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What is Mubert?
Mubert is a royalty-free music generator built for content creators: you describe the mood you need and it produces tracks ready for YouTube, podcasts, ads or live streams, with no copyright claims. It also offers an API for applications that need music generated on the fly, plus a free plan with attribution.
Pros
- Royalty-free commercial licence on every paid plan
- A real free plan of 25 tracks a month (with attribution)
- API to generate music inside your own application
- Built for video, podcasts and streams rather than listening
Cons
- The free plan requires attribution
- Less control over the composition than Suno or Soundraw
- English-only interface
What Mubert is like in practice
Where it stands out
It generates continuous, endless music, which is a use case of its own: background for streams, for a shop, for an app or for working. Instead of a file it gives you a stream that does not loop, solving the problem of playlists that grate by the third time round.
Where it falls short
As music you actively listen to it falls short: it is ambience, not composition, and does not hold up as the centre of attention. Control over how the piece evolves is minimal by design, so if you need the music to do something specific at a specific moment, this is not the tool.
How its pricing works
There is free use with mandatory attribution and paid plans by use type: personal, creator or commercial for businesses. That distinction is what matters: playing music in a venue's sound system is a different use from a video, and so is the plan you need.
Is Mubert right for you?
Yes, if…
You need royalty-free background music for videos, podcasts or livestreams without risking a copyright claim. It has an API to generate soundtracks inside your own app.
No, if…
You want control over the composition: Soundraw lets you edit bar by bar and Suno generates songs with vocals. And the free plan requires crediting Mubert.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mubert free?
It has a free Ambassador plan with 25 tracks a month in exchange for crediting Mubert. Plans with a commercial licence and no attribution start at $11.69/month.
Can I monetise videos with its music?
Yes, the paid plans include a royalty-free licence for YouTube, ads, apps and live streams with no copyright claims.
Does it have an API?
Yes, it offers a music API aimed at apps and products that need to generate soundtracks in real time.