Amazon Music pricing system appears complex due to the various subscription options and discounts available. Here is a quick summary:
Amazon Music Unlimited prices are different for Amazon Prime members and non-Prime members.
Visit amazon.com/music/settings in your browser, log in your Amazon account and you will see the price.
Monthly discount and annual plans are only available for Prime members. Non-Prime members can’t get annual discount.
Visit amazon.com/amazonprime and see how much does Amazon Prime cost.
With Amazon Prime you will get:
As you can see from the above price table, Amazon Music Unlimited is not included for free with an Amazon Prime membership. Prime members also need to pay for Amazon Music Unlimited, but at discounted price.
Amazon Music Prime is included for free with an Amazon Prime membership. Both Amazon Music Prime and Amazon Music Unlimited users listen to music with the same Amazon Music app or web player. Amazon Music Prime users can only shuffle play artist, album, or playlist while Amazon Music Unlimited users get on-demand music, unlimited skips, HD and spatial audio and the ability to download music for offline playback.
Currently Amazon Music Prime members also have access the whole catalog with over 100 million songs, which is only limited to 2 million songs in the past.
Individual | Annual | Family | Student | |
YouTube Premium | $11.99/month | $119.99 | $22.99/month | $6.99/month |
YouTube Music Premium | $9.99/month | $99.99 | $14.99/month | $4.99/month |
Spotify | $9.99/month | $99 | $15.99/month | $4.99/month |
Apple Music | $10.99/month | $109 | $16.99/month | $5.99/month |
Amazon Music Unlimited | $10.99/month | $15.99/month | $5.99/month | |
Amazon Music Unlimited for Prime members | $8.99/month | $89.00 | $15.99/month or $159.00/year | $5.99/month |
Tidal | HiFi: $9.99/month HiFi Plus: $19.99/month | HiFi: $14.99/month HiFi Plus: $29.99/month | HiFi: $4.99/month HiFi Plus: $9.99/month |
Amazon Music Unlimited definitely worth it if you are a Prime member, considering the price and annual discount. However, if you don’t have Amazon Prime, there seems many other good options. Like YouTube Premium, for $11.99/month you will get ad-free YouTube and YouTube Music, as well as the ability to download movies and music for offline playback. You no longer need free online or third party tools to download video or songs from YouTube.
If you don’t want to pay for music, Spotify free tier is a perfect choice. Amazon Music also has free tier but only offers limited catalog – Thousands of stations and top playlists.
Ultimately, the value of Amazon Music Unlimited depends on how much you enjoy and prioritize music streaming, the size and diversity of your music preferences, and your willingness to pay for an expanded music library and additional features. You can also consider trying out the service during any free trial periods to assess if it meets your expectations and complements your music listening habits.
You are correct. One significant difference between Amazon Music Prime and Amazon Music Unlimited is the offline download feature. Only Amazon Music Unlimited subscribers have the ability to download songs, albums, and playlists for offline listening when there is no internet connection available.
With Amazon Music Unlimited, you can download your favorite songs or entire playlists to your device. This allows you to enjoy your music even in situations where you don’t have access to a stable internet connection, such as during flights, road trips, or areas with limited connectivity.
On the other hand, Amazon Music Prime, which is included with an Amazon Prime membership, does not provide the option to download music for offline playback. Prime Music allows streaming of songs and playlists online.
If offline listening and the convenience of having your music available without an internet connection are important to you, then Amazon Music Unlimited’s offline download feature may be worth considering. It offers the flexibility to enjoy your music library on the go, regardless of network availability.
Another alternative is to download your favorite songs, albums or playlists to MP3 with Pazu Amazon Music Converter, which works stable whether you have Amazon Music Free, Prime or Unlimited.
Pazu Amazon Music Converter is developed to download any Amazon Music songs, albums and playlists to MP3, M4A, etc. The audio quality and original ID3 tags will be well preserved in downloaded mp3 files. Now follow the tutorial below to convert Amazon Music to MP3 with few steps.
Amazon Music Free doesn’t support offline playback. However, with Pazu Amazon Music Converter, you can also download songs to MP3 with Amazon Music Free.
Download, install and launch Pazu Amazon Music Converter on your computer, then click the Sign In to log in to your Amazon account.
If you have purchased a license, click the key icon to register the converter. If not, continue using the trial version.
Click on the Settings icon on the top right corner and select WAV as output format.
Select the desired songs, albums or playlists you wish to download. Once you open an album/playlist and tap the red Add button suspended on the right side, you’ll be presented with the list of songs.
All songs in the playlist will be added by default. Click the check the box next to the track that you don’t want to convert.
Click the Convert button on the bottom right corner, and Pazu Amazon Music Converter will automatically download and convert Amazon Music tracks to the default folder on your computer.
When the conversion process finishes, you can browse all the converted songs in the history list by clicking on the icon. And now you’re prepared to stream your Amazon Music songs anywhere.
MP3 songs downloaded with Pazu Amazon Music Converter are tagged correctly. MP3 players read artist, song, and other information from the ID3 tag that is embedded in the MP3 file.