DistroKid and Ditto Music have very similar headline propositions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pay annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Release unlimited music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keep 100% of normal streaming royalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So how do they differ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DistroKid currently starts at $24.99 per year in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ditto currently advertises its Starter plan at $19 per year for one artist with unlimited releases and 100% royalty retention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ditto Pro currently costs $59 per year and adds areas such as publishing, sync, YouTube Content ID and additional artist capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
DistroKid is extremely established as a self-service distribution platform and offers a large collection of tools and optional extras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Its workflow is particularly attractive to prolific DIY artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ditto currently bundles free pre-save links, analytics, fan data and automatic royalty splitting into Starter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Its Pro plan moves further into publishing and sync services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Think about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
how many artists you manage<\/p>\n\n\n\n
which tools you’ll use<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UGC requirements<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cover songs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
catalogue permanence<\/p>\n\n\n\n
support<\/p>\n\n\n\n
payout workflow<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The difference between $19 and $24.99 is almost irrelevant if one service fits your operation significantly better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RouteNote Free removes annual subscriptions completely in exchange for a 15% share of net revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That creates a completely different economic choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fixed fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or revenue share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Artists should choose based on expected earnings rather than whichever model sounds better in an advert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DistroKid and Ditto Music have very similar headline propositions. Pay annually. Release unlimited music. Keep 100% of normal streaming royalties. So how do they differ? Pricing DistroKid currently starts at $24.99 per year in the US. Ditto currently advertises its Starter plan at $19 per year for one artist with unlimited releases and 100% royalty retention. Ditto Pro currently costs $59 per year and adds areas such as publishing, sync, YouTube Content ID and additional artist capacity. DistroKid’s strengths DistroKid is extremely established as a self-service distribution platform and offers a large collection of tools and optional extras. Its workflow…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3026,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1378,2380,31],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-distrokid","tag-ditto-music","tag-music-distribution"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n