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Your shortlist	Royalty-free musicBlue Dot Sessions
General starting cost	Check vendor pricing
Billing and eligibility	View recorded plans (1) Creative Commons MP3s — $0.00/month · Noncommercial projects outside your job; attribution requiredSource · 2026-09-03
The verdict	Acoustic beds mixed to sit under talk, the library narrative shows actually name.
Free tier	No free tier listed. A trial may be available.
Best for	Interview and narrative shows that want a public-radio bed, not a trailer drop, and will pay a blanket license for one ongoing podcast.
Not the best fit	Anyone who only wanted three cheap YouTube loops, a famous song, or a free mp3 they can run under ads without paying.
The gotcha	You can cancel with one click, but the public pages never say whether already published episodes stay cleared.
Public plans	Read public plan notes Creative Commons mp3s (CC BY-NC 4.0)Free with attribution, only for non-monetized projects that are not part of your job Homepage advertised blanket$20/mo printed on sessions.blue under One License. Everything Covered. Standard Blanket License (checkout)$40/month billed $480 yearly, for overall monthly budget $500-5k, printed on app.sessions.blue/subscription in a JS checkout fetch the same day Basic / Professional / Enterprise BlanketSliding scale by overall monthly budget. Basic (under $500) and Professional ($5k-100k) dollars were not printed next to those tiers. Enterprise is a network quote. Project LicensesOne-time film, games, or performances. Sliding scale. No dollar printed on the licensing page.
Pricing notes	Two official surfaces disagree. www.sessions.blue (fetched 2026-09-03) prints $20/mo as one plan, transparent pricing. app.sessions.blue/subscription is a JavaScript checkout. A same-day fetch of that screen printed Standard Blanket License $40/month billed $480 yearly and said the subscription covers a single ongoing channel, podcast, or video project. A later no-JS fetch of the same URL printed no dollars. Record both printed numbers. Do not invent a Basic or Professional dollar. Cancel anytime, no contracts or cancellation fees, is printed on the homepage FAQ. Keep-after-cancel is not printed on the homepage, licensing page, or terms (effective March 20, 2026).
Category	Royalty-free music
Tool type	Music licensing
Also listed in	No secondary categories
Price checked	2026-09-03
Next step	Visit Blue Dot Sessions