The Underground
SoundCloud Go+ review 2026
Home of hour-long DJ sets and unofficial remixes. Your subscription goes only to the artists you actually play.
Key facts at a glance
- Audio
- 256 kbps AAC
- Lossless
- No
- Dolby Atmos
- No
- Catalogue
- Hundreds of millions of uploads, patchy mainstream
- Payout model
- Fan-Powered Royalties (user-centric)
- Per stream
- $0.0025–0.004
- Strength
- DJ sets, indie & remixes
- Best for
- Electronic scene, indie explorers
How SoundCloud Go+ ranks in the market
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Price Rank 1 of 8cheapest service = rank 1
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Audio quality Rank 7 of 8highest resolution = rank 1
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Artist payout Rank 7 of 8highest payout per stream = rank 1
Our review
SoundCloud isn’t a classic streaming platform but the biggest meeting place for independent artists, underground DJs and niche genres. If you follow electronic music, you’ll find hour-long DJ sets, unofficial remixes and experimental tracks here that could never be released on Spotify or Apple Music without sample clearances.
Its Fan-Powered Royalties model is groundbreaking: your subscription doesn’t go into one big pot but exclusively to the artists you actually played that month. The trade-offs are sound quality (256 kbps AAC) and a patchy commercial mainstream catalogue. SoundCloud Go+ costs €9.99, the slimmed-down Go tier €5.99.
Our verdict: indispensable for the electronic scene and indie explorers – and the most direct way to support small artists with your subscription.
Features
- Offline downloads: Yes
- Synced lyrics: No
- Podcasts in the app: Yes uploaded by creators
- Audiobooks included: No
- Upload your own music: Yes publish as a creator
- CarPlay & Android Auto: Yes
- Sonos: Yes
- Stream to speakers & streamers: Yes Chromecast
SoundCloud Go+ head to head
Against every other service in the comparison – point by point, with a clear recommendation.