GetMusic vs Show.co: which is better in 2026?
Show.co is CD Baby's gate tool: it puts a follow, subscribe, or email sign-up in front of content and is free for CD Baby members. GetMusic distributes Bandcamp download codes to fans browsing by genre and records who claimed each one. They share almost no features, so the question is which job you need done. This page lays out the table, both pricing situations including what we could not confirm, a thirty-day test, and the cases for each.
Our take, in one paragraph
Pick GetMusic if the release is on Bandcamp and you want the download found and tracked. You upload codes, we build the page from your Bandcamp URL, list it on genre pages and ranked feeds, notify fans who follow the genre, and show you who claimed each code and where they came from. No distributor account, no gate. First release promotion free; $10 once for each one after.
Pick Show.co if you are a CD Baby member and the goal is follows, subscribers, or email sign-ups. It is free for members and does the one thing GetMusic will not: ask a fan for something before handing over the content. If you are not a CD Baby member, we could not confirm Show.co's pricing or availability, and you should check show.co before counting on it. For a gate without the CD Baby tie, PUSH.fm is the free place to look.
Feature-by-feature comparison
| Feature | GetMusic | Show.co |
|---|---|---|
| First release | Free promotion, up to 100 codes | Free for CD Baby members; otherwise unconfirmed |
| Additional releases | $10 one time per release promotion | Free for CD Baby members; otherwise unconfirmed |
| Distributes Bandcamp download codes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No |
| Tracks who redeemed each code | ✅ Who, when, and where from | ❌ No Bandcamp code tracking |
| Content gate (follow or sign up to get access) | ❌ No | ✅ Core product |
| Spotify follows and YouTube subscribers | ❌ Not a goal the tool serves | ✅ Gate actions |
| Email sign-ups | ➖ Per-claim records, no sign-up form | ✅ Gate action |
| Hosts or gates non-Bandcamp content | ❌ Bandcamp releases only | ✅ Any content |
| Built-in audience | ✅ Genre pages, /explore and /popular, follower notifications | ➖ Traffic you send to the gate |
| Fans need an account or must complete actions | ❌ No | ✅ The action is the gate |
| Release page built from a Bandcamp URL | ✅ Tracks, art, tags | ❌ Not Bandcamp-specific |
| Codes validated against Bandcamp before serving | ✅ Each one | ❌ Not applicable |
| Social posts queued for the release | ✅ Yes | ➖ We could not confirm |
| Requires a distributor relationship | ❌ No | ✅ Built for CD Baby members |
| Billing model | One-time per release | Free for members; non-member terms unconfirmed |
Pricing, side by side
GetMusic
- First release: Free. Artist setup, a dedicated URL, one release page, up to 100 Bandcamp codes, genre discovery, and queued social posts.
- Additional releases: $10 one time per release promotion, up to 100 codes each. Labels get custom pricing. Fans never pay. See the live pricing page for current terms.
The first promotion is a one-time free release credit, not a subscription tier or trial. See the live pricing page.
Show.co
- CD Baby members: Free to use.
- Everyone else: We could not confirm current pricing, or whether Show.co is available at all to artists who do not distribute through CD Baby. Check show.co before you plan around it.
If you are not a CD Baby member, treat Show.co's availability as an open question rather than a free option.
How to test both without picking blind
These tools do not do the same job, so a split batch of codes will not settle it. Run both on the same release for thirty days instead. Generate codes on the release's Tools page on Bandcamp and upload up to 100 to GetMusic, which lists the release by genre and starts recording claims. On Show.co, if you are a CD Baby member, put a gate in front of a track or video from the same release and pick the action you care about: a Spotify follow, a YouTube subscribe, an email sign-up. Send each link through a different channel, or alternate one channel week by week.
After thirty days, compare what each produced. For GetMusic: codes claimed, how many claims came from genre pages and feeds rather than your own posts, and new Bandcamp followers. For Show.co: gate completions, and the follower or subscriber count on the platform you targeted. Neither tool cost you a subscription, so the comparison is about outcome, not budget. If the claims came mostly from fans you did not send, the discovery layer did real work. If the gate moved the follower number you care about, it earned its place. A month is long enough to average out a single post that happened to travel.
Pick GetMusic if… pick Show.co if…
Pick GetMusic if
- The release is on Bandcamp and you want it found by fans browsing a genre page or feed.
- You want to know who claimed each code, when, and where they came from, not just a count.
- You do not distribute through CD Baby and do not want a distributor account in the loop.
- You want fans to get the code with no account, no follow, and no form.
- You release a few times a year and $10 once per release suits you better than any membership.
Pick Show.co if
- You already distribute through CD Baby and the tool is free to you.
- The outcome you are after is a Spotify follow, a YouTube subscriber, or an email address.
- The content behind the gate is a video, stream, or track that is not a Bandcamp release.
- You already drive steady traffic to your own links and do not need a discovery audience.
- You want one gate tool from the same company that handles your distribution.
A note on bias
GetMusic publishes this page, so treat the verdict as informed but not impartial. We have tried to be fair, and Show.co is the better fit for several of the scenarios above. The most honest test is to run one release through each for a month and see where the claims come from. How GetMusic compares to every Bandcamp code tool gives the wider picture.
Frequently asked questions
Try GetMusic, free, with one release
Submit a Bandcamp release, upload up to 100 codes, and see who claims them from genre pages and feeds. No distributor account needed. The first release promotion is free; each additional one is $10, once.
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.