Music and sound effects / Mubert vs Soundful
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A paid plan is the shipping path. Free-plan output is not cleared for commercial use.
A paid plan is the shipping path. Free-plan output is not cleared for commercial use.
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| Fact | Mubert | Soundful |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Mubertverified Pro is labeled Commercial Usage. The card shows $32.49/mo billed annually and $39/month. | Soundfulverified The Free plan is free forever with unlimited track generations, 25+ free styles, one MP3 download per month, and a Personal License. Paid plan prices were not in the page text the checker reads. |
| Commercial use | Mubertverified Creator is labeled Non-Commercial. The card shows $14/month and $11.69/mo billed annually, 500 tracks/month. | Soundfulverified The pricing FAQ says tracks cannot be used commercially on the Standard plan; commercial use requires an active premium plan. |
| Ownership of outputs | Mubertverified The license page says Mubert owns all rights to generated tracks. Use in videos, podcasts, apps, and games is under Mubert's Sync License. | Soundfulverified Soundful's license page says the licensing agreement lets you keep ownership of your songs, subject to the agreement's terms. |
| License caveat | Mubertverified A disclaimer on the pricing page says tracks cannot be sold or commercially distributed, cannot be published on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, or YouTube Music, cannot be registered with Content ID, and cannot be redistributed as standalone music. The disclaimer sits after the API plan. Pro is still labeled Commercial Usage. Do not assume the disclaimer and the Pro label are the same grant. | Soundfulverified The pricing FAQ says every track and loop you download from Soundful carries a royalty-free license, for all users. |
| Steam disclosure | Mubertverified Player-facing art, sound, narrative, or localization made with this tool is the kind of shipped content Steam's Content Survey asks about (Pre-Generated). This is Valve's rule, not a statement from the vendor. | Soundfulverified Player-facing art, sound, narrative, or localization made with this tool is the kind of shipped content Steam's Content Survey asks about (Pre-Generated). This is Valve's rule, not a statement from the vendor. |
| Engines and export | Mubertverified Creator and Pro cards mention stems and a track editor. Engine import is not named. | Soundfulverified The Pro card lists 400 MP3 and WAV downloads per month and 20 stem packs per month. Game engines are not named. |