TuneCore vs CD Baby

How Is TuneCore Better Than CD Baby?

Unlike our competitors – including CD Baby – we offer music distribution, music publishing, and audience development, all under one roof. That means we support you at every stage of your career, not just the ones where you’re putting music online.

Let’s dig into specifics below:

Why Choose TuneCore?

1. 1

   Subscription Pricing

   CD Baby offers fixed prices for releases – we offer unlimited releases plus cutting-edge analytic tools and TuneCore Accelerator at an affordable monthly rate. The difference is clear.

2. 2

   Music Publishing

   You can add TuneCore Publishing to any paid plan and ensure your royalty collection and music distribution happens under one roof. We offer it; CD Baby doesn’t.

3. 3

   Analytics Dashboard

   Our Trends and Analytics Dashboard provides relevant, personalized, and timely insights to grow your audience and increase your revenue – CD Baby doesn’t have one.

4. 4

   Songwriter Splits

   Our TuneCore Splits service ensures your collaborators get paid for their work automatically; CD Baby makes you do the heavy lifting.

5. 5

   Payout Threshold

   CD Baby has one; we don’t. Get paid out when you want for how much you want – no amount is too big or small.

6. 6

   $5 Mastering

   CD Baby offers AI Mastering for $59 dollars. We dropped the “9” and offer professional mastering results at the entry level price of $5.

What Our Artists Say

How to Switch From
CD Baby to TuneCore

Switching from CD Baby to TuneCore is simple:

1. 1

   Create an Account

   It’s easy to do

2. 2

   Select Your Plan

   TuneCore offers a plan at whatever price plan is right for you,

3. 3

   Create a TuneCore Release

   Fill in the required information to get distribution ready (don’t worry – we’ll tell you what you need.

4. 4

   Take that Track Down from CD Baby

   Click here to read how you can start today and reach more fans than ever.