Backbeat vs. Adobe Firefly vs. ElevenLabs Video to Music

The facts below come from each vendor's public pages, checked on 1 November 2026, and from Backbeat's own pricing page. Anything a page did not say is marked not stated.

Row	Backbeat	Adobe Firefly Generate Music	ElevenLabs Video to Music
How you start	Upload a video (MP4, MOV, AVI or MKV, up to 150 MB). Backbeat analyzes the footage itself.^[14]	Either. Upload a video to get a suggested prompt you can edit, or start from a text prompt without a video.^[1]^[2]	Upload a video (MP4, MOV, AVI or WebM, up to 100 MB). In Studio you can also refine the prompt or video description.^[7]
Prompt writing required	No. There is no prompt anywhere in the flow.^[14]	A prompt is always part of the flow. From a video it is pre-filled with editable tags for vibe, style, purpose, energy and tempo; whether you must change it is not stated. English prompts only.^[1]^[2]	Not required to start. Refining the prompt is optional in Studio; in the public web demo customization is not available.^[7]
Keeps original audio	Yes, by default. The track is mixed under your original sound, or you can drop the original and go music only.^[14]	Not stated. The download keeps your video's format (MOV or MP4) and the page says it analyzes your uploaded video and audio, but nothing says whether the original audio stays in the mix.^[1]^[3]	Optional. You can keep the original audio alongside the new track or replace it entirely.^[7]
Credits or plan	Flat plans metered by video analyses per month (15 on Creator, 40 on Pro). No credits.^[14]	Generative credits shared across Firefly features. Generate Music costs 20 credits per minute. Plans include 2,000 (Standard) to 50,000 (Premium) credits a month.^[4]^[5]	Credits shared across the platform. Eleven Music costs 900 credits per minute; plans run from 10,000 credits a month on Free upward. The credit cost of Video to Music specifically is not stated.^[7]^[8]
Free tier	One free analysis per account, no card. It covers the first 30 seconds of the video and the export carries a Backbeat watermark.^[14]	Yes. Free daily generations across image, video and audio with an Adobe account; limits refresh every day. The exact free allowance for music is not stated. Watermark: not stated.^[3]^[5]	Yes, $0 with 10,000 credits a month. For music it is personal use only: attribution required, downloads not permitted and streaming distribution prohibited. Watermark: not stated.^[8]^[9]^[10]
Price for one video	$5 Video Pass after the free analysis: a full-length soundtrack with two options and a watermark-free export for that one video. One-time payment, no subscription.^[14]	No per-video price; subscriptions and credit add-ons only. At 20 credits per minute on the $9.99 Standard plan, a one-minute track works out to about $0.10 of credits.^[4]^[5]	No per-video price; subscriptions only, with extra minutes billed at $0.15 to $0.33 depending on plan. At 900 credits per minute on the $6 Starter plan, a one-minute track works out to about $0.18 of credits.^[8]
Price per month	Free $0. Creator $15. Pro $39.^[14]	Standard $9.99, Pro $19.99, Pro Plus $49.99, Premium $199.99 (USD, monthly billing).^[5]	Free $0, Starter $6, Creator $22, Pro $99, Scale $299, Business $990 (USD, monthly billing; first-month discounts on Starter and Creator were showing when checked).^[8]
Commercial license	Yes, on free and paid exports: online and offline commercial use including social media and advertising, except film, TV, radio and games, which need separate licensing. Free exports are watermarked.^[14]	Yes. Adobe says outputs are safe for commercial use and royalty-free, and that it does not claim ownership. No plan-level restriction or film and TV exclusion is stated.^[3]^[4]^[6]	From Starter up: all online and offline commercial use except film, TV, radio and Studio Games, with Starter also listed as no streaming. The free plan is non-commercial.^[8]^[9]^[10]
Export formats	MP4 video with the music mixed in. No separate audio file.^[14]	Video with music in the format you uploaded (MOV or MP4), or the music on its own as WAV. Tracks from five seconds to five minutes; uploads up to 100 MB and five minutes.^[1]^[2]^[3]	Audio synced to your video at 44.1 kHz stereo; Eleven Music downloads as MP3 or WAV. Whether the video file itself is exported is not stated. The web demo makes a 10-second track; Studio makes up to 4 minutes, extendable.^[7]^[11]^[12]
Account required	Yes. Email sign-in, no card for the free analysis.^[14]	Yes, a free Adobe account.^[3]	Studio needs an account. Whether the public web demo does is not stated.^[7]
Editing, vocals and options	Weaker here. No editing of the track and no vocals: instrumental only. Free gives one track; paid plans give two options per video and can regenerate two more (up to 4 on Creator, 6 on Pro).^[14]	Four variations per generation; adjust vibe, style, purpose, energy, tempo and duration. Instrumental only, no vocals. Section regeneration and stems: not stated.^[1]^[3]	Several options per upload, regenerate, extend and blend genres. Eleven Music can regenerate a selected section, export stems and write vocals with lyrics.^[7]^[8]^[12]^[13]

