# WavePad Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 WavePad Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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WavePad

## What is WavePad?

Designed to be a very easy and intuitive to use audio editing package for music, voice, and other audio recordings. This audio editing software is a full-featured professional audio and music editor for Windows and Mac. Record and edit music, voice, and other audio recordings. When editing audio files, you can cut, copy and paste parts of recordings, and then add effects like echo, amplification, and noise reduction.

## What is WavePad used for?

[Audio Editing](https://www.capterra.com/audio-editing-software/)

Overall rating

Based on 35 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

Positive

94%

Neutral

3%

Negative

3%

Starting price

$60

Per User, One Time

Free trial  
available

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### WavePad

4.5 (35)

VS.

[4.7 (83)](https://www.capterra.com/p/10004414/Riverside/reviews/)

Starting Price

$60

Per User, One Time

Starting Price

Contact vendor

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.3 (35)

Ease Of Use

4.7 (464)

Value For Money

4.6 (31)

Value For Money

4.7 (329)

Customer Service

3.7 (21)

Customer Service

4.5 (236)

## WavePad alternatives

[4.7 (86)](https://www.capterra.com/p/216442/ReMasterMedia/reviews/)

Starting price

$6.50

Per User, Per Month

[Audacity](https://www.capterra.com/p/214605/Audacity/)

[4.5 (464)](https://www.capterra.com/p/214605/Audacity/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/214605/Audacity/)

Highest Rated

[Logic Pro](https://www.capterra.com/p/214597/Logic-Pro/)

[4.8 (149)](https://www.capterra.com/p/214597/Logic-Pro/reviews/)

Starting price

$199.99

Per User, Per Month

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/214597/Logic-Pro/)

[Adobe Audition](https://www.capterra.com/p/214606/Adobe-Audition/)

[4.6 (241)](https://www.capterra.com/p/214606/Adobe-Audition/reviews/)

Starting price

$33.99

Per User, Per Month

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/214606/Adobe-Audition/)

[View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/214609/WavePad/alternatives/)

## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Audio Editor

4.8 (25)

92.00% of 25 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Visual GUI that allows users to manage audio tracks, instruments, filters, etc.

Audio Recording

4.5 (19)

73.68% of 19 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Record and edit recorded audio and/or video

Audio Capture

4.4 (17)

58.82% of 17 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Record audio or import/upload audio files

Audio Mixing

4.4 (17)

64.71% of 17 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Combine and manage multitrack recordings

Audio Manipulation

4.6 (14)

71.43% of 14 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Edit audio tracks with effects, filters, modulation techniques, etc.

Plug-in Integration

3.5 (10)

40.00% of 10 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Add or enhance audio-related functionality with third-party audio plug-ins.

WavePad 20 features

Record audio or import/upload audio files

Visual GUI that allows users to manage audio tracks, instruments, filters, etc.

Edit audio tracks with effects, filters, modulation techniques, etc.

Combine and manage multitrack recordings

Record and edit recorded audio and/or video

Software's ability to perform similar action on multiple similar files simultaneously

Reduction in the number of bits needed to represent data

Import and export data to and from software applications

Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components

Store & track information about musical or laboratory instruments including their calibration history, certificates, images, and more

Collection of images, videos and other digital content that can be used

Supports various file formats

Includes a variety of messaging formats including industry-specific (EDIFACT, HL7, X12)

Add or enhance audio-related functionality with third-party audio plug-ins.

Music notation tool for creating and editing sheet music.

Turns text into natural sounding speech

Set up connections to third-party platforms to improve business processes

Create professional looking videos by manipulating video footage with filters, special effects, trimming, filters and transitions

Store and manage online video content

Supports various video file formats

Features

4.3 (35)

4.3

Based on 35 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.6 (31)

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$60.00

Per User,One Time

Value for money

4.6 (31)

4.6

Based on 31 reviews

## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

3.7 (21)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

3.7 (21)

3.7

Based on 21 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.5

Based on 35 reviews

Filter by rating

5(21)

4(12)

3(1)

2(1)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

AM

Andy M.

NA

Entertainment

### "NCH WavePad sound editor"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

September 12, 2025

Overall very happy particularly the one time life time payment. I've been using it for decades, still use today and use it for sounds or music that you can download from the library or sounds or music that I've created or downloaded myself.

Pros

The best think I like is that I can download a video and upload it into WavePad, you can then edit the sound only and save it as an MP3. The sound can be modified easily with the array of available tools although I tend to only increase or decrease the volume level rather than compress, expand or filter out particular tones. WavePad is a great compliment to its sister package VideoPad and the two can make great videos with superb sound effects.

Cons

My only problem is the editing is slightly different to how VideoPad works and you can trip yourself up in the way of cutting and pasting.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

BS

B S.

CEO

Arts and Crafts

### "Solid and intuitive"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

July 7, 2025

I love this software. I've been using it for close to 20 years for various projects. It has a wide bevy of files to convert or save to, including Wav, Flac, Mp3 and M4a. The simple, yet effective visual of the sound makes cutting and splicing a breeze.

Pros

IMO, The best software is the kind you can open up and intuitively know what to do. I also like when I have been using software intuitively for some time and then seek out a quick training and it opens up a vast amount of bells and whistles to add to my experience. This is what WavePad has been for me. I cut and splice audio files, convert them and normalize them if I'm using several files in one project.

