Black Friday is Friday, November 27, 2026
Black Friday 2026 plugin deals, with a free alternative for every one
Before you buy in the sale, check whether a free plugin already does the job. Each of the 82 paid plugins below sits next to its closest free alternative, so you only spend on what's actually worth it.
How we list deals: we only show a price or discount after checking it on the live store, with the date we checked. As of Oct 24, 2026 we haven't confirmed any Black Friday prices, so every row says "deals go live soon" for now. Get alerts below and we'll email you when the real ones land.
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Plugin Boutique ↗ADSR Sounds ↗Native Instruments ↗iZotope ↗Waves ↗Soundtoys ↗Valhalla DSP ↗FabFilter ↗
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FabFilter9 plugins
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| FabFilter Pro-Q 4EQ | Deals go live soon View FabFilter Pro-Q 4 ↗ | TDR Nova ↗Closest overall: parallel dynamic EQ bands with an analyzer and per-band sidechain. Fewer bands than Pro-Q and no spectrum grab or EQ match. |
| FabFilter Pro-C 3Compressors | Deals go live soon View FabFilter Pro-C 3 ↗ | TDR Kotelnikov ↗Very transparent and flexible; great on buses and masters. Lacks Pro-C's many character styles and visual feedback. |
| FabFilter Pro-R 2Reverb | Deals go live soon View FabFilter Pro-R 2 ↗ | Dragonfly Reverb ↗Natural halls and rooms with plenty of controls. No decay-rate EQ curve or Pro-R's visual editing. |
| FabFilter Timeless 3Delay | Deals go live soon View FabFilter Timeless 3 ↗ | ChowMatrix ↗Build trees of delays for complex, evolving echoes. Very different interface, no tape-style filters. |
| FabFilter Saturn 2Saturation & Tape | Deals go live soon View FabFilter Saturn 2 ↗ | IVGI ↗Great-sounding single-band saturation. No multiband splitting or modulation. |
| FabFilter Pro-L 2Limiters & Clippers | Deals go live soon View FabFilter Pro-L 2 ↗ | TDR Limiter 6 GE ↗Multi-stage limiter with clipper and peak stages. More complex, but the free GE version is very capable. |
| FabFilter Pro-MBMultiband & OTT | Deals go live soon View FabFilter Pro-MB ↗ | OTT ↗The famous free 3-band up/down compressor for EDM sheen. Fixed bands, not a precise mixing tool. |
| FabFilter Pro-DSVocal Tools | Deals go live soon View FabFilter Pro-DS ↗ | T-De-Esser 2 ↗Simple and natural-sounding de-esser. Fewer detection options. |
| FabFilter Volcano 3Creative FX | Deals go live soon View FabFilter Volcano 3 ↗ | TAL-Filter-2 ↗Free tempo-synced filter with volume and pan modulation. |
Waves9 plugins · Waves store / sale page ↗
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Waves CLA-76Compressors | Deals go live soon View Waves CLA-76 ↗ | DC1A ↗Gets the 'just turn it up' punch with two knobs. Not a 1176 emulation, so no ratio buttons or 'all buttons in' mode. |
| Waves CLA-2ACompressors | Deals go live soon View Waves CLA-2A ↗ | MJUC jr. ↗Smooth, vintage-style tube leveling with very few controls. Not an opto model, but fills the same 'set and forget' role. |
| Waves J37 TapeSaturation & Tape | Deals go live soon View Waves J37 Tape ↗ | CHOW Tape Model ↗Physics-based tape model with hysteresis, wow, flutter and loss. Not modeled on a specific Abbey Road machine. |
| Waves S1 Stereo ImagerModulation & Width | Deals go live soon View Waves S1 Stereo Imager ↗ | Ozone Imager ↗Free iZotope imager with a visual stereo display and Stereoize mode. Single-band only. |
| Waves DoublerModulation & Width | Deals go live soon View Waves Doubler ↗ | Wider ↗Free stereo widener that keeps mono compatibility. Widens rather than doubles. |
| Waves Tune Real-TimePitch Correction | Deals go live soon View Waves Tune Real-Time ↗ | Graillon 3 (Free Edition) ↗Real-time pitch correction, natural to robotic. The free version has fewer features. |
| Waves SSL G-Master Buss CompressorCompressors | Deals go live soon View Waves SSL G-Master Buss Compressor ↗ | BUSTERse ↗Free console-style bus compressor with sidechain filter and transient options. |
