Best for
Best for composers who need original soundtracks with clear copyright ownership.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
AI Music Comparison
AIVA vs. Google Flow Music
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for musicians and creators who want to shape a generated track through revisions rather than reroll prompts until one fits.
- Freelancers
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | AIVA | Google Flow Music |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free tier; paid from €11 / month Both paid rates are the monthly equivalent when billed annually: Standard €11, Pro €33. | From $6 / month Starter plan. Plans are credit-based: 3,000 credits a month on Starter, 10,000 on Plus at $18 and 30,000 on Member at $48. A yearly option is advertised at 25% less. The song counts next to each credit figure are the vendor's own estimates. |
| Free trial | Free tier, 3 downloads per month, tracks up to 3 minutes | Free tier with daily top-up credits and two concurrent generations |
| Commercial use | The Pro plan grants full copyright ownership of the compositions | Not stated |
| Output | Instrumental compositions: soundtracks, cinematic and classical | Full-length songs with lyrics and vocals; MP3, WAV and M4A downloads plus stems |
| Hosting | Not stated | Cloud (SaaS) |
| Vocals and lyrics | No, instrumental compositions | Yes, lyrics and sung vocals; the Lyria 3.5 update lists higher lyric quality with better structural awareness and more expressive, better pronounced vocals |
| Control and editing | Yes, editable arrangements | Yes, a conversational Producer session edits an existing track rather than regenerating it, with tempo and duration control, remixing of your own audio and audio effects |
| Sound effects | No, instrumental compositions | No. The product generates full-length songs, and the plan comparison lists no sound effect or foley generation. What sits around the songs is remixing your own audio, audio effects and a stem splitter, which process material rather than create effects from a prompt |
| Export and stems | Yes, WAV, MP3, MIDI and individual stems on the higher tiers | Yes, MP3, WAV and M4A downloads, plus stem downloads and a stem splitter |
| API | Not on the self-serve plans; the licence terms say API access is covered by a separate agreement negotiated with the vendor | No. Neither the product site nor the plan comparison carries a developer section, API or documentation. The one place code is written is the in-product vibe-coding area for audio plugins, music games and custom DAWs, which runs inside Flow Music rather than calling it from outside |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Email helpdesk, Community forum | Not stated |
| Company size | more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized | Freelancers |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price AIVA Free tier; paid from €11 / month Google Flow Music From $6 / month
- Free trial AIVA Free tier, 3 downloads per month, tracks up to 3 minutes Google Flow Music Free tier with daily top-up credits and two concurrent generations
- Company size AIVA Freelancers, Small and mid-sized Google Flow Music Freelancers
- Output AIVA Instrumental compositions: soundtracks, cinematic and classical Google Flow Music Full-length songs with lyrics and vocals; MP3, WAV and M4A downloads plus stems
- Vocals and lyrics AIVA No, instrumental compositions Google Flow Music Yes, lyrics and sung vocals; the Lyria 3.5 update lists higher lyric quality with better structural awareness and more expressive, better pronounced vocals
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
AIVA
Strengths
- Full copyright ownership of output on Pro
- Strong for soundtracks and cinematic or classical work
- Editable compositions
Limitations
- Composition and instrumental focus, no vocal pop songs
- Interface geared to composers
Google Flow Music
Strengths
- Songs are edited in conversation instead of regenerated, with tempo and duration under direct control
- Downloads cover MP3, WAV and M4A, and stems can be split out
- A free tier with daily credits, and paid plans start at $6 a month
- Music videos and a build-your-own area for plugins and instruments sit in the same product
Limitations
- Commercial use and licensing of the output are not spelled out on the product site, which links to Google's general Terms of Service
- No public API is documented
- The service has been renamed twice, so guides and links written for Riffusion or Producer.ai go stale quickly
Plans
Pricing
AIVA
- Free €0 3 downloads per month, tracks up to 3 minutes, MP3 and MIDI. Non-commercial, credit to AIVA required and the copyright stays with AIVA.
- Standard €11 Per month, billed annually. 15 downloads per month, tracks up to 5 minutes, no credit required, monetization limited to YouTube, Twitch, TikTok and Instagram.
- Pro €33 Per month, billed annually. 300 downloads per month, tracks up to 5 minutes 30, WAV and all file formats, full copyright ownership and unrestricted monetization.
Google Flow Music
- Free $0 Daily top-up credits, two concurrent generations, all core features.
- Starter $6 / month 3,000 credits a month, which the vendor estimates at about 600 songs, plus daily top-ups and eight concurrent generations.
- Plus $18 / month 10,000 credits a month, about 2,000 songs by the vendor's estimate, plus daily top-ups and twelve concurrent generations.
- Member $48 / month 30,000 credits a month, about 6,000 songs by the vendor's estimate, sixteen concurrent generations, a member badge, member events and merchandise, and early access to new features.
What users say
Review Scores · opens after launch
AIVA
- Ease of use
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- User interface
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- Onboarding
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- Support and service
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- Value for money
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Google Flow Music
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
AIVA https://www.aiva.ai · no check date recorded yet
Google Flow Music https://www.flowmusic.app · checked against the official source on 2026-08-23
This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.