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Both cover music licensing. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Filmstro | Soundstripe | |
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| Starting price (they differ) | From $11.91 | From $9.99 |
| Pricing model | Paid subscription | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Not stated | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | None | None |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers | Music Licensing | Music Licensing, Stock Footage & Assets |
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Music that changes shape to fit the edit
Filmstro scores to picture by letting the music itself be adjusted, so momentum, depth and power become sliders that reshape a track to the length and mood of a cut. Licences clear worldwide and in perpetuity, which matters more than it sounds when a video keeps earning years later. A Premiere Pro extension puts the whole thing inside the timeline on the dearer creator plan. The personal licence covers one channel per platform, so anybody running several brands needs to read that limit first.
Our note
Take the extension tier if you edit in Premiere, because scoring against picture is exactly where switching to a browser costs you the feel you were chasing. Check the one-channel-per-platform wording against how many accounts you actually post to, since that is the limit most likely to catch somebody out later.
Music and effects, cleared for YouTube
Soundstripe licenses music and sound effects on a subscription and clears them against YouTube automatically, so a video does not come back with a claim on it a week after going up. The catalogue runs to 58,000 tracks and nearly 100,000 effects. Single-track licences are sold separately, for anybody who needs one song rather than a habit.
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| Works with | YouTube | YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Podcast, Twitch |
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| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
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| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
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| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
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Our note
Epidemic Sound is the direct competitor and both clear YouTube automatically. Soundstripe's reference search is the better way to find a specific sound, and Epidemic's catalogue is the better place to find something nobody else has used.
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