| Waves L2 UltramaximizerLimiters & Clippers | Deals go live soon View Waves L2 Ultramaximizer ↗ | LoudMax ↗Simple, transparent free limiter. Two sliders like L2. |
| Waves H-DelayDelay | Deals go live soon View Waves H-Delay ↗ | Valhalla Freq Echo ↗Free analog-style echo with a frequency shifter. |
Native Instruments6 plugins · Native Instruments store / sale page ↗
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Native Instruments Massive XSynths | Deals go live soon View Native Instruments Massive X ↗ | Vital (Basic) ↗Powerful wavetable bass and lead design. Different routing, no Massive X presets. |
| Native Instruments FM8Synths | Deals go live soon View Native Instruments FM8 ↗ | Dexed ↗DX7 emulation that loads original DX7 patches. 6 operators, no FM8 effects or morphing. |
| Native Instruments Kontakt 8Samplers & Libraries | Deals go live soon View Native Instruments Kontakt 8 ↗ | Kontakt Player ↗Free player for free and licensed ('Player') libraries. Can't open most third-party non-Player libraries or edit instruments. |
| Native Instruments Battery 4Drums | Deals go live soon View Native Instruments Battery 4 ↗ | Sitala ↗Clean 16-pad drum sampler with simple controls. Small and focused, no big bundled library. |
| Native Instruments MassiveSynths | Deals go live soon View Native Instruments Massive ↗ | Vital (Basic) ↗Modern wavetable synth with drag-and-drop modulation. Does everything Massive is known for, and more. |
| Native Instruments Guitar Rig ProAmp Sims | Deals go live soon View Native Instruments Guitar Rig Pro ↗ | Guitar Rig 7 Player ↗The free version of Guitar Rig, with a limited set of amps and effects. |
Soundtoys5 plugins · Soundtoys store / sale page ↗
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Soundtoys EchoBoyDelay | Deals go live soon View Soundtoys EchoBoy ↗ | TAL-Dub-X ↗Warm analog-style delay that works well for dub throws. One flavor instead of EchoBoy's 30 styles. |
| Soundtoys MicroShiftModulation & Width | Deals go live soon View Soundtoys MicroShift ↗ | Wider ↗One-knob widening that stays mono-compatible. Not pitch-shift doubling, but solves the same 'make it wider' problem. |
| Soundtoys DecapitatorSaturation & Tape | Deals go live soon View Soundtoys Decapitator ↗ | Saturation Knob ↗Instant analog grit from one knob with three modes. No tone shaping or style choices. |
| Soundtoys Little AlterBoyPitch Correction | Deals go live soon View Soundtoys Little AlterBoy ↗ | Graillon 3 (Free Edition) ↗Real-time pitch shifting and correction. The free version has fewer features than the paid one. |
| Soundtoys CrystallizerDelay | Deals go live soon View Soundtoys Crystallizer ↗ | Hysteresis ↗Glitch delay with stutter and modulation. Covers the glitchy side; no reverse grains. |
iZotope5 plugins · iZotope store / sale page ↗
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| iZotope Ozone AdvancedMastering & Metering | Deals go live soon View iZotope Ozone Advanced ↗ | TDR Nova ↗Use as the EQ/dynamic EQ in a free mastering chain. No AI assistant or one-window suite. |
| iZotope Insight 2Mastering & Metering | Deals go live soon View iZotope Insight 2 ↗ | SPAN ↗Industry-favorite free spectrum analyzer. No loudness history or surround metering. |
| iZotope RXAudio Repair | Deals go live soon View iZotope RX ↗ | Denoiser Classic ↗Zero-latency noise reduction that works on music, not just voice. One job, done simply. No spectral editing. |
| iZotope VocalSynth 2Vocal Tools | Deals go live soon View iZotope VocalSynth 2 ↗ | TAL-Vocoder ↗Vintage 11-band vocoder with a built-in carrier synth. Covers the classic vocoder sound. |
| iZotope NeutronChannel Strips & Mix Suites | Deals go live soon View iZotope Neutron ↗ | TDR Nova ↗Dynamic EQ that covers Neutron's EQ jobs. No mix assistant. |
Valhalla DSP4 plugins · Valhalla DSP store / sale page ↗
