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Envato vs Epidemic Sound
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Envato if…
- you want the lower entry price ($16.5/mo vs $17.99/mo)
- you're in its core audience: video editors, graphic designers
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Choose Epidemic Sound if…
- you need an API to build on
- you want to trial it before paying
- you work on macOS, Windows, iOS
- you're in its core audience: youtubers and content creators, video editors and filmmakers
Side by side
Feature Envato Epidemic Sound
Pricing modelPaidFree trial
Starting price$16.5/mo$17.99/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWebWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, API
CategoryStock photos, icons & fontsRoyalty-free music & sound effects
CompanyEnvatoEpidemic Sound
Full feature lists
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- Unlimited downloads from 30M+ creative assets
- Stock video, photos, music, sound effects and fonts
- Video and design templates, graphics and 3D
- AI image, video, voiceover and music generation
- Commercial license covering client work
- Team plans with shared access and management
- Enterprise custom licensing and indemnification
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- 55,000+ exclusively owned music tracks
- 250,000+ sound effects and variations
- Studio tool syncs music to video automatically
- Prompt-based music search and search by video frames
- AI voiceovers in 70+ languages
- Plugins for Adobe Premiere, After Effects and DaVinci Resolve
- Music API and MCP server for LLMs
- Direct global license with channel clearing
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
Envato · elements.envato.com
Epidemic Sound · epidemicsound.comWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | Envato | Epidemic Sound |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $16.50 Core | no published plan |
All plans and prices
Envato
Core$16.50/mo billed annually ($39 monthly)
Plus$39/mo billed annually ($59 monthly)
Ultimate$168/mo billed annually ($259 monthly)
EnterpriseCustom
Epidemic Sound
CreatorNot listed
ProNot listed
BusinessNot listed
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Envato
- Unlimited downloads on every individual plan
- Commercial license covers client work and monetization
- AI generation credits included in all plans
- Discounts for students and teams
- Cancelled subscriptions are not refunded
- Licensed items can't be used in new projects after you unsubscribe
- Each download licenses only one project
- AI music has extra restrictions on standalone use and streaming
Epidemic Sound
- Company owns all rights, enabling a direct worldwide license
- Content published during a subscription stays cleared forever
- Unlimited downloads on all plans
- Plugins for Adobe and DaVinci Resolve plus desktop and mobile apps
- No free plan; publishing requires a subscription or single-track license
- Ad use requires Pro or Enterprise plan
- No prorated refunds on cancellation
- Enterprise agreements require a 12-month minimum
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From $14.50/mo
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AI image, video and audio generation plus 250M+ stock assets for creatives
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From $9.99/mo
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 13, 2026. Editorial policy