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Shazam pricing
Shazam publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the music tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, Shazam pricing is free. 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
- Free, no ads and no in-app purchases; funded as an Apple Music discovery funnel
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Shazam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shazam | Free | 3 | Entry tier |
Where Shazam stops being free
Shazam, Free
- Unlimited song identification
- No ads shown within the identification experience
- No premium tier exists
No paid tier on record
Shazam lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Shazam 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
- Audio fingerprint matching
- Offline tagging queue
- Apple Music integration
- Shazam charts
- Lyrics display
- Shazam widget and Control Centre integration
People bring Shazam in for someone hearing an unfamiliar song in a shop, cafe or on the radio and wanting to identify it instantly, a user wanting identified songs automatically saved into an apple music library or playlist, someone using the offline tagging queue while without signal, resolving matches later, a listener browsing shazam trending charts to discover what is being identified most in their city. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Shazam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shazam (this page) | Free | Free, no ads and no in-app purchases; funded as an Apple Music discovery funnel | - | |
| rekordbox | Free | Per user per year | - | vs Shazam |
| DistroKid | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs Shazam |
| Pro Tools | Free | Per user per year | - | vs Shazam |
| Serato DJ | Free | Per user per month | - | vs Shazam |
| GarageBand | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Shazam |
| Traktor Pro | Free | One-time purchase | - | vs Shazam |
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 Shazam badges page.
Before you pay for Shazam
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: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Shazam runs on ios, android, web, and is published by Apple Inc. of Cupertino, California, United States. The full record is on the Shazam review, and the rest of the category is under best music tools.
Shazam pricing questions
- How much does Shazam cost?
- Shazam publishes a single tier, Shazam, at Free.
- Does Shazam have a free plan?
- Yes. The Shazam tier costs nothing and covers unlimited song identification, no ads shown within the identification experience, no premium tier exists.
- Which music tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 music tools listed alongside Shazam have a free tier: rekordbox, Pro Tools, Serato DJ, GarageBand, Traktor Pro.
- What am I actually paying for with Shazam?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for someone hearing an unfamiliar song in a shop, cafe or on the radio and wanting to identify it instantly, a user wanting identified songs automatically saved into an apple music library or playlist, someone using the offline tagging queue while without signal, resolving matches later.
- Does Shazam charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 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 Shazam 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 Shazam 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 Shazam covering price, platforms and features.