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Feature checklists make every tool look equivalent. This table leads with the three things that actually differ — what it costs you before it works, whether your files leave your device, and where the free version stops.
| Bandcampbandcamp.com | Music-Mapmusic-map.com | Freesoundfreesound.org | |
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| What it does | Stream independent music in full, and buy it as lossless files if you want it | Type one band and get a cloud of the artists people who like them also like | Half a million Creative Commons sound samples, searchable by how they sound |
| What it costs you | No sign-upWorks the moment the page loads. No account, no email, no trial. | No sign-upWorks the moment the page loads. No account, no email, no trial. | Free accountFree to use, but you have to register before it will do the job. |
| Your files | Runs on their server | Runs on their server | Runs on their server |
| Where it stops | Free streaming is capped at a few plays per release before it nudges you to buy, and the catalogue is only what artists chose to upload. | Names only — no audio, no links to listen, and the association data is crowd-sourced rather than curated. | Browsing and previewing are open but downloading needs a free account, and licences differ per file — some require credit. |
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| Category | Music, Radio & Sound | Music, Radio & Sound | Music, Radio & Sound |
| Last checked | 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Open the site | Open | Open | Open |
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