Spotify vs Funkwhale

Is Funkwhale a good alternative to Spotify? Here’s what you need to know.

Funkwhale

Free

Decentralized music streaming platform. Open source.

Funkwhale is a community-driven project that lets you listen and share music and audio within a decentralized, open network. Self-host your own instance or join an existing pod. Federated via ActivityPub.

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Why switch from Spotify?

Indie pricing — no enterprise markup or per-seat fees
Direct maker support — talk to the person who built it
Transparent & open — many indie tools are open-source
No vendor lock-in — own your data, export anytime

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