ElevenLabs ships Music v2.5 in app and API with free and Pro tiers
ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs made Music v2.5 the default model for prompted and reference-based generation in ElevenMusic, ElevenCreative, and its API, with Music v2 still selectable. In a blind test across 47,885 prompt pairs, listeners preferred v2.5 over v2, with the largest gains in vocal-led and acoustic genres (R&B, soul, hip hop, rock, orchestral). The free tier allows five lossless downloads per day with attribution and commercial use, Pro allows 400 per month; users keep track rights, downloads referencing other artists' songs are blocked, and the separately announced UMG agreement covers future products, not this release.
Why it matters
It is the first major music-model rollout since ElevenLabs' UMG licensing deal, showing a licensed-training competitor to Suno shipping at consumer scale with a free tier.
Importance: 2/5
Notable model update with tiered commercial rollout; first release after the UMG deal