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Ranking: 1-2 Suno v6 1147 and Suno v6-mini 1130 (statistically tied top pair); 3 Mureka V9.5 1106; 4-6 Mureka V9 1059, Lyria 3 Pro 1051, Lyria 3.5 1051; 7 Eleven Music v2.5 1013; then a tied cluster MiniMax Music 3.0 1000, Eleven Music v2 997, MiniMax Music 2.6 997, Eleven Music 997, MiniMax Music 2.5+ 987; Melodia v3 970. Practical reading: rank ranges matter more than single ranks - the cheaper Suno v6-mini is statistically indistinguishable from Suno v6 here; Lyria 3.5 did not beat Lyria 3 Pro. Preference is not licensing: commercial-use terms and training-data/copyright risk differ by provider (see creator observation of memorised-sounding songs in C3-B393-02) and must be checked separately; prices not captured on this page.\n\nCurator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. 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