Symphonic review

Symphonic sits between a self-serve distributor and a label services company. Starter costs $29.99 per year, pays 100% of royalties from streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora and Amazon, and includes unlimited featuring and remixer artists, free royalty splitting through SplitShare and access to its Release Campaign Builder. Symphonic charges a percentage on user-generated content from YouTube, Meta and TikTok, and Starter allows only one primary artist. Inside the account you get daily streams from Spotify and Apple Music, playlist analytics, Spotify Discovery Mode analytics, Teams access and TransferTrack for moving a catalog. The Partner tier is a custom percentage deal by approval with a client manager and marketing to DSPs. Music video distribution costs $25 per video on Spotify or Vevo. Starter is a little pricier than DistroKid or Ditto, but the upgrade path to marketing support is unusual for a plan this cheap.

Who it is for

producers and artists who plan to grow into label services

Price

Starter $29.99 per year; Partner is a custom percentage deal.

STARTER $29.99 / year
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 12, 2026.

Key features

• Starter keeps 100% of royalties from streaming services for 1 primary artist
• Unlimited featuring and remixer artists
• Free royalty splitting with SplitShare
• Daily streams from Spotify and Apple Music, playlist and UGC analytics
• Partner tier by application with DSP marketing and a client manager

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Royalty splits are free through SplitShare
• Strength: Daily Spotify and Apple Music stream data
• Strength: A path to marketing and label services through Partner
• Weakness: Starter allows only one primary artist
• Weakness: Takes a percentage on YouTube, Meta and TikTok user-generated content
• Weakness: Partner pricing is not published and needs approval

Key facts

• Cheapest plan: Starter, $29.99 per year
• Primary artists: 1 on Starter
• Streaming royalties kept: 100% on Starter
• Music video: $25 per video

Where it ranks

Symphonic is No. 6 in our Best Music Distribution Services verdict.