Is BackSound Stream cheaper than Soundtrack?

For one room without offline playback: STREAM costs €9.99 per month, Soundtrack Essential €35 (both billed yearly, excluding VAT). With offline playback: STREAM PRO €29.95 against €55 at Soundtrack (Essential plus Unlimited). With more rooms the difference grows, because Soundtrack charges per room and STREAM PRO covers up to five rooms.

Is Buma/Stemra or Sena included with Soundtrack or BackSound Stream?

With neither. Soundtrack's own page about the Netherlands lists the performance rights as ‘not included’, and with BackSound Stream you arrange them yourself too. You do that via mijnlicentie.nl, for Buma/Stemra and Sena at once.

Can I bring my Spotify playlists?

Yes, from STREAM PRO you can bring your Spotify playlists over to BackSound Stream. Soundtrack offers this too.

How do I switch from Soundtrack to BackSound Stream?

First check until when you have paid Soundtrack; you keep access until the end of that period. Then place your pre-order. We will contact you before 2 November to go through your rooms and equipment and set up your player.

BackSound Stream opens on 2 November; with a pre-order you are first in line and the first two months are free. If you do not want to wait, the Backsound music computer is available today via backsound.nl.

An alternative to Soundtrack

Soundtrack (formerly Soundtrack Your Brand) is a well-known choice for music in your business. Here you can see, side by side, what you pay and get with BackSound Stream and with Soundtrack.

Side by side

Price billed yearly

BackSound Stream

STREAM €9.99 · STREAM PRO €29.95 · STREAM PRO + PC €39.95

Soundtrack

Essential €35 per room; offline playback with Unlimited €20 extra per room

Price billed monthly

BackSound Stream

€14.95 · €34.95 · €49.95

Soundtrack

Essential €39 per room; Unlimited €22 extra per room

Rooms

BackSound Stream

STREAM: 1 room. STREAM PRO and STREAM PRO + PC: up to 5 rooms in one subscription

Soundtrack

One subscription per room

Keeps playing without internet

BackSound Stream

With STREAM PRO and STREAM PRO + PC

Soundtrack

With Unlimited, as a paid add-on

Hardware

BackSound Stream

Your own PC, tablet or phone. With STREAM PRO + PC a Windows music computer with screen, installed by us

Soundtrack

Apps for Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, Sonos and more; their own player costs €229.90 one-off

Buma/Stemra and Sena

BackSound Stream

Not included: you arrange it yourself via mijnlicentie.nl

Soundtrack

Not included: also via mijnlicentie.nl

Cancelling

BackSound Stream

Billed monthly: one month's notice. Billed yearly: one-year contract with three months' notice

Soundtrack

At any time; you keep access until the end of the paid period

Trying it

BackSound Stream

Pre-order until 2 November: the first two months free

Soundtrack

14-day free trial

Prices checked on 3 October 2026 on both providers' own websites. All amounts per month and excluding VAT. Other providers' prices can change; check their own website for the current figures.

A worked example

A venue with two rooms that wants to keep playing without internet, billed yearly:

BackSound Stream: STREAM PRO, €29.95 per month for both rooms together.

Soundtrack: Essential plus Unlimited twice, 2 × (€35 + €20) = €110 per month.

If you want different music in each room, you need an amplifier per room with us. We supply and install those too.

What both have in common

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Both are meant for business use, unlike Spotify, YouTube or Apple Music.

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With both, you arrange the fee for playing music in public yourself, with Buma/Stemra and Sena via mijnlicentie.nl.

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Both let you bring over Spotify playlists (with us from STREAM PRO).

What you get with BackSound Stream

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A Dutch company in Arnhem, providing music to Dutch businesses since 2003.

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You can simply call us: +31 88 425 9888, also on WhatsApp.

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One subscription for up to five rooms, instead of a subscription per room.

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If you like, a music computer with screen, placed and connected by our own technicians.

Frequently asked questions about Soundtrack and BackSound Stream

Sources: soundtrack.io/nl/pricing, soundtrack.io/nl/licensing/netherlands, tunify.com/nl/tunify-alternatief and our own pricing page, all read on 3 October 2026.

PRE-ORDER OPEN

Pre-order BackSound Stream before 2 November

Place a pre-order now and join the first rollout: two months free, and on the PC package installation on the house. Nothing is charged.

Place your pre-order

Hear it in your own venue

Rather just call? +31 88 425 98 88 — you always get a person, never a menu.