# AI music generation: which vendors AI models recommend (September 2026)

Source: Memetik Index, https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-music
Field: AI media. Edition: 2026-09. Run: 2026-09-02.
Method: 5 fixed buyer prompts sent once each to 10 current models (GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Fable 5, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Sonar Pro, Sonar Reasoning Pro) via their APIs with web search enabled. 50 answers. Answer share = fraction of answers naming the vendor. Named first = fraction where it was the first tracked vendor named.

**Suno leads** with 90% answer share (named in 45 of 50 answers) and was named first in 64%. Udio follows at 66%. 15 vendors were named at least once.

## Answer share

| # | Vendor | Answer share | Named first | Mentions | Models |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suno | 90% | 64% | 45/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 2 | Udio | 66% | 0% | 33/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 3 | Soundraw | 56% | 22% | 28/50 | Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 4 | Beatoven | 50% | 6% | 25/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 5 | AIVA | 50% | 0% | 25/50 | ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 6 | Mubert | 48% | 2% | 24/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 7 | ElevenLabs | 28% | 0% | 14/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Claude, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 8 | Stable Audio | 16% | 0% | 8/50 | GPT-5.6 Sol, ChatGPT, GPT-5.6 Luna, Claude Opus 5, Gemini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity |
| 9 | Freebeat | 14% | 4% | 7/50 | Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5, Perplexity |
| 10 | Soundful | 14% | 2% | 7/50 | Claude Opus 5, Claude, Claude Fable 5 |
| 11 | Loudly | 10% | 0% | 5/50 | ChatGPT, Claude Opus 5, Claude Fable 5, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 12 | Epidemic Sound | 8% | 0% | 4/50 | Claude Opus 5, Gemini, Perplexity |
| 13 | Lyria | 4% | 0% | 2/50 | Claude Opus 5, Sonar Reasoning Pro |
| 14 | Neural Frames | 4% | 0% | 2/50 | Claude, Perplexity |
| 15 | Boomy | 2% | 0% | 1/50 | Claude |

## By model

- **GPT-5.6 Sol** (OpenAI, gpt-5.6-sol, 5 answers): Suno 80%, Udio 40%, Beatoven 40%, Stable Audio 40%, Mubert 20%
- **GPT-5.6 Terra** (OpenAI, gpt-5.6-terra, 5 answers): Suno 100%, Udio 60%, AIVA 40%, Mubert 20%, Stable Audio 20%
- **GPT-5.6 Luna** (OpenAI, gpt-5.6-luna, 5 answers): Suno 100%, AIVA 80%, Udio 60%, Beatoven 40%, Mubert 40%
- **Claude Opus 5** (Anthropic, claude-opus-5, 5 answers): Suno 100%, Udio 80%, Soundful 80%, Beatoven 40%, AIVA 40%
- **Claude Sonnet 5** (Anthropic, claude-sonnet-5, 5 answers): Suno 80%, Udio 60%, Beatoven 60%, Mubert 60%, Freebeat 60%
- **Claude Fable 5** (Anthropic, claude-fable-5, 5 answers): Soundraw 100%, Beatoven 100%, Suno 80%, Udio 80%, AIVA 60%
- **Gemini 3.6 Flash** (Google, gemini-3.6-flash, 5 answers): Suno 100%, Soundraw 100%, Udio 80%, AIVA 80%, ElevenLabs 40%
- **Gemini 3.5 Flash** (Google, gemini-3.5-flash, 5 answers): Suno 100%, Soundraw 100%, Udio 80%, AIVA 60%, Mubert 60%
- **Sonar Pro** (Perplexity, sonar-pro, 5 answers): Soundraw 100%, Suno 80%, Beatoven 80%, Udio 60%, AIVA 60%
- **Sonar Reasoning Pro** (Perplexity, sonar-reasoning-pro, 5 answers): Soundraw 100%, Beatoven 100%, Mubert 100%, Suno 80%, Udio 60%

## Sources the models cited

- youtube.com: 85
- borntoproduce.com: 59
- soundguys.com: 57
- suno.com: 36
- soundraw.io: 35
- chartlex.com: 32
- avocadoai.co: 26
- morphic.com: 26
- musicgpt.com: 24
- reddit.com: 19
- tad.ai: 17
- elements.envato.com: 16
- posteverywhere.ai: 14
- musicgeneratorai.io: 12
- resources.rework.com: 12

## Prompts

1. What is the best AI music generation tool for a video creator? Name specific products.
2. Which AI music generation tool would you recommend to a video creator in 2026?
3. Compare the top AI music generation tool options right now.
4. I'm a video creator and I need an AI music generation tool. What should I use and why?
5. Best AI music generation tool for royalty-free background music?

## Tracked but never named

Riffusion, Splash

Raw answers: https://www.memetik.ai/index/ai-music (every answer published in full). Chart image: https://www.memetik.ai/charts/ai-music.png. Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit "Memetik Index".