Creative Music Services Competitors

Epidemic Sound is the soundtracking partner for global brands, platforms, and professional creators. Our world-class music and sound effects power advertising, marketing, entertainment, and digital products worldwide — reaching billions of people every day. With a direct licensing model that includes all rights, Epidemic Sound makes it simple for businesses to use music safely, globally, and at scale. Beyond licensing, we provide modern soundtracking tools and curated solutions that help brands build consistent, emotionally resonant audio across every touchpoint — from campaigns and content to apps, experiences, and internal use. Our catalog is continuously created in collaboration with a global community of artists, composers, and producers, whom we support both creatively and financially. The result: fresh, high-quality music across every genre, designed for how brands and creators actually work today.

Audio Network is the music company for broadcasters, brands and content creators, breaking down boundaries to deliver music seamlessly across the world. The company first disrupted the market landscape in 2001 with a unique proposition: simple and transparent licensing allowing creators to use music on multiple platforms, everywhere, forever. Audio Network now has an expansive catalogue of 280,000+ wholly-owned tracks created by 1,000+ renowned composers, singer-songwriters and known and emerging artists. These are curated into albums and playlists across every imaginable mood and genre. At the same time, regular recording sessions take place at some of the world’s best studios (including 150+ yearly sessions at Abbey Road Studios), enabling us to stay true to our brand promise of music of unrivalled quality. Since its inception, the business has grown exponentially. In fact, The Sunday Times lists Audio Network as one of the UK’s fastest growing companies (Tech Track 2011-2013; Profit Track 100 2013- 2015; SME Export track 2015; Les Champions de la Croissance 2017), and most acclaimed, having won the Queen’s Prize for Enterprise in 2018 (following previous wins of the 2008 Queen’s Award for Innovation and the 2012 Queen’s Award for International Trade). The company constantly invests in its people, its music and its clients, with offices in London (HQ), Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Toronto, Amsterdam, Sydney, Munich and Tokyo, and staff including dedicated music consultants and experts. Under the leadership of CEO Robb Smith, and the guidance of our original founders Robert Hurst and Andrew Sunnucks, that model remains at the heart of the business as the company enters a new phase of expansion. Now we deliver music to the rest of the world with the same simple commitment: high-quality music, clear and simple licensing and seamless, innovative service. Discover our world-class catalogue at www.audionetwork.com.

Pond5 is the world's largest video-first content marketplace, with over 35 million royalty-free video clips, plus millions of music tracks, sound effects, images, and more. Pond5 strives to create world-class storytellers by providing creators of all types with the content they need to tell stories, share knowledge, and inspire audiences. Driven by a commitment to its passionate and growing global community of more than 100,000 professional visual and audio artists, Pond5 provides a platform where creative work can flourish. The marketplace serves the needs of creators across industries—from individual users to major corporations—with competitive pricing and an array of purchase options including a unique pay per item model. Purchases are backed by a broad and flexible license, a best price guarantee, and a dedicated team standing by to provide expert assistance. Pond5 is a Shutterstock brand. Shutterstock is a leading global creative platform helping creative professionals from all backgrounds and businesses of all sizes produce their best work with incredible content and innovative tools.