Show.co alternative
Looking for a Show.co alternative?
Show.co is CD Baby's gate tool. It puts a follow, subscribe, or email sign-up in front of content, free for CD Baby members. GetMusic distributes Bandcamp download codes to fans browsing by genre, with no gate and no distributor account. If you don't use CD Baby, or your release is on Bandcamp, this page sorts out which tool you want.
Best Show.co alternatives in 2026
Searches for a Show.co alternative tend to come from two places: an artist outside CD Baby who wants a gate they can use, or an artist whose release is on Bandcamp and wants to give it away without asking fans to follow anything first. Here is the list for both.
- PUSH.fm — The free, closest substitute for the gate itself. Reward Links hand over a download, a secret message, or a hidden URL after a fan follows, shares, or signs up to your newsletter, and the free plan includes unlimited smart links and pre-saves with access to collected emails. No distributor tie-in. Details on the PUSH.fm page.
- Hypeddit — The paid, fuller version of the same idea: download gates, link gates, smart links, pre-saves, with ads and fan analytics on the higher plans. Monthly billing from $9. Worth it if gating is your main promotion channel; our Hypeddit page covers the tiers.
- GetMusic — The pick when the release lives on Bandcamp. Upload codes, we build the release page from your Bandcamp URL, list it on genre pages and ranked feeds, and report who claimed each code. First release promotion free, then $10 once per additional release. Nothing to join beyond Bandcamp.
- Band.codes — Free, unlimited Bandcamp code sharing with no fan sign-up and a small community feed. No gates, no per-claim identity. Good if you need a plain link that hands out codes; the Band.codes page has the full picture.
None of these generate Bandcamp codes. Bandcamp does that on each release's Tools page, with 200 free codes per account and 1,000 more per $500 in sales. The code tools above distribute what Bandcamp made; the gate tools above hand out something else entirely. The Bandcamp code tool comparison lines up the code-specific options.
GetMusic vs Show.co: feature comparison
| Feature | GetMusic | Show.co |
|---|---|---|
| Price | First release free · $10 one time per additional release | Free for CD Baby members · pricing for others unconfirmed |
| Free tier | ✅ One free release promotion, up to 100 codes, open to any Bandcamp artist | ➖ Free if you distribute through CD Baby; otherwise we could not confirm |
| Distributes Bandcamp download codes | ✅ Yes, up to 100 per release | ❌ No |
| Tracks who redeemed each Bandcamp code | ✅ Who claimed, when, and where they came from | ❌ No Bandcamp code tracking |
| Content gate (follow or sign up to get access) | ❌ No gate; fans click and claim | ✅ Yes, the core product |
| Grows Spotify follows and YouTube subscribers | ❌ No | ✅ Gate actions include both |
| Email sign-up as a gate action | ➖ Per-claim record instead of a sign-up form | ✅ Yes |
| Where fans come from | ✅ Genre pages, /explore and /popular feeds, genre and artist follower notifications | ➖ Traffic you send to the gate |
| What a fan must do first | ❌ Nothing; no account, no follow | ✅ The follow or sign-up is the gate |
| Release page built from a Bandcamp URL | ✅ Tracks, art, and tags pulled automatically | ❌ Not Bandcamp-specific |
| Codes validated against Bandcamp before serving | ✅ Every code | ❌ Not applicable |
| Tied to a distributor | ❌ Any Bandcamp artist | ✅ Built for CD Baby members |
| Billing | One-time per release | Free for members; terms for non-members unconfirmed |
Where the Show.co column says unconfirmed, that is what we mean; check show.co directly rather than taking a guess from us.
Why artists switch
Four reasons artists move from Show.co to GetMusic
Nothing to join except Bandcamp
Show.co is free for CD Baby members, and we could not confirm what it costs or whether it is open at all to artists who distribute elsewhere. GetMusic has one requirement: a release on Bandcamp with a batch of codes from its Tools page. You paste the URL, we build the page, and the first release promotion is free with no distributor account in the loop.
Your codes go to fans already browsing
A Show.co gate reaches whoever you send to it. A GetMusic release is listed on genre pages such as metal or hip-hop, surfaces in the explore and popular feeds, and triggers a notification to fans who follow that genre or your artist page. The codes get delivered to people already looking for new music rather than waiting on your next post.
Every claim is recorded against a Bandcamp code
Bandcamp's own Tools page shows how many codes in a set were redeemed and nothing more. A gate counts completions on whatever it was guarding. GetMusic ties each code it serves to a claim record with who took it, when, and where they came from, so you can see whether a genre page, a blog mention, or your own post did the work.
Nothing to complete before the download
A gate works by asking for something first: a Spotify follow, a YouTube subscribe, an email address. GetMusic asks for nothing. A fan clicks claim, gets a code, and redeems it at bandcamp.com/yum without making an account anywhere. If the goal is the Bandcamp download and the follow that tends to come with it, the gate is the step where people drop off.
Honest tradeoffs
Where Show.co still wins
If any of these describe you, Show.co is the right tool and GetMusic does not replace it. We would rather say so here than have you find out after uploading codes.
| Where Show.co wins | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| You distribute through CD Baby and want a gate | For a CD Baby member, Show.co is free and built by the same company that handles your distribution. If what you want is a follow or sign-up gate in front of a track, a video, or a download, there is no reason to pay anyone else for the same mechanism, and GetMusic does not offer one at all. |
| Your target is Spotify follows, YouTube subscribers, or an email list | Show.co exists to convert attention into follows, subscribers, and email sign-ups. GetMusic cannot make a fan follow anything or fill in a form. It gives them a Bandcamp code and tells you who took it. If your metric lives on Spotify, YouTube, or a mailing list, a gate is the correct instrument and a code tool is the wrong one. |
| The content isn't a Bandcamp release | GetMusic only distributes Bandcamp download codes. If the thing behind the gate is a video, a stream, a PDF, or a track that isn't on Bandcamp, we have nothing to hand the fan. Show.co, like PUSH.fm and Hypeddit, gates content in general and does not care where it lives. |
Frequently asked questions
Try your first GetMusic release promotion free
Paste a Bandcamp release URL, upload up to 100 codes, and see who claims them from genre pages and feeds. No gate, no fan sign-up, no distributor account. Each additional release promotion is $10.
Written by Chuck Blake, founder of GetMusic.
GetMusic is a Bandcamp code distribution platform, so this page has a bias and says so. Competitor features and prices were checked against each company's public pages in October 2026; if something has changed, tell us and we will fix the page. More about who we are is on the about page and in GetMusic by the numbers.