What Changed Since The Last Refresh
- Pricing held, but the rights advice needed tightening. The June 18 check still shows Free, Standard at EUR 11/mo billed annually, and Pro at EUR 33/mo billed annually. The EULA defines individual use narrowly and tells enterprises to contact AIVA for custom plans. It also routes private API, high-volume, large-scale licensing/database, and model-training use cases to separate agreements.
- The product story is moving toward Lyra. AIVA’s official blog now foregrounds Lyra, a private-beta foundation model for instrumental-only music that supports natural-language prompting and 30-second to 10-minute complete compositions. Do not treat Lyra as a public-plan entitlement yet, but it changes how buyers should read AIVA: the company is building beyond the older preset-composition workflow.
- The research stack matters. The blog describes OmniCodec, ORAQL, and Influence: a codec for music tokens, a quality-assessment model used for reward and selection, and reference-audio conditioning. That supports AIVA’s positioning around editable, composer-led workflows rather than vocal song generation.
- The current buyer risk is licensing scope. AIVA is still a strong DAW-friendly scoring tool, but Pro is not a blank check for larger studios, music libraries, stock catalogs, training datasets, or automated pipelines. Those buyers should get written terms before publishing at scale.
AIVA is a composition-first AI music tool built around classical, orchestral, and cinematic output. The product ships a web editor, pre-set style presets (cinematic, modern symphonic, Chinese, electronic, ambient, and dozens more), custom style training from user uploads, and MIDI plus stem export on paid tiers.
AIVA Technologies is Luxembourg-based. The engine was registered as a composer with SACEM (the French authorship society) in 2017, a first for an AI system.
System Verdict
Pick AIVA when you need MIDI and orchestral stems to edit inside a DAW. No other mainstream AI music tool hands back an editable score the way AIVA does. Film, game, trailer, and library-music composers who want a draft to customize rather than a finished vocal track get the most out of it. The June 2026 pricing page still ships MIDI export on the Free tier (capped at 3 downloads/mo and non-commercial), which lowers the bar for evaluation.
Skip AIVA for vocals, lyrics, or pop production. The catalog is instrumental. Suno and Udio are built for songs with vocals. Mubert wins for royalty-safe ambient loops. Stable Audio covers sound-design and loop generation with a public API. AIVA has no public API as of June 2026.
Who pays which tier: Free covers hobbyists testing the engine (non-commercial, 3 downloads/mo, MP3 and MIDI). Standard at EUR 11/mo when billed annually unlocks 15 downloads, 5 min tracks, and monetization on YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, and Instagram. Pro at EUR 33/mo when billed annually adds user copyright ownership, WAV plus stems, 300 monthly downloads, and 5:30 track length, but larger businesses and high-volume licensing workflows should negotiate custom terms.
Key Facts
| What it does | AI composition of orchestral, cinematic, and classical music tracks |
| Core differentiator | MIDI export on every tier, stems on Pro (edit in any DAW) |
| Style presets | 250+ across cinematic, symphonic, Chinese, electronic, jazz, ambient, tango, others |
| Custom styles | Upload reference MIDI/audio to train personalized style models |
| Track length | Up to 3 min (Free) · up to 5 min (Standard) · up to 5:30 min (Pro) |
| Monthly download cap | 3 (Free) · 15 (Standard) · 300 (Pro) |
| Export formats | MP3 + MIDI (Free) · MP3 + MIDI (Standard) · WAV/MP3/MIDI/stems (Pro) |
| Commercial rights | Non-commercial, attribution required (Free) · platform monetization only (Standard) · individual/small-business copyright ownership (Pro) |
| Current R&D direction | Lyra private beta: instrumental-only foundation model with 30-second to 10-minute generations |
| Currency | EUR-denominated on aiva.ai/pricing |
| Public API | None |
| Vocals / lyrics | None (instrumental only) |
| Company | AIVA Technologies, Luxembourg. SACEM-registered composer since 2017 |
Every data point above was verified against vendor documentation on 2026-06-18. See Sources.
What it actually is
A composition engine, not a vocal song generator. AIVA takes a style preset (or a user-trained custom style), a key, tempo, duration, and emotion, then composes an arrangement across instrumental sections. The output is a score and audio export path, not just a finished pop song.
