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AudioShake vs LALAL.AI

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Only LALAL.AI has a free tier. Both ship a public API.

AudioShakeSeparates finished recordings into isolated stems for remix and localizationLALAL.AISeparates vocals and instruments from mixed audio

Side by side

FactAudioShakeLALAL.AI
CategoryStem Separation & RemixingStem Separation & Remixing
Pricing modelPaidFreemium
Public APIYesYes
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API, Windows, macOS
CompanyAudioShake, Inc.Omnisale GmbH
Launched20202020
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

AudioShake

The separation quality post houses and rights holders actually pay for; if you are cleaning dialogue or rebuilding a mix from a stereo master, this is the reference point. A hobbyist remixing one track will find free separators close enough at a fraction of the cost.

Pros

  • Separation set goes well past vocals/instrumental: guitar, dialogue, music detection, multi-speaker isolation
  • Documented REST API at api.audioshake.ai rather than a web uploader only
  • Track record with large rights holders (Disney Music Group, Netflix, Warner Bros., ESPN, Concord) signals licensing comfort
  • Word-level lyric alignment ships alongside the separation models

Cons

  • No public pricing anywhere on the marketing site; the Live tier requires a sales conversation
  • Three separate products (Indie, Live, API) with different entry points and dashboards
  • Credit-based API billing makes cost forecasting harder than a flat per-minute rate
  • Over-specified and over-priced for one-off hobby projects

LALAL.AI

Still one of the cleanest stem splitters per minute you can buy, and the one-off packs suit people who need this occasionally rather than every month.

Pros

  • Separation quality is consistently near the top of this category
  • Minutes can be bought outright, so light users avoid a subscription
  • Desktop apps, a VST plugin and an API alongside the browser tool
  • 10 free minutes are enough to judge output quality before paying

Cons

  • Subscriptions are billed in euros, so the USD cost moves with the exchange rate
  • Free tier is relaxed-queue only and therefore slow
  • VST plugin, batch processing and API are all locked out of the free tier
  • Two parallel pricing schemes, packs and subscriptions, make comparison awkward

Which one fits

Choose AudioShake if you need

  • Dubbing and localization teams stripping dialogue away from music and effects
  • Labels and publishers rebuilding stems from legacy stereo masters
  • Immersive and Atmos remixing where the original multitracks are lost
  • Developers who need separation inside an automated pipeline

Choose LALAL.AI if you need

  • Producers pulling acapellas or instrumentals out of finished mixes
  • Occasional users who would rather buy minutes outright than subscribe
  • Podcast and video editors cleaning noise and echo from recordings

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