Marmoset is a paid web service for licensing music to commercials, films, television, digital content, and other storytelling projects. Its team helps clients find songs and manage licensing, while Marmoset Studio creates custom music, covers, and clearances. The site offers browsing, playlists, favorites, downloads, and AI similarity search. Track Club plans add MixLab customization and similarity search using YouTube and Spotify links, with a pre-cleared, editable catalog of exclusive music and sound effects. Customers can use subscription plans or single-use licenses for categories including independent film, small business, nonprofit, wedding, podcast, creator, student, event, and showreel work. Each click-through license defines permitted uses and terms. The Individual Plan costs 12.00 USD per month billed annually; Business costs 39.00 USD per month billed annually. Enterprise pricing is by quote.
Who it is for
Marmoset suits brands, filmmakers, creators, podcasters, and other storytellers needing licensed or custom music. Business qualification and license scope determine which plan or single-use option fits.
What is good
- Custom music, covers, and clearances
- AI similarity search tools
- Pre-cleared editable catalog
- Stem and sound-effect downloads
- Perpetual usage rights available
What to know first
- Paid service with annual billing on listed plans
- License uses are limited to selected terms
- Enterprise pricing requires a quote
Verdict
Marmoset combines music discovery, licensing support, custom production, and subscription options. Review the permitted uses and business criteria carefully before selecting an Individual, Business, Enterprise, or single-use license.
Marmoset plans and pricing
All plansCompared on stock music libraries
- Free plan
- No
- Licensing model
- hybrid
- Client work license
- Yes
- Perpetual usage rights
- Yes
- Stem downloads
- Yes
- SFX included
- Yes
