Migrating from FUGA to Audicient
Migrating from FUGA to Audicient
If your label or distribution company is running on FUGA and you've started weighing your options, you're not alone. FUGA is a capable enterprise platform, but its model is built for a specific type of operation: large-scale businesses that want a sales-negotiated contract and are comfortable working within a rigid, quote-based pricing structure. That works well for some companies, and not at all for others.
Labels that find themselves looking for alternatives are often smaller or mid-sized operations that don't want to go through a lengthy sales process just to understand what they'd pay, or teams that need a broader set of built-in tools without relying on third-party integrations. If that sounds familiar, this post covers exactly what a migration from FUGA to Audicient looks like, what moves with you, and what you gain on the other side.
Why Labels Leave FUGA
FUGA is designed for enterprise operations, which means it's priced and sold that way. Custom quotes, account-managed contracts, and a sales-led onboarding process make sense for very large companies. For a growing independent label or a boutique distributor, the overhead of that process often outweighs the benefits.
Beyond pricing, some labels find that FUGA's toolset covers distribution well but leaves gaps in areas like helpdesk support for their own clients, smartlinks and marketing pages, subscription plan management, and royalty accounting. Those functions often require separate subscriptions and integrations, which adds complexity and cost.
Audicient was built to consolidate those functions into a single white label platform, priced transparently, and fully managed so your team spends time on music and clients rather than system administration.
What Transfers in a FUGA Migration
Audicient's team handles the migration end to end. You don't export files, fill out spreadsheets, or upload anything manually. Here is what moves from FUGA to Audicient:
Users and accounts. Every admin, label manager, and artist account on your FUGA instance is migrated with roles and permissions intact.
Artists and labels. Your full roster structure transfers over, including any sub-label hierarchies you've built.
Releases and tracks. Every release in your catalog moves to Audicient, complete with all associated track metadata: titles, credits, ISRCs, UPCs, release dates, territories, and rights information.
Artwork. Cover art transfers at full resolution. There is no compression or quality reduction in the process.
Audio files. Your audio files migrate at the same quality at which they are stored. High-resolution files stay high-resolution.
The migration is managed by Audicient's team with a focus on data integrity. Before anything goes live, your catalog is reviewed to confirm that nothing has been dropped or degraded.
How the Data Is Imported
Audicient supports DDEX, CSV, and JSON as standard import formats. For platforms that don't export in a standard format, Audicient's team handles custom data exports and transforms them to work with the import pipeline. Your team does not need to reformat or repackage anything.
How the Migration Process Works
The process starts with a scoping call where Audicient's team maps the size of your catalog and accounts. From there, they handle the technical work: pulling data from FUGA, transforming it to match Audicient's data model, and loading it into your new white label instance.
You get a staging environment to review everything before you go live. Once you've confirmed the catalog looks right and your team's access is set up correctly, you flip the switch. Your existing delivery relationships and DSP connections are also part of the conversation during migration planning, so there are no gaps in your distribution pipeline.
The timeline depends on catalog size, but most migrations are completed without your team needing to do any manual data work.
What You Get on Audicient After Migration
Once your data is on Audicient, you're running on a platform that was built specifically for white label distribution businesses. The $59/month starting price covers the full platform with no additional integration fees for core functions.
Here is what is included out of the box:
White label platform. Your brand, your domain, your colors. Artists and labels see your company name throughout their experience, not Audicient's.
Built-in helpdesk. Support your clients directly from within the platform. No Zendesk subscription required.
Smartlinks and custom pages. Create pre-save links, release pages, and artist pages from within your dashboard.
Subscription plan builder. Build and manage pricing plans for your own clients, whether you charge a flat annual fee, a percentage, or a tiered subscription.
Global payouts. Royalty payments to your artists and labels, handled through the platform, reaching accounts worldwide.
Royalty accounting. Full royalty reporting with statement generation, so your clients understand exactly what they've earned.
Bulk uploads. Upload large batches of releases without going one by one.
REST API. For companies that want to automate workflows or connect Audicient to internal systems.
Pricing Transparency
FUGA does not publish pricing. Audicient does. The platform starts at $59/month, and pricing scales predictably from there. There are no surprise fees for features that should be standard.
Making the Decision
The right time to migrate is when your current platform is costing you more than it should, whether in direct fees, in time spent managing integrations, or in a sales process you have to repeat every contract cycle.
If you're running a catalog on FUGA and want to understand what a migration would look like for your specific situation, Audicient's team will scope it out with you. The migration itself costs you no manual effort. The platform costs you far less than a full enterprise contract.
For labels and distributors that want full control over their white label brand without enterprise-scale pricing or enterprise-scale friction, that combination is hard to beat.