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Stable Audio

Stability AI's text-to-audio model for music and sound effects, with an API and a commercial licence.

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Best for
Pro: editors and motion designers
Free plan
Not confirmed
Agent-ready (MCP / API)
Partly
Platforms
Web, API
Last verified
Oct 14, 2026

Overview

Stable Audio is Stability AI’s audio generation model, offered through a web app and a pay-per-generation API. It suits developers and sound designers who want music or effects generated on demand. The subscription prices are not shown here, so check the pricing page.

Who it's for

A good fit if you are…

  • Developers and sound designers who want generated audio via an API
  • Agent builders who need sound effects on demand

Another tool may suit you better if you are…

  • Beginners wanting finished songs with vocals

Pricing

API about $0.08 per generation (8 credits at $0.01); subscriptions listed on stableaudio.com/pricing. Verify. As of Oct 2026, verify.

  • API: about $0.08 per generation (8 credits at $0.01) per Stability's platform pricing.
  • Subscription plans are listed on stableaudio.com/pricing; the amounts are not shown here.
  • Self-hosting requires a licence.

Prices as of Oct 2026 (checked Oct 14, 2026), verify before buying. Source: vendor pricing page.

Key features

  • Generate music and sound effects from text
  • Stable Audio 2.5 on the API
  • Commercial licence
  • Self-hosting option with licence
  • Credits-based API

Integrations: Stability AI platform API.

Agent-ready? Partly. An API is available.

Pros and good to know

Drawn from the vendor's own documentation and public sources.

Pros

  • API access
  • Covers music and SFX
  • Commercial licence

Good to know

  • Subscription prices are not shown here
  • More technical than consumer tools
  • Instrumental and effects focus

Alternatives

  • Mubert: AI music generator with a developer API for apps, streams and creators, producing tracks from prompts or images.
  • Soundraw: AI background-music generator where you choose mood, genre and length, then edit sections of the track.
  • Suno: AI music generator that makes full songs with vocals from a prompt; commercial rights on paid plans, Suno Studio on Premier.

Sources

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