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Last.fm vs SoundCloud vs Bandcamp

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Specs

Platforms

Windows, Mac, Web, iOS, Android

Paid Plan Audio Quality

128kbs

Free Plan Audio Quality

128kbs

Price

$3/mo

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

Web, Android, Desktop, Sonos, Windows Phone

Paid Plan Audio Quality

256kbs AAC

Free Plan Audio Quality

64kbs AAC+

Price

-

Offline Download

Premium (partial)

Free tier

Partial

Playlist Sharing

Yes

User-Created Playlists

Yes

Premium Tier (Yearly)

EUR 99

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

Web, iOS, Android

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

Up to lossless

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

Web; Android; iOS; Linux; Windows; MacOS

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

Yes

User-Created Playlists

Yes

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

Yes

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

Web, Android, iOS, Windows Phone

Paid Plan Audio Quality

192kbs AAC

Free Plan Audio Quality

64kbs AAC+/128kbs AAC

Price

-

Offline Download

Yes

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

No

User-Created Playlists

No

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

~40M

Other Platforms

Sonos, Roku, Direct TV, Playstation, FiOS TV, Pebble Watch, TiVo, Chromecast, Amazon Echo, Apple TV

Algorithmic Radio

Yes

Top Labels

UMG, SME

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

256kbs AAC

Free Plan Audio Quality

128kbs AAC/156kbs Opus

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

Web, iOS, Android, Windows Phone

Paid Plan Audio Quality

64kbs AAC+

Free Plan Audio Quality

64kbs AAC+

Price

-

Offline Download

No

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

Yes

User-Created Playlists

Yes

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

Blackberry, Xbox

Algorithmic Radio

No

Top Labels

Indie

Free Plan

Yes

Countries

USA, Canada

Paid Plan

$2.99/mo

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

Web, iOS, Android, Wear OS

Paid Plan Audio Quality

320kbs MP3

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

Yes

Free tier

Yes

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

~40M

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

Web, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac OS X (macOS)

Paid Plan Audio Quality

320 Kbps MP3/ 16-bit 44.1 kHz FLAC/ 24-bit ≤192 kHz FLAC (Studio/Sublime+)

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

$14.99 Mo or $149.99 yr Studio premier / $249.99/yr Sublime+

Offline Download

Yes

Free tier

30 days trial

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

~50M

Other Platforms

Amazon Kindle/Sonos/ other Hifi brands

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

Web, Android, iOS, Windows Phone

Paid Plan Audio Quality

320k

Free Plan Audio Quality

64k

Price

$8/mo

Offline Download

No

Free tier

Yes

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

Blackberry, Kindle Fire

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

Web (Chrome only for HiFi), iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

Yes

Number of songs available

~60M

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

Up to 9216 kbps (MQA, Dolby Atmos, Sony 360 Reality Audio

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

Up to 1411 kbps FLAC/ALAC (HiFi)

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

Everywhere

Paid Plan Audio Quality

Free HQ

Free Plan Audio Quality

Highest

Price

Free

Offline Download

Yes

Free tier

Everything is free

Playlist Sharing

Yes, with a clean URL

User-Created Playlists

Yes

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

Through ecosystem software

Number of songs available

Everything

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

Human curation

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

Yes

Countries

Everywhere

Paid Plan

No

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

Yes (through ecosystem software)

Playlist sharing

Yes, URL with username

Radio

Everything is a radio

Other platforms

All platforms

User-created playlists

Yes

Audio quality

HQ

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

Web

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

-

Radio

-

Other platforms

-

User-created playlists

-

Audio quality

-

Platforms

-

Paid Plan Audio Quality

-

Free Plan Audio Quality

-

Price

-

Offline Download

-

Free tier

-

Playlist Sharing

-

User-Created Playlists

-

Premium Tier (Yearly)

-

Purchase Audio Quality

-

Offline download

-

Number of songs available

-

Other Platforms

-

Algorithmic Radio

-

Top Labels

-

Free Plan

-

Countries

-

Paid Plan

-

HiFi Plus (19.99 US/Month)

-

HiFi (9.99 US/Month)

-

Selective downloading

-

Playlist sharing

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Radio

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 Supports a wide range of platforms, music players and browsers

Last.fm scrobbles music from wide range of devices and music players, not just from official apps such as Scrobbler for Windows and Mac, Scrobbler for iOS, Last.fm for Android and Last.fm for Spotify, but also a wide range of 3rd party Last.fm apps that are available on many platforms, built using the official Last.fm API such as ScrobbleMe for Windows Phone, Simple Last.fm Scrobbler for Android, Last.fm Scrobbler for Chrome, FoxyScrobbler for Firefox and the built-in Last.fm scrobbling in Deezer.
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 Scrobbling

Last.fm checks what you listen to the most, they're calling it scrobbling, and streams songs based on that information. It works via your computer, smartphone, iPod and other music services.
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 Last.fm Tag/Artist radio

Play songs similar to "X" from Youtube.
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 Lack of compositions

The most popular are there, but forget about something unique.
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 There is no one-time life subscription

