Getting-started guide
Describe a song in words and Suno generates a full track — vocals, lyrics, and instruments — in about a minute.
Current prices: Free, from $10/mo · See all plans
Last reviewed 2026-07-13 · for Suno
You describe the song you want — a genre, a mood, a subject — the way you'd type a message to a chatbot, and what comes back is a complete track with vocals that you play in the browser. You listen, change the description, and generate again until one lands.
Suno is an AI music generator. You type a description (a style, a mood, a topic — and optionally your own lyrics) and it produces a complete song with vocals and instrumentation. It's aimed at anyone who wants original music without playing an instrument: content creators needing a soundtrack, hobbyists, people making a birthday song. No musical training required.
The free plan gives you a bucket of credits that refills daily (enough for a handful of songs a day); credits don't roll over. Paid plans (Pro, and Premier above it) add far more credits, faster generation, and — crucially — commercial rights.
The rights situation is the thing to understand before you make anything you care about (below). In short: free-tier songs are for personal use only, and that can't be undone later by upgrading.
Expect to generate several versions before one lands — that's normal, and it's what the credits are for.
Even on a paid plan, read the fine print on ownership: Suno's current terms grant you a license to use and monetize the song but stop short of calling you the owner, and note that copyright may not vest in AI-generated audio at all. For casual use this doesn't matter; for anything you're building a business on, it does — and this is a legal question, not one an AI tool can answer for you.
Anything you submit — your prompts, and especially any audio or lyrics you upload — may be used to help train and improve Suno's models. Don't feed it confidential lyrics, an unreleased melody, or a client's material you don't have the rights to.
An upbeat acoustic folk song about a road trip with friends, warm male vocals, claps and a catchy chorus, feel-good and bright.
Why this one: Genre + mood + instruments + vocal + energy is the recipe for a usable result on the first try.
Tweak: Swap the genre and vocal to hear how much they change the whole song.
Lo-fi chill beat, soft female vocals, mellow and late-night. Use these lyrics: [paste two or three lines of your own here]
Why this one: Shows the biggest lever most people miss — you can write the words and let Suno handle the music.
Tweak: Keep the lyrics short at first; a couple of lines is enough to hear the treatment.
A 30-second cheerful ukulele instrumental for a cooking video intro, no vocals, light and bouncy, loops cleanly.
Why this one: Most real uses are short and functional; specifying length, "no vocals," and the purpose gets you something you can actually drop into a project.
Tweak: Change the instrument and tempo to match the mood of your content.
Want the full picture first? See the Suno overview for pricing, the free tier and related tools.
