Licensing FAQ
Is Sonilo music safe to use commercially?
Short answer
Yes, when the music is generated on Pro ($14.99 per month), Premium, or Enterprise and used within that plan's scope. Those plans carry a commercial license with no attribution, the Terms assign you whatever rights Sonilo holds in your output, the music model is trained on licensed catalogs rather than scraped music, and each track can carry a license certificate that anyone can verify. Free and Creator output is for personal, non-commercial use only.
What makes it safe to publish
- A commercial license on the plan. The plan is the license: no per-track fee, no royalty.
- Ownership of the output. Section 6.1 of the Terms assigns you any rights Sonilo has in the output generated for your account. See who owns the music.
- Licensed training data. The music model is trained on professionally licensed catalogs, including content authorized through Sonilo's Shutterstock partnership. See what Sonilo was trained on.
- A record you can show. On Pro and Premium, the license certificate records the plan, scope, and training-data provenance, checkable at sonilo.com/verify-license.
Limits that apply to every AI music generator
Two limits come from how generative AI and copyright law work, not from Sonilo's plans, and the major services state them in their own terms. Suno's Terms of Service say output may not be unique across users and make no warranty that any copyright will vest in it. ElevenLabs' Terms of Service say two different parties may receive the same or similar output. The US Copyright Office concluded in Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 2: Copyrightability (January 2025) that AI output is protected only where a human author determined sufficient expressive elements, and that prompts alone are not enough. Sources checked September 30, 2026.
- Exclusivity. Generation is non-exclusive, as it is on Suno and ElevenLabs; another user may receive similar output. If a project needs exclusivity, it calls for commissioned music rather than generated output.
- A registrable copyright everywhere. AI-generated output may not qualify for copyright protection in every jurisdiction, whichever service made it. That affects whether you can stop others from copying the track, not whether you can use it under your plan.
- Streaming release. No plan includes releasing a track through a distributor to Spotify, Apple Music, or other streaming services.
- Your inputs. You remain responsible for the rights to any video or audio you upload.
Which plans
- Free: Non-commercial. For trying Sonilo, not for publishing commercial work. A shared Free-plan download must be credited “Music by Sonilo” (Terms, Section 6.2).
- Creator (closed to new subscribers): Non-commercial. For trying Sonilo, not for publishing commercial work.
- Pro ($5.99 for the first month, then $14.99 per month): Commercial License. Ads, client work, monetized channels, apps, websites, and indie games. No attribution.
- Premium ($29.99 per month): Commercial + film & TV. Everything in Pro, plus film, TV, broadcast, and studio games.
- Enterprise (custom pricing): Commercial + custom terms. Adds custom terms, with procurement and legal support.
Rights follow the plan active when the audio was generated. Full terms: licensing overview and plans and pricing.
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.