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3:02K-pop girl-crush anthem: booming 808 bass, synth brass stabs, trap hi-hats and four distinct female voices.
Review updated November 11, 2026
ACE Music AI v1: review, pricing and how to use it
ACE Music is a browser-based AI song generator from ACE Studio. Its new model, ACE Music v1, ranks #1 on Artificial Analysis's blind-listening vocal leaderboard, just ahead of Suno v6. You get 20 free credits a day; downloads and commercial use need a plan from $7.90 a month.
- ACE Music v11160
- Suno v61144
- Suno v6-mini1132
- Mureka V9.51101
- Mureka V91063
- Lyria 3.51050
- Free?
- 20 credits a day
- Paid plans
- From $7.90 / month
- Quality
- #1, ahead of Suno v6
- API
- None yet
ACE Music v1 songs
Hear what ACE Music v1 sounds like
Two songs our team generated with ACE Music v1 from a style description, exported as-is with no editing or mastering.
Latchkey Summers
4:46Mid-'90s alternative rock: soft-loud dynamics, clean guitar arpeggios over warm acoustic strumming.
Have a song like this? Turn it into a music video
Is ACE Music free?
ACE Music pricing: free daily credits, paid plans from $7.90
Every ACE Music v1 generation costs 4 credits and returns two songs. The free plan is enough to try the model; you need a paid plan to download ACE Music v1 songs or use them commercially.
Free
$0
20 credits a day (up to 10 songs)
Shared queue. ACE Music v1 songs cannot be downloaded or used commercially. ACE-Step 1.5 songs can, with MP3 downloads.
Creator
$7.90 / month
1,000 credits a month (up to 500 songs)
Unlimited downloads, commercial use, priority queue and stem separation.
Artist
$16.58 / month
2,500 credits a month (up to 1,250 songs)
Everything in Creator, plus the ACE Studio workstation.
Prices are ACE Music's listed monthly equivalents in USD; yearly billing charges the full year up front. Check ACE Music before you subscribe.
Tutorial
How to use ACE Music AI
From an idea, lyrics or a hummed melody to a finished song. No music theory needed.
- 01
Create an account
Sign up on ACE Music with email or Google. Generating songs requires an account.
- 02
Choose how to start
Describe a genre, mood or subject, paste your lyrics, hum or upload a melody, play notes on the keyboard, or start from an image or a reference song.
- 03
Pick a model
ACE Music v1 is the leaderboard model. ACE Music v1.1 Preview and ACE-Step 1.5 are also listed; ACE-Step 1.5 costs no credits.
- 04
Generate and compare
Each ACE Music v1 generation costs 4 credits and returns two versions. Listen to both; ACE Music notes that timing and arrangement can vary from your guide melody.
- 05
Download and release
Downloads and commercial use for ACE Music v1 songs need a paid plan. Next, turn the finished track into a music video.
- 06
Turn the song into a music video
ACE Music stops at audio. Upload the track to CAVN AI to get a full AI music video with planned shots and a singing AI artist.
Upload your song
ACE Music v1 vs. Suno v6
Is ACE Music better than Suno?
On blind listening votes, slightly. ACE Music v1 leads Suno v6 by 16 Elo points, but the 95% intervals overlap and the leaderboard gives it a rank range of 1–2. Treat the two as level at the top and test both on your own genres and languages.
| Rank | Model | Creator | Elo | 95% interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACE Music v1 | ACE Studio | 1160 | 1139–1181 |
| 2 | Suno v6 | Suno | 1144 | 1126–1162 |
| 3 | Suno v6-mini | Suno | 1132 | 1114–1150 |
| 4 | Mureka V9.5 | Mureka | 1101 | 1083–1119 |
| 5 | Mureka V9 | Mureka | 1063 | 1045–1081 |
| 6 | Lyria 3.5 | 1050 | 1032–1068 |
AA-Music-Vocal v1.1, checked November 11, 2026. MiniMax Music 3.0 is fixed at 1000 as the reference point.
After ACE Music
Make a music video for your ACE Music song
ACE Music gives you the track. CAVN AI turns it into the video: it listens to the song, plans the shots, casts an AI artist who sings your lyrics, and renders a full music video ready for YouTube or TikTok.
- Upload MP3, WAV, FLAC or M4A, up to 100 MB
- Lip-sync, story, performance, sing-and-dance, concept and atmosphere videos
- 01Download Export your song from ACE Music (paid plans for ACE Music v1 songs).
- 02Upload Open the CAVN AI music video creator and upload the audio file.
- 03Choose a style Pick the video type and look, and describe your idea if you have one.
- 04Generate CAVN AI writes the storyboard and renders the music video.
ACE Music API
Does ACE Music have an API?
Not yet. ACE Music v1 is only available inside the ACE Music app, and no developer API has been announced. If you need ACE models in your product today, the open ACE-Step 1.5 model is available as a REST API on CAVN AI.
POST /v1/ace-step/generate/promptACE-Step 1.5 Turbo · prompt and custom-lyric modes · 4 credits per request, two songs returned.
Get an ACE-Step API keyACE Music vs. ACE-Step
Is ACE Music open source?
ACE Music v1 is not; its weights are not published. ACE Studio's open models are the separate ACE-Step family, released with StepFun.
| ACE Music v1 | ACE-Step 1.5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Weights | Closed | Open (MIT license) |
| Where to use it | ACE Music web app | ACE Music, your own GPU, ComfyUI, or hosted tools and APIs such as CAVN AI |
| API | None announced | Self-host, or call the CAVN AI API |
| Cost in ACE Music | 4 credits per generation (two songs) | Free |
FAQ
ACE Music AI FAQ
Free credits, app, API, commercial use and common errors.
Yes, with limits. The free plan gives 20 credits a day, enough for about 10 ACE Music v1 songs, but those songs cannot be downloaded or used commercially. ACE-Step 1.5 songs are free to generate and include MP3 downloads and commercial use. Paid plans start at $7.90 a month.
Sources and disclosure
Updated November 11, 2026 from the product and pricing information ACE Music publishes on acemusic.ai and from the Artificial Analysis leaderboard; rankings and prices can change. CAVN AI is not affiliated with ACE Studio and does not offer ACE Music v1; it offers the open ACE-Step model and a music video generator that works with any song you upload.