MiniMax Music 3.0
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Open weights — free
+ Strongest open music model — self-hostable
− Still ~140 Elo behind Suno
MODEL TOOL
Music generation：Budget
Songs, scores and BGM — ranked against AA Music Arena's vocal and instrumental boards.
1 · What are you doing?
2 · Budget tier
Recommended for · Music generation · Budget
Open-source models for free local experiments and remixing.
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Stable Audio 3 Medium
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Open weights — free
+ Lighter open release — near MiniMax on instrumentals
− No vocals
ACE-Step 1.5
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Open weights — free
+ Open pipeline for full songs with lyrics
− Overtaken by MiniMax Music
Video generationMiniMax H3 Open Weights / Wan2.2（Apache 2.0） / LTX-2.5 Fast / ProImage generationFLUX.2 dev / Z-Image Turbo / Qwen-ImageVoice & TTSIndexTTS-2.5 / CosyVoice 2 / KokoroAI avatarHunyuanVideo-Avatar / EchoMimic3D generationTRELLIS.2 / Hunyuan3D 2.1 / Pixal3DMusic generationMiniMax Music 3.0 / Stable Audio 3 Medium / ACE-Step 1.5
How to read this
Three tiers: flagship for quality-critical work, balanced for daily production, budget for bulk and experiments. Names track the current mainstream options — the landscape moves fast, so treat the tier logic (not the exact model list) as the durable part.
Rankings and prices checked — leaderboards move weekly; always confirm pricing on the official site before committing.
Sources: Artificial Analysis · LMArena · Crafiq 3D · Taxon3D