Paid users download the MIDI file, stems, and sheet music. That is the workflow that separates AIVA from Suno or Udio. Composers pull the MIDI into Logic, Cubase, or Pro Tools, swap sample libraries, re-voice parts, and deliver something that started with AI but ended up a human-produced score.
The web editor runs a piano-roll preview, instrument track muting, and light re-arrangement. Heavier editing belongs in a DAW. AIVA’s Lyra blog points to a next-generation instrumental model with natural-language prompting, Influence reference conditioning, and quality-ranking research, but the public pricing page still sells the familiar Free, Standard, and Pro plan ladder.
When to pick AIVA
- You score film, trailers, games, or branded video. Orchestral and cinematic presets are the strongest part of the model. Trailers, documentaries, RPG soundtracks, and corporate video hit AIVA’s sweet spot.
- Your workflow needs MIDI. If the final track is going to be edited, re-voiced, or performed, the MIDI export on Pro is the feature that justifies the subscription.
- You need editable orchestral beds for individual or small-business use. Pro grants user copyright ownership under the self-serve terms. Larger companies, automated pipelines, and catalog-scale licensing should get written licensing terms.
- You want custom style training. Upload reference MIDI or audio to build a model that writes in your style, a studio’s style, or a public-domain composer’s style. Few AI music tools expose this.
- Pop vocals are not the point. AIVA is instrumental-only. That is a feature for film composers, not a gap.
When to pick something else
- Songs with vocals and lyrics: Suno or Udio. AIVA does not generate vocals at all.
- Royalty-safe ambient loops and background tracks: Mubert. Purpose-built for streaming and YouTube background use.
- Sound design, loops, and a public API for automation: Stable Audio. AIVA has no public API.
- Modern electronic, hip-hop, or pop production: Suno, Udio, or a DAW with sample-based tooling. AIVA’s strengths collapse outside orchestral and classical styles.
- Free commercial rights: every major competitor locks commercial rights behind paid tiers too, but Suno Pro at $10/mo and Mubert Creator at $14/mo undercut AIVA Pro at $33/mo on the same axis.
Pricing
Subscription pricing via aiva.ai/pricing. Pricing is EUR-denominated. The June static page exposes annual effective pricing clearly; buyers should use the live toggle for monthly checkout numbers.
| Plan | Annual effective/mo | Downloads/mo | Track length | Formats | Commercial rights | Who’s it for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | EUR 0 | 3 | Up to 3 min | MP3, MIDI | Non-commercial only, AIVA attribution required | Hobbyists testing the engine |
| Standard | EUR 11 | 15 | Up to 5 min | MP3, MIDI | Platform monetization (YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Instagram); AIVA retains copyright | Creators needing platform-monetized tracks |
| Pro | EUR 33 | 300 | Up to 5:30 min | MP3, WAV, MIDI, stems | User copyright ownership for self-serve individual/small-business use | Professional composers and small studios |
Prices verified 2026-06-18 via AIVA pricing. The Free tier includes MIDI download alongside MP3. Standard supports 5-minute tracks. Educational and enterprise licenses are quoted separately.
The Pro tier remains the only self-serve tier that makes sense for a working media composer. Standard retains copyright with AIVA and only grants monetization rights on social platforms. For sync licensing, stock-library resale, large catalogs, automated generation, or any company above AIVA’s self-serve individual definition, get a separate agreement instead of relying on the Pro checkout page.
Against the alternatives
| AIVA Pro | Suno Pro | Udio Standard | Mubert Creator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core strength | Orchestral composition, MIDI export | Pop songs with vocals | Pop and vocal fidelity | Royalty-safe ambient loops |
| Vocals / lyrics | None | Yes (voice cloning on v5.5) | Yes | None |
| MIDI export | Yes (Pro) | No | No | No |
| Stem export | Yes (Pro) | Yes (12 stems, Pro) | Yes | Limited |
| Custom styles | Yes (upload references) | Yes (v5.5 custom models) | Partial | No |
| Commercial rights | Pro for self-serve individual/small-business use; larger uses need custom terms | Pro tier | Standard tier | Creator tier |
| Public API | None | None | None | Yes |
| Best viewed as | Composition engine for DAW workflows | Song generator with vocals | Pop fidelity specialist | Background-loop service |
Failure modes
- No vocals, ever. AIVA is strictly instrumental. Users looking for lyrics or sung melodies need a different tool.
