AIVA AI vs Udio
Udio scores 5.0 to AIVA AI's 4.6 among the AI music generators we rate, and is the better pick for 2 of the 4 kinds of buyer below.
Udio wins, 5.0 to 4.6
AIVA AI makes instrumental music only, and can start from audio you upload; it has no sung vocals. Udio does generate full songs with sung vocals from your own lyrics, but downloading is switched off on every plan, and Udio keeps ownership and blocks commercial use no matter what you pay. AIVA AI's top plan gives you full ownership and unrestricted commercial use, and lets you export files; Udio's paid plans, from $10 a month, add no such rights.
Pick AIVA AI if you want full ownership and files you can actually export.
Pick Udio if you want sung vocals from your own lyrics and don't need downloads.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- Songs with sung vocals: Udio yes, AIVA AI no
- Edits or extends part of a track: Udio yes, AIVA AI no
- Sings lyrics you write: Udio yes, AIVA AI no
- File formats you can download: 2 formats against 0 formats
- Where it runs: 3 platforms against 2 platforms
- Commercial use on a paid plan: AIVA AI yes, Udio no
- You own what you make on a paid plan: AIVA AI yes, Udio no
- Ways to reach support: 3 support channels against 2 support channels
- GDPR: Udio yes, AIVA AI does not say
How they score
Both are scored the same way, against the other AI music generators we rate, from facts on each vendor's own pages. They split the criteria 2 each.
Where they differ
Every point where the two vendors' published facts disagree, with a link to where each fact was read. "Not published" means the vendor does not say either way.
Published by only one of them
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
AIVA AI
Udio
Pros and cons
From each tool's full review, written from the same checked facts.
AIVA AI
- You can upload an audio or MIDI track as an influence for the style AIVA composes.
- The Pro plan hands you full copyright over what you make, with unrestricted monetization.
- AIVA runs as both a web account and a downloadable desktop app for Windows and Mac.
- Track length grows with plan, reaching five minutes thirty seconds on Pro.
- The free plan keeps copyright with AIVA, forbids monetization entirely, and requires crediting AIVA.
- The Standard plan still leaves copyright with AIVA, permitting only limited monetization on YouTube, Twitch, TikTok and Instagram.
- AIVA has no sung vocals or lyrics; it composes instrumental and orchestral music only.
Udio
- The free plan needs no card and gives a daily and monthly credit quota to start with.
- A one-time 7-day trial lets you test a subset of Standard features before subscribing.
- Extending, remixing and setting your own lyrics to a song are available on every tier, including free.
- Songs can include full vocals, instrumentals or your own supplied lyrics from a single prompt.
- Output is restricted to personal, non-commercial use on every plan, including the paid ones.
- Downloading audio, video or stems is disabled platform-wide, on every tier.
- Udio, not the user, owns the output on every plan, and it trains its models on your prompts and output.
AIVA AI vs Udio: common questions
Which is better, AIVA AI or Udio?
Udio scores 5.0 and AIVA AI 4.6 out of 10 among the AI music generators we rate. Udio is ahead on what you can make and privacy and trust. AIVA AI is ahead on workflow and output and pricing and rights.
Is AIVA AI or Udio cheaper?
AIVA AI's cheapest paid plan is EUR 15/mo + VAT (Standard) and Udio's is $10/mo (Standard). Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
What can AIVA AI do that Udio cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: commercial use on a paid plan and you own what you make on a paid plan.
What can Udio do that AIVA AI cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: songs with sung vocals, edits or extends part of a track and sings lyrics you write.
