Amazon Music Unlimited: What It Is and How It Stacks Up

What is Amazon Music Unlimited?

Amazon Music Unlimited gives you access to 100 million songs ad-free and is available to listen whenever and wherever you are. The music subscription service works seamlessly with Amazon Echo and Fire TV. During Prime Day season, you can try Amazon Music Unlimited for free for 1 month 5 whole months (3 months if you are not a Prime member). If you like it, you can save on a monthly or annual subscription if you are a Prime member ($9.99/month for Prime members or $10.99/month for non-Prime).

Amazon Music Unlimited vs. Prime Music

Amazon has launched two music streaming services: Amazon Music Unlimited and Prime Music. The services exist separately and coexist peacefully. So what’s the difference?

Prime Music is included, at no additional cost, with a Prime membership (which costs $14.99/month or $139/year). It gets you access to a couple million songs, Alexa integration capabilities, and offline playback. Amazon Music Unlimited is not included in Prime (it costs $9.99/month if you are a Prime member or $10.99 if not), also has offline playback, but it has a much larger library—more than 100 million songs—and a much more robust set of Alexa voice commands.

Amazon Music Unlimited vs. Spotify

No discussion of streaming music is complete without mentioning Spotify. So how does Amazon Music Unlimited stack up against the best-known music streaming services? Well, Amazon Music Unlimited has surpassed the size of Spotify’s library with over 100 million tracks, and it has other perks: like much better Alexa integration and it's cheaper whether or not you are a Prime member.

Prime Day Deal: Get 5 Months of Free Amazon Music Unlimited

How Much Does It Cost?

After the 5-month Amazon Music Unlimited free trial, it’s $10.99/month for non-Prime members and $9.99 for Prime members. The best deal, though, is the Single Device Plan, which lets you use Amazon Music Unlimited on an Echo speaker or Fire TV for only $5.99/month.

Family Plan for Music

Just like other music subscription services, Amazon Music Unlimited has a family subscription that is a better value than individual memberships. For just $16.99/month or $159/year ($45 annual savings), up to six users can enjoy all the perks of Amazon's best music streaming. All six users get their own profile with their own music and podcast recommendations and can listen at the same time. It's a better deal than Spotify's Family Plan, especially if you pay annually, which is a perk that's only available to Prime members.

• Amazon Music Unlimited price (family): $16.99 monthly; $159 yearly
• Spotify monthly price (family): $19.99 monthly; no yearly option
• Cost savings with Amazon Music Unlimited: $3 per month or $80 per year!!

Amazing Integration with Alexa, Echo, and Fire TV

This may be Amazon Music Unlimited’s best selling point: it’s very impressive integration with Alexa-powered devices. Alexa, the AI technology coupled with Amazon products, is good at playing a specific song or artist upon request, but Amazon Music Unlimited unlocks even more of her abilities. Want to list to the latest Sabrina Carpenter single? Say “Alexa, play the latest Sabrina Carpenter single.” Got a song in your head, but don’t know what it is? Say “Alexa, play the song that goes I know when that hotline bling, that can only mean one thing” and Alexa will play Drake’s “Hotline Bling.” While Prime Music and Spotify can be coupled with voice-command technology, Amazon Music Unlimited takes the act of talking to a polite robot to an entirely new level.

150-Day Free Trial

So give it a shot! You can try it all for yourself with a Amazon Music Unlimited free 1-month 5-month trial (3 months if you aren't a Prime member). Rest assured, you can cancel or change your subscription anytime during the free trial.