Suno
Generates vocals, lyrics and instrumentation into complete tracks.
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Suno vs AssemblyAI
Suno (Suno) and AssemblyAI (AssemblyAI) both sit in Audio. AssemblyAI is the cheaper entry point at Free tier · from $0.15/1M tok. AssemblyAI shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (8 vs 5). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Suno Suno | AssemblyAI AssemblyAI |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Audio | Audio |
| Version | v6 | Universal-3.6 Pro Realtime |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $10/mo | Free tier · from $0.15/1M tok |
| Pricing tiers | Free free · Pro $10 · Premier $30 | Free Credits free · Universal-2 Async STT $0.15 · Universal-Streaming English / Multilingual $0.15 · Universal-3.5 Pro Async STT $0.21 · Universal-3.6 Pro Realtime STT $0.45 · Text-to-Speech (AssemblyAI-TTS-1) $15 |
| Model stack | Bark · Chirp · Suno v5 · v4 · v4.5-all · v4.5+ · v5 · v5.0 · v5.5 · v6 · v6-mini · v6-wild | AssemblyAI-TTS-1 · Claude · Claude 4.6 Sonnet · Claude 4.8 Opus · Gemini 2.5 Pro · Gemini 3.5 Flash · GPT-5.5 · Qwen3 Next 80B A3B · u3-rt-pro · Universal-2 · universal-3-6-pro · universal-3-pro · Universal-3.5 Pro · Universal-3.5 Pro Realtime · Universal-3.6 Pro Realtime · Universal-Streaming English · Universal-Streaming Multilingual |
| Context window | n/a | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 5 | 8 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Full song generation, Custom lyrics, Personas, Stem separation, Cover and extend, AI music generator, Suno Studio (generative DAW), Audio uploads (up to 30 mins) | Speaker diarization, Summarisation, Topic detection, PII redaction, LeMUR framework, Pre-recorded STT, Real-time STT, Voice Agent API |
AssemblyAI
Transcription plus summarisation, topic detection and speaker labels for developers.
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