Analyst verdictInstrumental music and sound from licensed data
The safest pick for commercial instrumental tracks: trained on licensed data, long generations, and open weights you can run yourself.
What it is
Stable Audio from Stability AI generates instrumental music and sound effects; Stable Audio 3 models are trained on licensed data, generate over six minutes, and the Small and Medium models are open weights. Web plans: Free (50 credits a month, personal use), Solo $12 a month (660 credits, about 165 full mixes), Session $30, Producer $90, Studio $199, all with a commercial license; enterprises over $1M revenue self-hosting need a separate license. Checked November 2026.
Best for
- Commercial background music
- Teams that want to self-host a music model
What we like
- Trained on licensed data
- Long tracks with inpainting and continuation
- Open-weight models for self-hosting
What to watch
- No vocals
- Free plan is personal use only
- Enterprise license needed above $1M revenue when self-hosting
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