If you're comparing publishing administration services or currently using Songtrust, we offer a fundamentally different approach to protecting your music royalties. Unlike Songtrust and other traditional music publishing solutions' commission-based model that takes 15-20% of your royalties for the duration of the agreement, we operate on a transparent subscription model starting at just $15/month with zero commission on your earnings and easy, hassle-free cancellation.

We empower you to self-administer your works with all traditional US collection societies including ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, Music Reports, HFA, and SoundExchange. You maintain complete control over your registrations and copyrights, maintain your direct relationship with the organizations you affiliate with to represent your various rights, avoid commission-based deductions, and receive royalties directly from the societies without intermediary layers reducing or slowing down your payments. Because you continue to maintain your direct affiliation when using our system to self-administer your rights in the US, if you have questions, concerns, or issues, you're able to interact directly with the organizations to resolve them without involving us—unlike with Songtrust or a publishing administrator who becomes the publisher of record for your rights and has complete authority over your registrations.

We operate a fundamentally different model than Songtrust and traditional publishing administration solutions. Instead of becoming your publishing administrator or publisher of record on your registrations, we've built and provide a platform for a flat monthly subscription fee that enables you to administer your publishing, mechanical, and master rights on behalf of yourself and/or your publishing entity(ies) with no commission, and you maintain your relationship with the societies and organizations with which you and/or your entities are affiliated without requiring any involvement from us. The personification of Administered, by YOU.

Instead of taking a percentage of your royalties or charging a $100 per songwriter fee, we charge a transparent and simple monthly or annual subscription fee, with each plan enabling you to register your works including your co-writers and their publisher splits.

Our subscription plans:

Visit our pricing page to view subscription plans and sign up.

You keep 100% of your royalties. Every dollar collected by ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, Music Reports, Harry Fox Agency, or SoundExchange is paid directly to you from those organizations. We do not collect nor distribute your earned royalties, nor do we take a commission.

Songtrust's pricing structure is significantly more expensive than our subscription offering. The service requires a $100 per songwriter registration fee, charges a 15% commission on performance royalties, and as of January 2025, charges a 20% commission on mechanical royalties. Additionally, their Terms of Service state that commissions are calculated on "Net Sums" AFTER the collection societies and the intermediaries they use to offer global publishing administration take their deductions, which often results in the total deduction of royalties being much greater than the 15-20% they advertise.

With TuneRegistry, you pay one monthly fee and can register works with unlimited songwriters and co-writers with zero additional fees while collecting 100% of your royalties paid out to you directly by the societies and organizations which license, collect, and distribute your earned royalties.

TuneRegistry does not become your publishing administrator. We do not become the publisher of record. You and/or your publishing entities remain the administrator and publisher of record for your works. Our platform automates and simplifies direct submission of your works to the relevant collection societies on your behalf, resulting in fast registrations of your works (typically within 3-5 business days). Your professional relationship with the societies remains intact—we never ask for, nor do you ever grant us, exclusive administration rights, licensing authority, or any other control or rights over your registrations or copyrights.

When you use TuneRegistry to register your works:

Our platform facilitates registrations in the US only, which is the world's largest music market by revenue, with typical registrations with US PRO societies occurring within 3-5 business days instead of the weeks or months typical with global administrators. For time-sensitive releases, this speed ensures your works are properly registered before your promotional push generates streams or performances.

Unlike Songtrust, which is a traditional publishing administrator and as a result focuses solely on publishing and composition (song/work) rights, we're a music rights administration platform that facilitates on our clients' behalf not just their composition rights (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC) but also their mechanical rights (Harry Fox Agency, The MLC, Music Reports) and master (sound recording) rights with SoundExchange. This enables our clients who have the rights to both their compositions and recordings to administer and manage all of their US music rights within our platform.

Beyond administration and registration, our platform also provides you a complete music catalog and contact management system. You are able to:

Track and associate all of your unique identifiers (ISRCs, ISWCs, IPI numbers) for your works and recordings.

Store and associate important documents (split sheets, stems, contracts).

Manage collaborator and business contact information.

Link works with recordings and releases.

Monitor the registration status across all societies.

Choose us when:

Consider Songtrust if:

Note: Many artists, publisher administrators, labels and managers use both our service and Songtrust strategically.

Yes, in several important ways:

According to Songtrust’s Terms of Service, their “Territory” definition allows you to “opt-out of one or more specific countries or territories” from your administration agreement. This means you have the option to exclude the United States from your Songtrust administration while maintaining their services for international territories.

Why this strategy makes sense:

How to exclude territories from your Songtrust agreement:

To inquire about excluding the United States or other specific territories from your Songtrust administration.

