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Notes compared to DistroKid, TuneCore, CD Baby, UnitedMasters, and Songtrust
Choose Notes when you want distribution, publishing administration, and royalty collection in one account, with a flat fee and no royalty cut.
Most musicians buy a distributor for recordings and a separate publishing administrator for songs. Notes does both. It does not take a percentage of royalties. Musician plans start with a free tier, then $5 per month. Company plans start at $100 per month.
Best for Notes. Musicians and companies that need DSP delivery plus PRO, MLC, and neighboring-rights registration in one place.
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Notes versus each product
- Notes vs DistroKidUnlimited DSP uploads. No publishing administration in the base plan.
- Notes vs DistroKid PublishingThe opt-in publishing add-on. Nothing is registered until you enroll.
- Notes vs TuneCoreYearly or per-release distribution. Publishing is a separate product.
- Notes vs CD BabyOne-time per-release fee. Keeps a share of distribution royalties.
- Notes vs UnitedMastersDistribution and brand tools. Publishing administration is not the product.
- Notes vs SongtrustPublishing administration only. Takes 15% / 20% of collected publishing.
- Notes vs DistroKid + SongtrustThe common two-vendor stack. Two bills, two logins, a publishing cut.
Notes pricing
Flat fee. No royalty cut.
- Musician
- Free tier, then $5 / month
- Companies
- From $100 / month
- Royalty cut
- None
Questions
Before you pick a vendor
- Does Notes take a percentage of royalties?
- No. Notes is a flat subscription. It does not take a percentage of recording or songwriting royalties.
- Is Notes only a distributor?
- No. Notes delivers recordings to 50+ platforms and also registers compositions with performing rights organizations, The MLC, and neighboring-rights collectors. It collects both pools into one account.
- What does Notes cost?
- Musicians have a free tier, then $5 per month. Company plans start at $100 per month. Notes does not take a royalty cut on top of that.
- Who is a musician on Notes?
- A musician is the person. The same person may hold recording share, songwriting share, both, or neither. Notes does not treat a role name as the person.