Artlist Music vs RouteNote

Artlist Music is a subscription service for royalty-free music licensed for synchronization in video projects, from social media work to worldwide commercial use. Its catalog has thousands of curated songs across genres, moods, and instruments, and Music plans include unlimited access to preview and download available stems. Similar Songs recommends tracks using musical and lyrical qualities; Artboards organizes project assets and uses AI to suggest catalog assets. The Adobe Premiere Pro Library extension supports browsing, previewing, downloading, and dragging assets into a timeline. Plans include Music & SFX Social at $14.99 a month, Music Pro at $16.58 a year, and Music & SFX Pro at $24.92 a year. The latter two are billed monthly at the listed rate billed annually. A free trial has no time limit and requires no payment details, but its previews are watermarked and AI generations are limited. The license does not cover standalone audio except in podcasts.

RouteNote distributes digital music to stores chosen by artists and labels. It reviews uploaded releases before forwarding approved music to selected partners; the company says its network includes more than 50 platforms, including Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, Facebook, SoundCloud and Deezer. Users can choose stores, pricing tiers and the countries where music is available. Releases can be submitted to its YouTube Content ID system for monetization when audio is used in videos. The Free plan has no upfront distribution fee and pays artists or labels 85% of net revenue. Premium charges by release: a single costs $10, paid once, an EP $20, paid once, an album $30, paid once, and an extended album $45, paid once. Each Premium release also has a $9.99 a year renewal fee beginning the following year. RouteNote says approved releases are delivered within 24 hours, excluding weekends; stores generally take up to 14 days to make them live, while some may take up to 28 days. Its Android and iOS apps show earnings, statistics, discography and support contacts; the iOS app also allows uploads.