Lyria
Google DeepMind's music model for full songs with vocals, accessed via the Gemini API, Vertex AI, or embedded in Google Flow Music.
At a Glance
Lyria is an AI tool for Music generation (category: Audio & Voice). Free access: No free plan published. Paid from 0.04 USD (Gemini API - Lyria 3 Clip Preview). Documented: 3 plans with prices and limits.
- Category
- Music generation
- Paid from
- 0.04 USD / Use-based (Gemini API - Lyria 3 Clip Preview)
- Free Option
- No free plan published
- Plans
- 3
- Sources
- 5 verified sources
Category: Audio & Voice · Music generation
Features
Lyria is Google DeepMind's family of AI music models for songs with vocals, full song structure, and image-to-music generation. Unlike Suno or Udio, Lyria has no pricing page of its own: access runs through the Gemini API, Vertex AI, or embedded Google products like Flow Music.
Through the Gemini API, a 30-second clip costs $0.04 and a full song with Lyria 3.5 costs $0.08, with no free tier. Anyone who just wants finished songs needs no API account: Google Flow Music is free to start with a Google account, and more quota comes via a Google AI subscription from €4.99 per month.
- Full songs with multilingual vocals, verse-chorus structure, and song length up to several minutes (Lyria 3.5)
- Image-to-music: upload an image and have it turned into a matching track
- Lyria RealTime generates instrumental music as a stream with up to 2 seconds of latency
- Direct API access for developers via the Gemini API and Vertex AI, with no consumer interface of its own
- Every output carries the inaudible SynthID watermark to flag it as AI-generated
- Free end-user access only embedded in Google Flow Music, the Gemini app, or YouTube Shorts Dream Track
Prices and plans
| Tier | Price | Period | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini API - Lyria 3 Clip Preview | 0.04 USD | Use-based | 30-second clip per call No free tier Access only through the paid Gemini API tier |
| Gemini API - Lyria 3.5 | 0.08 USD | Use-based | Full song with vocals, several minutes long Up to 10 reference images as input MP3 output by default, WAV selectable |
| Google AI subscription (consumer) | Not verified for this market | Month | Lyria embedded in Google Flow Music, the Gemini app, and YouTube Shorts Dream Track No separate Lyria price, part of the Google AI Plus/Pro/Ultra allowance Google AI Plus from €4.99, Google AI Pro €21.99, Google AI Ultra from €99.99 per month |
Prices per vendor, excl. taxes/VAT where applicable.
Limits
Lyria has no dedicated purchase page of its own; it is a model with three access paths: the paid Gemini API (no free tier), the Vertex AI enterprise API (Preview status), and embedding inside free-to-paid Google consumer products like Flow Music. Anyone calling Lyria directly pays per generated song or clip; anyone who just wants finished songs needs no API access, only a Google account and, for more volume, a Google AI subscription.
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FAQ
Is Lyria available for free?
No. No free access is published on the vendor's own pages. There is no free tier in the Gemini API. Free access for end users is only available through Google Flow Music with a Google account.
Where is the vendor of Lyria based?
Google DeepMind is based in the United Kingdom. Regardless of that location, data processing and privacy terms are governed by the vendor's own contract.
How is Lyria billed?
Lyria has no pricing page of its own. Access 1: Gemini Developer API, paid, no free allowance: Lyria 3.5 (full song) $0.08 per song, Lyria 3 Clip Preview (30 seconds) $0.04 per song, Lyria 3 Pro (Preview) $0.08 per song. Access 2: Vertex AI (Preview status) with the same models, for example Lyria 3 Pro $0.08 per song. Access 3: embedded in Google Flow Music, the Gemini app and YouTube Shorts Dream Track, unlocked through a Google AI subscription (Google AI Plus from 4.99 euros per month, Google AI Pro 21.99 euros per month, Google AI Ultra from 99.99 euros per month). There, Lyria is not priced separately.
How much does Lyria cost?
The cheapest paid plan of Lyria is Gemini API - Lyria 3 Clip Preview at 0.04 USD. 3 plans are documented in total, each with its price and limits.
Is Lyria currently available?
Lyria is still active: Active via the Gemini API and Vertex AI (Preview). It is also active as an end-user feature in Google Flow Music, the Gemini app, and YouTube Shorts Dream Track.
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Sources
All details regarding plans, limits, and features are based on official vendor documentation and the primary sources verified below.
- https://deepmind.google/models/lyria/
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing
- https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/music-generation
- https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/pricing
- https://one.google.com/about/google-ai-plans/
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