Fangate vs DistroKid HyperFollow: Which Release Page Should You Use?

If you distribute through DistroKid, you already have HyperFollow: a free release page generated for every upload. So why would you need Fangate? Because the two tools do different jobs.

What HyperFollow does

According to DistroKid’s help centre, HyperFollow is a free promotional tool for all DistroKid artists. A page is created automatically when you upload a release. It includes Spotify pre-saves (fans who pre-save automatically follow your Spotify artist page), links to streaming services once the release is live, and analytics. Email capture during pre-saves is available on DistroKid’s Musician Plus and Ultimate plans (DistroKid help).

What Fangate does

Fangate is free for every artist, whatever your distributor. It offers:

• Download gates with verified follows, reposts, likes, saves and email capture
• Fanlinks with automatic platform detection
• Pre-saves
• Email capture, donations and tracking pixels (Meta, TikTok, Google)
• Real-time analytics by destination and country
• Weekly Top 30 exposure for your most-downloaded tracks

Side by side

The smart combo

• Use HyperFollow as your official pre-save page if you distribute with DistroKid and want its built-in Spotify auto-follow.
• Use Fangate for everything around the release: a free download gate for an edit or extended version, a SoundCloud follow campaign, an email-capture gate, and your pixel-tracked ads.

If you don’t use DistroKid

Then HyperFollow isn’t available to you, and Fangate gives you fanlinks, pre-saves and gates for free, whatever distributor you use.