How you start

Backbeat: Upload a video (MP4, MOV, AVI or MKV, up to 150 MB). Backbeat analyzes the footage itself.^[14]
Adobe Firefly Generate Music: Either. Upload a video to get a suggested prompt you can edit, or start from a text prompt without a video.^[1]^[2]
ElevenLabs Video to Music: Upload a video (MP4, MOV, AVI or WebM, up to 100 MB). In Studio you can also refine the prompt or video description.^[7]

Prompt writing required

Backbeat: No. There is no prompt anywhere in the flow.^[14]
Adobe Firefly Generate Music: A prompt is always part of the flow. From a video it is pre-filled with editable tags for vibe, style, purpose, energy and tempo; whether you must change it is not stated. English prompts only.^[1]^[2]
ElevenLabs Video to Music: Not required to start. Refining the prompt is optional in Studio; in the public web demo customization is not available.^[7]

Keeps original audio

Backbeat: Yes, by default. The track is mixed under your original sound, or you can drop the original and go music only.^[14]
Adobe Firefly Generate Music: Not stated. The download keeps your video's format (MOV or MP4) and the page says it analyzes your uploaded video and audio, but nothing says whether the original audio stays in the mix.^[1]^[3]
ElevenLabs Video to Music: Optional. You can keep the original audio alongside the new track or replace it entirely.^[7]

Credits or plan

Backbeat: Flat plans metered by video analyses per month (15 on Creator, 40 on Pro). No credits.^[14]
Adobe Firefly Generate Music: Generative credits shared across Firefly features. Generate Music costs 20 credits per minute. Plans include 2,000 (Standard) to 50,000 (Premium) credits a month.^[4]^[5]
ElevenLabs Video to Music: Credits shared across the platform. Eleven Music costs 900 credits per minute; plans run from 10,000 credits a month on Free upward. The credit cost of Video to Music specifically is not stated.^[7]^[8]

Free tier

Backbeat: One free analysis per account, no card. It covers the first 30 seconds of the video and the export carries a Backbeat watermark.^[14]
Adobe Firefly Generate Music: Yes. Free daily generations across image, video and audio with an Adobe account; limits refresh every day. The exact free allowance for music is not stated. Watermark: not stated.^[3]^[5]
ElevenLabs Video to Music: Yes, $0 with 10,000 credits a month. For music it is personal use only: attribution required, downloads not permitted and streaming distribution prohibited. Watermark: not stated.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Price for one video

Backbeat: $5 Video Pass after the free analysis: a full-length soundtrack with two options and a watermark-free export for that one video. One-time payment, no subscription.^[14]
Adobe Firefly Generate Music: No per-video price; subscriptions and credit add-ons only. At 20 credits per minute on the $9.99 Standard plan, a one-minute track works out to about $0.10 of credits.^[4]^[5]
ElevenLabs Video to Music: No per-video price; subscriptions only, with extra minutes billed at $0.15 to $0.33 depending on plan. At 900 credits per minute on the $6 Starter plan, a one-minute track works out to about $0.18 of credits.^[8]

