Lyria 3.5 vs Stable Audio 3.0 (2026): Which AI Model Is Better?

Both are popular music & audio models. Here is how Lyria 3.5 and Stable Audio 3.0 stack up on price, strengths and weaknesses, and which one we would pick.

Lyria 3.5

Google DeepMind's music model for full songs with vocals, lyrics and SynthID

8.0 /10

Pricing: Paid

Pros

$0.08 per full song via API
Vocals, lyrics and structure control
SynthID on all output
WAV export

Cons

No free API tier
Consumer commercial terms unclear
Few third-party apps so far

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Stable Audio 3.0

Stability AI's licensed-data audio models up to six minutes, with open-weight tiers

7.5 /10

Pricing: Open source

Pros

Trained on fully licensed data
Open Small and Medium weights
Up to six-minute tracks
Fast, runs on a laptop

Cons

Not built for sung vocals
Community licence, not OSI open source
App pricing not verified

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Lyria 3.5 vs Stable Audio 3.0 at a glance

	Lyria 3.5	Stable Audio 3.0
Editor score	8.0 / 10	7.5 / 10
Pricing model	Paid	Open source
Starting price	Free	Free
Reader upvotes	0	0
Best for	text-to-music, vocals, api	text-to-music, sound-effects, open-weights
Makes	Music & songs	Music & songs, Sound effects
Maker	Google DeepMind	Stability AI
Latest release	2026-07	2026-05
Apps offering it	5	1

Our pick

Lyria 3.5 edges it with a score of 8.0 versus 7.5. Lyria 3.5 is the better fit if you value: $0.08 per full song via api, vocals, lyrics and structure control. Choose Stable Audio 3.0 instead if you need: trained on fully licensed data, open small and medium weights.