AudD
AudD identifies music in audio files, user-generated content, microphone recordings, streams, and video through an API, web interface, or extension.
What AudD is
AudD identifies music in audio files, user-generated content, microphone recordings, streams, and video through an API, web interface, or extension. Its database is reported to contain 160 million songs, and its recognition uses the company’s own neural-network audio fingerprinting. Results can include artist, title, album, label, release date, ISRC and UPC, as well as lyrics, listening links, and identification history. The standard endpoint analyzes up to about 12 seconds per request; longer files need the enterprise endpoint, which can process files of any length and return track timestamps. AudD can also monitor radio stations and audio streams around the clock, with results sent by webhook or long polling. It supports Twitch, YouTube, and other stream URLs, and offers a Twitch extension and embeddable widget. File recognition pay-as-you-go is $5 a month, billed at $5 per 1,000 requests; signup includes 300 requests without a credit card. A free plan and trial are available.
Good
- Recognizes music in audio files, streams, and video
- Results can include track details and identifiers
- Stream monitoring returns results by webhook or long polling
- SDKs cover numerous programming languages
- Signup includes 300 requests without a credit card
Watch out
- Standard endpoint analyzes only about 12 seconds per request
- Longer files require the enterprise endpoint
- Live stream plans are priced per stream per month
Who it suits
AudD suits developers and media teams that need to identify tracks across files, recordings, video, or live streams. It also offers SDKs for a range of programming languages and on-premise deployment for enterprise audio that cannot leave a customer’s environment.
Verdict
AudD combines music recognition with continuous stream monitoring and multiple integration options. Check the standard request limit and plan terms against the amount and type of audio you need to process.
Plans and prices
From AudD's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free trial | Free | 300 requests total · usable for 14 days · no credit card · recognition stops at 300 |
| File recognition pay-as-you-go | $5 a month | Pay-as-you-go · 1,000 requests · $5 per 1,000 requests; first 300 requests free |
| Indie | $5 a month | 1,000 requests/month · extra requests $5.00 per 1,000 · up to 90,000 requests/month listed tier · $5 per month |
| Live stream recognition (uploaded music) | $25 a month | Per stream · Your uploaded music catalog · $25 per stream per month |
| Stream monitoring with own catalog | $25 a month | Uses uploaded catalog · catalog setup and storage fees quoted separately · $25 per stream per month |
| Live stream recognition (AudD music database) | $45 a month | Per stream · AudD music database · $45 per stream per month |
| Stream monitoring with AudD database | $45 a month | 24/7 stream recognition · billed by maximum simultaneous stream capacity · $45 per stream per month |
| Startup | $450 a month | 100,000 requests/month · extra requests $4.50 per 1,000 · $450 per month |
| Pro | $850 a month | 200,000 requests/month · extra requests $4.25 per 1,000 · $850 per month |
| File recognition volume plan | $1,800 a month | 500,000 requests per month · $1,800 per month |
| Custom | Priced on request | Higher volumes · on-premise deployment · custom terms · about $2 per 1,000 at very large volume · Quoted individually |
The facts
Each one read from AudD's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Android availability
- The former AudD Android app was removed from Google Play after version 1.0 and is currently unavailable.checked 15 Oct 2026
What it does
- API authentication
- All API requests require an account token supplied as the api_token parameter.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API limits
- The standard endpoint has no documented rate limit, while the enterprise endpoint has a default concurrent-request limit that AudD can raise.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Chrome extension reach
- The Chrome Web Store listing reports about 40,000 users and links to the extension's public source repository.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Custom catalog
- Accounts with special access can upload private tracks so later recognition matches against that account-specific catalog.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The public documentation includes endpoint parameters, response schemas, curl examples and language-specific examples for every public endpoint.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Enterprise endpoint
- The enterprise endpoint accepts audio or video files of unlimited length and returns multiple tracks with timestamps.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Enterprise privacy
- AudD says enterprise clients can sign a data processing agreement, and on-premise deployment is available for audio that cannot leave a customer's environment.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Large-file capability
- The enterprise endpoint processes files of any length and returns recognized tracks with timestamps.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Legal entity
- AudD identifies AudD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as one contracting entity and lists Dover, Delaware as its address.checked 15 Oct 2026
- License
- AudD's public SDK repositories and OpenAPI specification are released under the MIT license, while the hosted recognition service is proprietary.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: payment and token friction
- Some extension users report paid-plan requirements, trial limits and authorization or token-saving errors.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: recognition reliability
- Chrome extension reviewers also report wrong matches, failures to identify songs and occasional results that do not display correctly.checked 15 Oct 2026
- MCP support
- AudD provides an MCP server intended to let AI agents search documentation, inspect usage and make API calls.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Metadata
- Recognition responses can include artist, title, album, release date, label, timecode, song links and provider metadata.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Music recognition
- AudD identifies music in audio files, user generated content, microphone recordings, streams, and video.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Notable news: 2026 accuracy test
- AudD says its latest comparison test, run May 10, 2026, showed more than a four-point absolute AUC lead over two competitors.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Official SDKs
- Official SDKs are documented for Python, Node.js/TypeScript, Go, Rust, PHP, Swift, Kotlin, C#/.NET, Java, C and C++.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Praise: Chrome extension users
- Independent extension reviews often mention fast identification, success with very short or obscure clips and useful streaming links.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Praise: Trustpilot reviewers
- Reviewers repeatedly praise recognition accuracy, straightforward documentation, responsive support and affordable pricing.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Privacy option
- Enterprise customers can sign a data-processing agreement or deploy the recognition technology on premises so audio stays inside their environment.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Provider integrations
- The API can attach Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer, Napster and MusicBrainz identifiers or links when requested.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists AudD as a privately held IT system data-services company founded in 2018 with 2–10 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Free usage
- AudD provides 300 recognition requests at signup without requiring a credit card.checked 7 Oct 2026
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