Artlist For Enterprise: Max Business, Custom Plans and the 50-Employee Rule (2026)

Last verified: 2026-11-07

If your company has more than 50 employees, or you're an agency or broadcaster, Artlist's license requires Max Business or a custom Enterprise license to use the stock catalog in how Artlist works. Max Business has a public price: $399 a month billed yearly, with 180,000 credits and 7 team members.

Terms below come from the Business Terms of Use, updated October 14, 2026, and Artlist's pricing page.

Who needs Max Business?

The Artlist license names three groups: agencies, broadcasters, and companies or other legal entities with more than 50 employees. A group of companies counts together. Artlist's help article adds that it applies even if only one person uses stock assets for that company.

Plans made up only of AI services are exempt. So a 200-person company buying AI Core for generation doesn't fall under this rule, and a company downloading stock music does.

What does each business plan include?

Max Business also lists team credit and model control, collaboration tools, priority support, MCP and plugins.

What credit tiers are there?

You can start on 180,000, 240,000 or 500,000 credits. Upgrades run up to 3 million.

Above 3 million, or over 7 seats, you move to Enterprise. To turn credits into output, see our page on Artlist AI credits.

What do 180,000 credits buy a team?

The balance is shared. Credits and fast generations pool across the team, and Max Business adds a dashboard showing what each member spends. Split evenly over 7 members, that's about 25,700 credits each a month. At our test prices the whole pool buys:

Generations on the 25 Unlimited models don't come off the balance at all, subject to daily thresholds.

Max Business or separate AI plans?

For a company over 50 that only generates, the license allows AI plans. Seven AI Creator plans cost $291.69 a month billed yearly and carry 560,000 credits, against $399 and 180,000 for Max Business. What the AI plans don't bring:

What does the Business license add?

Unlimited monetized channels, plus audiobooks, DVD and Blu-ray, out-of-home and billboards on top of what Pro covers. Paid ads, client work, broadcast and TV are all there. Apps, games and software still need Enterprise.

Does Artlist indemnify AI output?

Yes, within limits. Section 13 of the Business Terms says that if a third party claims your permitted use of "Artlist's Assets or AI Services" infringes their intellectual property rights, Artlist handles the defense and covers amounts due under a final judgment or agreed settlement.

It doesn't apply if you:

• Modify assets, combine them with non-Artlist content or tools, or otherwise change them
• Use assets or AI services in breach of the agreement
• Face a claim based on non-Artlist content you added

You must tell Artlist in writing within 10 days of learning of a claim, unless a delay causes material harm. You also indemnify Artlist for claims arising from your breach of the agreement or your violation of a law or someone's rights.

How much is the liability cap?

The Business Terms cap each party's total liability at the fees you paid Artlist in the 12 months before the event. Fraud, willful misconduct and gross negligence fall outside the cap. Section 13 makes indemnification subject to the liability limits, citing "Section 13 above (Exemption from liability)", which we read as this cap.

Who owns what the team generates?

Your company does, as far as Artlist is concerned. Artlist doesn't claim ownership and assigns you its rights, with no restriction on commercial use. The terms add that output may not be unique or protectable in every country, and that Artlist doesn't guarantee it's original or non-infringing.

Will your inputs train AI models?

The terms say Artlist contractually prohibits most third-party model providers from training on data received from Artlist, though "certain models or features may permit such use". The help article says those models carry an information icon, so your team can skip them. The pricing page states: "Your data is not used to train AI models."

What about security?

The pricing page lists SOC 2 Type II certified for both Max Business and Custom Business. Artlist's help article says it's ISO 27001 certified and follows GDPR.

How do you buy it?

Max Business is self-serve. Choose it under Stock Catalog, select a credit amount and press Get Started. Payment is by card, PayPal or Google Pay, and Apple Pay in Safari on macOS or any browser on iOS. Purchase orders, bank transfers and vendor forms are only for Enterprise.

The Business Terms treat payments as final and non-refundable, except where the law or Artlist says otherwise.

Business plans or something smaller?

How does it compare with Epidemic Sound for business?

Epidemic Sound sets its business plans by revenue, with caps of $10 million and $25 million, and its pricing page lists no footage or video generation. Artlist is the option if the team needs pictures as well. For its offers, see the Epidemic Sound coupon code page.

If you're under the 50-person line and evaluating individual or team plans, our Artlist discount code page gives 2 free months on annual plans.

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FAQ

Do we need Max Business if only one person uses Artlist?

Yes, if that person makes projects with stock assets for a company over 50 employees.

Do freelancers working for big clients need it?

Artlist's help article says a Max Business or Enterprise plan is required when you create projects with stock assets "on behalf of a company with more than 50 employees", regardless of the number of users. The Pro license itself covers client work, so check which applies to your job.

Can agencies under 50 people use Pro?

The license says if you work for an agency you must have Max Business, and the pricing page aims Max Business at "agencies of all sizes".