ElevenLabs Music
Ranked 2 of 8 AI music generators by recommenders
People recommend it for good sound quality, detailed creative control, and songs that are more listenable than rival tools. Critics say the output can feel soulless and the usage limits are tight.
People recommend it for good sound quality, detailed creative control, and songs that are more listenable than rival tools. Critics say the output can feel soulless and the usage limits are tight.
20 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 10
- approval share
- 50%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1 recommender for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Better sound quality than Suno/Udio
“It definitely is better than Suno/Udio and you have quite a lot of creative control over each aspect”
Comment from 12 Sep 2026 in “ElevenLabs Music v2.5” “Great sound quality, definitely better than Suno 5 and 6.”
Comment from 11 Sep 2026 in “ElevenLabs Music v2.5” “The elevenlabs WAV has full audio bandwidth instead”
Comment from 11 Sep 2026 in “ElevenLabs Music v2.5” Creative control over each aspect
“It definitely is better than Suno/Udio and you have quite a lot of creative control over each aspect”
Comment from 12 Sep 2026 in “ElevenLabs Music v2.5” “Instead of downloading the music, you refer, bend, and create your own.”
Comment from 11 Sep 2026 in “ElevenLabs Music v2.5” Makes personal one-off songs
“I think it also creates music that would have never existed like a song for our beer league hockey team.”
Comment from 11 Sep 2026 in “ElevenLabs Music v2.5” “What a dream for creation”
Comment from 11 Sep 2026 in “ElevenLabs Music v2.5” Listenable background music
“perfectly listenable as background coding music I don't focus on”
Comment from 11 Sep 2026 in “ElevenLabs Music v2.5” “I'll take perfectly listenable”
Comment from 11 Sep 2026 in “ElevenLabs Music v2.5”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Soulless, ahistorical output
“Impressive technology I guess, but god things are trending in such a soulless direction.”
Comment from 11 Sep 2026 in “ElevenLabs Music v2.5” “The idea that you can make "music" totally a-historically, ex nihlo, and some folks would listen to it and not be able to taste the difference”
Comment from 12 Sep 2026 in “ElevenLabs Music v2.5” Weak vocals and lyric flow
“Well except the vocal only pre-drop part, that was horrendous lyrical flow from the clanker.”
Comment from 11 Sep 2026 in “ElevenLabs Music v2.5” “the vocal idea gets completely lost”
Comment from 12 Sep 2026 in “ElevenLabs Music v2.5” Usage caps of 400 per day or month
“Gosh, the voice singing “unlimited downloads!” but the underlying text saying “400 per day” sure hit hard.”
Comment from 11 Sep 2026 in “ElevenLabs Music v2.5” “the text says only 400 per month!”
Comment from 11 Sep 2026 in “ElevenLabs Music v2.5”
Other AI music generators people recommend
The four most recommended other AI music generators, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suno | 107 | 80 | 57% | 12 | 1 yr6 owners | — |
| ElevenLabs MusicThis page | 10 | 10 | 50% | 1 | — | — |
| Google Flow Music | 9 | 26 | 26% | 1 | — | — |
| Lyria | 8 | 5 | 62% | 5 | — | — |
| ACE-Step 1.5 | 6 | 2 | 75% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
22 of the 25 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the vocal idea gets completely lost”
“The idea that you can make "music" totally a-historically, ex nihlo, and some folks would listen to it and not be able to taste the difference”
“It definitely is better than Suno/Udio and you have quite a lot of creative control over each aspect”
“I'll take perfectly listenable”
“I like to think of the model as an instrument - something you can sit with for hours and get better at.”
“Way, way worse than an utter waste of resources and ingenuity.”
“our music model can now do voice + sfx + music in a single generation”
“the text says only 400 per month!”
“Well except the vocal only pre-drop part, that was horrendous lyrical flow from the clanker.”
“Currently not getting any kind of response on their UI when attempting to create something.”
“Their $ per mtok is quite high though for an indie project with no roi”
“I think it also creates music that would have never existed like a song for our beer league hockey team.”
“Impressive technology I guess, but god things are trending in such a soulless direction.”
“Instead of downloading the music, you refer, bend, and create your own.”
“What a dream for creation”
“The elevenlabs WAV has full audio bandwidth instead”
“perfectly listenable as background coding music I don't focus on”
“this would the most botched model release we've seen so far”
“ElevenLabs claims the right to train on any data you upload to the service”
“The demo is actually pretty good”
“Great sound quality, definitely better than Suno 5 and 6.”
“Gosh, the voice singing “unlimited downloads!” but the underlying text saying “400 per day” sure hit hard.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.