Best Stock Music for Course Intros & Outros (2026)

A few seconds of the wrong (or unlicensed) music is a fast way to get a course video flagged or muted on some platforms. Here's where to get music that's actually cleared to use.

Artlist

A flat annual subscription gets unlimited downloads with a straightforward license — once you've paid, tracks you've downloaded stay licensed for use even if you cancel later, which matters for a course you'll keep selling for years. The catalog leans cinematic and polished, which suits course intros well; less useful if you need very short stingers or sound-effect-style clips, which are a separate add-on catalog.

Epidemic Sound

A larger, more genre-diverse catalog than Artlist, with a subscription model rather than a pay-once-keep-forever license — meaning tracks used in past videos need an active subscription to stay covered under some of their plans, worth reading the license terms carefully before committing to a specific track for a course you'll sell long-term.

Free alternative: Uppbeat

A genuinely free tier (credit/attribution required, or a paid tier to remove that requirement) with a smaller but decent catalog — a reasonable starting point if you're not ready to pay for a full subscription for a first course, with an easy upgrade path once the course is actually generating revenue.

Which one to pick

If you're selling a course indefinitely, Artlist's keep-the-license-after-cancellation model is the safer long-term choice for tracks you don't want to worry about re-licensing later. If budget is the primary constraint for a first course, start with Uppbeat's free tier and upgrade once there's revenue to justify it.