Songbox vs Google Drive

Drive stores files. Songbox shares music.

A shared Drive folder makes your recipient hunt, download and guess. Songbox gives them one private link that streams instantly, and gives you the one thing Drive never will: who listened, and for how long.

No recipient Google account Know who listened
Side by side

A folder, or a listening page.

 
Songbox
Google Drive
Built for
Music, specifically
Documents & files
Recipient experience
Streams instantly in a player
Hunt, download, guess
Recipient needs an account
No
Often a Google account
Know who listened, and how far
Yes, per track
No
Revoke access after sending
One click, instantly
Fiddly permissions
Password, PIN, email-lock, expiry
Yes
Limited
Restrict by country
Yes
No
Waveform, artwork, lyrics, notes
Yes
No
Looks like your release
A branded listening page
A file list

"I was looking for an alternative to my current means of privately sharing songs and videos, stumbled on Songbox, and stopped looking. The ability to put videos, mp3s and PDFs all in the same delivery box, with easy-to-navigate controls for the recipient, is invaluable."

Gavin Greenaway
Gavin Greenaway
Emmy-winning pianist and composer (The Hunger Games, Inception, Wicked & more)
Why switch

A shared folder isn't a listening experience.

No download, no friction.

Your recipient hits play, not "request access" or "download to open." One link, one click, streaming, on any device.

You see what happened.

Drive tells you a file exists. Songbox tells you which tracks were played, and how far, so you know if it landed.

You stay in control.

Lock to an email, add a PIN, set an expiry, restrict by country, or revoke instantly, without wrestling with sharing permissions.

Give your music a better home than a folder.

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