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12 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
Music licensing that scales with the budget
Music Vine matches Artlist's $19.99 starting price but scales the licence with the size of the budget behind the video.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Music and sound effects, or a lifetime licence
Audiio starts at $199 and also sells a lifetime licence outright, so the payments can stop entirely instead of renewing like Artlist's subscription.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Royalty-free music written in house
HookSounds writes its catalog in house rather than sourcing outside artists, starting at $9.99 against Artlist's $19.99.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Podcast
Music licensing with a $10 creator plan
Slipstream's creator plan runs $10 a month, half of Artlist's starting price, for someone who only needs the music and not the footage.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Podcast, Twitch
Music and effects, cleared for YouTube
Soundstripe starts at $9.99, half of Artlist's $19.99, and clears specifically for YouTube, though it skips Artlist's bundled footage and plugins.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Podcast, Twitch
Music from real artists, free if you credit them
Thematic is free if you credit the artist, or $9.99 a month without, cheaper than Artlist's $19.99 either way.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Music cleared for monetized video
Epidemic Sound clears specifically for monetized video from $9.99 a month, about half of Artlist's $19.99 starting price.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Podcast, Twitch
Music for video with a free tier that clears claims
Uppbeat keeps a free tier that still clears copyright claims, from $6.99 a month, well under Artlist's $19.99 with no free option.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Podcast, Twitch
Unlimited stock downloads on one subscription
Storyblocks offers unlimited stock downloads on one $21 subscription, the same all-you-can-take shape without the plugin side.
Music that changes shape to fit the edit
Filmstro reshapes a track to fit the length of the edit itself, starting at $11.91, a different way of matching music to video than picking one finished track.
Works with YouTube
Unlimited stock assets on one subscription
Envato Elements gives unlimited stock downloads on one $17 subscription, spanning design assets as well as music and footage.
Templates and footage for video editors
Motion Array at $11 focuses on templates and footage for video editors, narrower than a licence covering music and plugins too.
