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AEpidemic Sound vs Musicbed
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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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, Android
- you're in its core audience: youtubers and content creators, video editors and filmmakers
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Choose Musicbed if…
- you're in its core audience: filmmakers, youtube creators
Side by side
Feature Epidemic Sound Musicbed
Pricing modelFree trialPaid
Starting price$17.99/mo—
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android, APIWeb, iOS
CompanyEpidemic SoundFM LLC
Full feature lists
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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
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- 70,000+ curated songs and 150,000+ sound effects
- Search by Song to match a reference track
- Filter songs by key or BPM
- SyncID copyright claim clearing
- Instrumental and vocal song versions
- Projects for team and client collaboration
- Custom music and worldwide rights clearances
- Music supervisor song search delivered within one business day
Their home pages
What each vendor shows first: the pitch, the plans and the sign-up.
Epidemic Sound · epidemicsound.com
Musicbed · musicbed.comWhat you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Epidemic Sound
CreatorNot listed
ProNot listed
BusinessNot listed
EnterpriseCustom
Musicbed
IndividualSee pricing
BusinessSee pricing
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
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
Musicbed
- Free account to browse the full catalog, no credit card required
- Choice of per-project licensing or a subscription
- Search by Song and key/BPM filters
- Free iOS app
- YouTube monetization only included with a subscription
- Individual and Business plans limited to social accounts under 1M followers
- Broadcast and cinema use requires an Enterprise quote
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 13, 2026. Editorial policy