AudioShake vs StemSplit

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.

The short answer

Free plan: Only StemSplit (AudioShake has paid plans only)
Public API: Both have one
Higher Trust score: AudioShake — 91 vs 59 for StemSplit
Best fit: AudioShake: Dubbing and localization teams stripping dialogue away from music and effects · StemSplit: Producers and DJs who need quick instrumental or acapella versions of a track
Status: We could not check StemSplit — its site turns automated checks away; AudioShake was up on Oct 24, 2026

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

AudioShakeSeparates finished recordings into isolated stems for remix and localization

StemSplitSeparates a song into vocal and instrumental stems from a file, YouTube, or SoundCloud link

Side by side

Fact	AudioShake	StemSplit
Category	Stem Separation & Remixing	Stem Separation & Remixing
Pricing model	Paid	Freemium
Starts at	—	$2 once
Public API	Yes	Yes
Trust score	91 / 100	59 / 100
Platforms	Web, API	Web, API
Company	AudioShake, Inc.	—
Launched	2020	—
Last verified	Oct 24, 2026	Oct 15, 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, piano, dialogue, music detection, multi-speaker isolation
Documented REST API at api.audioshake.ai with public per-model credit rates, plus a local-inference SDK
Track record with large rights holders (Disney Music Group, Universal, Warner, ESPN, Concord) signals licensing comfort
Word-level lyric alignment ships alongside the separation models

Cons

No public dollar price anywhere on the marketing or developer site; the Live tier requires a sales conversation
Access is split across Studio, Indie, Live and the API, each with its own entry point and dashboard
Credit billing with the credit price hidden behind a dashboard login makes cost forecasting harder than a flat per-minute rate
Over-specified and over-priced for one-off hobby projects

StemSplit

StemSplit is a straightforward pay-as-you-go vocal and stem separator that also takes YouTube and SoundCloud links directly, saving the step of downloading audio first. The free REST API with webhooks and ready n8n/Zapier guides make it easy to bolt into an existing workflow, though as with other tools in this batch, there is no visible company name behind it.

Pros

Accepts direct YouTube and SoundCloud links, not just file uploads
Free REST API with webhooks included on all accounts
Credits never expire
Wide format support up to 100 MB, with 4-stem or 6-stem separation options

Cons

No subscription option for predictable heavy usage
No company name or location published
Separation quality for dense mixes is not independently verified here

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
Developers who need separation inside an automated pipeline

Choose StemSplit if you need

Producers and DJs who need quick instrumental or acapella versions of a track
Developers automating stem separation into another workflow via the free API