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Amazon Music
Unlimited music for every moment
As of 30 August 2026, Amazon Music has a free plan and paid plans start at $9.99/month. Amazon Music is a music streaming service featuring over 100 million songs in HD and Ultra HD quality, plus podcasts and live streaming. Softwr lists it under Music. Amazon Music is made by Amazon.com Inc, launched in 2007, available on Web, iOS, Android, TV and console.
Overview
What Amazon Music does
Amazon Music is a music streaming service featuring over 100 million songs in HD and Ultra HD quality, plus podcasts and live streaming.
What people use it for
- On-demand music streaming across phone, watch and speakers
- Listening to podcasts and Audible audiobooks in one app
- Offline playback for subscribers
The honest half
Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Amazon Music.
- Amazon Music Unlimited is required for on-demand access to the 100 million song catalogue, ad-free podcasts and Audible audiobooks
- Unlimited skips require the Amazon Music Unlimited subscription
- Subscriptions bought through iTunes renew automatically each month unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends
- The account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of each membership period
- The iOS app requires iOS 16.0 or later
Cross-shopped
What people choose instead of Amazon Music
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- Amazon MusicvsREAPER
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- Amazon MusicvsAbleton Live
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- Amazon MusicvsLogic Pro
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Pricing
What Amazon Music costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Limited selection
- Ads
Unlimited
$9.99 /mo
- Full catalog
- HD audio
Capabilities
Features
Music streaming
HD audio
Podcasts
Alexa integration
Echo devices
Integration with Echo devices
Fire TV
Integration with Fire TV
Alexa
Integration with Alexa
Amazon account security
Amazon account security security feature
Family controls
Family controls security feature
Web support
Available on web
Ios support
Available on ios
Android support
Available on android
Answered, with sources
Questions people ask
Each answer names the page it came from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
What are the pricing options for Amazon Music?
The main Amazon Music page does not display pricing information. Users must visit additional pages on Amazon's website or the app store to see subscription costs.
SourceIs there a free tier or trial period?
The page does not disclose whether a free trial, free tier, or evaluation period is available for Amazon Music. Pricing and trial details would need to be found on related pages.
SourceCan I cancel my Amazon Music subscription anytime?
The page does not specify cancellation policies or contract terms for Amazon Music subscriptions.
SourceBehind it
Who makes Amazon Music
- Company
- Amazon.com Inc
- Based in
- Seattle, WA
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Where to go from Amazon Music
- Amazon Music alternativesEvery product people weigh against it
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- Amazon Music badgesWhich rules it meets, and the figure behind each
- All Music softwareThe full category
- Best Music softwareThe shortlist, and how it was cut
Best Music software for
Compare Amazon Music with
- YouTube Music
- Ableton Live
- REAPER
- FL Studio
- Logic Pro
- Deezer
- iHeartRadio
- Tidal
- Pandora
- Bandcamp
- TuneCore
- CD Baby
- SoundHound
- Soundtrap
- Splice
- Suno
- Ardour
- Shazam
Other Music software
Digital audio workstation built around a Session View for arranging ideas live
From $99/one-time11 researched notesFull digital audio workstation with a 60 day evaluation and a USD 60 personal licence
Free, then $60/one-time9 researched notesDigital audio workstation sold with free updates to your edition for life
13 researched notesApple's digital audio workstation, sold outright on Mac and by subscription on iPad
Free, then $12.99/mo10 researched notesMusic distribution owned by Believe, offering both a 0%-royalty annual subscription and an older pay-per-release model side by side
10 researched notesMusic distribution charging an upfront per-release fee plus a permanent 9% commission on royalties, now owned by Universal Music Group
10 researched notesSong identification app that can match hummed or sung melodies, from SoundHound AI
Free plan9 researched notesSpotify-owned browser-based DAW and podcast studio, sold on separate Music Maker and Storytellers subscription tracks
Free plan10 researched notesSubscription sample and preset library with cloud project storage, unrelated to the catalogued Splice Software insurance platform
11 researched notesGenerative AI service creating full songs with vocals and instrumentation from text
Free, then $8/mo10 researched notesGPL workstation whose source is free and whose prebuilt binaries are paid
Free, then $1/mo12 researched notesApple-owned song identification app, free with no ads or in-app purchases
Free plan9 researched notes
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One-time purchaseMusic distribution charging an upfront per-release fee plus a permanent 9% commission on royalties, now owned by Universal Music Group
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