Music and sound effects / Soundful vs SOUNDRAW
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A paid plan is the shipping path. Free-plan output is not cleared for commercial use.
Paid-plan commercial use is on the record. Read the caveats before you ship.
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| Fact | Soundful | SOUNDRAW |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | 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. | SOUNDRAWverified Creator is $16.99/mo ($11.04/mo on the annual display) for individuals and companies under 10 employees. Artist Starter is $29.99/mo, Artist Pro $35.99/mo, Artist Unlimited $50/mo. Enterprise is 'Ask'. |
| Commercial use | Soundfulverified The pricing FAQ says tracks cannot be used commercially on the Standard plan; commercial use requires an active premium plan. | SOUNDRAWverified Creator and the artist plans list commercial use, use as background music, and distribution and monetization on Spotify and Apple Music. |
| Ownership of outputs | Soundfulverified Soundful's license page says the licensing agreement lets you keep ownership of your songs, subject to the agreement's terms. | SOUNDRAWverified The terms keep the phonogram producer's neighboring rights with SOUNDRAW and grant users a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license under their plan. |
| License caveat | Soundfulverified The pricing FAQ says every track and loop you download from Soundful carries a royalty-free license, for all users. | SOUNDRAWverified Creator lists unlimited monthly track downloads as mp3. Artist Starter lists 10 downloads as mp3. Artist Pro lists 20 downloads as mp3, wav, and stems. |
| Steam disclosure | 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. | SOUNDRAWverified 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 | Soundfulverified The Pro card lists 400 MP3 and WAV downloads per month and 20 stem packs per month. Game engines are not named. | SOUNDRAWverified The comparison row lists mp3 on the lower artist tiers and mp3, wav, stems on Artist Pro and above. Engines are not named. |