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Udio

by Uncharted Labs

Text-to-music AI that generates full songs with vocals from a prompt

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Last reviewed 2026-06-20

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Udio is a consumer AI music generator that turns a text prompt into original songs with vocals, lyrics, and instrumentation. You describe a genre, mood, style, or paste your own lyrics, and Udio returns finished tracks (it typically produces two takes per prompt) that you can extend in 30-second increments, remix, edit in place with audio inpainting, and shape with voice and style controls. It runs in the browser and as mobile apps, and was built by a team of former Google DeepMind researchers operating as Uncharted Labs. It is a generation tool, not an autonomous agent: it produces audio when asked and a person directs every output and decides what to keep, extend, or publish. Udio targets hobbyists, content creators, and musicians. Following an October 2025 settlement and licensing deal with Universal Music Group, Udio is moving to a licensed, subscription-based platform launching in 2026 that operates as a walled garden (stream and share within the app, reportedly without downloads), while the prior service runs during the transition.

What it can do

  • Generate songs from a text prompt

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    Produces original music with vocals, lyrics, and instrumentation from a short description or detailed prompt, reportedly returning two takes per prompt in about a minute.

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  • Write or paste custom lyrics

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    Generates lyrics from a theme or accepts user-supplied lyrics and structure to drive the vocal track, with lyrics editing on paid plans.

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  • Extend, remix, and inpaint tracks

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    Extends generations in 30-second increments, remixes existing tracks, and edits sections in place via audio inpainting on paid tiers.

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  • Voice control and style blending

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    Paid plans add voice control, style blending, audio uploads, and custom cover art for finer creative direction over the output.

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Strengths

  • +Generates finished songs (vocals plus instrumentation) from a single prompt, with two takes per generation
  • +Low entry price, a usable free tier, plus pay-as-you-go credits that reportedly do not expire
  • +Fine creative control on paid plans: extend, remix, audio inpainting, voice control, and style blending

Limitations

  • −Outputs are generations a human directs, not autonomous workflows; no public API, MCP, or agentic actions
  • −The Universal-licensed 2026 platform operates as a walled garden and reportedly removes downloads, limiting export
  • −Legal overhang: settled with Universal in October 2025, but broader industry litigation over AI music training data continued as of mid-2026

Overview

Udio is a consumer text-to-music generator. You give it a prompt (a genre, mood, style, or your own lyrics) and it returns original songs with vocals and instrumentation, typically producing two takes per prompt. It runs in the browser and as mobile apps. Udio is built by Uncharted Labs, a startup founded in late 2023 by former Google DeepMind researchers, which launched the product in public beta on April 10, 2024.

What it does

Udio generates music from text, writes or accepts custom lyrics, and lets you extend tracks in 30-second increments, remix them, and edit sections in place via audio inpainting. Paid plans add voice control, style blending, audio uploads, lyrics editing, and custom cover art for finer creative direction. Every output is a generation a person directs and selects, so on the autonomy ladder this is an assistant, not an agent.

Integrations & setup

No setup beyond an account. Create in the web app or the mobile apps. There is no public agent API, MCP support, or function calling; this is a creation tool, not an automation platform. Note that the Universal-licensed platform launching in 2026 is described as a walled garden where you stream and share within the app, reportedly without downloads.

Pricing

Freemium. A free tier gives monthly credits (reportedly 100 a month, capped around 10 a day) with key creative features locked. Paid plans listed in 2026 are Standard ($10/mo, $8/mo annual) and Pro ($30/mo, $24/mo annual), unlocking voice control, audio uploads, style blending, lyrics editing, and higher credit and concurrency limits. Pay-as-you-go credit packs are also offered and reportedly do not expire. Verify current figures and download terms, which have shifted alongside the Universal deal.

Best for / not for

Best for creators, hobbyists, and marketers who want finished music fast without production skills, and for prototyping song ideas. Less suited to teams needing original human-composed music with clean rights certainty, to anyone who needs to download and own the audio file, or to anyone wanting programmatic or agentic audio workflows.

Alternatives

Suno is the closest direct competitor in prompt-to-song generation. For AI voice and speech (rather than full music), ElevenLabs is the reference point.

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FAQ

Is Udio an AI agent?+

No. Udio is a generative music tool, not an agent. It produces audio when prompted and a person directs and selects every output. We classify it as an assistant on the autonomy ladder, not a supervised or autonomous agent.

What does Udio cost?+

There is a free tier (reportedly 100 credits a month, capped at 10 a day). Paid plans listed in 2026 are Standard at $10/mo ($8/mo annual) and Pro at $30/mo ($24/mo annual), with pay-as-you-go credit packs also available. Check the pricing page for current figures, which have shifted alongside the Universal licensing changes.

Who makes Udio?+

Udio is built by Uncharted Labs, a startup founded in late 2023 by a team of former Google DeepMind researchers (David Ding is CEO). It launched in public beta in April 2024 with a $10 million seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz.

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Last reviewed 2026-06-20

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