the credit allowance stopped being the constraint - the download quota is.
What you're buying

Commercial rights by plan

The single most consequential difference between Free and paid isn't credits or features - it's whether you're allowed to make money from what you make.

Free plan songs

Suno's help documentation is blunt: on the Basic plan, Suno owns the songs you create and you may use them only for non-commercial purposes.

And it's not retroactive. A song generated on Free stays non-commercial forever, even if you upgrade the next day. If you might ever release it, don't make it on the free tier.

Pro & Premier songs

On paid plans you own the songs and receive a commercial-use licence to monetise them - YouTube, streaming, ads, client work, sync - with 0% royalties owed to Suno.

Pro and Premier carry identical rights. The difference between them is volume and tooling, never licensing.

A licence is not a copyright. Suno's own docs note that purely AI-generated material may not be eligible for copyright protection, because US law requires human authorship and "writing the prompt does not constitute the creation of the song." You can sell it; you may struggle to stop someone copying it. Writing your own lyrics - or playing your own MIDI parts in Studio - adds the human authorship that strengthens your position.
Platforms have their own rules. Spotify and Apple Music expect DDEX AI disclosure on submission, and YouTube bars fully AI-generated audio from Content ID monetisation. Your Suno licence permits commercial release; it doesn't override a distributor's policy. Disclose honestly.
From 3 September, rights flow through the download. Commercial use is tied to obtaining a permitted download via Suno's approved system - so the file you release should be one you downloaded properly, from Suno, while subscribed. Files pulled from third-party scrapers sit outside that system. Remixes are also restricted to personal use unless Suno grants separate permission.
Decide

Which plan should you actually pick?

Ignore the feature lists for a moment and answer one question: what do you do with the songs after you make them?

Stay free

You're just playing

Making songs for fun, for friends, for the joy of it. 10 a day is plenty and you'll never need the files. Just don't build anything you care about here.

Go Pro

You post to social

YouTube, TikTok, podcasts. You need commercial rights and WAV files, but you release a handful of tracks a month - well inside 20 downloads.

Go Pro

You want your own voice

Voices and Custom models are Pro features, not Premier ones. If personalisation is the draw, the cheaper tier already has it.

Go Premier

You export constantly

Stems for every track, multiple mixes, client revisions. Studio's unlimited downloads are the only way to avoid the cap - this is the strongest reason to upgrade.

Go Premier

You actually produce

You want MIDI, effects, automation and 32-bit multitracks. Studio 2.0 is a real workstation now, and editing in it costs no credits.

Go Premier

You release volume

More than 20 finished tracks leaving the platform each month. Pro's download cap will bite long before its credit allowance does.

Pay annually

You've been at it 3+ months

If Suno has stuck as a habit, annual saves ~20% - $24/year on Pro, $72/year on Premier. If you're new, stay monthly until you know.

Consider Pro + a DAW

You have Ableton or Logic

Studio has no VST or AU support. If your sound lives in your plugin folder, Pro plus the DAW you own may beat Premier - though you'll live with 20 downloads.

Read this first

The costs nobody puts on the pricing page

Six things that surprise people after they subscribe. None are dealbreakers; all are cheaper to know about now.

1. Free-plan songs can never be monetised. Not "until you upgrade" - ever. The rights attach at the moment of generation. This is the single most expensive mistake new users make.
2. The "500 songs" figure assumes you keep every take. Real output after re-rolls is closer to 100-165 finished tracks on Pro. Judge a plan by finished songs, not generations.
3. WAV only works on desktop. Tap download in the mobile app and Suno silently gives you an MP3, on any plan, with no warning. People have released compressed audio without realising.
4. Credits reset on your billing date. Not the 1st of the month. If you plan a big session around the calendar, you may find the pool emptied a week earlier than expected.
5. Cancelling doesn't revoke past rights, but it does stop new ones. Songs generated while subscribed keep their commercial licence. Anything you make after cancelling reverts to free-tier terms.
6. Distribution has its own gatekeepers. AI disclosure is required by major DSPs, and some monetisation routes are closed to fully AI-generated audio regardless of your Suno licence. Factor that into what a plan is worth to you.
FAQ

Suno pricing - frequently asked questions

The questions people ask before subscribing, and the ones they ask afterwards.

