The best EPK builders in 2026
An EPK is the one link you send a promoter: your music, a biography, press photos, a rider and a way to book you. There are a dozen ways to make one, from a free folder to a paid builder, and the difference between them is mostly what the promoter sees when they open it on a phone.
Here is how the options compare. Prices were checked on each service’s own site in October 2026 and change often. We make an EPK builder ourselves, so we have put ours last and said plainly when another option is the better choice.
What to judge an EPK builder on
- Music that plays on the page, without a login or an app.
- Press photos a promoter can download at full size for the flyer.
- A short and a long biography they can copy.
- A booking contact they find in five seconds.
- It opens properly on a phone, because that is where most promoters read it.
- It stays current: one link you update, instead of a new file every time you play somewhere.
- Ideally, a way to know whether the promoter opened it at all.
A Dropbox or Google Drive folder: free, and it shows
Plenty of artists still send a shared folder with photos, a Word document and a few MP3s. It costs nothing and holds everything.
It is also the most work for the person you want to book. Nothing plays on a phone without downloading, the biography is a file to open, and there is no page to look at, only a list of files. Use it to deliver high-resolution photos after a booking, not to get one.
A Canva or PDF press kit: looks good, goes stale
Canva has free EPK templates, and a well-designed PDF can look excellent. For an artist with a strong visual identity and a designer’s eye, it is a real option.
The problems are practical. A PDF cannot play your music, so the promoter has to click out to listen. It is an attachment, which many inboxes flag and many promoters open last. And it is out of date the day you play a new show, so you end up sending last season’s version. We have written more on why a link beats a PDF.
Linktree and link pages: fine for fans, thin for promoters
Linktree is free, takes minutes and every fan knows how to use it. Paid plans add analytics and more control over the look.
For booking it is too thin. A link page is a list of buttons that lead somewhere else: no music on the page, no photo a promoter can use, no biography, no rider. It is a good thing to have in your Instagram bio and a weak thing to send to a club. See Linktree or your own website.
Bandzoogle EPK: the established option
Bandzoogle, the website builder made for musicians, has a one-page EPK plan at 6.95 US dollars a month, or 6.37 a month billed annually. It includes music players for up to ten tracks, up to 25 photos, a tour calendar, a contact form and design tools, with Bandzoogle’s support behind it.
You design the page yourself from their templates, which suits artists who like to control the layout. A custom domain is a paid add-on on the EPK plan rather than included. If you later want a full website, Bandzoogle’s site plans start at 11 dollars a month, which makes it an easy upgrade path.
Sonicbids: back, and aimed at submissions
Sonicbids, long known for festival and venue submissions, has come back online in 2026 starting with new EPKs, with tour history, ticket counts, live video and stage plots. Its submission tools for venues and promoters are described as rolling out next.
If your bookings come through open calls and festival applications, keep an eye on it. Its pricing was not published on the site when we checked, so look before you commit.
A press page on your own website
If you already have a website on Squarespace, Bandzoogle, Wix or a custom build, a press page on it is your EPK: photos to download, a biography, a rider and a booking email, at an address you own. There is nothing else to pay for.
The catch is that most artist websites are built for fans, not promoters, and the press page is the one nobody updates. If you go this way, check it against our EPK checklist once a season.
Test Press EPK: built for you, and it tells you who opened it
This is ours. You fill in one form with your Spotify or SoundCloud, two to four photos and your biography, and the page is built in front of you, with players, press photos to download, a biography in three lengths, dates, a rider and a booking button. The colours are taken from your main photo, so two artists on the same form do not look alike. It costs 7 US dollars a month or 70 a year, and it is free to build and preview: you pay only when you put it live.
What the others on this list do not do is tell you what happened after you sent it. You make a personal link for each promoter, and we email you the moment that promoter opens it, with what they played and downloaded. Every page gets its own address, yourname.thetestpress.com, and a domain you own connects free. Live pages can also join the Test Press roster, where promoters look for artists by style and city.
The limits: it is one page with one layout, so if you want to design every pixel yourself, Bandzoogle or Canva give you more control. It is not a website or a shop either; for that, use a site builder or our Artist plan.
Which one to choose
- Just starting out and sending to friends’ nights: your own website’s press page, or a free Linktree with a booking email on it.
- Strong visual identity and happy to keep it updated: a Canva PDF, sent as a link rather than an attachment.
- Want to design the page yourself, with a full website later: Bandzoogle.
- Most of your bookings come from festival and venue applications: watch Sonicbids.
- Want it built for you, and to know which promoters actually opened it: Test Press.
Common questions
- Is there a free EPK builder?
- Yes: a Canva template, a Linktree page or a press page on a website you already have all cost nothing. What you give up is music that plays on the page, a phone-friendly layout or knowing whether anyone opened it. Test Press is free to build and preview, and you pay only to put it live.
- What is the cheapest EPK builder with music players?
- Bandzoogle’s EPK plan at 6.95 dollars a month (6.37 billed annually) and Test Press at 7 dollars a month (70 a year) are the two cheapest dedicated EPK builders with players on the page, as of October 2026.
- Should I send my EPK as a PDF or a link?
- A link. It opens on a phone, plays your music, does not get caught as an attachment and is still current next month. Keep a PDF only for the rare promoter who asks for one.
- How do I know if a promoter opened my EPK?
- With a PDF or a folder you cannot. Some EPK builders show page views; Test Press goes further and gives each promoter their own link, so you see which promoter opened it, when, and what they played or downloaded.
- Do I need an EPK if I have a website?
- Not necessarily. A press page on your own site, with downloadable photos, a biography, a rider and a booking contact, does the job. A separate EPK helps when your website is built for fans and the press page is hard to find or out of date.