# Bensound vs Epidemic Sound

| Attribute | Bensound | Epidemic Sound |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 4.5 (15% (low)) | 7.3 (15% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | A curated music and sound effect library offering flexible licensing for videos, podcasts, audiobooks, and social media use. Provides both per-track purchasing and annual subscription access, with perpetual usage rights included in all license types. | Epidemic Sound provides a subscription-based catalog of over 55,000 original music tracks and sound effects for content creators. Users can license and use the music unlimited across platforms like YouTube, social media, and podcasts with a globally valid license that covers publishing and monetization. |
| integrations.count | 2 | 5 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"YouTube"},{"name":"Orfium"}]` | `[{"name":"Facebook"},{"name":"Instagram"},{"name":"YouTube"},{"name":"TikTok"},{"name":"Twitch"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"FR","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Individual Pay-per-track","summary":"Purchase individual tracks","features":["Perpetual usage rights","License certificate download"],"description":"License a single music track or sound effect","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Individual All Access Subscription","summary":"Annual subscription for unlimited library access","features":["Unlimited annual downloads","Full library access","Perpetual usage rights for all downloaded content","License certificate download for each track"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Unlimited access to entire music and sound effects library for one year","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"downloads":"unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business All Access Subscription","summary":"Annual subscription for agencies and commercial use","features":["Unlimited annual downloads","Sell unlimited projects to multiple clients","YouTube channel whitelist clearance","Perpetual usage rights"],"commitment":"annual","description":"Unlimited downloads and unlimited client project licensing","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"downloads":"unlimited","client_projects":"unlimited"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise License","summary":"Custom quotes available","features":["Custom terms available","Specialized use cases supported"],"minSeats":250,"description":"Custom licensing for organizations with 250+ employees or specialized needs","contactSales":true}],"sourceUrl":"https://www.bensound.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T23:10:55.970Z","billingPeriods":["year"]}` | `{"type":"subscription","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.epidemicsound.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T21:32:51.453Z","billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | no |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | unknown | unknown |
| pricing.transparent | no | - |
| security.gdpr | - | yes |

## Capabilities (Stock Music)

| Capability | Bensound | Epidemic Sound |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Youtube content id whitelisting | - | - |
| Perpetual license after subscription ends | - | - |
| Multitrack stems vocals drums isolated | - | - |
| Sound effects sfx library inclusion | - | - |
| AI music matching from uploaded reference | - | - |
| Commercial broadcast tv radio licensing | - | - |
| Adobe premiere native extension panel | - | - |
| Wav aiff uncompressed lossless audio | - | - |
| Exclusive rights managed purchasing | - | - |
| SOC2 type ii | - | - |
| ISO 27001 | - | - |
| Pricing model | - | - |

*Source: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T15:14:39.816Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*