SOUNDRAW vs Beatoven: AI game music licence and who owns the track
Side-by-side from each vendor's own pricing and terms pages, checked 2026-10-15. Prices shown exactly as displayed (promos and billing period noted).
The licence question first
- SOUNDRAW: free tier: unverified. Paid: commercial use allowed (Licence page: 'All Plans: Personal and commercial use in all of your projects (… video games …)'. Not OK: registering Content ID, distributing unmodified music, selling beats on stock sites. Terms (updated 2025-06-12): licence is non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable). Details
- Beatoven.ai: free tier: unverified. Paid: commercial use allowed (Terms 6.1: non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide right to use downloaded 'Your AI Music' in synchronization with your 'video, storybook, game, podcast or other audio-visual content'. Terms 6.6: Beatoven owns the copyright in the AI music. No reselling, Content ID registration or streaming-service distribution). Details
| SOUNDRAW | Beatoven.ai | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Free plan exists (Terms define a 'Free Plan'); download and licence scope for free use not stated on the licence page | unverified |
| Paid price (as shown) | Creator $16.99/mo ($11.04/mo billed annually); Artist Starter $29.99/mo ($19.49); Artist Pro $35.99/mo ($23.39); Artist Unlimited $50/mo ($32.50); Enterprise contact | Not verified: the official pricing page did not load for our fetcher |
| Credits / cost per asset | not stated | not stated |
| Licence: free tier | unverified | unverified |
| Licence: paid | Licence page: 'All Plans: Personal and commercial use in all of your projects (… video games …)'. Not OK: registering Content ID, distributing unmodified music, selling beats on stock sites. Terms (updated 2025-06-12): licence is non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable | Terms 6.1: non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, worldwide right to use downloaded 'Your AI Music' in synchronization with your 'video, storybook, game, podcast or other audio-visual content'. Terms 6.6: Beatoven owns the copyright in the AI music. No reselling, Content ID registration or streaming-service distribution |
| Export / engines | Web generator; download tracks | Web generator; stem downloads mentioned for pro users |
| Engine integrations | not stated | not stated |
| API / MCP | unverified | API listed in site navigation |
| IP indemnity | No vendor IP indemnity found in the terms | No vendor IP indemnity found in the terms; you must indemnify the vendor |
| Affiliate | not stated | not stated |
Sources
- https://soundraw.io/pricing
- https://soundraw.io/license
- https://soundraw.io/terms
- https://www.beatoven.ai/tos
- https://www.beatoven.ai/usecase/game-dev
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