Audacity vs. GarageBand

Audacity

107 Reviews and Ratings

GarageBand

23 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Audacity	Score7.5 out of 10	N/A	Audacity is a free and open source audio recording and editing software.	N/A
GarageBand	Score9.4 out of 10	N/A	Apple offers GarageBand, a digital audio workstation packaged with its operating system.	$199.99

Pricing

Audacity

GarageBand

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Logic Pro (GarageBand Premium): $199.99
Garageband for Mac: Free

Pricing Offerings
Audacity	GarageBand
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Key User Insights
	Audacity	GarageBand
Considered Both Products	Audacity Verified User Chose Audacity Audacity doesn't have nearly all the functionality of GarageBand, but for a free program (and one that can be used on PC as well) it is incredibly well-designed for basic audio editing. You can't beat free, and it has excellent functionality for what it does. Even now I … Incentivized Helpful? Justin McClelland Real Estate Tax Analyst/Software Developer in Marketing at Schwaps (Computer Software, 1-10 employees) Chose Audacity GarageBand has a vast library of sounds to select from, and this is the only advantage that Audacity doesn't have over GarageBand. But in terms of usability, Audacity shines. Audacity is far more intuitive than GarageBand, and thus, it's a no-brainer that I use it. Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Eaton Senior Digital Strategist in Professional Services at Lullabot (Internet, 51-200 employees) Chose Audacity Using Apple's GarageBand for audio editing felt like fighting someone else's highly opinionated ideas of how we should be working. Simple tasks (like keeping audio in sync while making edits across multiple tracks) felt like more work than they should've been, while other tasks … Incentivized Helpful? Dan Talvi Teaching Assistant at GST BOCES (Primary/Secondary Education, 501-1000 employees) Chose Audacity Depending on the task being accomplished, we utilize different audio editing software for each purpose. Audition and AVID ProTools are our go-to software for advanced audio editing projects. GarageBand is great for mid-level difficulty multi-track productions (1-3 day basic … Incentivized Helpful? Alex Greenwood Principal and Owner in Professional Services at AGPR/AlexanderG Public Relations, LLC (Public Relations & Communications, 1-10 employees) Chose Audacity I find Audacity is easier to use and just a simpler application for my needs. Incentivized Helpful? Rob Gokee Composer in Professional Services at Rob Gokee Music (Entertainment, 1-10 employees) Chose Audacity All of the DAW's listed above are great for scoring to picture, which is something Audacity doesn't do. But it's an excellent standalone audio editor, which is a vital tool in any studio. It's very easy to transfer the clip, make the changes, and import it back into your session. Incentivized Helpful? Musab Nismy Founder in Sales at Hatware (Apparel & Fashion, 1-10 employees) Chose Audacity Adobe Audition is also a recording and audio editing software, as a user of both software [programs] I can say that Adobe Audition has way more features and tools than Audacity, but the catch is that it is not free, in fact, the complete opposite, it is very expensive. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Audacity Easier to use than Garage Band. I have tried to use Garage Band for the same thing as I used Audacity and have had to give up. Not as easy. With the simple things that I have been able to accomplish, Audacity does it faster and better than anything I have tried. I have also … Incentivized Helpful?	Apple Mark Feauto Associate Pastor at Living Word Outreach Ministries (Religious Institutions, 1-10 employees) Chose GarageBand GarageBand is much more user-friendly and feature-rich than Audacity. It's also a far more beautiful application to run, which inspires much more creativity in the workflow. I think Audacity's team must purely focus on functionality. Functional, it is (albeit not feature-rich), … Incentivized Helpful? Tara Brueske Vocal Workshops and Voice Development at Tara Brueske (Music, 1-10 employees) Chose GarageBand Way more user friendly. Audacity was clunky in the editing part and Garage Band is not. I love that everything is laid out in an eye friendly fashion. Audacity had too many tools laid out in a busy way where it's actually hard to find things. Also, since Garage Band is free to … Incentivized Helpful? Ben Caplan Risk Manager, and Insurance Agent in Sales at Hummel and Plum Insurance Agency Inc. (Insurance, 11-50 employees) Chose GarageBand GarageBand isn't the most powerful audio editing tool on the market, but for a free tool to Apple users... you can't go wrong. This tool has all the features a beginning user would ever need... and more! It's no Adobe platform, but if you're testing an idea or trying something … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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User Ratings
	Audacity	GarageBand
Likelihood to Recommend	7.3 (25 ratings)	9.4 (10 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (1 ratings)	8.0 (2 ratings)
Availability	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	5.0 (11 ratings)	9.4 (3 ratings)
Implementation Rating	10.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Configurability	7.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)