How much does Suno cost?

Free is $0 with 50 credits a day. Pro is $10/month, or $96/year which works out at $8/month. Premier is $30/month, or $288/year at $24/month. Annual billing saves roughly 20% on both paid tiers. Regional pricing varies - Premier is around £18/month in the UK.

Is the free plan actually usable?

For learning and personal fun, yes - 50 credits a day is about 10 songs, refreshed daily, on the v4.5-all model. The catch is rights: Suno owns free-plan songs and they're non-commercial forever, even if you upgrade later. From 3 September you also only get 7 downloads for your entire lifetime on Free. Treat it as a trial, not a tier.

What's the real difference between Pro and Premier?

Three things: 4× the credits (10,000 vs 2,500), Suno Studio 2.0, and download headroom - 60 a month instead of 20, plus unlimited exports through Studio. Commercial rights, Voices and Custom models are identical on both. If you don't open Studio and don't export much, Pro is the better buy.

How many credits does a song cost?

A generation costs about 10 credits and returns two songs - roughly 5 credits per song. Extensions, remixes, covers and regenerations each cost a full generation. Because almost nobody keeps the first take, a genuinely finished track typically costs 3-5× the list price in credits.

Do unused credits roll over?

No. Daily free credits reset every day and monthly credits reset on your billing date - unused ones are forfeited. The exception is purchased top-ups, which persist as long as your subscription stays active. Both paid tiers can buy extra credits; Free cannot.

Is annual billing worth it?

It saves about 20% - $24 a year on Pro, $72 on Premier - which is roughly two and a half free months. Worth it if Suno has already become a habit. If you've been subscribed less than three months, stay on monthly: plan limits and policies have changed twice this month alone, and monthly keeps you flexible.

What are the new download limits?

From 3 September 2026: Free gets 7 downloads for life (personal use only), Pro gets 20 a month, Premier gets 60 a month, and Premier users working in Studio download without limits. Quotas apply to your entire back catalogue, don't roll over, and reset on your billing date. Duplicate downloads of the same song don't count twice, and a full stem export counts as one. Extra downloads are purchasable.

Can I sell music made with Suno?

Yes, on a paid plan. Suno's docs state that Pro and Premier subscribers own their songs and receive a commercial-use licence, with 0% royalties owed. Two caveats: from September, commercial use is tied to obtaining an authorised download, and purely AI-generated audio may not qualify for copyright registration - so you can sell it but may not be able to defend it. Adding your own lyrics or played MIDI parts helps.

What happens if I cancel?

Songs you generated while subscribed keep their commercial licence - cancelling doesn't revoke rights you already earned. What stops is new entitlements: anything created after cancellation falls under free-tier terms, and purchased top-up credits only persist while a subscription is active. Your library stays accessible for streaming and sharing.

Is Suno Studio worth the Premier upgrade?

If you open it weekly, yes. Studio 2.0 added MIDI recording and a piano roll, a wavetable synth, seven effects, buildable plugins, automation and advanced stem separation - and editing in it costs no credits. The unlimited-download exemption alone can justify the difference. If you mostly generate finished songs and rarely edit, Pro plus a DAW you already own is cheaper.

Are there student, team or enterprise plans?

Suno's public pricing covers three consumer tiers - Free, Pro and Premier - with no advertised student discount or seat-based team plan. Commercial rights on Pro and Premier already permit client work, so freelancers are covered by a standard subscription. For higher-volume programmatic use, generation is available through API platforms priced separately from these plans.

Are prices about to change again?

The sticker prices haven't moved, but what they buy has changed twice in August 2026 - Studio 2.0 landed on the 13th and download caps arrive on 3 September. Suno also has new models developed with the music industry in the pipeline, with older versions being retired as they launch. Check suno.com/pricing before subscribing; this page is updated but Suno revises limits periodically.

Pick the plan that matches what you release

Credits decide how much you can make. From September, downloads decide how much you can actually use - and that's the number worth choosing on.