This dual-service approach gives you the best of both worlds: TuneRegistry’s zero commission, fast US administration combined with Songtrust’s international reach for territories where self-administration may be more complex.

Songtrust's agreement is exclusive only for works you've already submitted to them. Any new songs you create after signing up with Songtrust can be registered with TuneRegistry instead. This allows you to:

If you've submitted works to Songtrust that remain in "Pending" status after several months and they are not showing as such within your PRO account, you can use TuneRegistry to directly register those works with the US societies in 3-5 business days. You can list Songtrust as the publishing administrator on the work within our system. Songtrust's exclusivity only applies once they have actually registered a work with a collection society; works stuck in pending status and not actually registered at the societies would not be covered by that exclusive agreement until those works have been registered by Songtrust or by you with Songtrust listed as the publishing administrator.

Songtrust doesn't handle US master recording rights (neighboring rights) as they are a publishing administrator. You can use TuneRegistry to register your sound recordings with SoundExchange regardless of your Songtrust agreement, as these are entirely separate rights not governed by your Songtrust agreement and not a service that Songtrust offers.

Even if Songtrust is collecting your royalties, TuneRegistry can serve as your catalog management system. Store important documents, store and associate unique identifiers with their corresponding works/recordings, manage collaborator information, and maintain detailed metadata records for works, recordings, and releases that Songtrust's platform does not accommodate.

If you've decided TuneRegistry better serves your publishing and rights administration needs, understanding Songtrust's cancellation process and timeline is essential for planning your transition if your catalog is currently administered by them. The process is complex and can take 15-24 months from initial cancellation request to complete transfer of administration.

You do not need to wait for your Songtrust agreement to be cancelled to register any new works. Whether the Songtrust agreement is in effect or not, new works can be registered immediately with TuneRegistry since they have never been submitted to Songtrust and therefore are not subject to their exclusive administration agreement.

Before taking action, review these critical aspects of Songtrust's cancellation terms:

You cannot cancel Songtrust before completing one full year from your registration date. Attempting to cancel early will not release you from the agreement.

Submit your cancellation request through their cancellation form at https://www.songtrust.com/cancel. Your cancellation becomes effective at the end of the calendar quarter (March 31, June 30, September 30, or December 31) following your notice, subject to their post-term exploitation period.

If you owe Songtrust any money at termination, they will invoice you and you must pay within 14 days. Your cancellation is not valid until all amounts owed are repaid. The $100 per songwriter registration fee is non-refundable regardless of cancellation timing.

After your agreement ends, Songtrust continues collecting royalties during their Exploitation Period and continues charging their 15-20% commission "as if the agreement were still in effect" according to their Terms of Service. This period continues until you or your new administrator notifies all collection societies to update their records confirming your new administrator.

This is critical: Songtrust explicitly states in their Terms of Service that they are "not able to actively relinquish rights to Compositions." Unlike traditional publishing administrators who issue termination letters, Songtrust places full responsibility on you to re-register your works with each collection society after cancellation.

Until you successfully re-register with each society (ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, HFA, Music Reports, etc.) and they update their records, Songtrust may continue receiving income as the most recent administrator of record. They will continue taking their 15-20% commission on any income received during this transition period.

According to Songtrust's Terms of Service, you are "fully responsible for the re-registration of compositions after cancellation of the services." This means you must:

Submit your cancellation request either through their online cancellation form at https://www.songtrust.com/cancel or by email to cancellation@songtrust.com.

This is the most critical and time-consuming step. Once your Songtrust Exploitation Period ends, you must contact each society individually:

For ASCAP Members:

For BMI Affiliates:

For SESAC Members:

For Harry Fox Agency

Note: Songtrust does not administer neighboring rights, so no removal process needed.

Songtrust's business model depends on retaining your catalog and collecting commissions indefinitely. Complex cancellation terms protect their revenue stream. Our subscription model means our revenue depends on providing ongoing value by providing a robust catalog and administration platform, timely registration of works and other music rights within the US, and excellent customer service—not making it difficult to leave.

When cancellation is complicated, expensive, and takes months to years, it's a signal that the service provider's interests likely don't align with their clients'.

Your publishing administration and music rights solution should support your career and/or business operation, not trap you. Our simple cancellation process means you're choosing to stay because the platform serves your needs, not because leaving is too difficult or expensive.

Understanding their cancellation complexity helps you:

Starting with TuneRegistry means:

Canceling Songtrust requires navigating a 2-3 year process involving multiple collection societies, continued commissions, and no administrative support. Canceling TuneRegistry takes less than 24 hours, requires no re-registration work, and leaves your direct society relationships intact. These differences aren't accidental; it's a reflection of the fundamental differences in our respective business models and whose interests we respectively prioritize.