Best music tools, scored and priced
Seven distributors scored out of 100, and 19 promotion and smart link tools by what they cost to start.
Music distributors: scored out of 100
LANDR and UnitedMasters lead at 78, 9 points ahead of DistroKid at 69. How we score
- 1 LANDR Producers who want music to stay live after cancelling 78 out of 100
- 2 UnitedMasters Low-cost unlimited releases, with brand and sync openings on SELECT 78 out of 100
- 3 Amuse Keeping music live after you stop paying 76 out of 100
- 4 TuneCore Scheduled releases with optional catalog promotion 76 out of 100
- 5 Ditto The lowest yearly price, if you keep paying 74 out of 100
- 6 CD Baby Occasional releases without a yearly plan 71 out of 100
- 7 DistroKid Frequent releases with simple splits 69 out of 100
Scored on year-one cost (25), release controls (20), royalty share and exit (20), payouts (15), promotion tools (10) and rights and AI rules (10).
What each promotion tool costs to start
Seven of eight smart link tools are free. Paid promotion runs from $1 a credit to a $280 campaign minimum.
| Service | Starts at |
|---|---|
| Music promotion services | |
| Dynamoi | $10 / day per campaign |
| Meta Ads | You set the budget |
| Spotify Marquee and Showcase | $100 / campaign |
| Feature.fm ads | $50 minimum lifetime budget |
| Playlist Push | $280 minimum campaign |
| Groover | 2 Grooviz / contact (1 Grooviz is €1) |
| SubmitHub | $1 / premium credit |
| YouTube promotion services | |
| Dynamoi | $10 / day per campaign |
| Google Ads | You set the budget |
| YouTube Promote | You set the budget |
| VeeFly | $10 / campaign |
| Groover | 2 Grooviz / contact (1 Grooviz is €1) |
| SubmitHub | $1 / premium credit |
| Promolta | $10 minimum budget |
| Free smart link tools | |
| Dynamoi Smart Links | Free |
| DistroKid HyperFollow | Free with a DistroKid plan |
| Feature.fm | Free |
| Linktree | Free |
| Hypeddit | Free (Rookie) |
| ToneDen | Free |
| Show.co | Free |
| Linkfire | Free trial, then $27/mo |