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Distribution · Updated
CD Baby distributes releases to stores for a fee per release and offers sync licensing. Aden is a workspace for artists, managers and labels. Aden has team and roster management, song and file storage, demo review and feedback, release planning, tours and events, a fan and contact CRM, an artist website and smart links, email campaigns, desktop and mobile apps, and real-time collaboration, which CD Baby doesn't list. In a more limited form, CD Baby covers streaming analytics. CD Baby has music distribution, which is coming soon on Aden.
| Feature | Aden | CD Baby |
|---|---|---|
| Team & roster management | Included | Not included |
| Song & file storage | Included | Not included |
| Demo review & feedback | Included | Not included |
| Release planning | Included | Not included |
| Tours & events | Included | Not included |
| Fan & contact CRM | Included | Not included |
| Streaming analytics | Included | Basic |
| Artist website & smart links | Included | Not included |
| Email campaigns | Included | Not included |
| Music distribution | Coming soon | Included |
| Mastering / production tools | Coming soon | Not included |
| Web, desktop & mobile | Included | Not included |
| Real-time collaboration | Included | Not included |
| Pricing model | Free plan + paid tiers | Per release |
From each tool's public pages. Something out of date? Tell us.
Pin CD Baby 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 MCPAden has team and roster management, song and file storage, demo review and feedback, release planning, tours and events, a fan and contact CRM, an artist website and smart links, email campaigns, desktop and mobile apps, and real-time collaboration, which CD Baby doesn't list. In a more limited form, CD Baby covers streaming analytics. CD Baby has music distribution, which is coming soon on Aden.
Compared with CD Baby, Aden fits if you need team and roster management, song and file storage, demo review and feedback, release planning, tours and events, a fan and contact CRM, an artist website and smart links, email campaigns, desktop and mobile apps, and real-time collaboration in one workspace. For music distribution, which is coming soon on Aden, keep CD Baby for now.
Yes. Pin CD Baby 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 and catalogue over from CD Baby, 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. CD Baby's pricing, as listed in this comparison: Per release.
Besides Aden, this comparison covers DistroKid, TuneCore, and UnitedMasters as alternatives to CD Baby for distribution.