Amazon Music and Spotify are music streaming services available with different plans and prices in Brazil. While Spotify offers a free version with ad playback, Amazon's platform only has free plans outside Brazil.
Both have millions of catalogs of national and international music that can be listened to on mobile, web and other platforms, using custom playlists or genre-organized stations. Here's a comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of Amazon Music and Spotify.
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The subscription to Amazon Prime Music is part of the Amazon Prime package, which also releases Amazon Prime Video, free shipping in Brazil, among other benefits, priced at R $ 9.90 per month. In this mode, the user has access to a catalog with 2 million national and international music, a number that becomes limited if we consider that some titles are added or removed sporadically from the app. Despite this, the playing of tracks is unlimited, but it is only possible to listen to the songs on one device at a time.
It's the most expensive Amazon Music Unlimited version, costing $ 16.90 a month separately. In this plan, the user has access to 60 million songs. You can still opt for Unlimited Family, which gives you access to six simultaneous devices, each with its own library, for $ 10.90 per month, or the Prime Echo plan, a signature dedicated to Amazon Echo owners, which plays music with help. from Alexa, and it costs $ 6.90 per month.
Spotify and Amazon Prime Music have similar layouts Photo: Reproduction / Rodrigo Fernandes
Spotify has more subscription options. It is possible to purchase an individual Premium account, priced at R $ 16.90 per month; a university account, which guarantees a 50% discount for students, for R $ 8.50 per month; a double account, ideal for couples, which costs $ 21.90; and the Familia plan, which releases six Premium accounts for people residing at the same address, also with individual libraries, costing $ 26.90 per month. All options release the full catalog of the streaming.
Spotify also has a free plan, which releases millions of songs in playlists which can only be played back in an order chosen by the application itself, with some exceptions where the playback is free. The listener will also come across advertisements between one track and another. Amazon recently launched a free plan for Prime Music, but is not yet available in Brazil.
If you want to try paid plans before signing up, you can try Amazon Prime free of charge for 30 days and Spotify for three months.
Platform Availability
Both services can be used on mobile phones and tablets through their own iPhone (iOS) and Android applications, and on their computer via a program that can be downloaded on Windows and macOS, or via Web versions, which are accessible directly from the browser. .
While Spotify can also be accessed on Samsung smart TVs, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Playstation, and Xbox One, Amazon Prime only integrates with Alexa on Amazon Echo and Amazon Fire TV devices.
Spotify has app for smart TVs Samsung Photo: Reproduo / The Verge
Number of tracks available in the catalog
Spotify reports 50 million tracks at its base, between music and podcasts. The entire content can be accessed unlimitedly in paid plans. Amazon Prime says it offers up to 60 million titles, offered in part or in full, depending on the plan you choose.
The content is very similar, with the main national and international artists present, including their respective discographies, releases and partnerships. That is, the user will have no difficulty finding songs from their favorite artists on any of the platforms.
App interface and features
Both platforms allow you to create your own playlists with favorite music and download files for offline listening. The services have similar interfaces, offering genre-separated music, allowing you to access artist pages, albums and complete discographies. Both streamings also create playlists tailored to the user's preferences and offer playlists with national and international charts.
Amazon Prime Music shows catalog by genre Photo: Reproduction / Rodrigo Fernandes
The musical stations, which feature random music of a certain style, are present on both platforms. An Amazon Prime differential is the display of the lyrics for the user to sing along. At Spotify, this service was discontinued in 2016 and has not returned. On the other hand, Spotify has a varied library of podcasts and play even videos on your platform.
The type of digital audio compression used in Spotify music is AAC. Transmission quality can be determined manually by the user between low, normal, high or automatic, depending on the connection used, between 24 and 320 kbps. Spotify also has a manual equalizer for the user to determine their sound preferences or choose from predefined options.
Amazon Prime also allows you to determine audio quality according to the connection. In the United States, there is the Amazon Prime Music HD option, with superior quality FLAC format music, but the version is not yet available in Brazil.
The services are quite similar in audio quality, application functionality and music catalogs. The similar interface makes users have positively similar experiences on both platforms.
Both have different options of plans and subscriptions that may suit the realities of different types of pockets. Spotify takes the lead in the free plan available in Brazil. However, among the paid options, Amazon Prime has a full plan for a smaller amount.
