Loudly
by Loudly GmbH
Loudly is an AI music platform for generating, customizing, and licensing tracks for videos, podcasts, social media, and other digital projects. It also offers music distribution and audio tools for creators.
Why Abandoned
Loudly's official website remains available and presents functioning AI music generation, licensing, and distribution products. Its current product pages and company materials indicate ongoing operations.
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- Confidence
- 91%
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📅 Timeline
Company founded
The Berlin-based company behind Loudly was founded in 2013; its earlier consumer music-making product was known as Music Maker JAM.
Loudly brand introduced
The company developed Loudly as a creator-focused music platform combining a catalog, music customization tools, and licensing for digital content.
AI Music Generator launched
Loudly announced an AI Music Generator that lets users create tracks by selecting parameters such as genre, energy, duration, instruments, and structure.
Text-to-music capability announced
Loudly introduced a text-to-music feature for generating music from natural-language prompts as part of its AI music platform.
AI Music API launched
Loudly announced an API intended to let companies integrate AI-generated, licensable music into applications and digital experiences.
🔄 Alternatives to Loudly
AIVA
🟢ActiveAI music composer that creates original music for films, games, and commercials.
Soundraw
🟢ActiveAI music generation platform that creates royalty-free music for content creators.
Suno
🟢ActiveSuno launched in late 2023 as a text-to-song generator that creates full vocal tracks with melody, lyrics, and instrumentation from short prompts. It raised $125M at a $500M valuation in May 2024 and crossed 12M users by mid-2024. In June 2024 the RIAA sued Suno (and competitor Udio) for copyright infringement on behalf of Sony, Universal, and Warner. The product keeps shipping new versions and signups remain open while the litigation runs.
Udio
🟢ActiveUdio launched in April 2024 from ex-DeepMind researchers and raised $10M from a16z, will.i.am, and Common. It generates studio-quality vocal tracks from text prompts and quickly became Suno's closest competitor. The RIAA sued Udio in June 2024 over alleged training on copyrighted recordings. Despite the litigation, Udio has continued shipping new models, including v1.5 with full-song generation and remixing.
🪦 Other dead Voice & Audio tools
Amper Music
🟡Acquired / MergedAmper Music was an AI-assisted music composition platform that let users generate and customize royalty-cleared tracks for videos, podcasts, games, and other media. Shutterstock acquired the company in 2020.
VocaliD
🟡Acquired / MergedVocaliD developed personalized synthetic voices for people who could not speak and later offered custom voice technology for brands. The company combined donated speech recordings with a recipient’s vocal characteristics.
Lyrebird
🟡Acquired / MergedLyrebird developed AI systems for copying a person’s voice from short audio samples and generating speech in that voice. Descript acquired the Montreal startup in 2019 and incorporated its technology and team.
Play.ht
🔴Shutdown / DeadAI text-to-speech platform with ultra-realistic voices for podcasts, videos, and audiobooks.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
What is Loudly AI music generator?
Loudly is a web-based AI music platform that generates customizable tracks for videos, podcasts, social posts, advertisements, games, and other digital projects.
How does Loudly generate AI music?
Users can generate music from a written prompt or configure attributes such as genre, duration, energy, instruments, and song structure, then customize and export the resulting track.
Can Loudly music be used commercially?
Loudly offers licensing for creator and commercial use, but permitted uses and restrictions depend on the selected plan and current license terms. Users should review Loudly's license agreement before publishing or monetizing work.
Does Loudly offer royalty-free music?
Yes. Loudly markets a catalog and AI-generated tracks for licensed, royalty-free use under its plans. Royalty-free does not mean copyright-free; use remains governed by Loudly's license terms.
What are the best alternatives to Loudly?
Common AI music alternatives include Suno and Udio for prompt-based song generation, Soundraw for customizable creator music, and AIVA for AI-assisted composition.