Cons

I'm not an audiophile, so when saving a new or edited sound file, the options for different Sample Rates or MgHz don't mean a lot to me. Yes, I can go elsewhere for recommendations, but having this software tell me "the recent files you've been working with are X" would be a pretty cool feature. It feels the world is moving this way.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Trevor O.

Composure-Producer

Music

### "Amazing Audio Editing Functionality all for $$Free$$"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

December 31, 2024

I use this for quick edits. Or format conversions where you have no need for multitrack functions. One file edit/fix/convert and move on.

Pros

FREE!!!! You can't loose. Having said that...the features are intense and robust. The versatility is insane.

Cons

No VST. Which isn't a complete disappointment. If you are running a hi end recording software you really have no need for this App. But the app is great for those quick edits or conversion where you don't want to open your larger multitrack recording software.

Switched from

[SOUND FORGE](https://www.capterra.com/p/214599/SOUND-FORGE/)

This App is free so I gave it a chance as I had nothing to loose. I still see myself using Sound Forge. The real strength of WavePad will be the quick file format conversions. I work with a number of clients and everyone seems to want a different format.

Alternatives considered

[SOUND FORGE](https://www.capterra.com/p/214599/SOUND-FORGE/)

Reasons for choosing WavePad

PRICE. As well as the above mentioned file format converstions

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

MJ

Malith J.

CEO

Media Production

### "good audio editor for people who want something low cost and easy to get started with"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

November 11, 2024

Pros

i like the amount of features that wavepad has and i like that it has a free version

Cons

the user interface looks slightly dated and wavepad could benefit from a built in mastering suits

Switched from

[Adobe Audition](https://www.capterra.com/p/214606/Adobe-Audition/)

because adobe audition was becoming expensive and hard to pay for

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Luis C.

Disenador

Design

### "Un gran editor a precio pequeño"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

November 24, 2023

Mi experiencia usando WavePad es muy buena, trabajo con contenido multimedia para presentaciones y el software satisface mis necesidades de edición, tanto para recorte de audios, ajustes en el tiempo, efectos de entrada y salida, volumen, muuy bueno

Pros

Me gusta mucho su facilidad de uso, su entorno intuitivo, no me costó aprender a usarlo y tener buenos resultados

Cons

Hasta el momento WavePad satisface mis necesidades de edición sencilla de audio

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

MI

Mohamed Ibrahim D.

Administrateur

Arts and Crafts

### "L'un des meilleurs logiciels d'enregistrement audio "

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

4/10

November 23, 2023

C'est l'un des meilleurs logiciels d'enregistrement audio dans le monde musical

Pros

La facilité et l'efficacité de cette logiciel wavePad , l'enregistrement des pistes sont à la hauteur

Cons

Parfois, sa plante en plein session de travail et il manque aussi un peu d'amélioreration

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

KR

Karin R.

Principal Geek

E-Learning

### "The WavePad of the Future"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

September 21, 2023

I've been using Wavepad Audio Editing software (NCH Software) for at least 8 years. I have to say it's been a game-changer for my audio-related projects. The interface is user-friendly, making it easy for even non-tech-savvy individuals like me to navigate through various editing options. Wavepad's functionality aligns perfectly with my work as an instructional designer and facilitator. Whether I'm recording and editing voiceovers for e-learning modules or fine-tuning audio recordings for virtual workshops, Wavepad gets the job done easily.

Pros

One of the standout features for me is the simplicity of the editing process. I can effortlessly cut, copy, and paste sections of audio, which is essential for creating engaging content. Additionally, the real-time preview function allows me to make instant adjustments, ensuring a polished final product. I also like the ability to create a CUSTOM menu so I can access my most used tools quicker.

Cons

Cannot really pinpoint anything there is to dislike. It does the job.

Reasons for choosing WavePad

Easier to use and smaller programs.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

TM

Tiago M.

Onwer

Accounting

### "WavePad Free the best recording and mixing software "

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

July 9, 2023

Pros

For recording and mixing is one of the most useful software's available and it's free version have it all that we need to start a new project . Just love it .

Cons

Wave pad have less resources than other audio edition software's but that's not but cause makes everything so simple that even people without basic knowledge can use it in a few minutes .

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

FP

Frank P.

owner

Media Production

### "Better than Garage Band for simpleaudio editing"

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

3.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

2/10

June 25, 2023

Pros

It is easy to select a portion of audio, trim start and end and save to new file and export as mp3. I am still trying to learn Garage Band on my ipad.

Cons

Noise reduction is not that good even in the paid version.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Silvio B.

Direção

Marketing and Advertising

### "Um Software leve para Edição de Áudio "

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

January 27, 2023

Pros

Pra mim a versão do Windows é a melhor, ele tem todos os recursos e configurações em um único painel. A guia de níveis é muito boa, pois é possível amplificar, equalizar e normalizar os níveis. Ele também tem muitas ferramentas e efeitos de plug-ins, além da ferramenta de redução de ruído que é excelente. Um software simples e completo.

Cons

A gravação no modo multipista precisa de uma extensão e a versão para Android precisa de novas atualizações para resolver os bugs do app.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

[View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/214609/WavePad/reviews/)

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