# Free alternatives to Suno

> Suno (Pro) costs $96 a year. Free alternatives: ACE-Step 1.5 and YuE. Data checked 2026-10-17.

- Page: https://stoprenting.dev/apps/suno/
- Category: AI (https://stoprenting.dev/categories/ai/)
- Vendor: Suno
- Plan: Pro
- Price: $8/month, $96/year
- Billing: billed yearly ($8/mo; monthly billing costs more, "Saves $24 by billing yearly")
- Price quote from the vendor's page: "Pro Most Popular Access to our best models and editing tools. $8 /month Saves $24 by billing yearly!"
- Price source: https://suno.com/pricing (checked 2026-10-17)

## Alternatives

### ACE-Step 1.5

- Website: https://acemusic.ai
- Repository: https://github.com/ace-step/ACE-Step-1.5 (13,719 stars, last push 2026-10-11)
- License: MIT
- Open source: yes, OSI-approved license
- Type: command-line tool
- Linux: unverified
- Self-hostable: no
- Note: Runs locally with a web UI on a modest GPU; songs are good but generally trail Suno's newest model.
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/ace-step-1-5/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

### YuE

- Website: https://map-yue2.github.io/
- Repository: https://github.com/multimodal-art-projection/YuE (12,080 stars, last push 2026-10-06)
- License: Apache-2.0
- Open source: yes, OSI-approved license
- Type: command-line tool
- Linux: unverified
- Self-hostable: no
- Note: YuE2 came out in September 2026; it needs Linux and a 24 GB NVIDIA GPU, and companies need a licence for the weights.
- More: https://stoprenting.dev/alternatives/yue/
- Checked: 2026-10-17

## FAQ

### Is there a free alternative to Suno?

Yes. The 2 free alternatives are ACE-Step 1.5 (open source, MIT) and YuE (open source, Apache-2.0).

### How much does Suno cost?

Suno's Pro plan costs $8 a month, which is $96 a year (billed yearly ($8/mo; monthly billing costs more, "Saves $24 by billing yearly")). Source: the official pricing page at suno.com, checked Oct 17, 2026.

### Which Suno alternatives run on Linux?

None of the listed alternatives has a verified Linux build yet.

### Can you self-host a Suno alternative?

ACE-Step 1.5 and YuE are command-line tools that run on your own machine, so there's nothing to host.

### Are these Suno alternatives open source?

Yes. All 2 use OSI-approved open-source licenses: ACE-Step 1.5 (MIT) and YuE (Apache-2.0).

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Source: Stop Renting (https://stoprenting.dev). Methodology: https://stoprenting.dev/methodology/