Licensing FAQ
Can I use Sonilo output in client work and paid ads?
Short answer
Yes, from Pro ($14.99/mo) upwards, with no attribution. Client videos, agency deliverables, paid social, and pre-roll are general commercial use covered on Pro; a television or broadcast spot needs Premium or above. The license belongs to the account that generated the audio, so the freelancer or agency generates on a commercial plan and delivers the file plus its license certificate to the client.
Who needs the paid plan
The person or team that generates the audio. Your client does not need a Sonilo account. If a client wants to generate music themselves, they need their own Pro or higher plan.
Handing over the rights
- Generate on Pro or above.
- In your library, open the track and choose Download commercial license. One request licenses every audio file from that generation, and each file gets its own certificate and serial — deliver the certificate that belongs to the file you are handing over.
- Deliver the audio and the certificate. The certificate names the work, the plan, the scope — the plan's rung of the ladder, so a Pro certificate reads "Commercial use, incl. advertising (including sponsored and branded content), client deliverables, monetized channels, websites, apps, and indie games (commercial games, on any platform, by individuals or teams under US$200,000 in combined revenue and funding over the last 12 months)" and a Premium one adds "film, television, broadcast, and studio games (commercial games, on any platform, by teams at or above US$200,000 in combined revenue and funding over the last 12 months)" — the territory (worldwide), exclusivity (non-exclusive), and the training-data provenance, and it can be checked at sonilo.com/verify-license.
Which paid tier
Pro carries the general commercial scope, indie games included, which is what most client work needs. Premium adds film, television, broadcast, and studio games, on top of higher practical limits: 100,000 credits per month, videos up to 30 minutes and 3 GB, and unlimited simultaneous tasks, versus 40,000 credits, 8 minutes and 1.5 GB on Pro. A deliverable destined for film, television, broadcast, or a studio game needs Premium. Enterprise adds custom terms and documentation support for procurement or legal review.
Exclusivity for a campaign
Standard plans are non-exclusive: another user could generate a similar track. If a campaign needs exclusivity or custom legal terms, that is an Enterprise conversation, not something a Pro or Premium plan can grant.
Indemnification
Like most generative-audio services, Sonilo's Terms do not include an indemnity from Sonilo to you; you are responsible for how you use the output (Section 16.3). If a client contract requires IP indemnification, raise it with sales before delivery.
How this compares
Sonilo's answer is the plan tier: commercial use in client work and paid ads needs output generated on Pro, Premium, or Enterprise. Suno and ElevenLabs also limit free-tier output to non-commercial use, and attach their own conditions to paid plans. The Suno and ElevenLabs rows below state only what their official pages say, checked September 29, 2026; terms change, so check the linked page before relying on it. This is a comparison of published terms, not legal advice.
| Service | Plans that allow commercial use | Free-tier output |
|---|---|---|
| Sonilo | Pro ($14.99 per month), Premium, and Enterprise. Pro covers client deliverables, paid ads, and monetized channels; Premium adds film, television, broadcast, and studio games. The plan active when the audio was generated decides the scope. See the Terms of Service. | Free and Creator output is for personal, non-commercial use only. |
| Suno | Suno's Terms assign Suno's rights in the output to Pro and Premier subscribers. Commercial use requires a permitted download through an approved channel, within your tier's download allocation, which Suno's downloads FAQ lists as 20 per month on Pro and 60 per month on Premier. Commercial use rights in a download you have obtained continue after the subscription is cancelled or downgraded. Remixes are for personal, non-commercial use on every tier. Sources: Suno Terms of Service (last revised August 10, 2026; effective September 3, 2026) and Suno help center: Upcoming Changes FAQ: Downloads, Models, and Terms of Service. | Free and Basic tier output may be used only for lawful, personal, and non-commercial purposes. Subscribing to Pro or Premier later does not, by default, give commercial rights to songs made on the free plan (Suno help center: If I subscribe, do I get rights for the songs I made before subscribing?). |
| ElevenLabs | All paid plans include a commercial license, except for content generated with Beta Services. Some products have additional Service-Specific Terms. For music, the Eleven Music terms permit all online and offline commercial use on self-serve plans except film, TV, radio, and Studio Games, which need the Enterprise Music plan; Starter, Creator, and Pro are for individual use only, Scale for organizations with fewer than 10 employees, and Business for fewer than 50. Sources: ElevenLabs help center: Can I publish the content I generate on the platform? and Eleven Music Model-Specific Terms (last updated May 26, 2026). | The free plan does not include a commercial license. Content published from the free plan must be attributed to ElevenLabs, for example with "elevenlabs.io" in the title, or "Eleven Music" for Eleven Music content. The Eleven Music terms do not permit downloads on the free plan. |
Whichever service you use, keep the file, the plan it was generated on, and the terms in force at the time with the project, and handle any exclusivity or indemnity requirement in the client contract separately. A commercial license does not promise that YouTube or another platform will never raise a claim.
Last reviewed 2026-10-01. This page summarises Sonilo's Terms of Service; the Terms govern if anything here differs.
Make something you can publish
Commercial rights start on Pro at $14.99 per month. Every generation on Pro and above comes with a certificate your client or platform can verify.