AIVA review

AIVA is the most composer-friendly tool here, built around editing rather than one-click songs. It generates music in more than 250 styles, lets you create your own style models, accepts an audio or MIDI influence and exports MIDI on every plan, so you can take a piece into notation software or a DAW and rework it. The license tiers are the deciding factor. On the free plan AIVA owns the copyright, you must credit AIVA, and you cannot monetize. Standard allows monetization only on YouTube, Twitch, TikTok and Instagram, with 15 downloads a month. Pro assigns you the full copyright of your compositions, forever, with 300 downloads a month and high quality WAV export. Tracks top out around five and a half minutes, it does not sing, and the interface asks more of you than Suno or Soundraw. Prices showed in EUR from our location, so check the USD rate before you buy.

Who it is for

Composers and game or film creators who want orchestral and instrumental pieces they can edit as MIDI and own outright.

Price

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Key features

• Generates songs in more than 250 styles
• Create your own style models
• Upload an audio or MIDI influence
• Edit generated tracks and download MIDI
• High quality WAV export and all file formats on Pro

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: The Pro plan assigns you the full copyright, forever
• Strength: MIDI downloads on every plan, including Free
• Strength: Style models and MIDI influences give fine control
• Weakness: Free plan tracks are owned by AIVA and need credit
• Weakness: Standard allows monetization only on YouTube, Twitch, TikTok and Instagram
• Weakness: Prices showed in EUR from our location

Key facts

• Free plan: 3 downloads a month, tracks up to 3 minutes, credit to AIVA required
• Standard: 15 downloads a month, tracks up to 5 minutes
• Pro: 300 downloads a month, durations up to 5 minutes 30 seconds
• Copyright on Pro: Owned by you
• Styles: More than 250

Where it ranks

AIVA is No. 7 in our Best AI Music Generators verdict.