UnitedMasters DEBUT+ costs $19.99 a year for unlimited releases and 100% of ordinary royalties; SELECT, at $59.99, adds faster review and access to brand and sync opportunities. Free distribution ended on October 29, 2025, and cancelling a paid plan removes your music from stores. It scores 78 out of 100 on our documentation-based method, level with LANDR.
It depends on what you want from a distributor. UnitedMasters is worth it if you want brand and sync openings: SELECT is $59.99 a year as of October 2026, and DEBUT+ is $19.99 for unlimited releases with 100% of ordinary royalties. It is a weaker fit if you might stop paying, because cancelling removes your music from stores. If you have 10,000 monthly listeners and 1,000 Spotify followers, Dynamoi distribution pays you 90% of net receipts with nothing upfront, and you can run managed Meta and YouTube campaigns from the same account.
Disclosure: Dynamoi publishes this review and offers apply-only distribution. We have no affiliate relationship with UnitedMasters.
Score 78 / 100 · tied #1 of 7
DEBUT+ plan
Six singles, year one
$19.99
Best for Low-cost unlimited releases, with brand and sync openings on SELECT
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Free distribution is gone, cancelling a paid plan removes the catalog, and Content ID, social claiming and faster royalty access each cost extra.
Published US-dollar prices; 150+ destinations. Review times are targets, not store-live deadlines; allow at least three weeks before your release date.
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| DEBUT+ | $19.99/year | Unlimited releases, 100% of ordinary royalties, review within five business days. unitedmasters.com/en/pricing |
| SELECT | $59.99/year | Review within two business days, plus access to brand, sync and playlist opportunities. unitedmasters.com/en/pricing |
| PARTNER | Custom | By invitation or application, with custom terms. unitedmasters.com/en/pricing |
| Content ID and social claiming | From $2.99 | YouTube $4.99 per release plus 20%; Meta-only or TikTok-only $2.99 per release; bundle $7.99. UnitedMasters: UGC monetization |
We rate each criterion 0 to 5 from UnitedMasters's published pages and weight it; scores within five points are a near-tie.
| Criterion | Weight | Rating | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year-one cost | 25 | 5/5 | DEBUT+ is $19.99 a year, inside the $20-or-less top band. |
| Release controls and splits | 20 | 4/5 | Release-date selection and Split Pay on paid plans; split recipients need UnitedMasters accounts. |
| Royalty share and exit | 20 | 3/5 | 100% of ordinary royalties, but cancelling a paid plan removes your music from stores. |
| Payout documentation | 15 | 3/5 | Wallet methods and the $20 minimum for nonpaid members are documented; exact method fees need checking in the account. |
| Promotion tools | 10 | 4/5 | SELECT adds access to brand, sync and playlist opportunities. Access is not selection. |
| Rights and AI policy | 10 | 4/5 | Rights-controlled AI music can qualify, and the social-claiming exclusions for fully AI tracks are stated. |
The anchors for each rating are on the distributor list.
Store reporting, the distributor's processing and the bank transfer are separate clocks. These are UnitedMasters's own published estimates; we didn't measure them.
What UnitedMasters will accept, and what it offers beyond delivery.
Artists who want low-cost unlimited releases and may value SELECT's conditional brand, sync and career opportunities. Judge the actual eligibility and economics, not the idea that every subscriber gets a partnership.
Already at 10,000 monthly listeners and 1,000 Spotify followers? Dynamoi also offers distribution by application, with no upfront fee and 10% of Net Receipts.
DEBUT+ starts lower at $19.99 a year; DistroKid starts at $24.99. SELECT's opportunities and DistroKid's release tools serve different priorities, and both have cancellation or add-on costs. Compare the features you will actually use: splits, future dates and social claiming.
A paid plan delivers approved releases to streaming and social services and collects recording royalties. DEBUT+ and SELECT include unlimited submissions; SELECT adds access to conditional career opportunities. Store review, royalty reporting and Wallet withdrawal are separate stages.
No. Free DEBUT distribution ended on October 29, 2025. A free account still handles non-distribution functions such as receiving splits. The restoration deadline for legacy free releases is October 28, 2026.
Normal cash-out uses money already in your Wallet after stores report. Real-Time Royalties is a separate feature for eligible US SELECT and PARTNER members: it advances part of estimated Spotify and Apple earnings, charges 5% and reconciles later.
Your account returns to free DEBUT and the music is removed from stores. Resubscribing within one year can restore the catalog; after that you upload again. Save your metadata and expect a royalty tail before cancelling.
No. The 100% headline doesn't cover YouTube Content ID: that opt-in costs $4.99 per release and UnitedMasters keeps 20% of the gross royalties it earns. Meta and TikTok claiming have their own fees and rules.