Price per month

Backbeat: Free $0. Creator $15. Pro $39.^[14]
Adobe Firefly Generate Music: Standard $9.99, Pro $19.99, Pro Plus $49.99, Premium $199.99 (USD, monthly billing).^[5]
ElevenLabs Video to Music: Free $0, Starter $6, Creator $22, Pro $99, Scale $299, Business $990 (USD, monthly billing; first-month discounts on Starter and Creator were showing when checked).^[8]

Commercial license

Backbeat: Yes, on free and paid exports: online and offline commercial use including social media and advertising, except film, TV, radio and games, which need separate licensing. Free exports are watermarked.^[14]
Adobe Firefly Generate Music: Yes. Adobe says outputs are safe for commercial use and royalty-free, and that it does not claim ownership. No plan-level restriction or film and TV exclusion is stated.^[3]^[4]^[6]
ElevenLabs Video to Music: From Starter up: all online and offline commercial use except film, TV, radio and Studio Games, with Starter also listed as no streaming. The free plan is non-commercial.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Export formats

Backbeat: MP4 video with the music mixed in. No separate audio file.^[14]
Adobe Firefly Generate Music: Video with music in the format you uploaded (MOV or MP4), or the music on its own as WAV. Tracks from five seconds to five minutes; uploads up to 100 MB and five minutes.^[1]^[2]^[3]
ElevenLabs Video to Music: Audio synced to your video at 44.1 kHz stereo; Eleven Music downloads as MP3 or WAV. Whether the video file itself is exported is not stated. The web demo makes a 10-second track; Studio makes up to 4 minutes, extendable.^[7]^[11]^[12]

Account required

Backbeat: Yes. Email sign-in, no card for the free analysis.^[14]
Adobe Firefly Generate Music: Yes, a free Adobe account.^[3]
ElevenLabs Video to Music: Studio needs an account. Whether the public web demo does is not stated.^[7]

Editing, vocals and options

Backbeat: Weaker here. No editing of the track and no vocals: instrumental only. Free gives one track; paid plans give two options per video and can regenerate two more (up to 4 on Creator, 6 on Pro).^[14]
Adobe Firefly Generate Music: Four variations per generation; adjust vibe, style, purpose, energy, tempo and duration. Instrumental only, no vocals. Section regeneration and stems: not stated.^[1]^[3]
ElevenLabs Video to Music: Several options per upload, regenerate, extend and blend genres. Eleven Music can regenerate a selected section, export stems and write vocals with lyrics.^[7]^[8]^[12]^[13]

Backbeat is for someone with a finished clip who wants a fitting soundtrack without writing a prompt, managing credits or opening a music editor; the trade-off is that you cannot edit the track, there are no vocals, and you get fewer options. Adobe Firefly suits people already in Adobe's apps who want a prompt they can steer, four variations at a time, and WAV downloads from one shared pool of generative credits. ElevenLabs is the most capable music tool of the three, with vocals, stems and section regeneration in Studio, and the right choice if you want to shape the music in detail and do not mind a credit-based plan. Backbeat's tracks are generated with ElevenLabs' music model, so the difference is the workflow around it, not the sound engine.

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Sources

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Free AI Music Generator: Generate music online | Fireflyhttps://www.adobe.com/products/firefly/features/ai-music-generator.htmlChecked 1 November 2026.
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Generate Music for Any Video with AI, Instant Video to Music Matching | ElevenLabshttps://elevenlabs.io/video-to-musicChecked 1 November 2026.
ElevenLabs Pricing for Creators and Businesses of All Sizeshttps://elevenlabs.io/pricingChecked 1 November 2026.
ElevenLabs Music terms and commercial use rights by plan (last updated 9 October 2026)https://elevenlabs.io/eleven-music-model-specific-termsChecked 1 November 2026.
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AI Music Generator: Turn Text to Music and Full Songs | ElevenLabshttps://elevenlabs.io/musicChecked 1 November 2026.
Backbeat pricinghttps://backbeat.video/pricingChecked 1 November 2026.

Prices and plan terms change; the figures above are what each page showed on the date checked. Two ElevenLabs pages gave different monthly music-minute limits and maximum track lengths, so those are left out rather than guessed.