Sonilo
Sonilo turns video into licensed music and sound effects. Upload a clip and it writes an original soundtrack that follows the cuts, adds Foley and ambience, or generates songs from lyrics and prompts. Free credits refresh every two weeks with no credit card required, Pro adds commercial licensing with a downloadable certificate, and paid plans start at $11.99 per month.
What is Sonilo?
Sonilo is an AI music and sound effects generator built around video rather than text. You upload a clip and the model reads its pacing, cuts, motion, dialogue space and final frame, then writes an original soundtrack that lands on those moments instead of forcing a generic track onto the edit. The core tool is video-to-music, which returns several variations per generation so you can pick the fit; text prompts are optional. A companion video-to-sound-effects model places Foley, impacts, ambience and transitions on the same timeline. Both bill by output length from one credit balance: 18 credits per output second for video-to-music and video-to-SFX, 5 for text-to-music and 4 for text-to-sound-effects, with a 15-second and 200-credit minimum per generation.
The company also ships Music 1.5 in beta for straight text-to-music, behind the line "Your lyrics. Your next song.", plus text-to-sound-effects for standalone SFX work. Videos up to 30 minutes and 3 GB can be uploaded on any plan; the tier only limits how much of each generation you can download, from 3 minutes on Free to 30 minutes on Premium, exported as M4A, WAV or MP3.
Licensing is the differentiator Sonilo leads with. The model is trained only on licensed catalogs, with Shutterstock named as a partner and artists paid upfront, and paid plans include a downloadable commercial license certificate. Free output is preview-quality, non-commercial, and a shared download must be credited "Music by Sonilo". Pro covers ads, branded content, client deliverables, monetized channels and indie games with no attribution. Premium extends to film, TV, broadcast and studio games. Enterprise adds custom terms with procurement and legal support.
A second workflow translates video speech into 24 languages in the speaker's own voice, with optional lip sync, editable proofs and .srt or .vtt import, keeping the existing music and effects. Audio ducking lowers the soundtrack under dialogue automatically.
Day to day the product is a dashboard rather than a prompt box: a create screen with tabs for video and text input, a library of past generations, template examples for vlogs, product ads, games and wedding films, and a help center with a two-minute walkthrough. Paid plans keep projects saved while you are subscribed and lift the Free tier's one-task-at-a-time limit.
Sonilo is integration-heavy for a young product: plugins for Adobe Premiere Pro, Unity, Godot, Epic Games Fab, Roblox Studio and Defold, a developer API at platform.sonilo.com covering video-to-music, text-to-music, video-to-SFX, text-to-SFX, audio ducking, task polling and account usage, plus MCP and CLI access. Published figures claim 700+ brands and 5.3 million copyright-risky soundtracks replaced as of September 2026.
Sonilo Core Features
Video-to-Music
Upload a clip and get original music written to its pacing, cuts, motion, dialogue space and final frame, with multiple variations returned per generation.
Video-to-Sound-Effects
Place Foley, impacts, ambience and transitions on the actual video timeline, billed at 18 credits per output second from the same balance.
Text-to-Music (Music 1.5 beta)
Turn lyrics and a style prompt into a finished song on the newer 1.5 model, billed at 5 credits per output second.
Text-to-Sound-Effects
Generate standalone effects from a description at 4 credits per output second, the cheapest of the four models.
Commercial Licensing
Pro and above include a downloadable license certificate covering ads, client work, monetized channels and indie games with no attribution.
Video Translation
Redub speech into 24 languages in the speaker's own voice with optional lip sync, editable proofs and .srt or .vtt import.
Editor and Engine Plugins
Native add-ons for Adobe Premiere Pro, Unity, Godot, Epic Games Fab, Roblox Studio and Defold keep generation inside the timeline or project.
Developer API and MCP
Endpoints for video-to-music, text-to-music, video-to-SFX, text-to-SFX, audio ducking and task polling, plus MCP and CLI access for agent workflows.
Who is Sonilo for?
