How to use Suno: the free account, honestly
How to use Suno step by step, from your first prompt to getting a file out — including the two results you can't play and the seven downloads you get.
Suno alternatives: the one I actually tested, and eight I didn't
Every Suno alternatives list claims it tested everything. This one tested one rival properly, labels the rest, and fixes two entries the others get wrong.
Suno pricing: the number that isn't credits
Suno sells credits, but caps something else: downloads. Seven for the lifetime of a free account, 20 a month on Pro, 60 on Premier. What each plan really costs.
Suno review: the free tier is good, and it's shrinking
One prompt on Suno's free plan returned four tracks. Two were playable, two were paywalled previews. What that tells you about paying, tested 3 September 2026.
Udio review: more knobs than Suno, far less rope
Udio, the AI music generator, gives song length and clip timing free, paywalls BPM and its negative prompt, and caps free at 10 credits a day. Tested Sep 2026.
Best AI voice generator: what an hour of audio really costs
ElevenLabs wins on voice and costs $10.91 an hour. We normalised six AI voice generators plus open-source to one unit: the cost of an hour you can publish.
Best TTS API: the price spread is 40x, and nobody says so
Cartesia for agents, ElevenLabs for quality, Google for cheap. Eight TTS APIs normalised to cost per million characters: the range is $4 to $166.
Best AI voice cloning: which tool actually sounds like you?
ElevenLabs is the best AI voice cloning tool overall, but the right pick depends on whether you're cloning your own voice, building an app, or want it free.
Best ElevenLabs alternatives: which one replaces it?
The best ElevenLabs alternative depends on why you're leaving. I lined up Murf, Descript, Cartesia and 4 more against the one job each actually wins.
Cartesia pricing: the $5 plan goes further than it looks
Cartesia pricing sells credits, not minutes. With overages on, the $5 Pro plan beats the $49 one right up to 777K credits a month. The real per-unit math.
Cartesia review: the fastest AI voice, made for agents
Cartesia's Sonic model is the lowest-latency AI voice going: a developer's dream for real-time agents, but creators hit its limits fast. My hands-on review.
ElevenLabs vs Cartesia: creator quality vs agent speed
ElevenLabs owns voice quality and catalog; Cartesia owns sub-100ms speed. I tested both, including cloning my own voice in each. Here's which AI voice wins.