Soundcloud: The costs at a glance
Soundcloud is a popular platform for aspiring musicians with an active community. In this article we have summarized the costs for the service for listeners and artists.
That costs Soundcloud for streamers
Streaming Soundcloud is free and ad-free, as Soundcloud does not make money from ordinary users, but from artists.
- The result: you can almost only listen to music from newcomers, since larger artists do not make their music available here. The service should not be a real alternative to Spotify for most users.
- Another disadvantage of Soundcloud is the audio quality, which at 128 kbit / s is rather moderate compared to other providers. In practice, this is quite sufficient for occasional streaming.
Soundcloud Go - the Spotify alternative
If Soundcloud's free offer is not enough for you, you can unlock additional songs for a monthly fee.
- The so-called Soundcloud Go is a paid subscription and offers both the music of newcomers and well-known tracks for streaming.
- The monthly price for this is 5.99 euros. This makes Soundcloud cheaper than most competing products, but the selection is also significantly smaller.
Soundcloud: The cost for artists
Soundcloud does not ask the streamers directly or indirectly through advertising, but the artists to checkout. This works because the musicians get feedback quickly via the platform.
- In the basic version, Soundcloud is also free for artists. However, you can only upload up to 3 hours of music with it.
- Soundcloud Pro provides statistics and other options for your uploads. With this tariff you can upload 6 hours of music. That costs either 5 euros per month or 45 euros for a whole year.
- If you want to upload unlimited music, you need Soundcloud's Unlimited tariff. This also gives you access to extensive statistics on your audience. To do this, you either have to put 9 euros a month on the table or spend 99 euros for a whole year.
The next practical tip will tell you how to download songs from Soundcloud.