AIVA
by AIVA Technologies
AI music assistant for fast, customizable, copyright-ready soundtracks
About
AIVA (Artificial Intelligence Virtual Artist) is an AI music composition platform that creates original songs in seconds across over 250 musical styles. Developed by AIVA Technologies (Luxembourg), it helps users from game developers to filmmakers quickly generate custom soundtracks without musical training. AIVA offers advanced features like style customization – users can upload audio/MIDI influences to guide the composition – and an editor to tweak generated tracks. A free account is available (login required) for personal/non-commercial use, while paid plans let creators monetize their AI-generated music (including a Pro tier granting full copyright ownership of compositions). Pricing: Free Plan: €0 – Generate music for non-commercial projects (credit to AIVA required). Limited to 3 song downloads per month (up to 3 min each) in MP3/MIDI format. Standard Plan: ~€17.3/month (increased significantly from €11/mo in 2025) – Allows limited monetization on platforms like YouTube or Twitch (AIVA retains copyright). No attribution needed; up to 15 downloads/month (tracks up to 5 min) in MP3/MIDI. Pro Plan: ~€56.7/month (increased significantly from €33/mo in 2025) – Full commercial use with user owning the copyright. No attribution required; up to 300 downloads/month (tracks up to ~5½ min) with all file formats (including high-quality WAV) enabled. (Enterprise licensing is also offered for large-scale use cases.)
What you can do with it
- Creating background music and intro/outro themes for YouTube channels and livestreams
- Generating adaptive soundtracks for indie video games and interactive experiences
- Scoring trailers, short films, and cinematic sequences for filmmakers and editors
- Producing royalty-free music beds for online ads, promos, and brand videos
- Rapidly prototyping harmonic and structural ideas for composers and music producers
Pricing
Free — €0/mo, non-commercial use only, credit required, limited downloads and durations, copyright owned by AIVA Standard — €15/mo billed monthly (€11/mo billed yearly), designed for monetizing on YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, Instagram with limited monetization rights and platform-specific usage Pro — €49/mo billed monthly (€33/mo billed yearly), full copyright ownership, broad commercial monetization rights, higher limits and access to high-quality WAV exports
How to access
Web app at aiva.ai with open signup via email; users log in through a browser to access composition tools, style presets, influence upload, and editor; individual plans self-serve, with business/enterprise use handled via higher-licensing tiers or direct contact; no public mobile app or open API documented on the main site.
Access via web app at aiva.ai with email-based account signup; create a free account, verify email, then log in to use the composer, style presets, and editor; no visible SSO or API key-based public access, and no waitlist for individual plans.
Tips for getting the best results
Start by creating and verifying a free account at aiva.ai, then log in to access the dashboard. Choose a preset style that matches your project (e.g., modern cinematic, pop, ambient, rock, fantasy, jazz) or upload a MIDI/audio file as an influence if you want closer control over harmony and structure. Use project settings such as length, mood, tempo, and instrumentation to guide the generation; for key scenes (e.g., game boss fights or ad hooks), generate multiple variants and favorite the best ones before editing. Open selected tracks in the built-in editor to refine structure (intro/verse/chorus/endings), adjust instrument layers, and tweak tempo or dynamics, rather than regenerating from scratch for small changes. When your track is final, export in MP3 or MIDI on all plans, and in WAV on Pro; double-check your plan’s licensing limitations before using tracks in monetized content, and upgrade to Standard or Pro if you need broader commercial rights. For teams, keep a record of which tracks were made on which plan to avoid mixing non-commercial outputs into commercial projects.
Known limitations
The Free plan has strict non-commercial licensing, requires attribution, offers only limited downloads per month, shorter track durations, and does not grant copyright ownership, which can be too restrictive for monetized channels or clients. Standard plan rights are tailored to social platforms and may not cover all commercial scenarios such as TV ads, films, or large-scale distribution, so some professional uses effectively require the Pro plan. Users have limited low-level control over composition details compared to manual composing—AIVA excels at structure and style, but very precise melodic or orchestration requirements may still need manual editing in a DAW after export. There is no widely advertised public API for automated bulk use, which constrains highly programmatic workflows. As with other AI music systems, stylistic fidelity is high but emotional nuance and human-like phrasing can vary by genre, sometimes requiring multiple generations or external post-production to reach broadcast-level polish in demanding contexts.
Model / Technology
Proprietary deep-learning-based music generation models trained on a large corpus of existing music
Commercial use
On the Free plan, tracks are for non-commercial use only, require attribution to AIVA, and copyright remains with AIVA. The Standard plan allows monetization primarily on platforms such as YouTube, Twitch, TikTok, and Instagram, under more limited licensing terms, and historically has involved constrained copyright ownership or platform-specific rights. The Pro plan grants users full copyright ownership of their compositions and broad commercial rights, allowing unrestricted monetization across media without ongoing royalties to AIVA, subject to the general terms of service. Users should review AIVA’s current licensing terms before using outputs in high-value or regulated contexts.
Training data
AIVA is described as using deep learning trained on a large database of existing music, learning patterns and structures from this corpus to generate new, original compositions that do not replicate specific works. Public sources indicate it relies on a proprietary, curated dataset of musical pieces rather than a general web scrape, but exact catalogs, licensing arrangements, and dataset composition are not fully disclosed. There are no widely reported controversies specific to AIVA’s training data, though general AI-music copyright debates about style imitation and training on copyrighted works still apply.