Best Drum Plugins (2026)

Our ranked, scored picks — specs, prices and the Dubspot Score for every entry. Each links to a full review where we have one.

  1. 1
    XLN Audio

    Addictive Drums 2

    Addictive Drums 2 is XLN Audio's multi-sampled virtual drum instrument and standalone app for building, mixing, and playing customizable acoustic drum kits.

    $169

  2. 2
    Toontrack

    EZdrummer 3

    EZdrummer 3 is Toontrack's virtual drum software with seven kits recorded at Hansa Studios, around 15 GB of sounds, 2,500+ MIDI grooves, and songwriting tools.

  3. 3
    IK Multimedia

    MODO DRUM

    MODO DRUM is IK Multimedia's physical-modeling drum virtual instrument that combines modal synthesis with sampling to build customizable acoustic kits.

    $199.99

  4. 4
    Steven Slate Audio

    Steven Slate Drums 5

    A virtual drum instrument plugin with 148+ drum kits, 2,400+ MIDI grooves, and a Groove AI assistant that recommends grooves for your song.

    $59

  5. 5
    Toontrack

    Superior Drummer 3

    Toontrack Superior Drummer 3 is a drum production studio plugin with 7 sampled kits, a built-in mixer and effects, and audio-to-MIDI conversion.

  6. 6
    Steven Slate Audio

    Steven Slate Trigger 2

    Trigger 2 Platinum is a drum replacement and augmentation plugin that detects transients to swap or layer kicks, snares, and toms with pro drum samples without MIDI.

    $59

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    UJAM

    UJAM Virtual Drummer

    UJAM Virtual Drummer is a collection of virtual instrument plug-ins for creating drum tracks, offering seven drummer personalities.

    $119.00

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