Every European stock music library reviewed
Leeds, United Kingdom
Pro Lite $19.99 USD per month billed $239.88 annually; Pro Standard from $35.99 USD per month billed $431.88 annually; pay-per-use prices shown per track
Demo on request
Best for: Video producers and small agencies who want a curated catalogue and a licence tied to production budget
Music Vine is the music-only library from Leeds that this directory ranks first, because everything a buyer needs to judge it is public. The seller is Music Vine Limited, company number 09234137, registered at Tailors Corner, 1 Thirsk Row, and the terms are governed by English law. The catalogue is described as handpicked from independent musicians and curated by an in-house team, updated weekly.
Two purchase routes sit side by side. Pro Lite costs $19.99 a month billed at $239.88 a year, and Pro Standard starts at $35.99 a month billed at $431.88 a year, with clearance for productions up to $10,000 in budget. Single tracks are sold through pay-per-use licences for adverts, films, personal channels, weddings, non-profits and student work. Prices are in dollars, no hosting location is stated, and broadcast, VOD and theatrical use cost extra.
What Music Vine does well
- Company number and registered address are public
- Subscriptions allow unlimited usages
- Single tracks can be bought on their own
- Subscription prices are shown on the page
- A custom licence can be requested
Where Music Vine falls short
- Dollar prices only
- No footage or effects
- Broadcast, VOD and theatrical use need extensions
- Hosting location is not stated
Standout feature. Music Vine sizes its licence to the production budget, so a small corporate film and a larger campaign are priced differently.
Cernon, France
Prices not shown in the page text we could read; plans are pay-per-track and all-access subscription, enterprise by quote
Demo on request
Best for: YouTubers, podcasters and freelancers who want a clear licence certificate per track
Bensound is run by Bensound SARL, a French company with share capital of 1 045 128 euros, registered at the RCS of Lons-le-Saunier under 983680851 and based at 12 Rue Principale in Cernon. The legal notice gives a SIRET and a French VAT number, and disputes go to the Association Française d'Arbitrage under French law. A buyer therefore knows exactly who signs the licence.
The library holds music and sound effects, sold as a licence for one track or as an all-access subscription that unlocks both for a year. Each track you use is given a certificate for perpetual use.
A free music area sits next to the paid licences. The catch for privacy teams is hosting, since the legal notice lists Heroku and Amazon Web Services, and organisations of 250 or more employees must request a quote. The terms forbid AI training on the audio.
What Bensound does well
- SARL with RCS and SIRET numbers published
- One catalogue for music and effects
- A certificate for every track you use
- A business licence covers client work
- A free music area exists
Where Bensound falls short
- Prices were not in the text we fetched
- Heroku and AWS host the service
- Large organisations need a quote
- The audio may not be used for AI training
Standout feature. Bensound issues a perpetual-use certificate for each track you actually use, which gives you a document per video.
Afikim (Israel) and Norwich (UK), Israel / United Kingdom
AI Starter EUR 19.99 monthly or EUR 11.99 per month billed annually (16,500 credits); AI Creator EUR 69.99 monthly or EUR 41.67 per month billed annually (80,000 credits)
Demo on request
Best for: Creative teams that want AI generation and licensed stock in one subscription
Artlist is a creative platform whose home page now leads with generative AI for images, video, voiceover and music, with a stock catalogue as another entry. Two companies sign the contract. Artlist UK Limited at St Giles House in Norwich serves the countries named in the terms, Artlist Ltd at Kibbutz Afikim serves everyone else, and Israeli law applies. The ultimate owner is not stated on the pages we read.
Plans are priced in euros and run on credits. AI Starter has 16,500 credits and up to 3 members at €11.99 a month billed annually, or €19.99 monthly. AI Creator has 80,000 credits at €41.67 a month billed annually. Up to 110 AI songs on Starter and 533 on Creator come out of the same pool. Payments may run through Artlist Inc. in Delaware, and we did not read the stock catalogue terms.
