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12 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
Music cleared for monetized video
Epidemic Sound runs a much bigger catalogue, from $9.99, the depth Uppbeat trades away to stay under ten dollars.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Podcast, Twitch
Music licensing with a $10 creator plan
Slipstream clears the same kind of channel claims across YouTube, TikTok, Meta and podcasts, from $10 with no free tier, capping channels rather than Uppbeat's three-download free plan.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Podcast, Twitch
Music and effects, cleared for YouTube
Soundstripe also clears music automatically against YouTube claims, from $9.99 with no free tier at all, where Uppbeat keeps three free downloads a month.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Podcast, Twitch
Royalty-free music written in house
HookSounds writes its whole catalogue in house rather than licensing outside artists, from $9.99 with no free tier, a smaller hand-picked library at a close price.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Podcast
Generated music with a licence attached
Mubert generates the track and attaches the licence directly to it, from $11.69, a generated catalogue instead of real artists needing a credit.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch
Music licensing that scales with the budget
Music Vine scales its licence price with the size of the project's budget, from $19.99 with no free tier, a different pricing shape than Uppbeat's flat monthly plan.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
One licence covering music, footage and plugins
Artlist bundles music with footage and editing plugins under one licence, from $19.99, a bigger catalogue and more than just music for the higher price.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Full songs, with vocals, from a written prompt
Suno generates an original song with vocals from a prompt, from $8, a track nobody else has rather than one licensed from a catalogue.
Works with YouTube, TikTok
Music and sound effects, or a lifetime licence
Audiio also sells a lifetime licence instead of only a subscription, from $199, a one-time number for anybody done paying monthly for music.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Generated music you keep the rights to
Soundraw generates the track and hands the rights over outright, from $16.99, nothing to credit once it is downloaded.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok
Generate a track when licensing one is the bottleneck
Udio generates a track from a prompt when licensing one is the actual bottleneck, from $10, skip the search entirely rather than browse a catalogue.
Music that changes shape to fit the edit
Filmstro reshapes a track's intensity to match the cut in real time, from $11.91, built for scoring rather than picking a finished song.
Works with YouTube
