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YuE2: Pricing, Features & Best Use Cases

Open music generation model from M-A-P that writes an editable symbolic score, then renders full songs with vocals and accompaniment.

YuE2 homepage screenshot, audio & voice AI tool

Our take: YuE2 suits music AI researchers and developers who want an open model that plans a song as an editable ABC score before rendering vocals and accompaniment, for non-commercial use.

Main limitation: Weights are licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, so commercial use is not allowed.

By the AI Tool Atlas editors. Based on the vendor's official documentation; we have not tested this product hands-on. What “documented overview” means

Who YuE2 fits

YuE2 suits music AI researchers and developers who want an open model that plans a song as an editable ABC score before rendering vocals and accompaniment, for non-commercial use. Based on the vendor's documentation, not on a hands-on test.

Best for: Music AI researchers

Also a good fit for

  • Developers experimenting with open music generation

Consider another tool if weights are licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 (non-commercial)

Or if

  • Research release with no official pricing or support pages
  • Hosted trial is run by a third party, not the authors

YuE2 pricing and usage limits

Prices checked Oct 2, 2026 on the official US pricing page. Prices and limits change often.

Free access and trial conditions

Open weights (CC BY-NC 4.0); free hosted trial by NOIZ

Free hosted trial via NOIZ (third party)

Paid plans: what changes as you upgrade

Open weights web

Free

Free

CC BY-NC 4.0 non-commercial

For: Researchers

Limits

  • Non-commercial use only
  • 24 GB NVIDIA GPU with BF16 (per seed)

Includes

  • Open weights
  • Command line and Python API

Usage caps, credits and extra costs

Local GPU hardware

Not applicable

What is YuE2, and how does it work?

YuE2 is an open music generation model from the M-A-P research group that unifies symbolic and audio music generation. It first writes an editable score through symbolic planning, then renders the composition with vocals and accompaniment; the official page claims song quality competitive with Suno v5/v6 on its WildSongBench benchmark. The model (about 3.58B parameters) supports creating songs from lyrics and a style prompt, covering existing songs and agentic editing. Weights are published on Hugging Face under CC BY-NC 4.0, and a free hosted trial is run by a third party, NOIZ. It is a research release rather than a commercial product.

YuE2 homepage — screenshot of the audio & voice AI tool, Oct 2, 2026
YuE2's official site: how the product presents itself. map-yue2.github.io, captured Oct 2, 2026

What you provide and what you get back

How YuE2 works: what you provide, where it runs and what you get backYOU PROVIDEYour inputLyrics and style promptAn existing song for coversEdit instructionsAUDIO & VOICEYuE2Linux, APIfree tier, paid price not publish…free tier availablechecked Oct 2, 2026YOU GET BACKThe resultFull songs with vocals and accomp…Editable ABC symbolic scoreEdited or covered versionsinput → YuE2 → output · from the vendor's own pages, no hands-on test unless stated
What you give YuE2 and what comes back, from its documentation

You provide

  • Lyrics and style prompt
  • An existing song for covers
  • Edit instructions

You get back

  • Full songs with vocals and accompaniment
  • Editable ABC symbolic score
  • Edited or covered versions

Where you can use it

Platforms
Linux, API
Account
Not required
Parameters
~3.58B, 28 layers
License
CC BY-NC 4.0
Runtime
Linux, Python 3.10+/3.12, 24 GB NVIDIA GPU BF16
Benchmark
WildSongBench 192 prompts
Score format
ABC notation

Where YuE2 is most useful

Scenarios are worked out by our editors from the documentation; the actual result depends on your input and plan.

Generating full songs from lyrics and a style prompt

Who
Researchers and developers
You provide
Lyrics and a style prompt
Expected result
A full song with vocals
Plan needed
Open weights, free
Limitation
Non-commercial license source (opens in a new tab)

Covering an existing song in a new style

Who
Music experimenters
You provide
An existing song
Expected result
A cover in a new style
Plan needed
Open weights, free
Limitation
Requires local GPU or hosted trial source (opens in a new tab)

Editing a song's melody, chords and lyrics through an editable score

Who
Developers building tools
You provide
Score edits and instructions
Expected result
A song edited via melody, chords and lyrics
Plan needed
Open weights, free
Limitation
Research release, no support source (opens in a new tab)

What YuE2 does, and where it stops

YuE2 homepage — screenshot of the audio & voice AI tool, Oct 2, 2026
Feature overview on the official site. map-yue2.github.io, captured Oct 2, 2026

Symbolic planning with an editable ABC score

Writes the song as an editable ABC score of melody and chords before audio generation. Lets people control composition

Access: OpenLimit: Quality of plans varies source (opens in a new tab)

Text-to-music with vocals and accompaniment

Renders full songs with vocals and accompaniment from lyrics and a style prompt. Produces complete tracks

Access: Open weightsLimit: Non-commercial license source (opens in a new tab)

Cover generation

Rewrites an existing song with different melody, lyrics, tempo or arrangement. Reinterprets familiar songs

Access: Open weightsLimit: Rights to source song remain with owners source (opens in a new tab)

Agentic music editing

Edits songs through conversation with an agent. Refines songs iteratively

Access: Research demoLimit: Described as demos source (opens in a new tab)

YuE2 pros and cons

Reasons to choose YuE2

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How to use YuE2 for generating a song from lyrics and a style prompt

Set up YuE2

  1. Open the YuE2 model card or GitHub repository
  2. Install per quick start on Linux with Python 3.10+
  3. Download the model weights
  4. Prepare lyrics and a style prompt

Example: generating a song from lyrics and a style prompt

  1. Write lyrics and a style description
  2. Run the yue2 command or Python API
  3. Review the generated ABC score
  4. Render the full song

Review and export the result

  1. Confirm the output follows the lyrics
  2. Check license before sharing results

YuE2 integrations and API

Native integrations and export formats

Export: ABC score, Audio

API access and separate billing

YuE2 has no public API in its official documentation. Command line and Python API included in the open release

Other tools to consider instead of YuE2

"Better suited" is based on documented features and pricing, not on a head-to-head test.

Suno: better suited to

ElevenLabs: better suited to

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    YuE2 FAQ

    Can I use YuE2 commercially?

    No, the weights are licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, which is non-commercial. source (opens in a new tab)

    What does YuE2 produce?

    A full song with vocals and accompaniment from an editable symbolic score. source (opens in a new tab)

    How big is the YuE2 model?

    About 3.58B parameters and 28 layers, per the project page. source (opens in a new tab)

    How does YuE2 compare to Suno?

    The authors report YuE2 best-of-8 at 6.9632 versus Suno v5 6.8721 on SongBench; this is a vendor-run benchmark. source (opens in a new tab)

    Is there a hosted version of YuE2?

    A free hosted trial exists via NOIZ, which is third-party and not run by the authors. source (opens in a new tab)

    Sources and review methodology

    Official sources and verification dates

    Not verified: Pricing; Privacy; Docs (404).

    How we documented and maintain this page

    Every fact about YuE2 above comes from the 3 official pages listed here, last compared on Oct 2, 2026; we have not run YuE2 ourselves, so it has no editorial score. How we check and re-check pages.

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