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 Low audio quality

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 Recommendations

Links to related music, based on what you're listening to, can be found in the sidebar.
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 Subscribe to artists

You can subscribe to artists to be notified the instant they upload a new song or give an update.
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 Explore tab has new music constantly

Explore tab on SoundCloud shows trending music that can be filtered based on genre/tag. There's a constant stream of new music.
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 Follow people

You can follow people with similar tastes or that often find new music. When they favorite a song, SoundCloud will notify you about it.
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 Free to use

You don't even have to log in or sign up for an account if you don't want to. There are paid options for if you want to upload large quantities of audio (eg if you're a music label you'll need this), but it's free to download as much and as often as you like.
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 Pre-releases

Some music labels, especially newer ones, release on SoundCloud before anywhere else.
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 Creative Commons filter

SoundCloud allows for finding music that is licensed under Creative Commons.
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 Can't do an advanced search

You can't search, for example, for Creative Commons music with the tag #trap. It could be useful to search for music you like that is under Creative Commons.
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 Interface is full of bugs

The SoundCloud website has tons of problems, including issues with notifications, favorites, and uploading sounds.
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 Audio ads in some uploaded content

Some content on SoundCloud includes audio ads, particularly sponsored podcasts. (Note that SoundCloud itself doesn't add these - all the audio you're hearing is exactly as it was uploaded.)
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 No "Monthly or Yearly" subscription plans

Once you buy (or support) a song/album from an artist on Bandcamp, you get to open a fan account and unlimited streaming and downloads from your purchases.
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 Multiple filters

The Bandcamp discovery site has multiple filters making it easy to find exactly what you want. If you're looking for Best-Selling Electronic albums on vinyl from 3 weeks ago, Discover has you covered.
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 Search or browse by tags

When artists upload their music, the can add their own tags to their albums or songs. This leads to some very unique finds and allows you to find interesting music.
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 Audio fidelity is Bandcamp's name

Downloading songs (you bought) lets you download in multiple choices of codecs/formats, like MP3, FLAC, AIFF, AAC and many more to make sure you get to hear what you want to hear.
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 Unlimited streaming

Listen to songs as many times as you want.
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 "Fair Trade Music Policy"

Bandcamp's share is 15% on digital items, and 10% on physical goods. Payment processor fees are separate and vary depending on the size of the transaction, but for an average size purchase, amount to an additional 4-7%. The remainder, usually 80-85%, goes directly to the artist, and they pay out daily. Since they only make money when artists make a lot more money, their interests remain aligned with those of the community they serve. It’s a straightforward approach, and it works well.
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 Huge collection of music and fast access to newly released songs  

Spotify has over 20 million songs and arguably the largest collection out of its competitors and usually has the fastest access to new music. The Spotify desktop client allows local music files to be imported with the option of syncing with a mobile device which largely mitigates the issue of missing artists.
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 Related artists

Helps to find new authors based on your previous picks
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 Curated playlists

Public playlists on Spotify created by other people are great for finding new music.
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 Client's functionality can be extended via third-party apps

Spotify desktop client allows for third-party apps. They extend the functionality of Spotify and many of them offer new ways of discovering music. Noteworthy apps include Moodagent, Last.fm, Swarm.fm, ShareMyPlaylists, The Hype Machine, We Are Hunted, Shuffler.fm.
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 Has a free version 

A free, ad-supported account allows streaming from an extensive library of music.
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 Weekly Discover playlist uses a great algorithm

A playlist generated by Spotify based on your listening habits and released every Monday. The algorithm used by this playlist is great and stands out from its competitors.
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 Free account have lots of ads

If you hate commercials, you would buy Premium or go on using something else.
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 Discovery is terrible

The discovery algorithm is poor and does not learn fast enough. Not obvious how to train it.
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 Poor audio quality

There's a high range of bitrates and most of vary from average to bad.
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 Killer algorithm for surfacing new music

Its "Discover Weekly" playlist is amazing
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 Super simple

Create a station from an artist or a song, and Pandora will start streaming songs. It will adjust your preferences based on what you tell it you like or dislike.
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 Music Genome Project

Music Genome Project is a ten years long project that analyzes and categorizes songs based on up to 450 distinct musical characteristics.
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 Doesn't work in many countries

As of July 2017, Pandora has discontinued all streaming (including the free tier) to Australia.
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 Cannot play specific tracks

You can only create 'radio stations' which seem to intentionally avoid the song you chose to base the station from. That said, I did hear rumours that there will be a new tier available soon that does allow you to stream specific songs on demand...
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 No longer available in Australia

As of July 2017, Pandora has discontinued all streaming (including the free tier) to Australia.
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 Comments on the songs help you find similar tracks

The comments usually point out music similar in taste to the original track as well as point out spotify links to the artist etc.
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 Great range of tastes covered

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 The Reddit algorithm and format is great for discovery

New and great songs rise to the top daily.
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 Scrapes almost 800 blogs

Hype Machine looks at content of hundreds of blogs and ranks songs by how often they are mentioned on these blogs.
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 In-depth tags system

The music's tagged based on genres, location, blogs, novelty and other miscellaneous information.
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 Cross-platform

