Sonic HQ Competitors

SoundCloud empowers artists, tastemakers and fans to connect and share through music. Founded in 2007, SoundCloud is an creator-first platform helping artists build and grow their careers by providing them with the most advanced tools, services, and resources. With over 4x the music catalog of every other major streaming platform, spanning 40+ million artists across 190+ countries, SoundCloud is where emerging artists find their sound, hidden gems are discovered, and music culture is shaped in real time.

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.

PremiumBeat by Shutterstock provides high-quality royalty free music and sound effects for use in new and traditional media projects, including websites, online videos, mobile apps, television, radio, feature films and other professional applications. Our music is all exclusive, handpicked and curated. Our royalty free music has been used by hundreds of thousands of clients including: Disney, E-Trade, Discovery Channel, Target, Hilton Hotels, KODAK, Hallmark, Harley Davidson, Lufthansa, Burton, NBC Universal, Washington Post, Expedia.com, Government of Canada, HuguesNet, Harper Collins, Leo Burnet, Interbrand, NASA, Radio-Canada, IBM, Monster.com, Cisco, DDB, Publicis, United Nations, Cossette, Ogilvy, Razorfish, IMC2, BBDO, TBWA, and many more great brands.