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BandLab pricing
BandLab publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, BandLab pricing is free across 3 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Per user per year
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
BandLab plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 2 | Entry tier |
| Pro | $99/year | 3 | +$99/year, 3 more features |
| Max | $199/year | 3 | +$100/year, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Free
FreeThe entry tier. It covers full daw functionality, no track limits, 20 sample downloads per month.
Pro
$99/yearOver Free, this tier adds:
- First-year introductory price, renews at $149/year
- 100 sample downloads per month
- Artist services and platform perks
Max
$199/yearOver Pro, this tier adds:
- First-year introductory price, renews at $299/year
- 500 sample downloads per month
- Expanded artist services
Where BandLab stops being free
Free, Free
- Full DAW functionality, no track limits
- 20 sample downloads per month
Pro, $99/year
The first thing you pay for:
- First-year introductory price, renews at $149/year
- 100 sample downloads per month
- Artist services and platform perks
What the product covers
The full BandLab feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Browser-based DAW
- Real-time collaboration
- Cloud project storage
- Sample and loop library
- Social publishing feed
- SongStarter AI
People bring BandLab in for a mobile-first artist who wants to record, edit and publish a track entirely from a phone or tablet, a remote collaboration between musicians in different locations working on the same project in real time, a beginner who wants a fully functional daw without buying a computer capable of running pro tools or logic pro, a creator using songstarter to break through writer’s block with an ai-generated starting point. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to BandLab are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Music
Too few music tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BandLab (this page) | Free | Per user per year | - | |
| rekordbox | Free | Per user per year | - | vs BandLab |
| DistroKid | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs BandLab |
| Pro Tools | Free | Per user per year | - | vs BandLab |
| Serato DJ | Free | Per user per month | - | vs BandLab |
| GarageBand | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs BandLab |
| Traktor Pro | Free | One-time purchase | - | vs BandLab |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the BandLab badges page.
Before you pay for BandLab
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between Free and $199/year, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
BandLab runs on web, ios, android, macos, windows, and is published by BandLab Technologies of Singapore. The full record is on the BandLab review, and the rest of the category is under best music tools.
BandLab pricing questions
- How much does BandLab cost?
- BandLab publishes 3 tiers, from Free for Free up to $199/year for Max. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does BandLab have a free plan?
- Yes. The Free tier costs nothing and covers full daw functionality, no track limits, 20 sample downloads per month. Paying starts at $99/year for Pro.
- What is the difference between Free and Pro on BandLab?
- Pro costs $99/year against Free, and adds first-year introductory price, renews at $149/year, 100 sample downloads per month, artist services and platform perks.
- Is the Max plan on BandLab worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is first-year introductory price, renews at $299/year, 500 sample downloads per month, expanded artist services. It costs $199/year against $99/year for Pro. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Which music tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 music tools listed alongside BandLab have a free tier: rekordbox, Pro Tools, Serato DJ, GarageBand, Traktor Pro.
- What am I actually paying for with BandLab?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a mobile-first artist who wants to record, edit and publish a track entirely from a phone or tablet, a remote collaboration between musicians in different locations working on the same project in real time, a beginner who wants a fully functional daw without buying a computer capable of running pro tools or logic pro.
- Does BandLab charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these BandLab prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare BandLab against before paying?
- The closest music tools in this directory are rekordbox, DistroKid, Pro Tools, Serato DJ. Each has a side-by-side comparison with BandLab covering price, platforms and features.