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AudioShake vs Vocal Remover

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 Vocal Remover is free. Only AudioShake ships a public API.

AudioShakeSeparates finished recordings into isolated stems for remix and localizationVocal RemoverFree browser toolkit for splitting stems and shifting key

Side by side

FactAudioShakeVocal Remover
CategoryStem Separation & RemixingStem Separation & Remixing
Pricing modelPaidFree
Public APIYesNo
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb
CompanyAudioShake, Inc.—
Launched2020—
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

Vocal Remover

The default free answer for making a karaoke track or grabbing a rough acapella — no account, no credits, done in seconds. For anything you will publish, a paid separator gives noticeably cleaner stems.

Pros

  • Genuinely free with no sign-up, credit meter or export watermark
  • Roughly ten-second turnaround per track
  • Bundles pitch, tempo, key/BPM detection, trimmer and joiner alongside the splitter
  • Runs entirely in the browser with nothing to install

Cons

  • Separation quality sits below paid tools on dense or heavily processed mixes — expect vocal bleed and swirly artefacts
  • No named company, terms of service entity or support channel beyond a Patreon
  • Ad-supported interface and a hard file-size ceiling
  • No API, no batch mode, no project history

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 Vocal Remover if you need

  • Making karaoke or backing tracks for practice and performance
  • Quick acapella or drum pulls for sketching a remix or mashup
  • Musicians checking a song's key and BPM or slowing it down to learn a part

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