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Distribution · Updated
DistroKid uploads releases to Spotify, Apple Music and other stores for a yearly fee, with smart links and basic stats. Aden is a workspace for artists, managers and labels. Aden has team and roster management, song and file storage, demo review and feedback, tours and events, a fan and contact CRM, email campaigns, and real-time collaboration, which DistroKid doesn't list. In a more limited form, DistroKid covers release planning, streaming analytics, an artist website and smart links, and desktop and mobile apps. DistroKid has music distribution, which is coming soon on Aden.
| Feature | Aden | DistroKid |
|---|---|---|
| Team & roster management | Included | Not included |
| Song & file storage | Included | Not included |
| Demo review & feedback | Included | Not included |
| Release planning | Included | Basic |
| Tours & events | Included | Not included |
| Fan & contact CRM | Included | Not included |
| Streaming analytics | Included | Basic |
| Artist website & smart links | Included | Smart links |
| Email campaigns | Included | Not included |
| Music distribution | Coming soon | Included |
| Mastering / production tools | Coming soon | Not included |
| Web, desktop & mobile | Included | Mobile only |
| Real-time collaboration | Included | Not included |
| Pricing model | Free plan + paid tiers | From $22.99/yr |
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Pin DistroKid as a tab in the Aden desktop app. It keeps its sign-in and opens beside your Aden workspace, up to five side by side.
Get the desktop appConnect Aden to Claude or ChatGPT with the Aden MCP. Your assistant reads and updates Aden next to the other apps it is connected to.
Connect the Aden MCPPeople
Teams, members, and the business that holds them
Catalogue
Tracks, versions, albums, playlists
Open work
Todos and milestones
Aden has team and roster management, song and file storage, demo review and feedback, tours and events, a fan and contact CRM, email campaigns, and real-time collaboration, which DistroKid doesn't list. In a more limited form, DistroKid covers release planning, streaming analytics, an artist website and smart links, and desktop and mobile apps. DistroKid has music distribution, which is coming soon on Aden.
Compared with DistroKid, Aden fits if you need team and roster management, song and file storage, demo review and feedback, tours and events, a fan and contact CRM, email campaigns, and real-time collaboration in one workspace. For music distribution, which is coming soon on Aden, keep DistroKid for now.
Yes. Pin DistroKid as a tab in the Aden desktop app: it keeps its sign-in and opens next to your Aden workspace. Connect Aden to Claude or ChatGPT with the Aden MCP, and your assistant works across Aden and the other apps it is connected to.
Bring people, catalogue, and open work over from DistroKid, in that order. The guide is at aden.space/migrate, and an AI agent can run the move from the brief at aden.space/migrate.md.
Aden has a free plan, and paid plans from €5 a month. DistroKid's pricing, as listed in this comparison: From $22.99/yr.
Besides Aden, this comparison covers TuneCore, CD Baby, and UnitedMasters as alternatives to DistroKid for distribution.