Best Mood Media Alternatives for 2026

Why Look for Mood Media Alternatives?

While Mood Media is known for largest global in-store media provider with 88+ years of industry heritage (muzak legacy) and 100+ expert music designers worldwide, it may not be the best fit for every business. Common reasons to explore alternatives include pricing, feature requirements, contract flexibility, and industry-specific needs.

Top Mood Media Alternatives

1. Stingray

Stingray is a Canadian public company (TSX: RAY.A/RAY.B) providing commercial music, digital signage, in-store audio advertising, and AI-driven consumer insights. Stingray Advertising is North America's largest retail audio advertising network, reaching 928M+ shopping visits monthly across 25,100+ locations.

• Why switch: North America's largest retail audio advertising network with 25,100+ locations and 928M+ monthly shopping visits. Publicly traded with ~1,000 employees globally.

2. Rockbot

Rockbot is a streaming media platform for businesses offering licensed background music, digital signage, TV programming, audio messaging, and retail media advertising through one unified platform. Founded in 2009 and backed by Google, Rockbot serves nearly 50,000 businesses across North America.

• Why switch: Single-platform solution for music, TV, signage, and advertising. Backed by Google. Interactive Rockbot Request feature lets guests request songs.
• Music: 18M+ songs

3. Soundtrack Your Brand

Soundtrack Your Brand is a Spotify-backed commercial music streaming platform that provides fully licensed background music for businesses. Known for strong UX and the largest commercially licensed music catalog, it offers on-demand track selection, custom playlist building, and multi-location management.

• Why switch: Spotify-backed with the largest commercially licensed catalog. Only major platform offering true on-demand song selection and Spotify playlist import.
• Music: 58M+ songs

4. MTI

MTI is an in-store media provider offering background music, overhead messaging, and digital signage solutions for businesses. The company focuses on helping brands create consistent audio experiences across multiple locations with curated music programming and targeted messaging.

• Why switch: Personalized service with direct account management and custom music programming for multi-location businesses

5. QSIC

QSIC is an AI-powered in-store audio platform that helps retailers monetize and measure in-store audio as a retail media channel. Founded in Australia in 2012, QSIC powers 7-Eleven's Gulp Radio across 12,000+ stores and reaches 100M+ shoppers monthly. Raised $25M Series B in January 2025 led by Hedosophia.

• Why switch: AI-powered audio platform with patented ambient noise technology, closed-loop sales attribution, and AI-generated ad creative (Lucy). Powers 7-Eleven Gulp Radio across 12,000+ stores.

6. Cloud Cover Music

Cloud Cover Music (Pandora CloudCover) provides Pandora-powered licensed background music for businesses. Offering curated stations selected by musicologists, the platform starts at $16.95/month with a 14-day free trial. Integrates with Q-SYS audio systems and includes the CloudBox media player.

• Why switch: Pandora-backed with musicologist-curated stations. Most affordable entry point at $16.95/mo. Free 14-day trial with no credit card required.

7. Vibenomics

Vibenomics is an in-store audio advertising and retail media platform that enables brands to reach shoppers at the point of purchase through programmatic audio ads. The company focuses on turning in-store audio into a measurable advertising channel for retail media networks.

• Why switch: Programmatic in-store audio advertising platform focused purely on retail media monetization rather than background music

8. SiriusXM for Business

SiriusXM for Business provides licensed commercial music through 240+ curated channels and 10,000+ Pandora stations. The service includes dedicated hardware players and is designed for businesses that want a simple, set-it-and-forget-it music solution.

• Why switch: 240+ music channels and 10,000+ Pandora stations backed by the SiriusXM brand. Simple hardware-based setup with no internet dependency.

9. SoundMachine

SoundMachine is a commercial music streaming service providing over 61 million licensed tracks with multi-location management, advanced scheduling, and integration with Sonos, Crestron, and other professional audio systems. Known for deep customization and a modern tech-forward platform.

• Why switch: Deep hardware integrations (Sonos, Crestron, Q-SYS) with 61M+ tracks and advanced multi-location scheduling controls
• Music: 61M+ tracks

10. Jukeboxy

Jukeboxy is an affordable background music and messaging platform for small and medium businesses, offering 40M+ licensed tracks starting at $24.95/month. The platform includes overhead messaging capabilities and simple multi-location management.

• Why switch: Most affordable full-featured option at $24.95/mo with 40M+ tracks and built-in overhead messaging
• Music: 40M+ tracks