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Alternatives to Deezer
13 music & audio apps tools sit alongside Deezer in this directory. Below is what separates each from Deezer on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 13
- With a free tier
- 8
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Deezer starts at
- Free
Why people look past Deezer
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Deezer has a free tier. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Unlimited music for every moment
- Publishes an entry price of $9.99/month, where Deezer does not.
- 2 tiers to Deezer's 3.
Free and open-source multi-track audio editor and recorder
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Deezer does not.
An artist-first music platform
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Deezer does not.
- 1 tier to Deezer's 3.
All your favorite music, podcasts, and radio
- Publishes an entry price of $5.99/month, where Deezer does not.
- 2 tiers to Deezer's 3.
The home of audio culture
- Publishes an entry price of $4.99/month, where Deezer does not.
- 2 tiers to Deezer's 3.
Personalized music and podcasts
Priced and rated the same as Deezer on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Every Deezer alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deezer (this page) | Free | - | 3 | |
| Amazon Music | Free, then $9.99/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Deezer |
| Audacity | Free | Open-source | - | vs Deezer |
| Bandcamp | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Deezer |
| iHeartRadio | Free, then $5.99/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Deezer |
| Mixcloud | Free, then $4.99/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Deezer |
| Pandora | Free | - | - | vs Deezer |
| Suno | Free, then $12/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Deezer |
| YouTube Music | Free, then $11.99/month | - | 4 | vs Deezer |
| Ableton Live | On request | One-time | - | vs Deezer |
| FL Studio | On request | One-time | - | vs Deezer |
| Logic Pro | On request | One-time | - | vs Deezer |
| REAPER | On request | One-time | - | vs Deezer |
| Tidal | $10.99/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Deezer |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Deezer badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (8)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Amazon Music , Free, then $9.99/month
- Audacity , Free
- Bandcamp , Free
- iHeartRadio , Free, then $5.99/month
- Mixcloud , Free, then $4.99/month
- Pandora , Free
- Suno , Free, then $12/month
- YouTube Music , Free, then $11.99/month
What you would be giving up
Deezer is most often brought in for ad-free on-demand music streaming with offline downloads, multi-user household streaming via the family plan, two-person households via the duo plan, higher-fidelity/lossless audio streaming on premium. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Deezer is broadly right and the question is cost, the Deezer pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Music & Audio Apps category lists everything the directory holds, and best music & audio apps tools ranks them.
Deezer runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Deezer alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Deezer?
- 13 other music & audio apps tools are listed in this directory, led by Amazon Music, Audacity, Bandcamp, iHeartRadio. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Deezer?
- 8 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Amazon Music, Audacity, Bandcamp, iHeartRadio, Mixcloud.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Deezer?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Deezer has a free tier. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Deezer?
- Deezer is most often brought in for ad-free on-demand music streaming with offline downloads, multi-user household streaming via the family plan, two-person households via the duo plan, higher-fidelity/lossless audio streaming on premium. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Deezer?
- Audacity is recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Deezer alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Music & Audio Apps, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored slot runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Deezer against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Deezer covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every music & audio apps tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Music & Audio Apps category, 13 tools beside Deezer. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.