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Riffusion

Discontinued Last verified: September 2026

AI music generation from text prompts with a distinctive experimental sound. Discontinued; riffusion.com now redirects through producer.ai to Google Flow Music.

Status update, 2 August 2026: Riffusion is discontinued. Riffusion rebranded to Producer.ai in August 2025, Google acquired the company in February 2026 and folded the team into Google Labs and Google DeepMind, and the product now runs as Google Flow Music. riffusion.com returns a 301 redirect to producer.ai, which in turn returns a 301 redirect to flowmusic.app. Ahead of the transition, users were told to download their work because past generations, sessions, models and media would no longer be accessible. Everything described below refers to the original Riffusion service; the plans and licence terms are historical and are no longer on sale. We are keeping this page so readers arriving from search learn what happened.

What is Riffusion?

Riffusion was an AI music generator that started as an open-source research project applying Stable Diffusion-style models to audio spectrograms and grew into a full consumer product for creating songs from text prompts. It competed with Suno, Udio, and Mureka AI, but carved out a niche with a distinctive, slightly experimental sound that appealed to musicians and producers looking for source material they can chop up, remix, and fold into original tracks rather than finished "pop songs out of a prompt". Riffusion's free tier let you generate tracks with the core model at standard quality, while the Pro subscription unlocked longer songs, higher-quality stems, faster generation, and commercial licensing. The interface was simple: you typed what you wanted (genre, mood, instruments, tempo), hit generate, and got multiple variations to pick from. Riffusion supported extending existing tracks, blending styles, and iterating on earlier generations, which made it well-suited to creative exploration rather than just one-shot production. It was a strong pick for producers who wanted an AI collaborator rather than a replacement. That description is historical: Riffusion rebranded to Producer.ai in August 2025, Google acquired it in February 2026, and as of August 2026 riffusion.com redirects to Google Flow Music. The product described in this review can no longer be signed up for.

Riffusion demo video

Watch AI Demos's official demo to see Riffusion in action before reading our full review.

Official video by AI Demos via YouTube, embedded for reference. ToolChase does not host or claim this video.

⚡ Quick Verdict

Best for

Producers, musicians, and creative hobbyists who want experimental AI music as source material

Not ideal for

Creators who need polished, radio-ready pop songs with clean vocals out of the box

Starting price

Discontinued · was Free · Pro subscription

Free plan

Historical: the free tier had daily generation limits, personal use only

Key strength

Distinctive, experimental sound that suits remixing and production workflows

Limitation

Vocal quality lagged behind Suno and Udio on mainstream pop genres

Bottom line: Riffusion scored 4.2/5 as a strong creative AI music tool for producers who wanted raw material to remix rather than finished songs. That score is now historical: the product is discontinued and riffusion.com redirects to Google Flow Music. If you are shopping today, look at Suno, Udio, Stable Audio, or Google Flow Music itself.

Pricing

These plans are no longer available. Riffusion is discontinued as of August 2026 and riffusion.com redirects to Google Flow Music, whose pricing page blocks automated requests, so we have not been able to verify what the successor service charges. The tiers below are recorded for reference only.

Free (historical): Limited daily generations with core models, standard quality, personal use.

Pro, paid monthly subscription (historical): Longer tracks, higher-quality audio, stem access, faster generation queue, commercial licensing, and access to the latest experimental models as they released.

Key Features

  • Text-to-music generation with style, mood, and instrument prompts
  • Track extension and style blending across generations
  • Browser-based interface with no installs required
  • Stem access for remixing on Pro subscriptions
  • Support for instrumental and vocal generations
  • Fast iteration with multiple variations per prompt
  • Commercial licensing on paid plans
  • Research roots with ongoing experimental model updates

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Free tier was enough for serious creative exploration
  • Distinctive sound character unlike other AI music tools
  • Great for producers looking for raw source material
  • Fast generation and iteration on Pro subscriptions

Cons

  • Vocal quality was weaker than Suno and Udio on pop genres
  • Less community and remix ecosystem than Suno
  • Interface was simpler but offered fewer production controls
✅ Pricing shown is historical (product discontinued) · ⚠️ Status re-checked: riffusion.com redirects through producer.ai to flowmusic.app · ✅ Independently reviewed · ✅ Scoring methodology

FAQ

Is Riffusion free to use?

