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Best Productivity ResourcesBy Shushant LakhyaniVerified creator

Website

Zapsplat

A big library of free sound effects and music for creators.

Visit Zapsplat4.5

  • Rating

    4.5 / 5

  • Pricing

    Freemium

  • Difficulty

    Beginner

  • Works on

    Web

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What is Zapsplat?

Zapsplat offers a very large library of sound effects and music tracks for videos, games, apps and podcasts. Free users download MP3s with daily limits and must credit Zapsplat, while Premium unlocks WAV files, unlimited downloads and attribution-free use.

Pros: what Zapsplat does well

  • Huge searchable catalogue
  • Usable in commercial projects
  • Simple licence terms

Cons: where it falls short

  • Free use requires attribution
  • WAV files and unlimited downloads need Premium

Who Zapsplat is for

Video makers and game developers who need lots of sound effects.

Who can skip it

People who only need one or two sounds a year.

Zapsplat alternatives

Not sold on Zapsplat? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Research resources

BBC Sound Effects

Focus: archive and ambience. Shares sound effects and audio with Zapsplat. Free (Zapsplat: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Zapsplat: 4.5).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Freesound

Focus: creative commons and samples. Shares sound effects and audio with Zapsplat. Free (Zapsplat: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Zapsplat: 4.5).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Mixkit

Focus: stock video, free music and video templates. Shares sound effects with Zapsplat. Free (Zapsplat: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (Zapsplat: 4.5).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Incompetech

Focus: royalty-free, creative commons and video. Shares music with Zapsplat. Free (Zapsplat: Freemium). Same 4.5 rating.

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.5Visit

Free Music Archive

Focus: royalty-free, creative commons and podcasts. Shares music with Zapsplat. Free (Zapsplat: Freemium). Rated 4.4 (Zapsplat: 4.5).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.4Visit

soundcn

Focus: ui sounds, web development and open source. Shares sound effects and audio with Zapsplat. Free (Zapsplat: Freemium). Rated 4.3 (Zapsplat: 4.5).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.3Visit

Free alternatives to Zapsplat

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

arXiv

Focus: research papers, preprints and open access. Also in Research, like Zapsplat. Free (Zapsplat: Freemium). Rated 4.8 (Zapsplat: 4.5).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.8Visit

Can I Use

Focus: browser support, web development and css. Also in Research, like Zapsplat. Free (Zapsplat: Freemium). Rated 4.8 (Zapsplat: 4.5).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.8Visit

MDN Web Docs

Focus: web development, documentation and javascript. Also in Research, like Zapsplat. Free (Zapsplat: Freemium). Rated 4.8 (Zapsplat: 4.5).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.8Visit

MIT OpenCourseWare

Focus: online courses, university and lectures. Also in Research, like Zapsplat. Free (Zapsplat: Freemium). Rated 4.8 (Zapsplat: 4.5).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.8Visit

Our World in Data

Focus: data, statistics and research. Also in Research, like Zapsplat. Free (Zapsplat: Freemium). Rated 4.8 (Zapsplat: 4.5).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.8Visit

Wikipedia

Focus: encyclopedia, reference and research. Also in Research, like Zapsplat. Free (Zapsplat: Freemium). Adds iOS and Android. Rated 4.8 (Zapsplat: 4.5).

WebsiteFreeWeb, iOS
4.8Visit
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