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Compare Audacity and WavePad 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (65.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (65.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
$39.95 1
Audacity
Star Rating
(454)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (65.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about AudacityWavePad
Star Rating
(34)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (65.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
$39.95 1
Browse all 2 pricing plansAudacity vs WavePad
- Reviewers felt that WavePad meets the needs of their business better than Audacity.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that WavePad is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of WavePad over Audacity.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Audacity
No pricing availableWavePad
Standard Edition
$39.95
1
All Master's Edition features without VST plugins support nor SFX Library
Free Trial
Audacity
No trial information availableWavePad
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
401
9.1
27
Ease of Use
8.5
406
9.4
27
Ease of Setup
8.7
50
Not enough data
Ease of Admin
8.3
37
Not enough data
Quality of Support
7.9
261
8.3
19
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.0
28
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
7.5
396
7.8
27
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Audacity and WavePad are categorized as Audio Editing
Unique Categories
Audacity has no unique categories
WavePad has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Audacity
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
WavePad
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Entertainment
7.6%
Media Production
5.8%
Marketing and Advertising
5.8%
Music
5.6%
Information Technology and Services
4.9%
Other
70.4%
Music
12.5%
Entertainment
12.5%
Telecommunications
6.3%
Marketing and Advertising
6.3%
Information Technology and Services
6.3%
Other
56.3%
Discussions
Audacity noise reduction
4 Comments
SR
after recording your audio, record a blank and select that part then go to effects and from there to noise reduction and click on get noise profile and after...Read more
What is audacity software used for?
4 Comments
CW
Short answer: It’s a non-linear multitrack audio editor
Longer answer: A multitrack audio editor lets you work with more than one audio track at the same...Read more
Can I split large MP3 files into smaller tracks and burn to CD?
3 Comments
RT
you can split mp3 tracks yes, but i dont think it burns to a CDRead more
Can WavePad turn format X (eg. wav) to format Y (eg. mp3)?
3 Comments
RT
most definitely, with many options on quality Read more
WavePad has no more discussions with answers
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