Suno Pricing 2026: Free Songs Stay Non-Commercial
Suno pricing in 2026 is $0 for Free (50 credits renewed daily, no commercial use), $10/mo for Pro ($8 billed annually, 2,500 credits), and $30/mo for Premier ($24 annually, 10,000 credits). The catch most people miss: songs made on the free plan are non-commercial permanently. Subscribing later does not retroactively license them, so anything you made free stays unusable for business.
We went through Suno's official pricing page and plan-comparison table in July 2026, plus Suno's own knowledge-base article on rights for songs made before subscribing. The pricing itself is cheap by AI-tool standards. The expensive mistake is spending three weeks generating tracks on the free plan and only then discovering you cannot legally put any of them in a client video.
How much does Suno cost in 2026?
Suno costs $0 on the Free plan, $10 per month for Pro on monthly billing or $8 per month billed annually, and $30 per month for Premier or $24 billed annually. Suno's pricing page advertises 20% savings on annual billing — stated as $24 saved per year on Pro and $72 saved per year on Premier. There is no separate team or enterprise tier listed publicly.
Everything runs on credits, Suno's usage unit. A standard generation costs credits from your balance, and the balance behaves differently depending on your plan: free credits reset every day, paid credits refresh every month, and neither type rolls over.
| Plan | Price (monthly / annual) | Credits | Commercial rights | Model access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 50, renewed daily | None | v4.5-all only |
| Pro | $10 / $8 | 2,500 per month | Yes — new songs only | v4 through v5.5 |
| Premier | $30 / $24 | 10,000 per month | Yes — new songs only | v4 through v5.5 + Studio |
Prices and limits change often — verify on the official pricing page before deciding. Figures above are from Suno's pricing page and plan-comparison table as of July 2026.
Can you use Suno free plan songs commercially?
No. Suno's pricing page lists "No commercial use" as an explicit free-plan limitation, and Suno's knowledge base confirms that subscribing to Pro or Premier does not by default grant retroactive commercial licensing for songs generated while on the free plan. Free-plan tracks cannot be monetised, sold, placed in client work, or distributed to streaming platforms — before or after you upgrade.
Commercial rights on the paid plans apply to new songs made during the subscription. That wording matters. The licence attaches to the song at the moment of generation, based on the plan you were on. It is not a property of your account that spreads backwards through your library when you pay.
The practical rule: if a song might ever end up in a YouTube video you monetise, a client project, an ad, a podcast intro, or on Spotify — subscribe before you generate it.
Regenerating the same prompt on a paid plan produces a new, properly licensed song. It will not be identical to your free version, so treat free-plan output as disposable sketching, never as a finished asset.
How do Suno credits work, and do they roll over?
Suno credits do not roll over. Free-plan credits reset at 50 every day and any unused balance disappears at the daily reset. Pro and Premier credits refresh monthly at 2,500 and 10,000 respectively, and unused monthly credits also expire rather than accumulating. Only purchased top-up credits are exempt — those do not expire, but they require an active subscription to spend.
That last condition is worth reading twice. If you buy add-on credits and then cancel your subscription, the credits still exist but you cannot use them until you resubscribe. Add-on credit purchases are also unavailable on the free plan entirely, so free users have no way to exceed 50 credits in a day.
What else does the Suno free plan restrict?
Beyond commercial rights, Suno's free plan limits you to the v4.5-all model rather than the newer v5.5, places you in a shared generation queue with up to 4 concurrent generations instead of the priority queue's 10, caps audio uploads at 8 minutes versus 30, blocks add-on credit purchases, and removes stem separation — the feature that splits a track into isolated vocal and instrumental layers.
No stem separation is a bigger deal than it sounds for anyone doing video work. Without stems you cannot duck the vocals under a voiceover, loop the instrumental behind a talking-head section, or trim a bed to length cleanly. Pro includes two stem separation types and Premier includes three.
Is Suno Pro or Premier better value in 2026?
Suno Pro at $8 per month billed annually is the better value for most solo creators and small teams. Pro's 2,500 monthly credits, full v5.5 model access, commercial rights, stem separation, 30-minute uploads and priority queue cover ordinary content work. Premier at $24 annually costs three times as much and its main additions are 10,000 credits, a third stem-separation type and Suno Studio.
Pick Premier only if you hit one of two walls: you genuinely exhaust 2,500 credits a month, which means high-volume production rather than occasional background tracks, or you specifically need Suno Studio's deeper workflow. If you are producing a handful of tracks a week for videos and social posts, Pro is sufficient and the $192 a year you save is real.
What should you do before generating anything in Suno?
Decide the commercial question first, because it is the only Suno decision you cannot reverse later. Use the free plan strictly to test whether Suno's output quality suits your taste — genre handling, vocal realism, how well it follows a prompt. The moment you conclude "yes, I will use this in my work," subscribe to Pro, then start generating the tracks you actually intend to keep.
One more caution: Suno's rights landscape shifted after its November 2025 partnership with Warner Music Group, which settled copyright litigation and committed Suno to licensed models. Terms around ownership and distribution have been adjusted since. Read Suno's current terms of service before distributing AI-generated music commercially rather than relying on a guide written last year.
Frequently asked questions
Is Suno free to use in 2026?
Yes, Suno has a free plan costing $0 that grants 50 credits renewed daily, access to the v4.5-all model, a shared generation queue with up to 4 concurrent generations, and audio uploads up to 8 minutes. However, Suno's pricing page states the free plan carries no commercial use rights, so free-plan songs cannot be monetised or used in client work.
Do I get commercial rights for old Suno songs if I subscribe?
Not by default. Suno's knowledge base states that subscribing to Pro or Premier does not grant retroactive commercial licensing for songs created while on the free plan. Commercial rights on paid plans apply to new songs made during the subscription. Suno indicates retroactive rights may be considered in specific cases, but this is not guaranteed.
Do Suno credits roll over to the next month?
No. Suno states that credits included in subscriptions do not carry over from day to day or month to month. Free-plan credits reset at 50 daily and paid-plan credits refresh monthly at 2,500 for Pro and 10,000 for Premier. Separately purchased top-up credits do not expire, but require an active subscription to use.
How much is Suno Pro per year?
Suno Pro costs $8 per month when billed annually, which works out to $96 per year, compared with $10 per month or $120 per year on monthly billing. Suno's pricing page states annual billing saves $24 per year on Pro. Premier costs $24 monthly billed annually, or $288 per year, saving $72.
What is the difference between Suno Pro and Premier?
Suno Pro provides 2,500 monthly credits and two stem separation types, while Premier provides 10,000 monthly credits, three stem separation types, and access to Suno Studio. Both plans include commercial use rights for new songs, the v5.5 model, 30-minute audio uploads, priority queue with 10 concurrent generations, and add-on credit purchasing.
The bottom line
Suno pricing in 2026 is straightforward and cheap: Pro at $8 a month billed annually covers what most creators need. The part that costs people real money is not the subscription — it is generating a library of tracks on the free plan, falling in love with one, and then learning that upgrading will not license it. Test on Free, subscribe before you create anything you intend to keep.
Sources checked July 2026: Suno official pricing page and plan-comparison table (suno.com/pricing), Suno knowledge base on rights for songs made before subscribing (help.suno.com), and 2026 reporting on the Suno–Warner Music Group agreement.