What Artlist does well
- Prices are published in euros
- The contracting entity is named in the terms
- Image, video, voice and music sit in one plan
- Several team seats come with the plan
- Plugins and MCP access are listed
Where Artlist falls short
- Credits make monthly cost hard to predict
- The product leans to AI over stock music
- A Delaware group company may process payments
- The stock catalogue was not read
Standout feature. Artlist is the one library in this directory where AI songs, video and voice are paid from a single credit balance.
Luxembourg
Founded 2005
Free listening / commercial licensing priced per use
Demo on request
Best for: Creators and small businesses who accept uneven quality in return for free listening and licences bought per use
Jamendo is a Luxembourg music platform, Jamendo S.A., founded in 2005 and recognised as an Independent Management Entity since 2019. According to its own site it hosts more than 600,000 tracks by over 40,000 independent artists. The company is now a subsidiary of the Belgian Winamp Group, and the site lists its data location as EU, Luxembourg.
Anyone can listen for free and download for personal use. A business that wants a track in a video, a shop or a podcast buys a commercial licence priced per use, and the artist is paid from it. The price is the shape of the catalogue: independent artists, no chart releases, a spread from professional to demo, and weaker discovery than a curated shop. Jamendo has no sound effects, and it does not replace a general streaming plan.
What Jamendo does well
- Personal listening and downloads cost nothing
- Commercial licences are sold for business use
- More than 600,000 tracks from 40,000+ artists
- Recognised rights-management status since 2019
- Luxembourg company with EU data location
Where Jamendo falls short
- No chart or commercial releases
- Quality runs from professional to demo
- Finding a track takes longer than in a curated shop
- Not a streaming subscription replacement
Standout feature. Jamendo lets you audition and download a track for free before you decide to license it for commercial use.
Eastbourne, United Kingdom
Creator $14.99 per month; Creator Extension $19.99; Pro $37.99; Pro Extension $42.99; annual billing 20% discount
Demo on request
Best for: Editors who want to adjust music to picture inside their editing software
Filmstro is a music subscription from Filmstro Limited, company number 09248842, with its registered office at 2 Upperton Gardens, Eastbourne. English law governs the terms and the Filmstro name is a trademark of Filmstro Holdings Limited. Instead of a store of single files, the service gives you a web app, a desktop application and an extension for Premiere Pro.
Creator costs $14.99 a month and covers personal use including monetised YouTube, one channel per platform, and film festival submissions. Pro costs $37.99 and adds paid online ads, premium tracks, sound effects and two team members.
The Premiere panel is a paid variant at $19.99 or $42.99, annual billing takes 20% off, and the music is described as cleared worldwide in perpetuity. The Creator plan excludes monetised games and apps, and we did not find a catalogue size or a single-track purchase.
What Filmstro does well
- Company number and address are public
- Premiere Pro extension available
- Flat monthly prices are shown
- Clearance is described as perpetual
- Sound effects arrive with Pro
Where Filmstro falls short
- Prices in dollars
- Creator is limited to one channel per platform
- Catalogue size is not stated
- No single-track purchase seen
Standout feature. Filmstro offers an extension that lets an editor shape the music from inside Premiere Pro.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Free EUR 0; Standard EUR 11 per month + VAT billed annually; Pro EUR 33 per month + VAT billed annually
Demo on request
Best for: Creators who want generated, editable music, including MIDI, instead of buying existing tracks
AIVA is an AI music assistant operated by Aiva Technologies Sarl, with the contact address 28 Boulevard d'Avranches in Luxembourg. It composes songs instead of licensing recordings, in more than 250 styles, with custom style models and an upload field for an audio or MIDI influence. Results can be edited and downloaded as MP3 or MIDI, and the site lists over 150 tracks generated by AIVA and arranged by humans.
