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Bandcamp pricing
Bandcamp publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the music tools listed alongside it.
As of 30 August 2026, Bandcamp pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Transaction
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Bandcamp plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artist Platform | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
Where Bandcamp stops being free
Artist Platform, Free
- 15% revenue share on digital items initially
- 10% revenue share after reaching $5,000 in sales
- 10% revenue share on physical goods
- 4-6% payment processing fees per transaction
No paid tier on record
Bandcamp lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Bandcamp feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Music streaming
- Downloads
- Artist support
- Merchandise
- Community
Integrations
- Social media
- Payment processing
Security
- Artist tools
- Secure payments
Platform
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
People bring Bandcamp in for music distribution and sales, physical media sales, artist monetization. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Bandcamp are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Music
Too few music tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bandcamp (this page) | Free | transaction | - | |
| rekordbox | Free | Per user per year | - | vs Bandcamp |
| DistroKid | On request | One-time purchase | - | vs Bandcamp |
| Pro Tools | Free | Per user per year | - | vs Bandcamp |
| Serato DJ | Free | Per user per month | - | vs Bandcamp |
| GarageBand | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Bandcamp |
| Traktor Pro | Free | One-time purchase | - | vs Bandcamp |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Bandcamp badges page.
Before you pay for Bandcamp
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Bandcamp runs on web, ios, android, and is published by Bandcamp Inc of Oakland, CA. The full record is on the Bandcamp review, and the rest of the category is under best music tools.
Bandcamp pricing questions
- How much does Bandcamp cost?
- Bandcamp publishes a single tier, Artist Platform, at Free.
- Does Bandcamp have a free plan?
- Yes. The Artist Platform tier costs nothing and covers 15% revenue share on digital items initially, 10% revenue share after reaching $5,000 in sales, 10% revenue share on physical goods.
- Which music tools can I use without paying?
- 7 of the 8 music tools listed alongside Bandcamp have a free tier: rekordbox, Pro Tools, Serato DJ, GarageBand, Traktor Pro.
- What am I actually paying for with Bandcamp?
- The record lists 12 features across 4 areas: other, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for music distribution and sales, physical media sales, artist monetization.
- Does Bandcamp charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Bandcamp prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Bandcamp against before paying?
- The closest music tools in this directory are rekordbox, DistroKid, Pro Tools, Serato DJ. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Bandcamp covering price, platforms and features.