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Udio pricing
Udio publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free, then $10/month
- Model
- Freemium
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Udio plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
| Standard | $10/month | 3 | +$10/month, 3 more features |
| Pro | $30/month | 3 | +$20/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 10 credits per day plus 100 monthly credits, up to 3 130-second songs per day, no credit rollover.
Standard
$10/monthOver Free, this tier adds:
- Up to 2,400 credits per month
- Commercial usage rights
- Annual billing available at $8/month
Pro
$30/monthOver Standard, this tier adds:
- Up to 6,000 credits per month
- Higher-volume generation
- Annual billing available at $24/month
Where Udio stops being free
Free, Free
- 10 credits per day plus 100 monthly credits
- Up to 3 130-second songs per day
- No credit rollover
Standard, $10/month
The first thing you pay for:
- Up to 2,400 credits per month
- Commercial usage rights
- Annual billing available at $8/month
What the product covers
The full Udio feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
core
- Text-to-song generation
- Credit-based generation
- Free daily credits
- Song trimming
- Subscription trial
security
- Content identification
People bring Udio in for generating original songs from text descriptions, creating instrumental backing tracks, songwriting experimentation and demoing, producing commercially licensed tracks under a paid subscription tier. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Udio are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Music
Across the 5 music tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $23.99/month. Udio starts at $10/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Udio (this page) | Free, then $10/month | freemium | - | |
| Ableton Live | $99/one-time | one-time | - | vs Udio |
| FL Studio | On request | one-time | - | vs Udio |
| Logic Pro | Free, then $12.99/month | subscription | - | vs Udio |
| REAPER | Free, then $60/one-time | one-time | - | vs Udio |
| Amazon Music | Free, then $9.99/month | freemium | - | vs Udio |
| Audacity | Free | open-source | - | vs Udio |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Udio badges page.
Before you pay for Udio
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and $30/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Udio runs on web, and is published by Udio. The full record is on the Udio review, and the rest of the category is under best music tools.
Udio pricing questions
- How much does Udio cost?
- Udio publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to $30/month for Pro. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Udio have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers 10 credits per day plus 100 monthly credits, up to 3 130-second songs per day, no credit rollover. Paying starts at $10/month for Standard.
- What is the difference between Free and Standard on Udio?
- Standard costs $10/month against Free, and adds up to 2,400 credits per month, commercial usage rights, annual billing available at $8/month.
- Is the Pro plan on Udio worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is up to 6,000 credits per month, higher-volume generation, annual billing available at $24/month. It costs $30/month against $10/month for Standard. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Udio expensive for a music tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 5 music tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $23.99/month; Udio starts at $10/month.
- Which music tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 music tools listed alongside Udio have a free tier: Logic Pro, REAPER, Amazon Music, Audacity, Bandcamp.
- What am I actually paying for with Udio?
- The record lists 6 features across 2 areas: core, security. In practice it is brought in for generating original songs from text descriptions, creating instrumental backing tracks, songwriting experimentation and demoing.
- Does Udio charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Udio prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Udio against before paying?
- The closest music tools in this directory are Ableton Live, FL Studio, Logic Pro, REAPER. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Udio covering price, platforms and features.