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7 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
Music and effects, cleared for YouTube
Soundstripe starts at the same $9.99 as HookSounds but backs it with clearance built for YouTube specifically, plus sound effects on the same plan.
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 from a different catalogue.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Podcast, Twitch
One licence covering music, footage and plugins
Artlist folds stock footage and editing plugins in alongside the music under one licence, from $19.99 a month, wider coverage than HookSounds' in-house catalogue for a higher price.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Music and sound effects, or a lifetime licence
Audiio adds a lifetime licence option instead of only a recurring plan, from $199, for anybody who would rather pay once than keep a subscription running.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Music cleared for monetized video
Epidemic Sound starts at the same $9.99 as HookSounds but is sold with a free trial to test the clearance before paying, where HookSounds' paid plan carries no trial at all.
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 claims, plus a paid plan from $6.99, cheaper than HookSounds and free to test before committing to a genre.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Podcast, Twitch
Music that changes shape to fit the edit
Filmstro's music reshapes itself to fit the cut instead of staying a fixed track, from $11.91 a month, useful when the edit should drive the music rather than the other way round.
Works with YouTube
