Zune MarketPlace Review Summary: Microsoft's Zune Marketplace offers more than 4 million music titles and videos only playable on your Zune player. They offer unlimited monthly subscriptions with DRM protection for $14.99-per-month.
Pros: access to over 3 million song titles for Zune Pass members,offers daily toll-free phone support,1-877-GET-ZUNE and a number of online support options,Integrates well with Zune portable player.
Cons: all the tracks you download through the subscription service are DRM protected tracks that will only work with the Zune software and Zune portable players ,not compatible with many common media formats,
Rating
| Free trial | No |
| Subscription | $14.99-per-month |
| File format | .zpl |
| MP3 music selection | Over 3 million songs |
| DRM | If you cancel your zune pass membership, the music files on your computer no longer work |
| Average price per song | $.98 per song |
| Help-Support | Yes-phone,manual,faq. |
| Audiobooks | No |
Integration with other Microsoft products -It integrates fantastically with any other Microsoft product
Autoplaylist feature -Autoplaylist feature creates playlists based on what you like.
Software -Free Zune software to play and organise your music
Compatibility- Zune Marketplace will only work with Zune devices.
Digital Rights Management – Music downloaded through Zune Marketplace can not be played on other mp3 players. They can be played on up to 3 PC's and 3 Zune's for as long as you're a subscriber. If you cancel your subscription then all previously downloaded Zune Pass titles will be inaccessible.
Zune Marketplace is the online music service offering from Microsoft. As such it integrates great all Microsoft products, but anyone using anything different might want to think twice. The service it provides is pretty good, especially if you own a Zune portable player, but its complex pricing and compatibility issues let it down.