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Valhalla VintageVerbReverb | Deals go live soon View Valhalla VintageVerb ↗ | Valhalla Supermassive ↗Same developer, free. Brilliant for huge, washy spaces, but lacks VintageVerb's realistic small rooms and plates. |
| Valhalla DelayDelay | Deals go live soon View Valhalla Delay ↗ | Valhalla Freq Echo ↗Same developer, free. Warm echo with a frequency shifter, but only one mode. |
| Valhalla RoomReverb | Deals go live soon View Valhalla Room ↗ | Dragonfly Reverb ↗Free open-source room, hall and plate reverbs. Natural and clean, close to Room's job. |
| Valhalla ShimmerReverb | Deals go live soon View Valhalla Shimmer ↗ | Valhalla Supermassive ↗Valhalla's free reverb/delay for huge spaces. No built-in pitch shift, so it lacks the octave-up sparkle. |
Antares1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Antares AutoTune Pro 11Pitch Correction | Deals go live soon View Antares AutoTune Pro 11 ↗ | Graillon 3 (Free Edition) ↗Great real-time hard-tune and pitch correction. No graph mode, and some features need the paid edition. |
Arturia1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Arturia PigmentsSynths | Deals go live soon View Arturia Pigments ↗ | Vital (Basic) ↗Strong wavetable and modulation visuals. No granular or sample engines. |
Audio Ease1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Audio Ease Altiverb 8Reverb | Deals go live soon View Audio Ease Altiverb 8 ↗ | Convology XT ↗Free convolution player with 74 vintage-gear IRs included. A tiny library compared with Altiverb's spaces. |
Cableguys1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Cableguys ShaperBoxCreative FX | Deals go live soon View Cableguys ShaperBox ↗ | GATE-12 ↗Volume shaper inspired by ShaperBox, with audio and MIDI triggering, paint mode and a sequencer. Volume only. |
Celemony1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Celemony MelodynePitch Correction | Deals go live soon View Celemony Melodyne ↗ | Graillon 3 (Free Edition) ↗Covers real-time tuning only. There's no free plugin that does Melodyne-style note editing. |
Cytomic1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Cytomic The GlueCompressors | Deals go live soon View Cytomic The Glue ↗ | TDR Kotelnikov ↗Excellent transparent bus compressor. Cleaner than The Glue, with less console-style color. |
D16 Group1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| D16 Group Decimort 2Saturation & Tape | Deals go live soon View D16 Group Decimort 2 ↗ | TAL-Bitcrusher ↗Free bitcrusher and sample-rate reducer with companding for extra grit. |
Dada Life1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Dada Life Sausage FattenerSaturation & Tape | Deals go live soon View Dada Life Sausage Fattener ↗ | IVGI ↗Saturation from subtle to gritty with very few controls. Similar quick workflow. |
Eventide1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Eventide BlackholeReverb | Deals go live soon View Eventide Blackhole ↗ | Valhalla Supermassive ↗The obvious free pick: enormous, evolving spaces. Different algorithms, so not a Blackhole sound-alike. |
IK Multimedia1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| IK Multimedia AmpliTube 5Amp Sims | Deals go live soon View IK Multimedia AmpliTube 5 ↗ | AmpliTube 5 CS ↗The free version of the same software, with 42 gear models free forever. More gear is sold one by one. |
Image-Line1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
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| Image-Line Gross BeatCreative FX | Deals go live soon View Image-Line Gross Beat ↗ | TIME-12 ↗Closest free match: draw time curves for stutter, tape stop, reverse and scratch, with 12 MIDI-switchable patterns. Not tied to FL Studio. |
Kilohearts1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Kilohearts Phase PlantSynths | Deals go live soon View Kilohearts Phase Plant ↗ | Vital (Basic) ↗Strong wavetable synth with flexible modulation. Not modular, but covers most of the same sounds. |
