Music Vine vs Splice Comparison 2026
Both cover music licensing and stock footage & assets. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
At a glance
- Splice starts cheaper, at $12.99.
- Neither has a free tier.
Side by side
Music Vine | Splice | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $19.99 | From $12.99 |
| 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 (they differ) | Web | Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android |
| Covers |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
Music Vine
Music licensing that scales with the budget
Music Vine licenses its catalogue by what the finished piece is worth rather than by a flat subscription, and the entry tier covers productions under a $10,000 budget on a named list of channels. Above that you extend the licence. The catalogue is smaller than the giants and chosen by people who evidently listen to it.
Our note
Music Vine is the option when a client asks what the music is licensed for and you need a real answer. Epidemic Sound and Uppbeat are cheaper and simpler for anybody who only ever publishes to their own channels.
Only on this side
- Works with YouTube
- Works with Instagram
- Works with TikTok
Splice
A sample library rented by the month
Splice licenses samples, loops and presets by the credit, and anything downloaded stays licensed after the subscription stops, which is the arrangement that made it standard in music production. Credits refresh monthly and roll into the next month unused. It previews sounds inside the digital audio workstation rather than in a browser tab. This is raw material for making music rather than finished tracks to drop under a video, so a creator who wants a background bed should buy a licensing library instead.
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