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Should I use Artlist?

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· 1 month ago

Buy Artlist if you ship videos monthly and want cleared music, footage, and AI tools under one license. Skip it if you publish occasionally — annual lock-in and recurring billing complaints make a subscription a bad bet for light users.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~20 public sources across reviews, Reddit threads, pricing pages, security reports, and funding news.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

$9.99/mo

Music & SFX (Social)

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Max (all-in-one)Higher tier; see site
Team / EnterpriseUp to $399.99 (G2 range)

Best for

  • YouTubers and social video creators
  • Freelance editors needing cleared music/SFX
  • Small marketing teams shipping video weekly
  • Teams bundling AI video tools with assets

Not for

  • Occasional creators publishing a few videos a year
  • One-off projects needing a single licensed track
  • Anyone allergic to annual auto-renewal billing
  • Teams needing exclusive or custom-composed music

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Annual plans renew as one lump sum; users report full-year charges after cancelling.

high

License tiers limit usage; wrong-plan client work called 'super dangerous' by videographers.

medium

Advertised prices can read lower than checkout reality; a dedicated thread calls pricing misleading.

low

AI tools are priced separately from asset plans — budget extra.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Deep catalog: music, SFX, footage, images, plus AI video and voiceover tools
  • Entry plans start at $9.99/month
  • SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified
  • Named clients include Google, Apple, Nike, and Coca-Cola
  • Editors praise the library's quality and depth

Cons

  • Trustpilot sits at just 3.2/5 across 2,666 reviews
  • Users report misleading pricing and surprise full-year charges
  • Redesigned website widely panned by users
  • Some customers billed for a year after cancellation
  • One-star reviews call the billing practices fraudulent

Sources & method

- 15 sources - SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified, but a 2026 ClickFix abuse campaign and past XSS reports warrant basic hygiene.

official x2review x6security x3news x4
  • ClickFix campaign used infostealer-stolen credentials tied to Artlist (July 2026), Attackers ran a ClickFix campaign leveraging stolen credentials and Artlist branding; users should verify domains before paying.
  • XSS vulnerabilities reported via Open Bug Bounty, Two cross-site scripting reports (OBB-583501, OBB-669140) were disclosed by researchers on.
  • Credential exposure report, A third-party monitoring report lists exposed credentials associated with, likely from unrelated breaches.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • $9.99/mo

    Starting price

  • 15

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. Cheap entry price, but billing disputes recur
  • Ease of use: 2/5. Users call the redesigned website 'garbage'
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Music, SFX, footage, images, AI video/voice in one
  • Support quality: 2/5. Trustpilot 3.2/5; cancellation billing complaints
  • Security posture: 3/5. SOC 2 and ISO 27001, but 2026 abuse incident
  • 3.2/5 Trustpilot rating 2,666 reviews
  • $9.99/mo Starting price Music & SFX (Social) plan
  • 3.5/5 G2 rating 37 reviews
  • $300M Reported ARR April 2026

Pricing

Music & SFX (Social)

$9.99/mo

  • Music + SFX library
  • Social/online-use licensing

Max (all-in-one)

Higher tier; see site

  • Footage, images, AI tools bundled
  • One subscription

Team / Enterprise

Up to $399.99 (G2 range)

  • Multiple seats
  • Business-use licensing

Security

SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified, but a 2026 ClickFix abuse campaign and past XSS reports warrant basic hygiene.

  • ClickFix campaign used infostealer-stolen credentials tied to Artlist (July 2026)Attackers ran a ClickFix campaign leveraging stolen credentials and Artlist branding; users should verify domains before paying.⁹
  • XSS vulnerabilities reported via Open Bug BountyTwo cross-site scripting reports (OBB-583501, OBB-669140) were disclosed by researchers on.11
  • Credential exposure reportA third-party monitoring report lists exposed credentials associated with, likely from unrelated breaches.

What users say

Users praise the asset library but repeatedly complain about misleading pricing, annual auto-renewals, and the redesigned website.

“I browsed through their library and it looks good”
Reddit, r/editors
“Artlist pricing feels misleading – my experience”
Reddit, r/VideoEditing
“Artlist.io is a complete fraud, it is a scam”
Reddit, r/editors

Companies that use it

Full analysis

Based on ~20 public sources across reviews, Reddit threads, pricing pages, security reports, and funding news.

Great catalog for regular video creators; misleading-pricing gripes, annual lock-in, and 3.2/5 Trustpilot hurt casual buyers.

Methodology

Based on ~20 public sources across reviews, Reddit threads, pricing pages, security reports, and funding news.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. Artlist Reviews - Trustpilot (3.2/5, 2,666 reviews)trustpilot.com
    review
  2. Artlist Reviews - G2 (3.5/5, 37 reviews)g2.com
    review
  3. Anyone have experience with Artlist.io? - r/editorsreddit.com
    review
  4. Artlist pricing feels misleading - r/VideoEditingreddit.com
    review
  5. Artlist's website is currently garbage - r/Filmmakersreddit.com
    review
  6. Artlist subscription cancellation issues - Facebook editors groupfacebook.com
    review
  7. Artlist pricing and plans explained - officialartlist.io
    official
  8. Artlist pricing and plans - Photutorialphotutorial.com
    news
  9. Artlist ClickFix Campaign Uses Infostealer-Stolen Credentialsgbhackers.com
    security
  10. Infostealer-led ClickFix campaign at Artlist - Hudson Rockhudsonrock.com
    security
  11. artlist.io XSS report - Open Bug Bountyopenbugbounty.org
    security
  12. Privacy at Artlist (ISO 27001) - officialhelp.artlist.io
    official
  13. Artlist customer story (clients incl. Google, Apple, Nike, Coca-Cola)rivery.io
    news
  14. Artlist Hits $300M ARR - Yahoo Financefinance.yahoo.com
    news
  15. Artlist raises $48M led by KKR - TechCrunchtechcrunch.com
    news

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