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6 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
One licence covering music, footage and plugins
Artlist bundles music, footage and editing plugins under one licence, from $19.99, useful when Thematic's per-artist credit requirement is not worth tracking across many videos.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Generated music with a licence attached
Mubert generates the track and attaches the licence to it directly, from $11.69, a generated catalogue instead of real artists needing credit.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch
Music and sound effects, or a lifetime licence
Audiio sells a lifetime licence as well as a subscription, from $199, a one-time number for anybody who wants to stop paying for music entirely.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Full songs, with vocals, from a written prompt
Suno generates a full original song with vocals from a text prompt, from $8, a track that exists nowhere else instead of one licensed from a catalogue.
Works with YouTube, TikTok
Generated music you keep the rights to
Soundraw generates the track and hands over the rights outright, from $16.99, no artist credit to keep track of afterward.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Generate a track when licensing one is the bottleneck
Udio exists specifically for when licensing a track is the bottleneck, from $10, generate one instead of waiting on clearance or a credit line.