Music and sound effects
Is the music licensed for commercial use?
Yes — music you generate in Cast comes with a commercial license on Plus and Max, and every export made on those plans carries its own license record. Free music is only free until a platform, a client or a rights holder asks where it came from; here you have a license record on file to show where the music came from. (Free and Lite have no commercial license, and music you upload yourself is yours to clear.)
Publish on podcast platforms, YouTube or a client channel without waiting to find out whether the track was clear. Each export made on a licensed plan comes with its license record — that is the document you point at if anyone asks.
The one thing to decide up front: if your show carries ads or sponsorship, generate the music on Plus or above, and the license travels with the export.
Can I monetise a podcast that uses this music?
On Plus and Max, yes: those plans include a creator commercial license, and Cast mints a license PDF alongside the export so you have the paperwork for a sponsor, a network or a platform that asks.
That covers the ordinary cases — ads, sponsorships, a paid membership feed, YouTube monetisation. The music is generated for you rather than licensed from a catalogue, so there is no third-party rights holder behind it. That removes the most common cause of a copyright claim, though a platform can still flag content for other reasons.
Free and Lite exports are fine for publishing, but they do not carry the commercial license — so if the episode is monetised, that is the reason to be on Plus.
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