Not any more. As of August 2026 Riffusion is discontinued: it rebranded to Producer.ai in August 2025, Google acquired the company in February 2026, and riffusion.com now redirects to Google Flow Music at flowmusic.app. Historically, Riffusion offered a free tier with daily generation limits, personal use only, and a paid Pro subscription that unlocked commercial licensing, longer tracks, higher-quality exports, and faster generation queues. Those plans are no longer on sale. We could not read current Google Flow Music pricing because its pricing page blocks automated requests.

How does Riffusion compare to Suno?

Suno is the polished mainstream leader with better vocals, clearer lyric handling, and radio-ready pop song output. Riffusion had a rawer, more experimental sound that many producers preferred as source material for remixing. If you wanted finished songs, Suno was the better choice. If you wanted AI-generated stems and loops to chop up in a DAW, Riffusion was often the better collaborator. Riffusion is now discontinued, so this comparison is historical.

Can I use Riffusion tracks commercially?

This is now historical. While Riffusion ran, commercial rights required a paid Pro subscription; free-tier generations were limited to personal and educational use. Riffusion is discontinued as of August 2026 and the service now operates as Google Flow Music, so the licence that applies to anything you generate today is Google's, not Riffusion's. If you still hold tracks generated on the old service, re-check the current terms before releasing commercial work.

What genres does Riffusion handle best?

Riffusion was strongest on electronic, ambient, lo-fi, experimental, and instrumental genres where its diffusion-model roots produced interesting textures. It was weaker than Suno on polished pop and hip-hop with clean vocals. For film score sketches, game music prototypes, and background beds, Riffusion was a surprisingly good option. This is historical: the Riffusion service is discontinued.

Does Riffusion provide stems?

It did, on the Pro subscription. Stem access let you download separated drums, bass, and instrumental layers so you could remix, replace, or extend the AI-generated track inside your own DAW like Ableton, Logic, or FL Studio. That was what turned Riffusion from a toy into a serious production aid. The feature is historical: the Riffusion service is discontinued and its Pro subscription is no longer on sale.

Is Riffusion open source?

The original research is. Riffusion started as an open-source research project applying Stable Diffusion principles to audio spectrograms in December 2022, and that research code remains publicly available. The hosted commercial product that later ran at riffusion.com was never open source, and it is now discontinued: it rebranded to Producer.ai in August 2025 and Google acquired it in February 2026. riffusion.com redirects to Google Flow Music.

Can I extend an existing Riffusion track?

Not any more. While it ran, Riffusion supported track extension: you fed it an existing clip and it continued that composition in the same style. You could also blend styles, iterate on previous generations, and create longer compositions by chaining extensions. The Riffusion service is discontinued, so these features are historical.

Riffusion vs Mureka AI, which is better?

Choose Mureka AI if you want voice cloning and a friendlier pop-song generator at $10/month. Riffusion suited producers who preferred experimental, instrumental, or loop-based generations as source material, but it is discontinued and can no longer be signed up for.

📋 Good to know

Setup

No longer applicable. Riffusion signups are closed and riffusion.com now redirects through producer.ai to Google Flow Music. Historically you signed up at riffusion.com, typed a text prompt describing the music you wanted, and generated; results appeared in seconds.

Privacy

Historical. Under Riffusion's terms, free tracks were personal use only and Pro tracks could be used commercially. Anything you generate today falls under Google Flow Music's terms, which we have not been able to read.

When to upgrade

No longer applicable. The Pro subscription is no longer on sale. Historically you upgraded to Pro when you needed commercial licensing, longer tracks, stems, or higher-quality exports.

Learning curve

Historical: very low. You described what you wanted in plain language, iterated on generations, and downloaded the ones you liked.

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