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Release planning · Updated
Rundown is a release-management workspace for managers, A&Rs and label executives. It logs a song from the recording session, keeps a checklist for audio, artwork, split sheets and producer agreements, captures credits and generates split sheets, on top of Google Drive. Aden is a workspace for artists, managers and labels. Aden has demo review and feedback, tours and events, a fan and contact CRM, streaming analytics, an artist website and smart links, email campaigns, and desktop and mobile apps, which Rundown doesn't list. In a more limited form, Rundown covers team and roster management, song and file storage, release planning, and real-time collaboration.
| Feature | Aden | Rundown |
|---|---|---|
| Team & roster management | Included | Free Standard, up to 2 artists |
| Song & file storage | Included | Google Drive |
| Demo review & feedback | Included | Not included |
| Release planning | Included | Session-to-distribution checklist |
| Tours & events | Included | Not included |
| Fan & contact CRM | Included | Not included |
| Streaming analytics | Included | Not included |
| Artist website & smart links | Included | Not included |
| Email campaigns | Included | Not included |
| Music distribution | Coming soon | Not included |
| Mastering / production tools | Coming soon | Not included |
| Web, desktop & mobile | Included | Not included |
| Real-time collaboration | Included | Credits, splits and stakeholder sends |
| Pricing model | Free plan + paid tiers | Free Standard, up to 2 artists |
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Pin Rundown 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
Audio and files
Version files and project files
Open work
Todos and milestones
Aden has demo review and feedback, tours and events, a fan and contact CRM, streaming analytics, an artist website and smart links, email campaigns, and desktop and mobile apps, which Rundown doesn't list. In a more limited form, Rundown covers team and roster management, song and file storage, release planning, and real-time collaboration.
Compared with Rundown, Aden fits if you need demo review and feedback, tours and events, a fan and contact CRM, streaming analytics, an artist website and smart links, email campaigns, and desktop and mobile apps in one workspace.
Yes. Pin Rundown 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, audio and files, and open work over from Rundown, 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. Rundown's pricing, as listed in this comparison: Free Standard, up to 2 artists.
Besides Aden, this comparison covers Orphiq, Cadelo, and Drop Rocket as alternatives to Rundown for release planning.