On November 5, 2026, ElevenLabs and SoundCloud announced that songs made in ElevenMusic, ElevenLabs' AI music app, can be published straight to SoundCloud without exporting and re-uploading the file. SoundCloud is the first external platform for direct publishing from ElevenMusic. New and existing SoundCloud Artist Pro subscribers can unlock three months of ElevenMusic Pro for free (Pro normally costs $9.99 a month). Published tracks carry a label naming ElevenMusic as the source.
Last checked: November 6, 2026. We haven't run the publish flow ourselves yet, so this is based on the two companies' own pages.
What did ElevenLabs and SoundCloud announce?
SoundCloud's announcement describes the change as a new integration: creators "experiment and produce music in ElevenMusic, then publish directly to SoundCloud" instead of exporting files and handling a separate upload. SoundCloud calls itself "the first external platform for direct publishing from ElevenMusic", and both companies call this the beginning of a broader collaboration.
ElevenMusic is ElevenLabs' consumer music app, separate from the video scoring tool covered in our Instant Soundtracks guide. ElevenLabs' official getting-started video below introduces the app where these tracks are made.
ElevenLabs' official "Getting Started with ElevenMusic" video, embedded from its YouTube channel. It is a general tour of the app; as of November 6, 2026, we found no official video of the SoundCloud publishing step.
How does publishing from ElevenMusic to SoundCloud work?
The announcement confirms direct publishing but gives no account-linking steps, button names, list of track details that carry over, or word on whether Artist Pro is required. What it does confirm is the basic flow. You make the song in ElevenMusic and send it to SoundCloud from there, without exporting a file and uploading it again.
As of November 6, 2026, neither help center had a setup article. Until one appears, two practical precautions (our advice, not documented steps) are worth taking. Have your SoundCloud account ready before you publish, and check the title, artwork and description on SoundCloud after the track lands, as you would with any upload.
How are these tracks labeled, and which SoundCloud rules apply?
Tracks published directly from ElevenMusic "carry platform-specific disclosures identifying ElevenMusic as their creation source", according to the announcement. They also fall under SoundCloud's existing content policies, "including applicable ownership and rights requirements."
Two rules from SoundCloud's Community Guidelines matter most for AI tracks:
- You cannot impersonate another person "including through artificial intelligence", so don't present a track as a real artist's work or use someone's name or voice without their permission.
- Anyone uploading someone else's content without permission "is liable to have that content removed and/or their account terminated", which covers samples or vocals you didn't make yourself.
ElevenMusic's Terms of Service (last updated September 11, 2026) add two limits. Commercial use of a song made on the Free plan "must include a reasonably prominent 'Made with ElevenMusic' attribution", so decide where on the SoundCloud page that credit will be reasonably prominent before you publish. Songs built on another user's uploaded music, which the terms call Adaptations, "may not be downloaded, distributed, released, streamed, shared or otherwise exploited outside the Services." The announcement doesn't say the SoundCloud route changes that, so keep Adaptations off the direct-publishing route and read the terms before releasing a track.
Who gets three months of ElevenMusic Pro, and what does it include?
The offer is for new and existing SoundCloud Artist Pro subscribers and is claimed on SoundCloud's Member Benefits page (sign-in required). Here is how the trial compares with the free plan, using the limits on ElevenMusic's pricing page:
| ElevenMusic Free | ElevenMusic Pro (the SoundCloud offer) | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | Free for three months via Artist Pro; otherwise $9.99/month or $7.99/month billed yearly |
| Songs | 25 a day | 1,000 a month |
| Stem splits (separating vocals and instruments) | 5 a day | 500 a month |
| Custom styles or vocals | 1 | 5 a month |
| Commercial use (ElevenMusic's attribution rule) | With a "Made with ElevenMusic" credit | No credit needed |
| Release to Spotify and Apple Music | No | Yes |
The terms decide a song's rights by "your subscription plan at the time that Output is created", and those rights "will not be revoked or reduced as a result of the cancellation, expiration or downgrade" of the plan. That protects the commercial and streaming rights attached to each song made during the three free months. The terms don't say Pro features such as the monthly song and stem allowances continue, so make the tracks you plan to release while the trial is active.
How is this different from SoundCloud's Moises integration?
Two weeks earlier, on October 21, 2026, SoundCloud announced a partnership with Moises. ElevenMusic sends newly generated songs to SoundCloud, while Moises brings your existing SoundCloud tracks into its editing tools and publishes them back. For audio made anywhere else, you can still download the file and upload it to SoundCloud yourself, under the same policies:
| Route | Starts from | What you do there | How it reaches SoundCloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| ElevenMusic (Nov 5, 2026) | A prompt or your own lyrics | Generate a new AI song | Published directly, with a platform disclosure naming ElevenMusic |
| Moises (Oct 21, 2026) | Your existing SoundCloud tracks | Stem separation, chord and lyric detection, mixing and mastering | Published directly back |
| Manual upload | Any audio file, including songs from other AI music generators | Whatever your tool offers | You download the file and upload it yourself |
Can you post songs from other AI generators to SoundCloud?
Yes, by downloading the file and uploading it as a normal track, and the same Community Guidelines apply. The announcement describes the ElevenMusic disclosure only for tracks published through the integration, so for other uploads add a line to the description if you want listeners to know the song was made with AI.
RaoMusic can generate and download songs but can't publish to SoundCloud directly. Its engines include ElevenLabs Music v2 and v2.5 at 40 credits per minute of audio (v2 works without a subscription). Songs made there come with royalty-free commercial usage rights, and you upload the downloaded file to SoundCloud yourself.
Frequently Asked Questions
No official setup documentation confirmed this on launch day. The announcement only connects Artist Pro to the three-month ElevenMusic Pro offer, not to the publishing feature itself.
The announcement doesn't say whether the offer converts to a paid plan or simply ends. Check the offer details on SoundCloud's Member Benefits page or in your ElevenMusic account before the three months are up.
The announcement doesn't say. It only states that tracks published directly from ElevenMusic carry a disclosure identifying ElevenMusic as their creation source.
Neither company said anything about SoundCloud payouts for these tracks at launch. ElevenMusic's terms allow commercial use of Free-plan songs only with a reasonably prominent "Made with ElevenMusic" attribution.
Not yet. SoundCloud's announcement calls itself the first external platform for direct publishing from ElevenMusic and describes the deal as the beginning of a broader collaboration, but neither company named other platforms or a timeline. For anywhere else, download the song and upload it yourself under that platform's rules.