Can I use the music on YouTube, in ads and for client work?

Yes. Free and Pro cover personal and small-team use including YouTube, podcasts and websites. Max adds commercial use: paid ads, sponsored content, client work and brands of any size. One-time Sync licenses cover TV, film, trailers and games.

What is the difference between the Pro and Max plans?

Pro gives unlimited MP3 downloads, a personal & small-team license and whitelisting for 3 YouTube channels. Max adds WAV + stems, a full commercial license (ads and client work) and whitelisting for 10 channels.

What audio formats do I get?

MP3 on every plan. Lossless WAV and isolated stems are included with the Max plan and with one-time Professional and Commercial track licenses.

How does YouTube channel whitelisting work?

Add your YouTube channels in your account and we clear Content ID claims on our music for those channels while your subscription is active. Pro covers 3 channels, Max covers 10.

Can I buy a license for a single track?

Yes. One-time track licenses are available: Personal $15, Commercial $79 and Professional $249. Each purchase includes a PDF license certificate. Pay once, licensed forever.

How much does royalty-free music cost, and which model is cheaper?

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There are two models. A subscription costs a monthly or annual fee and lets you download and use as much music as you need while it is active — it is the cheaper option from roughly the third track onwards, and it is the right model for anyone publishing regularly. A one-time track license is a single payment for one track, forever, and it wins when you need one piece for one project, or when a client insists on holding the license in their own name.

Which model fits you

You are…	Better model	Why
A YouTuber publishing weekly	Subscription	Cost per track collapses as you publish
An agency running several client projects	Subscription (commercial tier)	One account covers the work you produce
A filmmaker with one film to finish	One-time license	You need a few tracks, forever, with no ongoing fee
A brand whose legal team wants the license in the brand's name	One-time license	The paperwork sits with the buyer

The costs people forget to count

Tier upgrades: a cheap plan that excludes client work is not cheap if your work is client work.
Formats: WAV and stems are often on the higher tier only — and an editor without stems will ask you for them by day two.
Whitelisting: if the library charges per channel, a multi-channel operation gets expensive.
Re-licensing: a license that is not worldwide-and-perpetual can come back for a second payment when the project is sold.

What we charge

TV Music Store has a free tier with a small monthly download allowance, two subscription tiers (Pro for creators, Max for commercial and client work with WAV, stems and more whitelist slots), and three one-time track licenses — Personal, Commercial and Professional. Current prices are on the pricing page; they are worldwide and perpetual for the uses each tier lists.

Frequently asked

Is a royalty-free subscription cheaper than buying tracks?

From about the third track onward, yes. Below that, a single-track license is usually the cheaper buy.

What happens to my videos if I cancel the subscription?

Projects you published while the subscription was active stay licensed. You simply cannot license new downloads after it lapses.

Are there hidden per-view royalties?

No. That is what royalty-free means: you pay for the license, not per play.