LennarDigital1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| LennarDigital Sylenth1Synths | Deals go live soon View LennarDigital Sylenth1 ↗ | TAL-NoiseMaker ↗Similar subtractive VA workflow with a Juno chorus. Fewer oscillators and unison voices. |
Line 61 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Line 6 Helix NativeAmp Sims | Deals go live soon View Line 6 Helix Native ↗ | Guitar Rig 7 Player ↗Free amp, cabinet and effects rack. Only a small subset of Guitar Rig's gear. |
Maag Audio / Plugin Alliance1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Maag EQ4EQ | Deals go live soon View Maag EQ4 ↗ | Fresh Air ↗Free dynamic high-frequency exciter. Adds air without harshness, the usual reason people buy EQ4. |
Modartt1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Modartt PianoteqPianos & Keys | Deals go live soon View Modartt Pianoteq ↗ | Piano One ↗Also hybrid-modeled rather than pure samples. One grand piano; the newest version is Windows only. |
Neural DSP1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Neural DSP Archetype: PliniAmp Sims | Deals go live soon View Neural DSP Archetype: Plini ↗ | Neural Amp Modeler (NAM) ↗Plays community captures of real amps with excellent realism. Bring your own captures and effects. |
Nicky Romero / Cableguys1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Nicky Romero Kickstart 2Creative FX | Deals go live soon View Nicky Romero Kickstart 2 ↗ | GATE-12 ↗Draw your own pump shape and trigger it from the kick by MIDI or audio. More flexible, a bit more setup. |
Output2 plugins
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Output PortalCreative FX | Deals go live soon View Output Portal ↗ | Emergence (free version) ↗Real-time granular effect with multiple grain streams and visual feedback. The free version has fewer features than the paid one. |
| Output ThermalSaturation & Tape | Deals go live soon View Output Thermal ↗ | Airwindows Consolidated ↗Dozens of saturators and distortions in one free plugin. No modulation sequencer. |
Positive Grid1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Positive Grid BIAS FX 2Amp Sims | Deals go live soon View Positive Grid BIAS FX 2 ↗ | Neural Amp Modeler (NAM) ↗Free player for thousands of community amp captures. Amp tones only; no pedalboard. |
Reveal Sound1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Reveal Sound SpireSynths | Deals go live soon View Reveal Sound Spire ↗ | Vital (Basic) ↗Covers supersaws, plucks and leads with powerful unison. Different sound, more modern workflow. |
SIR Audio Tools1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| SIR Audio Tools StandardCLIPLimiters & Clippers | Deals go live soon View SIR Audio Tools StandardCLIP ↗ | Free Clip ↗The usual free answer: several clip curves and oversampling. Fewer metering and mastering features. |
SPL / Plugin Alliance1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| SPL Transient Designer PlusChannel Strips & Mix Suites | Deals go live soon View SPL Transient Designer Plus ↗ | BitterSweet ↗Free one-knob transient designer. Turn toward Bitter for more attack, Sweet for less. |
Serato1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Serato SampleSamplers & Libraries | Deals go live soon View Serato Sample ↗ | TX16Wx ↗Full sampler with slicing and key mapping. No automatic key detection or Serato-style pitch-and-time stretching. |
Spectrasonics2 plugins
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Spectrasonics OmnisphereSynths | Deals go live soon View Spectrasonics Omnisphere ↗ | Surge XT ↗Huge preset count and deep synthesis. No giant sample library, so cinematic textures take more work. |
| Spectrasonics KeyscapePianos & Keys | Deals go live soon View Spectrasonics Keyscape ↗ | Piano One ↗Free hybrid-modeled Yamaha C7 grand piano. One instrument rather than a collection; the newest version is Windows only. |
Spitfire Audio1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra CoreSamplers & Libraries | Deals go live soon View Spitfire BBC Symphony Orchestra Core ↗ | BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover ↗Free little brother: 34 instruments, same hall. Fewer articulations and one mic mix. |
