AI music commercial use for ads: Suno, ElevenLabs, Lyria checklist

Commercial rights for AI music come from the vendor's plan and terms, not from the file. Suno lists commercial rights on Pro and Premier, ElevenLabs says its music is cleared for nearly all commercial uses with rights varying by plan, and the Gemini music page states SynthID but no usage terms. Sume's music docs make no rights claim.

What each page says

These are the statements found on each vendor's own pages.

A checklist before the ad ships

• Record which vendor and plan produced the track on the day you made it. Rights follow the plan at that time, and Suno's page ties them to paid tiers (read 2026-10-02).
• Read the vendor's music terms, not just this summary. ElevenLabs points to its music terms for specifics (read 2026-10-02).
• Keep the audio artifact. Sume returns a media.sume.com file; store it with the job id and the prompt you used.
• Write the brief without naming a living artist. Google's filters block specific artist voices, and Sume's docs advise revising flagged content while keeping the musical brief.
• Do not strip a watermark. Google says Lyria 3.5 audio carries SynthID, so assume the platform may detect it.

Where Sume fits

Sume runs the engine and bills a fixed Music price ($0.125 on Music 1.0), then lets you place the track in a render with ducking and fades. It does not grant or certify usage rights, so the question to ask is which engine ran and what that vendor's terms say.

Music Router records the engine on the job: job.request.routed_model names the engine that ran, for example lyria-3.5. Keep that field with your ad records.