Name: Stable Audio
Price: 11.99 USD

What Stable Audio makes and what you get

– Model choice
✓ Commercial use
– No watermark (free)
✓ API
– Official MCP server
– MCP client
– Agent Skills
– Brand kit
– Teams
– Content Credentials
– Mobile app
– 20+ languages

Features and rights come from Stable Audio's own pricing and terms pages; check them before you publish commercially. Compare commercial use and watermarks across apps.

AI models inside Stable Audio

Models you can pick when you generate in Stable Audio, from the vendor's documentation. Compare every app on the model map.

Stable Audio 3.0

What is Stable Audio?

What it is

Stable Audio is Stability AI's hosted app (stableaudio.com) for generating instrumental music, loops and sound effects from text prompts or audio input. The same model family is available through Stability's API and, since Stable Audio 3.0, as open weights for self-hosting.

Key features

Text-to-music and text-to-sound-effects, up to 3 minutes per track in the app
Audio-to-audio: transform an uploaded clip in a new style
Stem export on paid plans
Consistent loops, textures and cues for video, games and ads
Developer API priced per credit, plus open-weight 3.0 Small and Medium models

Models inside

The hosted app runs Stable Audio 2.5 (September 2025). Stable Audio 3.0 (May 2026) is a separate open-weight family, with compositions up to about 6 minutes 20 seconds. Stability says 2.x was trained on the licensed AudioSparx catalogue and names partnerships with Warner Music Group and Universal Music Group for 3.0. Every model makes instrumentals and sound effects only, with no sung vocals.

Pricing and rights

The pricing page loads only in a browser. A recent independent review lists these September 2026 plans: Free (about 10 generations a month, 30-second tracks, personal and non-commercial only), Pro $11.99/month (250 generations), Studio $29.99 (675) and Max $89.99 (2,250). Paid tiers include commercial rights under Stability's Creator licence. The API costs $0.01 per credit. Open weights are free to self-host for organisations with under $1M in annual revenue; larger ones need an Enterprise licence.

Who it is for

Video editors, game developers and sound designers who need royalty-safe background music, loops and effects rather than full vocal songs.

Verdict

Stable Audio is a sensible choice when legal clarity matters: training data is licensed and paid plans are commercial. It can't sing, and the free tier is too short for real work, so it's for instrumentals and sound design rather than song creation.

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Stable Audio pricing

Free plan, paid from $11.99/mo. Prices and credit allowances change often, so confirm on the official pricing page. See every AI content app's pricing side by side.