Artlist vs Epidemic Sound vs Krea vs Sync.so
A side-by-side look at Artlist, Epidemic Sound, Krea and Sync.so for filmmakers: what each one can do, what it costs, and where they actually differ.
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Stock music, SFX and footage plus an AI generation toolkit under one subscription
- Price
- AI plans from €11.99/mo (AI Starter, annual)
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Editors who need one licence for music, SFX and b-roll across many client projects
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Licensed music and SFX that stays Content ID-cleared while your subscription is active
- Price
- See the vendor's pricing page
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- YouTube and short-form creators who need music that will not trigger Content ID claims
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Multi-model AI canvas, agent and API for images, video and upscaling
- Price
- Basic $9/mo; Pro $35/mo ($21 yearly); Business $200/mo ($160 yearly); see the vendor's pricing page for other plans
- Learning
- Moderate
- Best for
- Pre-visualization: moodboards, look development and concept stills for a shoot
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Lip sync, dubbing and image-to-talking-video for footage you already shot
- Price
- Free (3 gens/month, 20s max); Hobbyist $5/mo; Creator $19/mo; per-second usage on top (sync-3 $0.107 to $0.133/sec by plan)
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Redubbing a finished spot or doc for several language markets
The short version
Where they differ
- Sync.so is the only one without music & SFX.
All 4 offer: voice / TTS.
Feature by feature
Artlist vs Epidemic Sound vs Krea vs Sync.so: capabilities
| Artlist | Epidemic Sound | Krea | Sync.so | |
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| Price | AI plans from €11.99/mo (AI Starter, annual) | See the vendor's pricing page | Basic $9/mo; Pro $35/mo ($21 yearly); Business $200/mo ($160 yearly); see the vendor's pricing page for other plans | Free (3 gens/month, 20s max); Hobbyist $5/mo; Creator $19/mo; per-second usage on top (sync-3 $0.107 to $0.133/sec by plan) |
| Infinite canvas | Not confirmed | No | Yes | No |
| Node / flow builder | Partial | No | Yes | No |
| AI agent | Not confirmed | Partial | Yes | No |
| Chat assistant | Not confirmed | Partial | Yes | Partial |
| Team collaboration | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial |
| Text to image | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Image editing | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Text to video | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Image to video | Not confirmed | No | Yes | Yes |
| Video to video | Not confirmed | No | Partial | Yes |
| Native audio in video | Not confirmed | No | Yes | No |
| Lip-sync | Not confirmed | No | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Voice / TTS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Music & SFX | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Upscaling | Not confirmed | No | Yes | No |
| Character consistency | Partial | No | Partial | Partial |
| Camera control | Partial | No | Not confirmed | No |
| Custom training | Not confirmed | No | Yes | No |
| Third-party models | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial |
| Public API | Not confirmed | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Mobile app | Not confirmed | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Desktop / local | No | Yes | Not confirmed | No |
| Open source | No | No | Partial | No |
| Free tier | Partial | Partial | Yes | Yes |
| Commercial use | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed |
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page. "Not confirmed" means the vendor doesn't say.
Plans
Pricing compared
Artlist
| AI Starter | €11.99monthly, billed annually (€19.99 monthly) |
|---|---|
| AI Core | €23.99monthly, billed annually (€39.99 monthly) |
| AI Creator | €41.67monthly, billed annually (€69.99 monthly) |
| Custom Business | Contact salescustom |
Epidemic Sound
See the vendor's pricing page
Krea
| Free | $0monthly |
|---|---|
| Basic | $9monthly or yearly |
| Pro | $35 list / $21 yearlymonthly or yearly |
| Business | $200 list / $160 yearlymonthly or yearly |
| Enterprise | Customcustom |
Sync.so
| Free | $0monthly |
|---|---|
| Hobbyist | $5monthly |
| Creator | $19monthly |
| Growth | $49monthly |
| Scale | $249monthly |
| Enterprise | Customannual |
The verdict
Which one should you pick?
Artlist
Pick it for
- Editors who need one licence for music, SFX and b-roll across many client projects
- YouTube creators and content studios that publish often and want unlimited audio
- Agencies and production companies using team seats with centralized licensing
Stands out
- One subscription covers stock music, 90,000+ SFX, stock footage and templates, plus an AI toolkit, under one commercial licence
- Unlimited stock downloads on paid plans with no per-track or per-clip licensing negotiation
Watch out
- AI allowances change often: included AI video counts were halved on lower tiers in October 2026
- Music selection is broad rather than specialist; limited high-end orchestral and foley depth
Epidemic Sound
Pick it for
- YouTube and short-form creators who need music that will not trigger Content ID claims
- Editors building a temp or final soundtrack in Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve with Assistant and Studio
- Explainer and documentary creators who need AI voiceover in many languages without booking a voice actor
Stands out
- Owned catalog: the company says it owns its music and sells a global direct licence with all rights included, so there is no per-track rights chain to chase
- Content ID positioning: the company works with platforms to whitelist its catalog, and channels can be safelisted when registered in the Epidemic Sound dashboard
Watch out
- Library access ends when the subscription does; cleared content stays cleared, but you cannot keep using the library unpaid
- Creator plan does not include ad use; ad campaigns need Pro or Enterprise
Krea
Pick it for
- Pre-visualization: moodboards, look development and concept stills for a shoot
- Producers who want Seedance, Nano Banana and ChatGPT Image in one account instead of three subscriptions
- Motion designers generating short hero clips with a reference image and a generated soundtrack
Stands out
- One compute balance covers Krea's own models plus third-party image and video models (Seedance 2.5, Nano Banana Pro, ChatGPT Image 2, Kling, Topaz), so you do not need a separate subscription per model.
- Canvas, node workflows and the Krea Agent sit in the same product, so a brief can be run as a chat or built as a visual graph.
Watch out
- Compute units are opaque: per-model costs are not published, so budgeting video is guesswork
- Native video is capped at 720p for Seedance 2.5; 1080p and 4K need Seedance 2.0
Sync.so
Pick it for
- Redubbing a finished spot or doc for several language markets
- Fixing a flubbed line or matching new VO to an existing take
- Lip syncing an AI-generated or photo-based character to a recorded performance
Stands out
- Lipsync is the whole product: it works on footage you already shot, so you don't regenerate the performance or the shot.
- sync-3 is stated to output up to 4K at 60fps, and the model handles multiple speakers by identifying who is talking before syncing the face.
Watch out
- Lipsync only: no generation, no shot creation, no soundtrack or music
- Free tier output is watermarked and capped at 20 seconds
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page, checked against vendor pricing and changelog pages (oldest check: ). Sources are listed on each tool's page.
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