The verdict
Suno is the AI music tool that finally made "generate a full song with vocals" actually work, and the V5 generation pushed it further — Generative Stems gives per-element access the category lacked, Vocal Personas keeps a consistent voice across tracks, and the Studio editor brings DAW-style arranging into the platform. Vocal quality punches above what the category produced a year ago; songs are demo-ready in a way that wasn't possible before. The landscape note: with Udio's downloads disabled after its label settlements, Suno is now the leading AI music generator you can actually export from — though its own Warner deal means licensed training and downloads shifting toward paid plans. The honest tradeoffs: tracks still carry subtle AI tells a trained ear identifies, stems are useful but not mix-engineer clean, and free-tier credits go fast. For commercial release where every detail will be scrutinized, AI music as a category isn't there yet. For everything below that bar, Suno is the strongest pick.