Compare Song Download Sites
Here is a comparison of the top song download sites:
| eMusic | Amazon Music |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payment Plans | ||||
| Song Downloads | $.33 |
$.89-$.99 |
$.99 DRM $1.29 DRM Free |
$.88-$.94 |
| Album Downloads | $.33 / song |
$5.99-$9.99 |
$.99 / song |
$7.88-$12.88 |
| Free Trial | ||||
| Service Features | ||||
| Songs in Catalogue | 3.5 million |
2 million |
6 million |
1 million |
| Internet Radio | No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Music Videos | No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Movies | No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Television Shows | No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Audiobooks | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Availability | US, CA, UK |
US |
US |
US |
| Bit Rate | 192 kbps |
256 kbps |
128 kbps DRM 256 kbps DRM Free |
256 kbps |
| Music Preview | 30 sec |
30 sec |
30 sec |
30 sec |
| Music Formats | MP3 |
MP3 |
AAC |
MP3 |
| DRM | DRM Free |
DRM Free |
Fairplay DRM DRM Free - $1.29 |
DRM Free |
| Operating System Support | ||||
| Windows - XP, Vista | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Mac OS X+ | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Linux | Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Supported Devices | ||||
| iPod | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Zune | Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| SanDisk | Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Creative | Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Cowon | Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Payment Methods | ||||
| Credit / Debit Card | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Paypal | No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Support | ||||
| Phone | No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Email / Online | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| More Information | ||||
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