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Byta vs.
Catalog, Sync & Publishing Promotion Services

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Byta offers the speed and flexibility to easily share streams and/or downloads in the file format your recipients need. Byta reads and writes embedded file metadata making it easier for recipients to quickly find artists and the tracks or albums they are looking for. For added security you can choose to add watermarking*.

When it comes to music licensing opportunities for film or television syncs, music supervisors, publishers, record labels, artist managers and artists need to react quickly.

Byta is Music Metadata Powered

Byta is Music Metadata Powered

Byta is unrivalled in taking advantage of audio files' unique properties. Byta reads and writes audio file metadata, including ID3 Tags, WAV Tags and RIFF Chunks. Byta converts file formats on the fly and delivers fast yet secure streaming when you need to share music.

Compare Our Features to Disco, or Songspace

Compare Our Features to Disco, or Songspace
  • Free Plan expand

    With a Free plan you control your audio files, & choose to securely share your single tracks, albums or playlists as streams and/or downloads. Edit file metadata and quickly create pastable links. Disco does not offer a free plan, Songspace's offering is limited.

  • Even More Features expand

    No song upload limits, with a paid plan receive 10GB More info, set expiry on your audio files and control the number of downloads for recipients.

  • Unparalleled Streaming Security expand

    When higher security is required for sharing your pre-release audio files choose watermarking*. You can also track your streams and downloads with or without choosing to watermark your audio files.

  • More File Formats expand

    Choose to upload your lossless audio files and then share in the format required. Uploaded a FLAC / WAV and share as MP3. Quickly select the download format that best suits your recipients’ needs.

  • More Sharing Options expand

    Read and write file metadata, customise your link’s URL making it easier to identify, and with Freelance and Team plans choose to integrate your streams and downloads into a Mailchimp campaign. Disco and Songspace do not write WAV files.

Compare Byta's Features

Byta
Disco
Songspace
Feature-packed Free Account More info
yes
 
limited
Read and write audio file (incl. WAV) metadata
yes
limited (no WAV writing)
 
Send & receive from the same personal account
yes
limited
limited
Control the number of downloads, or set to unlimited
yes
limited
limited
Universal Links More info
yes
yes
 
Protected Links More info
yes
Paid Plans only
 
Mailchimp integration More info
yes
 
 
Upload storage with paid plan More info
yes
yes
yes
Byta supports FLAC, ALAC, AIFF, WAV, AAC and MP3 file formats
yes
yes
limited
Upload in lossless file format, share in a lossy file format
yes
yes
limited
Auto-updating Links (re-upload tracks and edit metadata)
yes
yes
limited
Share any combination of single tracks, albums or playlists in one share
yes
yes
 
Add watermarking
yes
yes
limited
Track recipient streams and downloads
yes
yes
yes
Upload a leaked music file to detect a watermark
yes
yes
 
Self sign up
yes
yes
yes

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*Watermark Music

Watermarking is the process of embedding undetectable information into an audio file in a way that is difficult to remove. If recorded, the information will be carried in the copy, enabling you to track your audio files back to their original recipient.

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