- Output outside orchestral styles is weaker. Jazz, electronic, and experimental presets exist, but the model was trained heavily on Western classical. Results outside that corpus feel thinner.
- Standard tier does not grant copyright. Only Pro grants user copyright ownership under the self-serve individual/small-business lane. Users on Standard publishing library music can run into sync-license issues.
- Pro is not unlimited enterprise clearance. AIVA’s EULA routes enterprises, high-volume use, large-scale licensing/database use, private API use, and model-training use to separate licensing.
- No public API. AIVA has not shipped a developer API as of June 2026. The EULA explicitly prohibits unauthorized calls to private APIs.
- MIDI needs a DAW to sound good. AIVA’s rendered preview uses stock samples. To ship studio-quality audio, users import the MIDI into a DAW and trigger a real orchestral sample library. That is the intended workflow, not a defect, but it surprises users expecting a finished master.
- Custom style training needs quality references. Uploading low-variety reference material produces narrow output models. Training works, but needs curated input.
- Monthly download caps on free and Standard tiers. Heavy users on Standard hit the cap before Pro’s longer lengths and wider format set start to bite.
- Opaque licensing boundary between Standard and Pro. The exact line between “monetization on platforms” and “full commercial use” is documented on the pricing page but still causes confusion for library-music resellers.
Methodology
This page was produced by the aipedia.wiki editorial pipeline, an automated system that ingests vendor documentation, verifies pricing and model details against primary sources, and generates the editorial analysis you are reading. No individual human wrote this review. Scoring follows the four-dimension rubric at /about/scoring/ (Utility, Value, Moat, Longevity, unweighted average). Last verified 2026-06-18 against aiva.ai, aiva.ai/pricing, AIVA’s EULA, AIVA Helpdesk, and AIVA’s Lyra blog.
FAQ
Is AIVA free to use? Yes. The Free tier is EUR 0 and exports MP3 plus MIDI tracks up to 3 minutes, capped at 3 downloads per month for non-commercial use with AIVA attribution. Paid tiers unlock commercial rights and remove the attribution requirement (AIVA pricing).
Does AIVA do vocals or lyrics? No. AIVA is instrumental-only. For vocal songs with lyrics, Suno or Udio are the right tools.
Does AIVA export MIDI? Yes. As of June 2026, every tier including Free can export MIDI. Pro adds WAV and stems on top. This is AIVA’s headline differentiator against Suno and Udio, which deliver rendered audio only.
Who owns the music I create? On the Pro tier, the user owns copyright of outputs under AIVA’s self-serve individual/small-business terms. Larger businesses, automated pipelines, large-scale licensing, databases, and model-training uses need separate licensing. On Standard, AIVA retains copyright but grants monetization rights on YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, and Instagram. On Free, outputs are non-commercial only and AIVA attribution is required.
Can AIVA learn my style? Yes. Pro users can upload reference MIDI or audio files to train a custom style model. The engine then composes new tracks in that style.
Does AIVA have a public API? No. As of June 2026, AIVA does not ship a developer API. Automation-first workflows need a different tool.
What is Lyra? Lyra is AIVA’s private-beta instrumental foundation model described on the official blog. It supports natural-language prompts and 30-second to 10-minute complete compositions, but it should not be treated as a public-plan feature until AIVA exposes it in the product or pricing surface.
AIVA vs Suno, which one should I use? Different jobs. AIVA is a composition engine for orchestral and cinematic work, exporting MIDI and stems into a DAW. Suno is a song generator built for pop tracks with vocals, returning rendered audio. Most professional media composers use AIVA; most YouTube creators and hobbyists reach for Suno.
Sources
- AIVA official site: product overview, styles, and editor
- AIVA pricing: Free, Standard, and Pro tier details
- AIVA EULA: licensing scope, enterprise/custom licensing, API, high-volume, and training-data restrictions
- AIVA Helpdesk licensing FAQ: plan-specific copyright and monetization summary
- AIVA Helpdesk format FAQ: MP3, MIDI, WAV, stems, and chord text export formats
- AIVA Lyra blog: Lyra, OmniCodec, ORAQL, Influence, and private beta direction
Related
- Category: AI Music
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