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12 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
Music and effects, cleared for YouTube
Soundstripe at $10 clears music and effects for YouTube, covering the same claim problem with effects included.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Podcast, Twitch
Music licensing with a $10 creator plan
Slipstream licenses music on a $10 creator plan, the same monthly shape at the cheaper end of the category.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Podcast, Twitch
Music for video with a free tier that clears claims
Uppbeat has a free tier that still clears claims, paid from $7, which is where to start before a channel earns anything.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Podcast, Twitch
Royalty-free music written in house
HookSounds writes its own catalogue and licenses it from $10, smaller but simpler to reason about when a claim arrives.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Podcast
One licence covering music, footage and plugins
Artlist bundles footage and plugins into the same licence as the music, at $19.99 a month against Epidemic Sound's $9.99, for a channel that also needs stock footage.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Music licensing that scales with the budget
Music Vine at $20 scales its licensing with the budget of the project, which suits client work more than a flat creator subscription.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Music and sound effects, or a lifetime licence
Audiio sells a lifetime licence option alongside the subscription, starting at $199, versus Epidemic Sound's recurring $9.99-a-month plan.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Generated music you keep the rights to
Soundraw generates original tracks you keep the rights to rather than licensing existing recordings, from $16.99 a month against Epidemic Sound's $9.99.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Generated music with a licence attached
Mubert generates tracks with a licence attached and includes a free tier, something Epidemic Sound does not offer, with paid plans from $11.69 a month.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch
Full songs, with vocals, from a written prompt
Suno writes full songs with vocals from a prompt rather than licensing a recording, with a free tier and paid plans starting at $8 against Epidemic Sound's $9.99.
Works with YouTube, TikTok
Music that changes shape to fit the edit
Filmstro reshapes a track's intensity to match the cut in real time, a different workflow than picking a cleared song, starting at $11.91 against $9.99.
Works with YouTube
Generate a track when licensing one is the bottleneck
Udio generates a track from a prompt for the moment licensing one becomes the bottleneck, with a free tier and paid plans from $10 a month against $9.99.
