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Beatport vs Digital DJ Pool
Different pools for different DJs. Here's how we compare.
Serving DJs since 2004.
Model
- Digital DJ Pool
- Subscription pool
- Beatport
- Per-track purchase
Price
- Digital DJ Pool
- $9.99 per month
- Beatport
- $1.49–$2.49 per track
Focus
- Digital DJ Pool
- Independent labels, all genres
- Beatport
- Electronic, all subgenres
Catalog
- Digital DJ Pool
- 200,000+ tracks
- Beatport
- Millions of tracks
File quality
- Digital DJ Pool
- 320kbps MP3
- Beatport
- MP3, WAV, AIFF
Weekly curation
- Digital DJ Pool
- Friday Drop (25 tracks)
- Beatport
- Charts
Cost for 50 tracks/mo
- Digital DJ Pool
- $9.99
- Beatport
- $75–$125
| Feature | Digital DJ Pool | Beatport |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Subscription pool | Per-track purchase |
| Price | $9.99 per month | $1.49–$2.49 per track |
| Focus | Independent labels, all genres | Electronic, all subgenres |
| Catalog | 200,000+ tracks | Millions of tracks |
| File quality | 320kbps MP3 | MP3, WAV, AIFF |
| Weekly curation | Friday Drop (25 tracks) | Charts |
| Cost for 50 tracks/mo | $9.99 | $75–$125 |
Subscription vs Per-Track
The math isn't close
Beatport charges $1.49–$2.49 per track. If you download 50 tracks a month, that's $75–$125. Digital DJ Pool gives you unlimited downloads — Friday Drop and everything else included — for $9.99/mo. That's the cost of about four tracks on Beatport. If you're buying music every week, a subscription pool saves you serious money.
Unlimited downloads
Save $780–$1,380/year
Discovery vs Search
Find music you didn't know you needed
Beatport is great when you know what you want — search by artist, label, or track name. Digital DJ Pool is built for discovery. Selects surfaces the best tracks you haven't heard yet, ranked by what DJs actually download after previewing. Friday Drop delivers 25 personalized picks every week. The tracks that define your next set are ones you haven't found yet.
Selects
Quality-ranked
The best tracks surface naturally. No digging through millions.
Friday Drop
25 tracks/week
Personalized picks based on your taste. 1,300 per year.
Curated Catalog
Every track earned its place
Beatport has millions of tracks, but most DJs use it for specific labels and artists they already know. Digital DJ Pool gives you 200,000+ tracks from labels worldwide, with 75+ new additions daily and curation that helps the right music surface. No major-label filler, no padding, no noise.
Where we go deepest
- House
- Deep House
- Tech House
- Techno
- Afro House
- Melodic Techno
- Organic House
- Disco & Nu-Disco
- Minimal / Deep Tech
- Broken Beat / Electro
Pricing
One plan, start digging
One plan — everything included
$9.99/mo
- Dig — full catalog access
- Selects & Charts — quality-ranked
- Search the full catalog
- Unlimited downloads
- Friday Drop — 25 personalized certified bangers weekly
Or $89.99/year ($7.50/mo, ~25% off). Month-to-month, cancel anytime.
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