The best Sibelius alternatives
The rest of Best Music Notation Software, in this site's order: each with what it costs, where it runs and its record score.
Flat may suit composers and collaborators who want notation tools across web, mobile, and desktop platforms.
Dorico suits composers and arrangers who need to create scores, parts, or publishable music.
MuseScore Studio suits people composing or arranging sheet music on a desktop, including users in schools, conservatories, choirs, and orchestras.
LilyPond suits musicians and arrangers who want to create scores from text input, including users working with scripts or accessibility tools.
Noteflight suits musicians and educators who want to create, play back, and share notation in a browser.
Denemo suits musicians who want desktop notation tools for composing, arranging, or transcribing, and educators creating music exercises.
TuxGuitar suits guitarists who want a free tablature editor and player with MIDI and standard notation support.
Crescendo suits musicians who need notation tools across desktop and mobile devices.
ScoreCloud may suit people who want to turn singing, playing or audio files into written scores, depending on their plan.
DomiSol may suit church choir directors, music educators and jianpu instrumentalists who need to create, play back and share scores.
StaffPad suits composers who want to write scores by hand and work with audio, playback, and notation exports.
It suits musicians, composers and editors working with notation, MIDI, tablature or extracted parts on desktop computers.
Guitar Pro suits musicians editing tablature or notation who need MIDI and MusicXML exchange, playback, and practice tools.