Using Songtrust you get 15% more than CD baby, 5% more than distrokid and skip the yearly fees of distrokid. If youre simply looking for the short answer, what I ended up going with was this: Distrokids Musician Plus Plan+SongTrustas an admin publisher to collect the extra royalties Distrokid misses. When you opt into this service, DistroKid manages your cover by obtaining a license for it and paying the original songwriter their royalties. DistroKid also includes a hub for artists where you can edit your bio and profile pictures for streaming services all from one place. It doesnt matter which tier you choose on either platform. They are an important source of revenue if you think youll get a lot of streams on something like Sirius XM, or the free version of pandora. DistroKid subscriptions are relatively affordable, but the service contains a lot of hidden fees. If you want to stop paying the yearly fee, you can always transfer and host your songs to another distributor in the future. Any of the paid services or tools listed here are most likely affiliate links, so if you do decide to use any of them, Ill earn a small commission. If you are a solo artist, your subscription will cost $19.99 per year. Distrokid allows you to distribute your music for a fee. You can easily create Hyperfollow links and when someone clicks one, theyll automatically follow you on Spotify and have your music saved to their library. Neither CDbaby nor Distrokid do it. DistroKid currently doesn't have any add-on, admin publishing services (at least not yet). You'll still get the same payments from Distrokid and he same performance royalties from your PRO. Pay as you upload is a good thing if you hate the idea of having to pay a yearly subscription fee. The only way you can get these is if either you or your publisher is signed up with the MLC. However, DistroKid is working on a publishing admin system for artists that may be available at a future date. This is where Offeo comes in. As a Distrokid user, I will tally up the price in terms of the services I chose: I pay for the musician plus account.