Stable Audio
Verified BenchmarkText-to-music and SFX generation with tiered licensing
Quality & reliability of primary audio output.
Text-to-audio
Onboarding & editor ergonomics.
Free plan (limits unpublished) · Solo $12/mo · Session $30 · Producer $90 · Studio $199
Scoring Vectors
Deterministic evaluation across the AiRecMark five-dimension rubric (v2-5dim)
# Stable Audio — official documentation
"https://stableaudio.com"
# Pricing source (T0): https://stableaudio.com/pricing
# Entry tier: Free plan (limits unpublished) · Solo $12/mo · Session $30 · Producer $90 · Studio $199 (checked 2026-09-15)
# Rubric: v2-5dim · recorded features: 4Quantitative Technical Specification
Core architectural subsystems in production release v2.5
Text-to-audio
Music tracks and sound effects from prompts.
Credit plans
660-14,000 credits/mo by tier.
Uploads
Reference audio on paid tiers (10-400/mo).
Licensing
Standard/Pro/Enterprise usage rights.
Direct Peer Matrix: Voice Synthesis & Conversational Engines
Standardized comparative evaluation using normalized 1,000-character test payloads
| Model & Provider | AiRecMark Score | Pricing Base | Performance (rubric) | Languages | Prosody Fidelity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stable Audio Leader | 80.8 | $12/mo | 82/100 | — | 84% |
| ElevenLabs | 95.4 | Usage API / Tiered | — | — | — |
| PlayHT | 89.2 | Freemium | — | — | — |
| Cartesia | 85.8 | $5/mo | — | — | — |
| Adobe Podcast | 85.6 | $0/mo | — | — | — |
Commercial Tiers & Compute Allocation
Transparent character pools, concurrent socket capacities, and API rate limits
Entry tier for evaluation and light individual use.
- check Text-to-audio
- check Credit plans
- check Uploads
Free plan (limits unpublished) · Solo $12/mo · Session $30 · Producer $90 · Studio $199
- check Text-to-audio
- check Credit plans
- check Uploads
Dedicated infrastructure, security review, and compliance support.
- check SSO / SAML & audit controls
- check Dedicated support channel
- check Custom quota & SLA
Stable Audio stands out for licensing ladder from Standard to Enterprise. Text-to-music and SFX generation with tiered licensing anchors its proposition, and AiRecMark's five-dimension audit lands it at 80.8/100 — a pragmatic default for music & SFX for Media Makers.