TAL Software1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| TAL-U-NO-LXSynths | Deals go live soon View TAL-U-NO-LX ↗ | TAL-NoiseMaker ↗Same developer, includes a Juno-style chorus. A general VA, not a Juno model. |
Toontrack2 plugins
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Toontrack EZdrummerDrums | Deals go live soon View Toontrack EZdrummer ↗ | SSD 5.5 Free ↗One full, mix-ready Steven Slate kit that never expires. No groove browser like EZdrummer's. |
| Toontrack Superior DrummerDrums | Deals go live soon View Toontrack Superior Drummer ↗ | SSD 5.5 Free ↗A full, mix-ready Steven Slate kit for free. One kit only and far less control than Superior Drummer. |
Universal Audio3 plugins
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| UAD Neve 1073 Preamp & EQChannel Strips & Mix Suites | Deals go live soon View UAD Neve 1073 Preamp & EQ ↗ | BritChannel ↗Free British-style preamp and EQ with a fixed 10 kHz high band, stepped mids and lows, and a high-pass filter, like the classic layout. Not an officially licensed emulation. |
| UAD Pultec Passive EQ CollectionEQ | Deals go live soon View UAD Pultec Passive EQ Collection ↗ | PTEq-X ↗Free emulation of three vintage passive program EQs, including the classic EQP-1A layout, with tube stage modeling. Older plugin. |
| UAD Fairchild Tube Limiter CollectionCompressors | Deals go live soon View UAD Fairchild Tube Limiter Collection ↗ | MuChild ↗Free vari-mu compressor modeled on the iconic vintage unit, with sidechain filter and wet/dry blend. |
Wavesfactory1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Wavesfactory TrackspacerEQ | Deals go live soon View Wavesfactory Trackspacer ↗ | TDR Nova ↗Dynamic EQ bands can listen to an external sidechain. You choose the bands by hand; Trackspacer does it across the whole spectrum automatically. |
XLN Audio3 plugins
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| XLN Audio RC-20 Retro ColorSaturation & Tape | Deals go live soon View XLN Audio RC-20 Retro Color ↗ | Vinyl ↗Classic free lo-fi plugin for record noise, wear and warp. No tape wobble or bitcrush stage. |
| XLN Audio Addictive Drums 2Drums | Deals go live soon View XLN Audio Addictive Drums 2 ↗ | MT Power Drum Kit 2 ↗Good-sounding rock/pop kit with built-in grooves. One kit, and limited mixing. |
| XLN Audio XODrums | Deals go live soon View XLN Audio XO ↗ | Sitala ↗Free 16-pad drum sampler for quick beat building. No sample map. |
Xfer Records2 plugins
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Xfer Serum 2Synths | Deals go live soon View Xfer Serum 2 ↗ | Vital (Basic) ↗The closest free match: visual wavetable editing and drag-and-drop modulation. Serum 2's newer engines and big preset market aren't here. |
| Xfer LFO ToolCreative FX | Deals go live soon View Xfer LFO Tool ↗ | GATE-12 ↗Drawable volume envelopes with MIDI- and audio-triggered patterns. Volume only; no filter. |
oeksound1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| oeksound soothe2EQ | Deals go live soon View oeksound soothe2 ↗ | ANINA ↗Closest match: automatic spectral resonance suppression with sidechain, delta listening and a freeze mode. No mid/side mode and about 11 ms of latency. |
reFX1 plugin
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| reFX NexusSynths | Deals go live soon View reFX Nexus ↗ | Vital (Basic) ↗Not a ROMpler, but thousands of free Vital presets cover the same supersaw, pluck and pad territory, and you can actually edit them. |
u-he2 plugins
| Paid plugin | Black Friday deal | Best free alternative |
|---|---|---|
| u-he DivaSynths | Deals go live soon View u-he Diva ↗ | TyrellN6 ↗Free u-he analog-style poly synth with a warm sound. Simpler architecture, no mix-and-match modules. |
| u-he Hive 2Synths | Deals go live soon View u-he Hive 2 ↗ | Vital (Basic) ↗Wavetable synth with a similarly quick workflow and lots of free presets. |
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