Aden: Artist Development Environment

Your Artist Development Environment

What is Aden

Aden is a collaborative workspace for artists and music teams to manage their unreleased and released music in one place.

Artists and managers currently rely on scattered tools, Drive folders, WhatsApp, emails, notes, spreadsheets, to manage tracks, versions, feedback, collaborators, and releases. This creates confusion, lost context, and wasted time.

Aden centralizes the entire music workflow. Artists can manage track ideas, upload multiple versions, work on lyrics, collect feedback, invite collaborators, manage splits, documents, and assets, and prepare releases. All inside a fast, modern workspace built specifically for music.

Each artist or team gets a structured system where everyone stays in sync. Public artist and team pages are automatically kept up to date based on the underlying data of upcoming and released tracks, reducing manual work and errors.

Our vision is to make the path to a professional music career simpler by replacing fragmented tools with one integrated platform, allowing artists and teams to focus more on creating and less on managing.

Built in Scandinavia

More than just a workspace. Rooted in Nordic values of trust and simplicity, built to change the way artists and teams work together.

Made by a Swedish and a Belgian founder in Copenhagen. Calm, simple software, with your data under strict European privacy standards.

• Full visibility, Every task, milestone, and deadline visible to everyone. No more guessing what your team is working on, just clarity.
• Hours saved every week, Replace scattered tools with one workspace. What used to take a week of back-and-forth now takes one click.
• Privacy-first, Your data is handled under strict European privacy standards. GDPR compliant by design.
• Easy migration, Move to Aden without the hassle. Bring your catalog, files, and team across in a few clicks.
• Reliable infrastructure, Enterprise-grade uptime so your music and work are always there when you need them.
• Your music, your rights, Full ownership of everything you create. Your creative rights are always protected.

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about Aden before signing up. Can't find what you're looking for? Reach out to our team.

What exactly is Aden?

Aden (aden.space) is a music artist workspace from Aden Space ApS in Copenhagen. It is not Aden Art Space. It replaces scattered Drive folders, chats, and spreadsheets with one place for tracks, versions, collaborators, and releases.

Who is Aden built for?

Independent artists, producers, DJs, managers, and small labels. Whether you're organising your first demos or running multi-artist release campaigns, Aden scales with you from solo work to full team operations.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Free is genuinely free, no credit card required, and includes demo uploads, collaborators, and 500MB of cloud storage. Upgrade any time; your workspace carries over untouched.

How do I sign up for Aden?

Open Register at aden.space/register and create an account. Signup is open; there is no waiting list. An invite code is optional unless Aden has turned invite-only on.

Who Aden is for

• Aden for labels: Sign artists, take demos, and run releases from one roster.
• Aden for publishers: Sign writers, run camps, and keep splits and rights straight.
• Aden for management: Run every artist on the roster from one place.
• Aden for agencies: Book the shows, pitch the sync, run the campaign.
• Aden for writer camps: Signups, rooms, sessions and what came out of them.
• Aden for coaching: Every kind of coach. Book sessions, set goals, follow the progress.

Aden compared

• Aden vs DistroKid: Upload-and-distribute service for releasing music to stores.
• Aden vs TuneCore: Distribution and publishing administration for independents.
• Aden vs UnitedMasters: Distribution plus brand and sync deal opportunities.
• Aden vs Revelator: Distribution, rights and global payments platform.
• Aden vs Reprtoir: Label management, catalog and royalty tooling.
• Aden vs Label OS: Label operating system with royalty automation.
• Aden vs Soundcharts: Music market intelligence and analytics dashboards.
• Aden vs TrackLytx: Music analytics, release visibility and artist ops.
• Aden vs IndieFlow: All-in-one toolkit for independent artists.
• Aden vs CollabHouse: All-in-one platform for independent electronic artists.
• Aden vs MANAGIST: All-in-one workspace for independent artists and creators.
• Aden vs Artist Growth: Artist management, touring and business operations.
• Aden vs Stagent: Artist management and booking workflow.
• Aden vs TRAC: Artist development and team collaboration.
• Aden vs Magnetracks: Music project and catalog management.
• Aden vs Orphiq: AI-assisted release planning workspace for artists.
• Aden vs Cadelo: Release planning with social scheduling and campaigns.
• Aden vs Drop Rocket: Release campaign planning and task management.
• Aden vs Mavel Point: Artist marketing and release campaign platform.
• Aden vs Rundown: Release management from session to distribution for managers, A&Rs and label executives.
• Aden vs DISCO: Music catalog, sharing and collaboration.
• Aden vs Samply: Audio sharing with timestamped feedback.
• Aden vs Untitled: Private links for sharing unreleased music and collecting reactions.
• Aden vs Highnote: Music sharing with private spaces and feedback.
• Aden vs Pibox: Audio and video collaboration with feedback.
• Aden vs Boombox: Producer and engineer collaboration platform.
• Aden vs Bridge.audio: Music cloud with search and sharing.
• Aden vs Session Studio: Studio session and project management.
• Aden vs SoundCloud: Audio hosting and discovery platform.
• Aden vs Gigwell: Booking, contracts, payments and tour logistics.
• Aden vs Prism: Live music business management.
• Aden vs Roadcase: Tour management for artists and crew.
• Aden vs Back On Stage: Artist advancing and tour logistics.
• Aden vs Cobrand: Music marketing, analytics and fan campaigns.
• Aden vs Hypeddit: Download gates, smart links and music ads.
• Aden vs Droploud: Free download gates and a download chart.
• Aden vs Linktree: Link-in-bio pages and smart links.
• Aden vs Beacons: Link-in-bio, store and media kit for creators.
• Aden vs Feature.fm: Smart links, pre-saves and bio links.
• Aden vs Linkfire: Smart links and link analytics for labels.
• Aden vs Komi: Link-in-bio pages for artists and creators.
• Aden vs LANDR: AI mastering, samples and distribution toolkit.

Explore

• FAQ: every product question.
• Features: what Aden gives you.
• Pricing: plans and limits.
• Comparisons: Aden beside every tool it replaces.
• Roles: what Aden does for each part of the industry.
• Guides: royalties, rights, releases and touring, step by step.
• Blog: articles for artists and their teams.
• Business: Aden for labels, publishers and agencies.
• Developers: API, SDK and CLI.
• MCP: AI client integration.
• Company: team and values.
• Vision: where we are headed.
• Contact: how to reach us.