Music Glue vs band.place

Music Glue7.3Visit band.place6.7Visit

Higher score Music Glue #3 in Music Website Builders 7.3/10 From £4.99/mo · 14-day trial Free trial✓ 6 of 6 features Visit Music Glue

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band.place #7 in Music Website Builders 6.7/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 5 of 6 features Visit band.place

• Music Glue fits best

  Artists prioritizing stores, tickets, and fulfilment

• band.place fits best

  Artists wanting a free, broad music website

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Side by side

Feature	Music Glue 7.3/10 Visit ↗	band.place 6.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.3	6.7
Ranking	#3 in Music Website Builders	#7 in Music Website Builders
Best for	Artists prioritizing stores, tickets, and fulfilment	Artists wanting a free, broad music website
Pricing model	Paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	From £4.99/mo · 14-day trial	Free plan
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	14 days	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	12 integrations	18 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market
Features Music Glue 6/6 · band.place 5/6
Custom domain	✓	✓
Audio player	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Tour-date publishing	✓	✓
Mailing-list forms	✓	✓
Video embedding	✓	✓
Merchandise links	✓	✓
Our review
Pros	Combines branded websites, stores, ticket sales, and merchandise bundles Supports fan clubs, mailing lists, analytics, and real-time sales reporting Connects with fulfilment, marketing, commerce, and social platforms	Free Garage plan includes core music, commerce, and promotion tools Synchronizes releases and videos across major music platforms Combines concerts, newsletters, EPKs, hosting, SSL, and shops
Cons	No free plan; paid monthly plans start at £4.99 Plans are priced in GBP and transaction commissions also apply Advanced features require the £59.99-per-month Advanced plan	Currently invitation-only and in private beta Available on the web rather than across multiple platform types Its feature set is focused on music and artist websites
Our verdict	Music Glue is an e-commerce and website platform for artists, managers, labels, agents, promoters, and merchandise companies. It combines branded artist websites with online stores for music, merchandise, tickets, and experiences. The… Read the review →	band.place is a managed website builder for musicians, bands, solo artists, DJs, producers, and labels. Its themes and music-specific tools are designed to put releases, videos, concerts, press materials, mailing-list signup, and… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Music Glue — where it wins

  • Combines branded websites, stores, ticket sales, and merchandise bundles
  • Supports fan clubs, mailing lists, analytics, and real-time sales reporting
  • Connects with fulfilment, marketing, commerce, and social platforms

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan; paid monthly plans start at £4.99
  • Plans are priced in GBP and transaction commissions also apply
  • Advanced features require the £59.99-per-month Advanced plan

• band.place — where it wins

  • Free Garage plan includes core music, commerce, and promotion tools
  • Synchronizes releases and videos across major music platforms
  • Combines concerts, newsletters, EPKs, hosting, SSL, and shops

  Where it doesn't

  • Currently invitation-only and in private beta
  • Available on the web rather than across multiple platform types
  • Its feature set is focused on music and artist websites

• Music Glue7.3/10 · From £4.99/mo · 14-day trial

  A commerce-led artist website builder for stores, tickets, memberships, and fulfilment.

  Visit Music GlueFull verdict →
• band.place6.7/10 · Free plan

  A focused music website builder with free essentials and broad artist integrations.

  Visit band.placeFull verdict →