Sonilo is built for people who need audio that fits a specific cut of video rather than a standalone song, and its plan tiers map fairly cleanly onto that spread. YouTube and social video creators use it to score vlogs, shorts and monetized channels with tracks that follow the edit, and Pro's commercial license without attribution removes much of the usual copyright-claim anxiety. Video editors and motion designers mark a range on a Premiere Pro timeline and fill it, skipping the library search and manual beat-matching pass that eats an afternoon. Small business and ad teams producing product spots and campaign cutdowns get several soundtrack variations per video, which makes testing a hook on paid social cheap. Game developers working in Unity, Godot, Epic Games Fab, Roblox Studio or Defold generate loops, stingers and Foley inside the editor for scenes that are still changing. Developers and platform teams building AI video apps, creator platforms or ad automation tools use the API and MCP server to add video-to-music and video-to-SFX generation with commercial rights attached. Agencies, film and broadcast teams move up to Premium for film, TV and broadcast clearance, and to Enterprise for custom terms, seats, volume credit rates and an account manager. Localization teams use the translator to redub speech into 24 languages while keeping the original score. Teams moving off a stock music subscription will recognize the workflow and find it considerably faster, and the free tier is generous enough to judge whether frame-synced output beats a library track on a real edit before anyone pays. Solo creators who have never licensed music also benefit, because the plan page states plainly what each tier can publish instead of leaving rights to a guess.
Sonilo Use Cases
Score a product ad by uploading the cut and choosing from variations that follow its pacing.
Add Foley and ambience to a short film scene without licensing a sound effects library.
Replace a copyright-risky track on a monetized YouTube video with a licensed soundtrack.
Generate a game loop and impact sounds inside Unity while the scene is still being built.
Dub a tutorial into Spanish and Portuguese in the speaker's voice while keeping the music.
Duck a soundtrack under dialogue automatically instead of keyframing volume by hand.
Test three soundtrack moods on the same social clip before committing paid media spend.
Build video-to-music generation into a creator app using the API and task polling endpoints.
Sonilo Pros and Cons
Pros
- Video-first generation that syncs to cuts, motion and the final frame, which is the part library music and text-only generators handle badly.
- Licensing is unusually explicit: paid plans carry a downloadable commercial certificate, artists are paid upfront, and the model trains only on licensed catalogs.
- One credit balance covers four models, so a project that needs both score and sound effects is planned and billed from a single number.
- Deep integrations for a young product, including Premiere Pro, five game engines and stores, a full developer API, MCP and CLI access.
Cons
- The Free plan is preview-quality and non-commercial, so nothing publishable leaves the account until you pay for Pro.
- Credits reset each billing cycle instead of rolling over, and every generation carries a 15-second, 200-credit minimum that makes short SFX cues cost more than the per-second rate implies.
- Text-to-music is a beta side feature next to dedicated song generators, and the headline metrics such as the 24.35% engagement lift come from Sonilo's own internal usage data.
FAQ About Sonilo
Sonilo Pricing
Sonilo is freemium: Free gives 2,000 credits every two weeks with preview-only non-commercial exports, Pro is $11.99/month billed yearly ($143.88/year) for 40,000 credits and commercial rights, Premium is $23.99/month billed yearly ($287.88/year) for 100,000 credits plus film and TV clearance, and Enterprise is custom.
Check official pricingFree
2,000 credits every two weeks, about 7 x 15s video soundtracks, 6 minutes of text-to-music and 8 minutes of text-to-sound-effects. Preview-quality exports only, 3-minute download limit, 500 MB uploads, one task at a time, non-commercial use.
Pro
40,000 credits per month plus extra credits on demand: 148 x 15s video soundtracks, 133 minutes of text-to-music, 166 minutes of text-to-sound-effects, 800 seconds of translation per language, 8-minute exports. Billed yearly at $143.88. Commercial license with certificate, no attribution.
Premium
100,000 credits per month: 370 x 15s video soundtracks, 333 minutes of text-to-music, 416 minutes of text-to-sound-effects, 2,000 seconds of translation per language, 30-minute exports and 3 GB uploads. Billed yearly at $287.88. Commercial plus film, TV, broadcast and studio game rights.
Enterprise
Everything in Premium plus volume credit rates with no minimum charge, 20 seats, custom credits and upload limits, a dedicated dashboard with an account manager, priority support and custom legal terms.
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