In addition to being available on the web, Hype Machine can be accessed via mobile applications for iOS, Android, Windows Phone & BlackBerry, through Spotify, using OS X & Windows clients and on Sonos.
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 Personalized

Contrary to what is said in the Cons, one can personalize Hype Machine to the prefered music style. This can be done by following specific blogs writing on this style, then one will have newly discovered artists in one's feed. And it works pretty well, you can discover dozens of bands like this and buy their albums afterwards.
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 Not personalized

Music recommendations don't take your tastes into account, meaning this feed just shows what's trending on blogs in your country / in the genre you filtered by. This means you get a lot of false positives if your tastes aren't mainstream.
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 Extensive crowdsourced database

Rate Your Music has albums, singles, bootlegs, videos, non-musical releases and films that are cataloged, rated and reviewed by users. Based on this information, recommendation on similar music will are offered.
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 Powerful charts

Organize lists of best music by genre, release format, time, performance type, location, etc.
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 Terrible mobile interface

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 Recommendation based on your watching history

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 Great selection of things you can see/learn/explore

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 How-to videos

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 Video lectures

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 Not very high audio quality

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 Excellent tagging system

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 Works terribly outside of the US

It uses Youtube to play songs.
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 Music based on mood or event

Songza will ask a series of questions to deduce what kind of playlist you should listen to.
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 Playlists by music experts

What Songza calls “Concierge” is a service that will offer pre-made playlists created by music experts.
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 Easy to use

The interface is super-simple and easy to understand.
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 Free

Songza is free to use.
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 No audio ads

There are no audio advertisements, only website banners.
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 I'm Feeling Lucky Radio

Plays radio based on your listening tastes.
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 Upload your own music

Upload music from your library to your Google Play, then listen from anywhere.
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 Artist Radio

Plays radio of music related to a particular artist.
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 You have to sign up

You can listen to DI.fm for half an hour before you're asked to sign up for a free account.
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 Dozens of genre-specific channels

DI.fm currently lists 89 distinct channels, each representing a different sub-genre of electronic music.
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 Cross-platform

DI.fm has apps for iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows phone.
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 Advertizements with the free account

If you have a free account, the music stream is interrupted fairly often (every few songs) suggesting you upgrade to a pro account.
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 Occasionally the channels won't connect

Every once in a while, the channels won't connect and you have to wait some time and try again.
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 Electronic only

DI.fm is electronic-music only, so you'll be limited to exploring within that genre.
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 Amazing quality

The Tidal music streaming service has a maximum streaming quality of 1,411Kbps bit rate with FLAC-formatted lossless files. This is quite an upgrade compared to most music streaming services, which go at about 320Kbps bit rate.
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 Built-in audio search

The Tidal music streaming service mobile app has a built-in audio search, similar to Shazaam and Soundhound.
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 Discounted student subscription

Tidal offers a 50% discount on monthly subscriptions for students with a valid university email account.
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 Expensive

At $19.99 per month, it's one of the most expensive streaming services out there (there is a cheaper subscription available at $9.99/month).
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 Songs may take some time to load

the Tidal music streaming service may take up to 10 seconds of buffering to load and play a song, sometimes even stopping a song mid-way to buffer.
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 Small music catalog

The music Catelog selection here is not that big. Other services have over 40 million songs.
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 No record label influence

Upbeat has no promotion deals, everything is decided by the community.
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 Upload songs via SoundCloud

You can link songs that have been uploaded on SoundCloud.
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 Community curated

Select a genre and vote on what you like alongside other people.
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 Combines the nice spotify UX with constantly changing crowdsourced music recommendations

Some of the music sub-reddits are fantastic for discovering new music and combining it with the ease-of-playing of Spotify makes for a great experience.
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 Easy to navigate to the various music sub-reddits

The Reddit app on Spotify groups related sub-reddits together under the different genres, making it really easy to navigate around the various subs.
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 Subreddit-playlists

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 Features a remote control

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 Free and open source

Licensed under GPL-3.0
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 Great curators for electronica

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 Find artists before they get famous

Many artists, such a Crayon Pop, gain popularity on Reddit before they're even picked up by a major label.
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 Find new music before it even hits the charts

Users submit videos as they come out, often before they've even gained enough popularity to make it onto the charts.
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 Very active community

Links to new music videos are posted daily.
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 social

You can create an account to save your favorite tracks & tracklists; and create new ones
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 open source

Spiff is powered by WP Soundsystem, an open source Wordpress plugin, and has a Github repo. Which means that YOU can help develop it !
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 discover new music

lot of tracklists & radios to dig into
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 Simple

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 Social

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 Fun

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 Amazon recommends other bands purchased by customers who purchased the current music listed

Amazon has a feature called "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought" that will show artists that customers purchased who also purchased the current artist shown.
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 All songs can be previewed

Amazon has a play button next to each song that allows for all songs to be previewed, enabling the listener to tell if the music is any good.
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 Community curated discovery

The Drop uses a simple user voting system in the vein of reddit or HN for surfacing music.
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 Stream music via radd.it

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 Multireddits by genre

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 Discovery multireddits

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