Music Distributor Cost Calculator
Set how much you release and for how long. Every price comes from the distributor's own pages, with the date we checked it.
Distributor exit-cost calculator
How many releases, for how long, and what you earn. Every number is from the distributor's own pages; nothing is stored.
Singles a year
Albums or EPs a year
Years you plan to stay
- RouteNote Free $0.00$0.00 fees · 15 % of royalties. No recurring fee to miss; 15 % of royalties, before and after. Source
- Ditto Music Starter $95.00*$95.00 fees. Releases at risk of removal if you stop paying; the price to protect one isn't published. Source
- UnitedMasters DEBUT+ $99.95*$99.95 fees. Music comes down if you stop paying. Source
- Amuse Artist $119.95$119.95 fees. Music stays live after you stop; the distributor then keeps 25 %. Source
- LANDR Distribution Basic $120.00$120.00 fees. Music stays live after you stop; the distributor then keeps 15 %. Source
- TuneCore Rising Artist $124.95*$124.95 fees. Music comes down if you stop paying. Streaming cut while paying: not stated on its pricing pages. Source
- CD Baby Per release $199.80$199.80 fees · 9 % of royalties. No recurring fee to miss; 9 % of royalties, before and after. Source
- RouteNote Premium $599.60$599.60 fees. Music stays live after you stop; the distributor then keeps 15 %. Source
- DistroKid Musician $704.95$124.95 fees · $580.00 to keep it all up. $580.00 in Leave a Legacy fees keeps every release up after you cancel. Source
Prices and policies read on November 1, 2026, before tax. Add your royalties a year to include commissions: for CD Baby and RouteNote Free the cut is most of the cost. * No published price keeps the music up; the total leaves it out.