The free plan costs €0, allows 3 downloads a month of up to 3 minutes and requires credit to AIVA. Standard is €11 a month plus VAT billed annually, with 15 downloads and 5 minutes. Pro is €33 a month plus VAT billed annually, the plan that lists copyright ownership. Download caps apply on every tier, nothing is a recorded catalogue, and the pages also say AIVA Limited, which we could not square with the Sarl.
What AIVA does well
- A free plan exists
- Prices are published in euros
- Output downloads as MP3 and MIDI
- Pro lists copyright ownership
- Style models accept an uploaded influence
Where AIVA falls short
- Monthly download limits
- Free plan needs a credit line
- Generated audio, not recorded tracks
- Entity naming is not fully consistent
Standout feature. AIVA exports MIDI, so a composer can rewrite the generated piece note by note.
Bruchköbel, Germany
Not shown in the pages we could read; licences are ordered per track in the shop
Demo on request
Best for: German-speaking businesses and video makers who need music without GEMA registration
Musicfox is a German shop for licensed music run by musicfox UG (haftungsbeschränkt) at Hauptstraße 95 in Bruchköbel. The imprint names the managing directors Ines Weimer and Erik Ohl, the register entry Amtsgericht Hanau HRB 93304 and a German VAT ID. Founding year is not stated. The terms treat an order as an offer to musicfox UG for a licence per music title.
The home page promises 100% GEMA-free music, which matters because music registered with the collecting society brings reporting duties for commercial users in Germany. Sections cover detail search, in-store background music, dance schools and sounds, and the site switches between German and English. Prices and catalogue size could not be read, the English imprint URL returned not-found, and a UG is the small end of German company forms.
What Musicfox does well
- Imprint with register, directors and VAT ID
- Music outside GEMA registration
- One licence per title
- In-store background music has its own section
- German and English versions
Where Musicfox falls short
- Prices could not be read
- Catalogue size is not stated
- Mostly useful for German-speaking users
- The company form is a small UG
Standout feature. Musicfox is the one library in this directory whose main promise is music outside GEMA registration.
Berlin, Germany
Pricing page text not readable in our fetch
Demo on request
Best for: App builders and creators who need generated tracks and a music API
Loudly is a Berlin audio company, Loudly GmbH, at Quedlinburger Str. 1, registered at Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg under HRB 135131 B. The terms name Berlin courts for business users. The company calls itself a rights-safe AI audio engine, and its product list runs from a generator and text-to-music to a remixer, a stem splitter, mastering, sample packs, a music API and distribution.
The pitch is one connected workflow: make a track with a model, remix a song, then master it. The terms also contain a clause on Partner Output, which is not licensed by Loudly but governed by the third-party provider's own terms, so commercial users should read it first. The pricing page was not readable for us, hosting is not stated, and someone who only wants to buy a finished recording finds few shop features.
What Loudly does well
- German register data is public
- An API is offered
- Several AI tools sit in one account
- Stem splitting and mastering are included
- Berlin courts apply for business users
Where Loudly falls short
- Pricing could not be read
- Partner Output follows third-party terms
- The focus is AI creation, not a recorded catalogue
- Hosting is not stated
Standout feature. Loudly pairs a stem splitter and a music API with its generator, which no other library here does.
Burgos, Spain
Free music and a store section; prices not read
Demo on request
Best for: Hobby creators and small projects that want free tracks and simple audio utilities
FiftySounds is a Spanish audio site whose legal notice names its owner as Esther García González at Calle Severo Ochoa 51 in Burgos. Spanish law governs and the courts of Burgos have jurisdiction. Because the owner is a person and not a registered company, the buyer's contract partner is a sole trader, which some procurement rules will not accept.
The navigation shows free music, a store, genres such as cinematic, piano, ambient and children, logos and intros, loops and a free sound effects section from impacts to ASMR. Converters, a cutter, a joiner and a loop maker are on the same domain. The site says that acquiring society-registered music is complicated and offers itself as the alternative. Prices, catalogue size and team features were not visible.
