Licensing FAQ
Is Sonilo music royalty-free?
Short answer
Yes. Sonilo charges by generation through plan credits and takes nothing afterwards: no per-use fees and no royalties on views, sales, or broadcasts. Paid plans need no attribution; a shared Free-plan download must be credited “Music by Sonilo”. The license is worldwide.
What you pay
Credits, once, when you generate: 18 credits per output second for video-to-music and video-to-SFX, 5 for text-to-music, 4 for text-to-SFX, with a 15-second billing minimum and a 200-credit floor per generation. Commercial use starts on Pro at $14.99 per month, with the first month at $5.99. Nothing is owed afterwards no matter how widely the video is seen.
Limits
- Royalty-free is not the public domain. The audio is licensed to you under your plan, not released for anyone to use.
- The plan-based commercial rule still applies. Royalty-free personal-use output on Free and Creator is still personal-use output.
- The license is non-exclusive. Other users can generate similar audio.
- The plan license is for using the audio in your own videos, products, and deliverables. If you want to resell raw generations as a catalog or sample pack, ask sales first.
- Platform rules, broadcaster clearances, and client contracts are yours to satisfy.
The free libraries
Files in the royalty-free sound effects library are free to listen to. Downloading them needs a free Sonilo account: a free account downloads 10 sound effects a month as MP3, for videos on your own social channels, monetized channels included, with the credit “Sound effects by Sonilo” and a link to the sound’s page. Paid plans download unlimited sound effects in MP3 and WAV, add commercial projects such as client work and paid ads, and need no credit. Tracks in the music library are free to listen to; downloading them needs Pro or Premium, and covers personal and commercial use. On Pro and above you can get a license certificate for any sound effect or music track in the library. Both libraries have one more rule: library files are for use inside your own projects, as part of a larger work. You may not sell, share, or give away the files on their own, bundle them into sound, sample, or music packs, or upload them to other stock or library sites.
Last reviewed 2026-10-01. This page summarises Sonilo's Terms of Service; the Terms govern if anything here differs.
Make something you can publish
Commercial rights start on Pro at $14.99 per month. Every generation on Pro and above comes with a certificate your client or platform can verify.