Migrating from Revelator to Audicient

Revelator is a well-regarded platform in the music distribution space, particularly for its analytics and business intelligence capabilities. If your team makes decisions based on streaming data and you want deep visibility into performance metrics, Revelator delivers on that front.

But analytics are only part of running a distribution business. Labels and distributors that have grown their operations on Revelator sometimes reach a point where the platform's strengths in reporting don't fully address what they need: more flexibility in how the platform looks and works for their clients, more native operational tools, and pricing that scales without jumping to higher tiers for features they consider standard.

This post covers who typically considers making the switch, what a migration from Revelator to Audicient involves, and what your operation looks like after you move.

Where Revelator Fits and Where It Doesn't

Revelator starts at $249 per month. For that, you get solid analytics, reporting, and a distribution infrastructure that handles the mechanics of releasing music. The platform is built around data visibility, which is genuinely useful for labels that want to track performance across stores.

Where some labels find friction is in customization and operational breadth. The white label customization available in Revelator is more limited than what some distributors need when building a fully branded experience for their clients. Beyond that, functions like a built-in helpdesk, subscription plan management, smartlinks, and royalty accounting often require separate tools, because they aren't natively available in the same platform.

For a label running a tight operation and distributing to a roster of artists, those gaps mean more vendor relationships, more monthly fees, and more time spent managing integrations.

What Transfers in a Revelator Migration

Audicient's migration team handles the entire process. Here is what moves from Revelator to your new Audicient instance:

User accounts. Every account in your Revelator system, including admin and artist-level users, transfers with role assignments maintained.

Artists and labels. Your full roster structure transfers, including any organizational groupings or sub-label setups you've built.

Releases and tracks. All release metadata transfers: track titles, credits, ISRCs, UPCs, release dates, territory configurations, and rights data.

Artwork. Cover art migrates at full resolution. No downsampling, no quality loss.

Audio files. Audio transfers at the original stored quality. High-resolution files move as-is.

Nothing is handed back to you as a spreadsheet to re-upload. Audicient's team pulls the data, maps it correctly, and loads it into your instance. You review it in a staging environment before anything goes live.

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 Works

The process begins with a scoping conversation. Audicient's team reviews your catalog size, account structure, and any DSP delivery relationships you need to carry over. From there, they handle the technical lift, including the data mapping from Revelator's schema to Audicient's.

Most teams are surprised by how little they have to do. You're consulted at key checkpoints, but the hands-on migration work belongs to Audicient's team. You review the staging environment, confirm everything looks right, and then move to production.

Your DSP delivery connections and existing release statuses are part of the handover conversation, so there are no gaps in where your catalog is live.

What You Get on Audicient

Once you're on Audicient, you're running on a platform that was designed to power white label distribution businesses, with everything under one roof and starting at a pricing of just $59 per month.

Deeper Customization

Audicient's white label setup goes further than cosmetic branding. Your platform runs on your domain, carries your brand identity throughout the artist and label experience, and can be configured with your pricing plans and policies. Artists using your platform never see Audicient's name.

Built-In Operational Tools

These functions are included in the platform, not sold as add-ons:

Helpdesk. Support your clients from within the platform. No third-party support tool subscription required.

Subscription plan builder. Set up and manage the pricing plans you offer your artists and labels, whether that's a flat fee, a percentage, or a tiered model.

Smartlinks and custom pages. Pre-save links, release pages, and artist pages are built into the dashboard.

Royalty accounting. Full royalty reporting and statement generation for your clients, handled inside Audicient.

Global payouts. Pay your artists and labels worldwide, directly through the platform.

Bulk uploads. Submit large release batches without going one by one.

REST API. Connect Audicient to internal systems or automate workflows where needed.

Pricing That Makes Sense

Revelator's base plan starts at $249/month. Audicient starts at $59/month with the full platform included. If your current spend on Revelator plus any additional tools for helpdesk, smartlinks, or subscription management adds up, the difference compounds quickly.

Who This Migration Is For

If your operation is currently on Revelator and you find yourself:

• Paying for separate tools to cover functions that should be part of your distribution platform
• Wanting more control over how your white label platform looks and works for your clients
• Trying to consolidate your vendor stack into fewer moving parts

...then a migration to Audicient is worth a serious look.

The analytics and reporting on Audicient cover what a distribution business needs to operate. And once you add the operational layer, the helpdesk, the subscription tools, the royalty accounting, and the deeper customization, the comparison to a Revelator setup plus integrations becomes straightforward.

Audicient's team will scope the migration with you, handle the full transfer, and make sure your catalog is intact before you go live. Your team's manual involvement is minimal.