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Splice pricing
Splice 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, Splice pricing is on request 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
- On request
- Model
- Per user per month, credit-based
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Splice 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sounds+ | $12.99/month | 2 | Entry tier |
| Creator | $19.99/month | 2 | +$6.999999999999998/month, 2 more features |
| Creator+ | $39.99/month | 2 | +$20.000000000000004/month, 2 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.
Sounds+
$12.99/monthThe entry tier. It covers entry-level monthly download credit allowance, royalty-cleared sample access.
Creator
$19.99/monthOver Sounds+, this tier adds:
- Higher monthly download credit allowance
- Cloud project storage and version history
Creator+
$39.99/monthOver Creator, this tier adds:
- Largest monthly download credit allowance
- Access to INSTRUMENT curated sound packs
What the product covers
The full Splice 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
- Royalty-cleared sample library
- Credit-based downloads
- INSTRUMENT
- Cloud project backup
- Plugin rentals
- Keep what you download
People bring Splice in for a producer who wants a continuously refreshed sample library rather than buying static sample packs outright, a beatmaker wanting royalty-cleared loops searchable by exact key and tempo for faster sketching, a home studio wanting cloud backup and version history for digital audio workstation projects, a sound designer wanting access to curated artist sound packs through the instrument tier. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Splice 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Splice (this page) | On request | Per user per month, credit-based | - | |
| rekordbox | Free | Per user per year | - | vs Splice |
| DistroKid | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs Splice |
| Pro Tools | Free | Per user per year | - | vs Splice |
| Serato DJ | Free | Per user per month | - | vs Splice |
| GarageBand | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Splice |
| Traktor Pro | Free | One-time purchase | - | vs Splice |
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 Splice badges page.
Before you pay for Splice
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 $12.99/month and $39.99/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Splice against the tools that do have one before committing.
Splice runs on windows, macos, web, and is published by Splice of New York, New York, United States. The full record is on the Splice review, and the rest of the category is under best music tools.
Splice pricing questions
- How much does Splice cost?
- Splice publishes 3 tiers, from $12.99/month for Sounds+ up to $39.99/month for Creator+. The cheapest paid tier is $12.99/month.
- Does Splice have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Splice is listed as Per user per month, credit-based. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Sounds+ and Creator on Splice?
- Creator costs $19.99/month against $12.99/month, and adds higher monthly download credit allowance, cloud project storage and version history.
- Is the Creator+ plan on Splice worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is largest monthly download credit allowance, access to instrument curated sound packs. It costs $39.99/month against $12.99/month for Sounds+. 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 Splice have a free tier: rekordbox, Pro Tools, Serato DJ, GarageBand, Traktor Pro.
- What am I actually paying for with Splice?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a producer who wants a continuously refreshed sample library rather than buying static sample packs outright, a beatmaker wanting royalty-cleared loops searchable by exact key and tempo for faster sketching, a home studio wanting cloud backup and version history for digital audio workstation projects.
- Does Splice 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 Splice 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 Splice 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 Splice covering price, platforms and features.