Mixkit vs Soundly

Mixkit is a free web library of digital items for creative projects, including stock video, music, sound effects, templates, and digital art. Its stock video includes HD and 4K footage, vertical clips, and no watermark. Music tracks are offered for video projects, podcasts, and online advertising, with unlimited downloads and no attribution or sign-up required. The library also includes sound effects and video templates for Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, and DaVinci Resolve. Mixkit says Premiere Pro templates require the latest Adobe Premiere Pro; After Effects is not needed to open its Mogrts or project files. License terms vary by item type. For stock video, the Restricted License is for non-commercial projects, while the Free License permits commercial use. Mixkit says items covered by its Free License can be used in commercial and non-commercial projects. Downloading grants a non-exclusive license to use an item, not ownership. The terms also prohibit scripts or bots from mass-downloading items or scraping the library.

Soundly is a sound-effects platform for finding material in cloud and local libraries and sending it to creative software. Search works across both library types with plain-language queries, related searches, autocomplete, thesauruses and translation. The app can index local WAV, AIFF, MP3, M4A, OGG and FLAC files up to 384 kHz and 32-bit. Named integrations include Pro Tools, Logic, Premiere, Nuendo, Cubase, Reaper, After Effects and Wwise; drag-and-drop is supported in compatible software. Users can connect cloud storage to Dropbox, Google Drive or Amazon S3, and shared network databases allow collaboration without a separate server. Audio tools include sound positioning and speaker simulation, equalization, and real-time pitch, speed and reverse effects. Voice Designer creates voices for uses such as announcements, assistants and navigation. The Offline Suite is designed for disconnected environments and supplies its library on encrypted drives or by secure download. The Free plan is free and includes 3,000+ sounds and indexing for 10,000 local effects.