Bandzoogle Pricing in 2026: What You Really Pay, and a Cheaper Alternative

I sometimes get asked one simple question: "What does Bandzoogle actually cost?" The pricing page gives you the numbers. It does not tell you which plan you need for ticket sales or a real mailing list.

So I went through every plan and did the math. I checked all prices on October 27, 2026, in US dollars.

One honest note before we start. I built About My Sound, which is a Bandzoogle alternative. I will show you where Bandzoogle is worth the money and where I think you are overpaying. If you want the wider list of options, read my Bandzoogle alternatives roundup. This post is only about cost.

Bandzoogle pricing in 2026, plan by plan

Bandzoogle has three website plans. There are also three smaller plans for artists who only want an EPK or a merch store. Here are the website plans, taken from Bandzoogle's pricing page and their pricing help article.

The smaller plans are:

• EPK plan: $6.95 a month or $76.45 a year, for a one-page press kit
• Merch Table Lite: $6.95 a month or $76.45 a year, for a store with up to 5 products
• Merch Table Pro: $24.95 a month or $249.50 a year, for a bigger store

All plans come with a 14-day free trial. Every website plan includes a custom domain, and Bandzoogle takes zero commission on sales. You still pay the normal fees to Stripe or PayPal.

What each Bandzoogle plan really gets you

The headline price is not the full story. The real question is which plan unlocks the features you need.

Lite ($11 a month)

Lite is a real website with your own domain. You can sell music downloads and run a basic mailing list.

The limits are tight, though. Ten pages and ten tracks go fast if you have a few releases. The mailing list caps at 100 members, which a working band can fill after a handful of good shows.

Standard ($17 a month)

Standard doubles the pages and adds a store for physical merch. The mailing list goes up to 1,000 members.

My take: this is the plan for artists who sell a lot of merch. If you do not sell T-shirts or vinyl, it is hard to justify the jump.

Pro ($22 a month)

Pro removes all the limits. It is also the only website plan that can sell event tickets. It removes the "Powered by Bandzoogle" link from your footer, too.

This is the plan that matters most for gigging artists. If you play live and want to sell tickets on your own site, Bandzoogle pricing for you starts at $220 a year, not $111.

The real cost of the features musicians actually use

Here is how I think about it. Most artists I talk to want four things from a website:

• A good-looking site
• A press kit
• A way to sell tickets
• A way to collect fan emails

Here is what the last three cost on Bandzoogle, plus the custom domain.

If you sell tickets

You need Pro. That is $264 a year paid monthly, or $220 a year paid up front.

To be fair, Bandzoogle's ticketing is solid. It takes no commission. Fans get a printable ticket by email. You get a password-protected guest list for the door, and you can set a ticket cap.

If you want a mailing list

Lite gives you 100 members. That is a starter list, not a fan base. To go past 1,000 members, you need Pro.

So if your list is growing, you end up on the $22 plan anyway.

If you want a custom domain

This is where Bandzoogle is genuinely good value. Even the $11 Lite plan includes a custom domain. If all you want is a basic site on your own .com, Bandzoogle Lite at $111 a year is a fair deal.

Where Bandzoogle is worth the money

I don't think Bandzoogle is a bad deal. It has been around since 2003, and it does some things I don't.

• Selling music and merch. Bandzoogle sells digital downloads and physical merch from your site. About My Sound does not sell music files or merch.
• Fan subscriptions. You can run a monthly subscription for fans, Patreon style, with no commission.
• Design control. Bandzoogle has more templates and lets you add custom CSS and HTML.
• PayPal. Bandzoogle accepts both Stripe and PayPal. About My Sound uses Stripe only.
• DistroKid. DistroKid bought Bandzoogle in 2023. If you already release through DistroKid, the two tools are built to work together.

If two or more of those matter to you, Bandzoogle Pro is probably worth the $22. Stay where you are.

A cheaper Bandzoogle alternative: About My Sound

Maybe you nodded at "site, press kit, tickets, fan emails" and shrugged at merch. Then I think you might be paying for features you don't use.

When I built About My Sound, I focused on what a gigging artist needs and left the rest out. That is why it costs less. Here are the plans, from our pricing page:

• Essential, $5.99 a month: hosting, a website on artistname.aboutmysound.com, the website editor, a downloadable EPK, and the stage plot generator
• Pro, $13.50 a month: everything in Essential, plus a free custom domain, a mailing list, ticket sales, repertoire lists, and website analytics

Both plans come with a 14-day free trial, and you don't need a credit card to start. There is no free forever plan, so I won't pretend there is.

Side by side

Two rows stand out to me.

First, tickets. Both tools take 0% commission, so the fee is not the difference. The difference is the plan you need to unlock ticket sales: $162 a year on About My Sound, against $220 to $264 on Bandzoogle.

Second, the press kit. On Bandzoogle, a one-page EPK is a separate $76.45 plan. On About My Sound, every site has a press kit page built in. Every template has a Press Kit link in the menu that opens a PDF with an intro, your bio, your socials, and your photos. When you update your site, the EPK updates too.

What else comes with About My Sound

A few things I added because I kept seeing artists pay for them somewhere else:

• A free domain on Pro. You pick a .com, .net or .org, and About My Sound registers and sets it up. You can also connect a domain you already own.
• Repertoire lists on Pro. Share the songs you play live, with a printable version. Wedding bands and cover acts use this a lot (I wrote more about it on the wedding band website builder page).
• A free stage plot generator. Anyone can use it, no signup, even if your website lives on Bandzoogle.
• One fan list. Everyone who buys a ticket or joins your mailing list lands in one customer list.

You can also start a site from a chat. About My Sound works inside Claude: describe your music and you get a preview of a real website draft.

The math over a year

Let me run three real scenarios. All numbers are US dollars for 12 months.

A gigging band that sells tickets

• Bandzoogle Pro: $220 paid yearly, or $264 paid monthly
• About My Sound Pro: $162
• You save $58 to $102 a year. Over three years, that is $174 to $306.

A solo artist who needs a site and an EPK

• Bandzoogle Lite: $111 paid yearly, or $132 paid monthly
• About My Sound Essential: $71.88
• You save about $39 to $60 a year. The trade-off: Bandzoogle Lite includes your own domain, and Essential uses an artistname.aboutmysound.com address.

An artist who only wants a press kit

• Bandzoogle EPK plan: $76.45 a year for a one-page EPK
• About My Sound Essential: $71.88 a year for a full website, with the EPK and PDF included

These numbers are small. That is the point. Indie artists rarely lose money in one big hit. They lose it in $5 and $10 monthly charges for features they never turn on.

My take: which one should you pay for?

Here is what I would tell a friend.

If you sell merch, music downloads, or fan subscriptions, stay on Bandzoogle. Those features are real, and I don't offer them.

If you just want a basic site on your own domain and nothing else, Bandzoogle Lite is a fair price. Don't switch for the sake of it.

If you play live, want to sell tickets from your own site, and want an EPK you don't have to rebuild, try About My Sound. You get ticket sales for $162 a year instead of $220 to $264. The 14-day trial lets you build the whole site and set up a show before you pay anything.

Price is not everything. For speed, SEO, and design, read my full Bandzoogle vs About My Sound comparison. And if tickets are your main concern, my guide to the best ticketing platforms for indie musicians covers Eventbrite, Bandsintown, and others.

About the author

I'm Empire Thief, the founder of About My Sound. I'm also a working musician, and I built the platform after watching too many indie artists pay for features they never use. If you want to see what your site could look like, the homepage walks through the templates in a few minutes.