Music, sound effects, and audio tools
Royalty-free music libraries, sound effect sources, and audio cleanup tools, with dated licensing terms, free-tier facts, and starting prices.
Automatic loudness levelling, noise reduction and encoding for spoken-word audio.
Free tier2 hours of processed audio a month, quoted on the page as free for 2 hours per monthFrom€9/moPlatformsweb, apiChecked 20 Aug 2026Community sound-effect library where the licence is set per sound.
Free tierFree. There is no paid subscriptionPriceFreePlatformsweb, apiLicence. Licences vary by sound. CC0 places no conditions; CC-BY requires crediting the creator; CC-BY-NC forbids using the sound in anything you earn money from. Check the licence on each sound, not on the site.
Checked 20 Aug 2026Free stock images, video and music under a single permissive licence.
Free tierFree, with no attribution requiredPriceFreePlatformsweb, apiLicence. Free to use and modify without attributing the author. You may not sell or distribute the content on a standalone basis, and trademarked content may not be used commercially in relation to goods and services.
Checked 20 Aug 2026Music and sound effects library aimed at creators who publish on monetized channels.
Free tier3 downloads a month, renewed monthly, from 25 percent of the catalogue, under a licence for individualsFrom$6.99/moPlatformswebLicence. The pricing page states all plans are copyright-safe for monetization and that assets are rights-cleared. The free tier is licensed for individuals; the extended licence on higher tiers covers organizations, digital ads and client content.
Checked 20 Aug 2026
About this stage
Sound is half of video and it is the half people notice only when it is wrong. This stage covers three different problems that are often solved by different tools. Music libraries license tracks for use in your videos, and the thing to compare is not the size of the catalogue but the licence: whether it covers monetized video, whether it survives a platform content claim, and what happens to videos you already published if you stop paying. Sound effect sources are usually cheaper and licensed more simply. Audio cleanup tools deal with what your microphone recorded rather than what you add to it: room noise, hum, uneven levels, and speech that needs clarity rather than volume. The licensing details matter more here than anywhere else in the pipeline, so every entry states the terms we found and the date we read them.
Choosing between these
Read the licence before the catalogue. Check specifically whether the licence covers monetized video and whether it is perpetual for work you already published, because a subscription that revokes rights when it lapses is a liability rather than a saving. For cleanup, judge the result on speech you recorded badly, not on a polished demo, since the demo was chosen to flatter the tool. If you publish to platforms that run automated content matching, prefer a library that will file a clearance on your behalf when a claim lands.
The free VidClean step for this stage
Our own tool for this part of the work runs in the browser and exports without a watermark. Open it.