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Add to SafariWhen comparing SoundCloud vs RouteNote, the Slant community recommends SoundCloud for most people. In the question“What is the best music distribution service for ambient music?” SoundCloud is ranked 1st while RouteNote is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose SoundCloud is:
Links to related music, based on what you're listening to, can be found in the sidebar.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Recommendations
Links to related music, based on what you're listening to, can be found in the sidebar.
Pro Subscribe to artists
You can subscribe to artists to be notified the instant they upload a new song or give an update.
Pro 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.
Pro 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.
Pro 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.
Pro Pre-releases
Some music labels, especially newer ones, release on SoundCloud before anywhere else.
Pro Creative Commons filter
SoundCloud allows for finding music that is licensed under Creative Commons.
Pro Support and customer service
Apart from the their slow music distribution issue, RouteNote has a good support and customer service.
Pro Monetization to the SoundCloud and YouTube music platform
You can monetize your musical tracks without particular requirements directly from RouteNote digital music distribution service with a free plan (you'll keep 85% of your royalties) or a premium plan (you'll keep 100% of your royalties paying 10$/year and another fee according to the product).
Pro Free music distribution to the popular digital stores
iTunes, Spotify, Google Play Music, YouTube Music, Tidal, iHeartRadio, Deezer, Amazon Music, Pandora and Facebook.
Cons
Con 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.
Con Interface is full of bugs
The SoundCloud website has tons of problems, including issues with notifications, favorites, and uploading sounds.
Con 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.)
Con Slow music distribution to the popular digital stores
Takes too long to distribute and deliver your musical tracks on both of their plans.
