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Soundify
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI tool that generates short custom sound effects from a text description, aimed at TikTok, meme and AI-video creators.

2.8K visits/mo2.9K saves
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Nero Software
✓ verifiedPaid

Long-running Windows multimedia suite for disc burning, video editing, backup, and AI media enhancement.

1.6M visits/mo9.7K saves
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Clideo
✓ verifiedFreemium

Browser-based video toolkit to edit, compress, convert, resize, add subtitles and make GIFs, with a free tier and paid plans.

11M visits/mo
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Apowersoft
✓ verifiedFreemium

Multimedia software suite: screen recording, video/audio editing, format converters, PDF tools and phone mirroring for desktop and mobile.

612K visits/mo
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notevibes.com
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI text-to-speech studio with 550+ voices in 72 languages for voiceovers, podcasts and audiobooks; free plan plus paid tiers.

239K visits/mo
Pricing
Free: $0 (3 free sound effect generations, up to 4s each)
Starter: $9.99 (400 sound effects, 200 generation credits, up to 20s each)
Premium: $29.99 (1800 sound effects, 900 generation credits, up to 20s each)

Free trial available

Nero Platinum Suite 2026: $44.95 (discounted from $59.95)

No public pricing

No public pricing

Starter: $8/mo billed yearly ($96/yr)
Personal: $16/mo billed yearly ($190/yr)
Pro: $83/mo billed yearly ($990/yr, commercial)
Credit Pack: $49 one-time (1M credits)
Core features
  • Text-to-sound-effect generation
  • Adjustable clip duration and settings
  • Library of pre-defined prompt examples
  • Downloadable and shareable audio clips
  • Option to make generated sound effects private
  • Nero Burning ROM disc burning
  • Nero Video editing
  • AI image and video upscaling
  • Media management (MediaHome)
  • Backup and duplicate management
  • Web-based AI tools
  • Online video editor
  • Compress, resize and convert
  • Add subtitles and auto captions
  • GIF and meme maker
  • Video/audio translator and text-to-speech
  • Screen and camera recorder
  • Merge, cut and rotate tools
  • Screen recorder (ApowerREC)
  • Video editor and converter
  • Audio recorder
  • PDF editor and converter
  • Phone mirroring (ApowerMirror)
  • Watermark and background removers
  • Online and desktop tools, plus AI utilities
  • 550+ AI voices in 72 languages
  • 80+ emotion tags and tone controls
  • Podcast mode with multi-speaker dialogs
  • Audiobook narration with per-character voices
  • Document and URL import (PDF, DOCX, EPUB)
  • MP3/WAV/OGG downloads with commercial rights on Pro
  • Audio transcription and translation
Use cases
  • Adding custom sound effects to TikTok or meme videos
  • Creating sound to pair with AI-generated video from Sora or Luma
  • Generating royalty-free sound effects for podcasts or games
  • Burning CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray
  • Editing home videos
  • Upscaling photos and video
  • Backing up and organizing media
  • Quick browser-based video editing
  • Compressing or converting media
  • Adding subtitles and captions
  • Making GIFs and social clips
  • Record and edit screen/video content
  • Convert between media formats
  • Edit and convert PDFs
  • Mirror a phone to a computer
  • Voiceovers for YouTube, TikTok and ads
  • Producing podcasts
  • Narrating audiobooks
  • E-learning and presentation narration
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