OpenPlay is the warehouse. Vandall is where the music gets made.
OpenPlay is a serious enterprise DMP — catalog ops, DDEX, distribution to DSPs. Vandall lives upstream of that. The session, the feedback, the splits, the release package — built before the catalog row exists.
- · Session feedback
- · Versioned masters
- · Splits + credits
- · Cover art + EPK
Where the release is built.
- · Catalog management
- · DDEX feeds
- · DSP delivery
- · Royalty ops at scale
Where the release ships.
OpenPlay wins on DSP delivery and catalog-scale ops. Vandall wins on everything that happens before the catalog row.
Three moments. Two roles in the stack.
These tools don't collide as much as they cooperate — but only if you know which one belongs where.
A producer finishes a master at 2 a.m.
OpenPlay isn't the tool here. Enterprise DMPs are sales-led, contracted by labels, run by ops teams. The producer at home isn't logging in, won't be onboarded, and wouldn't use the catalog UI if they were.
Sign up, drop the WAV, share the link. Free tier, drag-drop, on the surface a producer actually wants. The label can plug in later through the B2B dashboard.
Three collaborators arguing over a kick at 0:42
Built for delivery, not for collaboration. There's no waveform-level comment thread that producers, mix engineers, and A&R can share — that conversation happens in Slack, email, and DMs.
Comments pin to the waveform. Threads hang off each timestamp. Producer, mix engineer, A&R, manager — all on the same project, same surface, same source of truth.
Delivering a release to DSPs
This is OpenPlay's home turf. Catalog management, metadata governance, DDEX delivery, royalty splits to internal accounting. Built for labels with thousands of releases.
Vandall doesn't replace a DMP. Built for the moment before delivery — when the master, splits, EPK, and credits are getting assembled. Then hand off to OpenPlay or your distributor of choice.
Every feature, side by side
Honest table — OpenPlay wins distribution and catalog ops, and we say so.
| Features | OpenPlay | Vandall |
|---|---|---|
| Audience & access | ||
Free tier | ||
Open sign-up (no sales contract) | ||
Built for solo creators & bands | ||
Built for enterprise labels | B2B dashboard | |
| Creator workflow | ||
Drag-drop sharing with a link | ||
No-login listening for reviewers | Limited | |
Comments pinned to waveform | ||
Threaded replies per timestamp | ||
| Release | ||
Cover art bundled in one link | Catalog asset | |
Lyrics + credits attached to share | ||
EPK / one-sheet in the same link | ||
Metadata travels with the file | DDEX-shaped | |
| Rights | ||
Split sheet builder for the session | ||
E-sign inside the project | ||
Catalog-scale royalty ops | ||
| Distribution | ||
DSP / DDEX delivery feeds | ||
Hand-off to a distributor | Native | Export package |
| Analytics | ||
Per-recipient listen analytics | ||
Catalog-wide DSP reporting | ||
| Pricing | ||
Public pricing | Sales-led | |
Build the release. Hand it to the warehouse.
Vandall sits where the music actually happens — feedback, splits, masters, EPK. When the release is ready to ship, export the package and let OpenPlay or your distributor of choice take it from there.
Built for the session
Where producers, engineers, and A&R argue about a kick — on the same waveform.
Built for the release
Audio, cover, lyrics, splits, EPK — bundled into one link before the catalog row.
Hand-off, not replace
Export to OpenPlay or any distributor. Vandall doesn't want to be the warehouse.
Start where the music starts.
Free forever for solo creators. Hand off to the DMP when the release is ready.