AIVA vs Soundraw

AIVA

Audio

Soundraw

Audio

Tagline

AIVA

AI music composition tool that generates royalty-friendly tracks in 250+ styles with editable MIDI output.

Soundraw

AI music generator that spits out royalty-free, customizable tracks by genre and mood.

Pricing

AIVA

Freemium· Free; Standard ~€11/mo, Pro ~€33/mo (billed yearly)

Soundraw

Freemium· Creator: €5.83/mo · Artist Starter: €10.75/mo · Artist Pro: €12.42/mo · Artist Unlimited: €17.42/mo · Enterprise: Ask

Lowest paid tier

AIVA

—

Soundraw

€5.83/mo · Creator

captured 2026-08-11

Free trial

AIVA

Yes

Soundraw

Yes

API

AIVA

Not listed

Soundraw

Yes

Platforms

AIVA

api

Soundraw

webapi

Company

AIVA

—

Soundraw

SOUNDRAW

Model used

AIVA

Proprietary (AIVA)

Soundraw

Proprietary in-house model

Best for

AIVA

Pick AIVA if you need original instrumental music with editable MIDI stems and clean copyright for video, game or podcast work.

Soundraw

Pick Soundraw if you need royalty-free instrumental beds for video, podcasts, or ads and want clean licensing without legal anxiety.

Not for

AIVA

Skip it if you want full vocal songs with lyrics or an API to generate music programmatically inside another app.

Soundraw

Skip it if you want AI-generated vocals, lyric-driven songs, or the wild fidelity of Suno-class generative audio.

Editorial score

AIVA

8.1 / 10

Soundraw

8.2 / 10

Use cases

AIVA

music-generationsoundtrack-compositionmidi-exportroyalty-free-musiccontent-creator-audio

Soundraw

background musicvideo soundtrackspodcast introsstem exportroyalty-free beats

Pros

AIVA

• Editable MIDI output, not just a baked audio file
• 250+ style presets plus custom style training
• Clear copyright ownership on Pro tier
• Long pedigree (since 2016, SACEM-recognised)
• Real free tier with no credit card

Soundraw

• Trained on in-house music, avoiding the copyright cloud over scrape-trained rivals
• Cheap entry tier ($5.99/mo) with unlimited MP3 downloads
• Bar-level editing and stem export for real DAW work
• Perpetual commercial license with creator royalty retention
• Public API for embedding generation in other apps

Cons

AIVA

• Instrumental only — no vocals or lyrics
• No public API documented
• Free and Standard tiers don't grant full copyright
• Download caps on every tier

Soundraw

• Instrumental only; no vocals or lyric generation
• Output is polished but generic, more library music than artistic
• Stems and WAV gated behind higher tiers
• Closed source, proprietary model with no model details

Website

AIVA

aiva.ai

Soundraw

soundraw.io

Editorial score: rule-based, 0–10, from AI-assisted profile inputs (see /methodology) — not a user rating; “—” means unscored. “Not listed” means we have no record of it, not that it is absent. GitHub figures and prices carry the date they were checked or captured; prices are shown as published, unconverted.