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Feature checklists make every tool look equivalent. This table leads with the three things that actually differ — what it costs you before it works, whether your files leave your device, and where the free version stops.
| Radio Gardenradio.garden | Bandcampbandcamp.com | Music-Mapmusic-map.com | SomaFMsomafm.com | |
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| What it does | Spin a globe and listen to whatever a local station is playing right now | Stream independent music in full, and buy it as lossless files if you want it | Type one band and get a cloud of the artists people who like them also like | Forty-odd human-curated, ad-free radio channels running since the dotcom era |
| What it costs you | No sign-upWorks the moment the page loads. No account, no email, no trial. | No sign-upWorks the moment the page loads. No account, no email, no trial. | No sign-upWorks the moment the page loads. No account, no email, no trial. | No sign-upWorks the moment the page loads. No account, no email, no trial. |
| Your files | Runs on their server | Runs on their server | Runs on their server | Runs on their server |
| Where it stops | Streams come straight from the stations, so dead links, regional blocks and long ad breaks are all common and none of it is recorded. | Free streaming is capped at a few plays per release before it nudges you to buy, and the catalogue is only what artists chose to upload. | Names only — no audio, no links to listen, and the association data is crowd-sourced rather than curated. | It is broadcast radio — no on-demand track selection, no rewind, and periodic on-air fundraising drives. |
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| Category | Music, Radio & Sound | Music, Radio & Sound | Music, Radio & Sound | Music, Radio & Sound |
| Last checked | 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 | 2026-07-29 |
| Open the site | Open | Open | Open | Open |
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