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AMusicbed vs Shutterstock
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Musicbed if…
- you work on iOS
- you're in its core audience: filmmakers, youtube creators
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Choose Shutterstock if…
- you're in its core audience: marketers, graphic designers
Side by side
Feature Musicbed Shutterstock
Pricing modelPaidPaid
Starting price—$25/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
PlatformsWeb, iOSWeb
CategoryRoyalty-free music & sound effectsStock photos, icons & fonts
CompanyFM LLCShutterstock · United States · since 2003
Full feature lists
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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
S Shutterstock
- Royalty-free stock photos, vectors and illustrations
- Stock video clips
- Royalty-free music licensing
- AI image generator with monthly credits
- Unlimited download subscriptions
- No-commitment image packs
- Standard license for creative and digital use
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
Musicbed
IndividualSee pricing
BusinessSee pricing
EnterpriseCustom
Shutterstock
Image downloads subscription$25/mo ($300 billed yearly)
Unlimited Images$29/mo billed yearly ($348)
Unlimited Plus$69/mo billed yearly ($828)
Image packsFrom $29
Strengths and limitations
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
Shutterstock
- Image packs available with no commitment
- Unlimited plans cover a library of 100+ million assets
- Annual billing lowers the monthly price
- Covers images, video, music and AI generation
- Unlimited Images plan applies only to a qualifying part of the library
- Base subscription is limited to one seat
- Lowest unlimited prices require annual billing
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Nov 13, 2026. Editorial policy