Question: I'm looking for a service that provides royalty-free music for my YouTube videos and podcasts.

The first is Loudly, an AI music platform geared specifically for creators. It has a large library of more than 100,000 royalty-free audio tracks and loops that you can search by genre, mood, tempo and other attributes. Loudly also offers AI music generation, text-to-music conversion and a studio for remixing and creating your own music. That makes it a good option for content creators who want to stand out from the crowd with music that's their own and who want to work more efficiently.

Another contender is Mubert, which uses AI to create high-quality royalty-free music for things like video. Among its options are the ability to generate tracks on the fly, a collaborative artist studio, and an API for integration. That makes it a good option for streaming services, app developers and others who need a lot of flexibility. It's also good for things like video games and live events.

If you're looking for something more basic but still powerful, Soundful offers original royalty-free tracks for videos, streams, podcasts and live events. You can generate EDM, mood-based and music template tracks, and Soundful is good for producers, creators and brands that need background music that's easy to get. It offers several pricing levels, including a free standard option.

Last is Beatoven, which has a different approach with options like Text to Music and generation based on music genres. It offers original royalty-free background music that's tailored to your preferences. Beatoven is good for content creators, whether YouTube, podcasters, game developers or others, because it offers perpetual licenses to its customers.