What FiftySounds does well
- Free music and effects sections
- Owner details are published
- Audio converters and cutters on the same site
- Loops and logos have sections
- Spanish law and named courts
Where FiftySounds falls short
- The contract partner is an individual
- Prices were not read
- No team features visible
- Catalogue size is unknown
Standout feature. FiftySounds puts a cutter, joiner and loop maker on the same site as its free tracks.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Not read
Demo on request
Best for: Game and film sound designers who need sound effects rather than music
Sonniss is a sound effects marketplace run by Sonniss Ltd, company number 09377364, with its registered office at Colony, 5 Piccadilly Place, Manchester. The terms say the company has sold sound effects since 2014. Independent publishers record the libraries, and Sonniss sells the licence in its own name on commission, so it is the party on the invoice and the one granting the licence.
The home page cites 4,986 libraries and 410 publishers, covering ambience, vehicles, interfaces, weapons and sci-fi, with a studio licensing page. Businesses with a valid EU VAT number are zero-rated under reverse charge, and a licence stays under the terms in force on the purchase day. There is no music, library quality depends on the publisher, and we could not read prices.
What Sonniss does well
- Company number and registered office are public
- The seller of the licence is clearly stated
- A large library count is shown
- A studio licensing page exists
- Reverse charge applies to EU VAT numbers
Where Sonniss falls short
- No music at all
- Prices were not read
- Quality depends on each publisher
- UK entity outside the EU
Standout feature. Sonniss states plainly that it, not the recording publisher, is the party that grants the licence.
Nicosia, Cyprus
Not read; the home page advertises a start with 20% off
Demo on request
Best for: Post-production professionals who want a large effects catalogue on a download plan
Soundsnap is a sound effects library run by OJOO Limited, whose privacy policy gives 11 Mnasiadou Street in Nicosia, Cyprus, as the address. The same policy applies the laws of the State of New York and mentions California privacy rights, and disputes are described with arbitration there. No registration number appears on the pages we read, so the contract position is only partly clear.
The site calls itself a library of libraries founded by sound designers, with unlimited downloads and weekly updates. Featured categories are cinematic transitions, user interface sounds, pulses and drones, trailer hits, ambiences and games, and the navigation adds an AI Voiceover tool and a Projects area. Prices were not readable, though the home page advertises a start with 20% off. Music is not a headline section.
What Soundsnap does well
- Effects catalogue is the main product
- Unlimited downloads are stated
- Catalogue updated weekly
- A Cyprus address is given
- An AI voiceover tool is included
Where Soundsnap falls short
- New York law governs the terms
- No registration number found
- Prices were not read
- Little music
Standout feature. Soundsnap bundles an AI voiceover tool and a Projects area with its effects catalogue.
not stated on the pages we read, United Kingdom
Not shown on the pages we read
Demo on request
Best for: Broadcast, advertising and brand teams that license music through a sales team
Audio Network is a music catalogue whose footer reads Copyright Audio Network Limited 2026 UK. The legal pages, the modern slavery statement, the privacy page and the terms are linked, but their body text did not come through in our fetch, so the address, registration number and owner are not confirmed. It is therefore the thinnest entry in this directory.
The site sorts customers into TV and Film, Advertising, Brands and Business, and Individual Creators, and music is browsed through search, playlists, albums, collections and a Top 20. A Become a Composer page recruits artists and a page explains how the company uses AI. Language links run from Germany and France to Japan and China. We saw no prices or licence tiers and no sign of footage.
What Audio Network does well
- Segments exist for broadcast, ads, brands and creators
- A composer programme is run
- A page on AI use is published
- The UK entity name appears in the footer
- Playlists and collections help browsing
Where Audio Network falls short
- No prices were read
- Address not confirmed
- The terms text was not read
- Owner not stated
Standout feature. Audio Network is the library here that organises its offer around broadcast and advertising buyers.
