Best Spotify playlist pitching services in 2026, by what you need
"Best" depends on what you're buying: a deadline for an answer, a campaign someone else runs, a free first step, or a curator's address you keep for the next release. So this page sorts eight services by those needs instead of ranking them, with Spotify's own editorial pitch as the baseline for eligible unreleased songs (pitched by an Admin or Editor of the artist profile; not compilations or featured tracks). One disclosure first: PlaylistMap publishes this page and is one of the eight. Broker facts checked on October 23, 2026; Spotify's pitching page on October 24, 2026; artist.tools and PlaylistSupply on October 4, 2026.
At a glance (alphabetical)
| Service | Model | Entry price | Response rule | Curator contact? | Trustpilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spotify for Artists (baseline) | Pitch one unreleased song to Spotify's editors | No fee listed | None stated; Release Radar for your followers if pitched 7+ days early | Not applicable (a pitch form) | not applicable |
| artist.tools | Contact database + Spotify analytics | Free plan (bot checks, 7 days of history); contacts $15 a month or $99 a year | None; you email curators | Yes | see their site |
| Daily Playlists | Freemium submission marketplace | Free: 10 standard submissions a week; Professional $19.99 a month; premium credits $19.99 for 10 | Premium credits only: a response (feedback or placement) within 7 days or credit back | No | 4.5 (292) |
| Groover | Pay-per-contact submissions | 2 Grooviz per standard contact (labelled €2 or $2 depending on the page; confirm currency), top-tier more; packs from €47; no free tier | Feedback within 7 days or Grooviz back for that contact | Only if the curator likes the track and shares it | 4.2 (1,629) |
| Playlist Push | Managed campaign | From $280 per Spotify campaign; no free tier; purchases final | Unreviewed budget returns as account credit; written feedback not guaranteed | No (prohibited by its policy) | 4.2 (1,422) |
| PlaylistMap | Contact database + AI-drafted pitches | Free: 3 one-time unlocks (not in a few paid-only countries); $9.99 a month for 20 or $19.99 for 100 | None; you email independent curators | Yes | 4.0 (22) |
| PlaylistSupply | Contact database | $24.99 a month ($19.99 first month); no free plan | None; you email curators | Yes | see their site |
| SoundCampaign | Managed pay-per-review campaign | Budget you set; its published minimums disagree ($80 slider, $60 blog), so confirm the current minimum; no free campaigns | Written feedback on every completed review; no review, no charge | No | 3.8 (2,384) |
| SubmitHub | Pay-per-curator submissions (credits) | Premium credits from $1 (about $0.80 in bulk), 1–5 per curator; two free standard credits every four hours, never more than two at a time | Premium: response within 72 h after a 60-second listen, 20+ words on a decline, or credit back; standard: none | No contact details; optional in-platform chat | 4.2 (1,120) |
Trustpilot scores as displayed on October 23, 2026; review counts in brackets. Vendor counts and rates quoted on this page are self-reported.
You want an answer by a deadline
- SubmitHub premium credits have the shortest and most specific rule: 72 hours, a 60-second listen and 20 or more words on a decline, or the credit back. Each curator costs 1 to 5 credits from $1 each.
- Groover promises feedback within 7 days or the Grooviz back for that contact, and reports a 90% reply rate (self-reported); 2 Grooviz per standard contact.
- Daily Playlists premium credits ($19.99 for 10, 1 to 3 per review by curator tier) promise a response within 7 days or the credit back, where the response may be feedback or a placement at the curator's discretion.
- SoundCampaign promises written feedback on every completed review and charges only for completed reviews; a response deadline wasn't verified for this comparison.
You want someone else to run the campaign
- Playlist Push: from $280, priced by the number of playlists targeted, with the system matching by genre and curators paid up to $15 per review. Playlist names are withheld before the campaign, artists can't contact curators, purchases are final, and unreviewed budget returns as account credit. It accepts unreleased songs up to two weeks before release.
- SoundCampaign: a budget you set, which can span Spotify curator reviews, TikTok creator reviews and Meta ads; for the reviews you pay only when a review is completed. Its published minimums disagree ($80 on the slider, $60 in a blog post), so confirm before buying; no refunds to a card.
You want to spend nothing first
- Spotify for Artists: pitch one unreleased song to Spotify's editors; pitch at least 7 days early and Spotify adds it to your followers' Release Radar.
- Daily Playlists: 10 standard submissions a week, no response promise. SubmitHub: two standard credits every four hours, accepted only by opt-in curators.
- PlaylistMap: 3 one-time curator-contact unlocks for new accounts (not in a few paid-only countries), plus a free song-match preview and bot checker available everywhere, no card. artist.tools: a free plan with basic bot checks and 7 days of history, contacts on the paid plan.
- Every free route and its catch is on our free playlist submission page.
You want to keep the curator relationship
- The contact databases provide the address upfront (Groover may share it only if a curator likes your track; SubmitHub offers an optional in-platform chat, not contact details). artist.tools: unlimited contacts for $15 a month, inside a Spotify analytics platform with playlist history, listener data and bot alerts.
- PlaylistMap: 70,365 Spotify playlists from 37,048 curator records (live), 80% with an email; follower counts, freshness and an integrity score before each unlock; AI drafts the pitch and you send it from your own email.
- PlaylistSupply: unlimited contacts for $24.99 a month after a $19.99 first month, live keyword search of Spotify and YouTube playlists, 1-click pitching from Gmail; PlaylistVet checks on its $34.99 plan and up.
- A database gives you no response rule; what you get back depends on the curator you wrote to.
You want reach beyond Spotify playlists
- Groover reaches media outlets, blogs, radio, YouTube channels, labels and managers (3,000+ contacts, self-reported); SubmitHub lists bloggers, radio and influencers alongside playlisters (1,700+, self-reported).
- Playlist Push runs separate TikTok campaigns; SoundCampaign sends tracks to TikTok creators and also offers Meta ads.
- PlaylistSupply searches YouTube playlists as well as Spotify. PlaylistMap is Spotify-only.
What none of them can sell you
- A placement. Spotify says services that claim to offer guaranteed playlist placement for money violate its terms, and they shouldn't be used; the five brokers here disclaim it explicitly, the contact databases sell contact access rather than placements, and Spotify's own pitch is for editorial consideration.
- A refund to your card, in most documented cases: Playlist Push purchases are final and SoundCampaign offers no refunds (both return unreviewed money as account credit); SubmitHub refunds to its balance, with a cash exception for unused credits bought within six months; PlaylistMap has no refunds under its terms. Groover and Daily Playlists return credits to your balance for silent contacts, and their wider cash-refund terms, artist.tools' 7-day policy method and PlaylistSupply's terms weren't verified for this comparison.
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Questions
What is the best Spotify playlist pitching service?
There is no single best service, only a best fit for what you need, and this page is published by one of the services (PlaylistMap), so read it as a sourced comparison rather than a ranking. For a response by a deadline: SubmitHub premium credits (72 hours) or Groover (7 days). For a campaign run for you: Playlist Push (from $280) or SoundCampaign (budget you set). For spending nothing first: Spotify's own editorial pitch, Daily Playlists' 10 weekly submissions, SubmitHub's standard credits or PlaylistMap's 3 free unlocks. For keeping the curator's contact: artist.tools, PlaylistMap or PlaylistSupply. The five brokers disclaim placement guarantees explicitly, the three contact databases sell contact access rather than placements, and Spotify's own pitch is for editorial consideration.
Which playlist pitching services are free?
Spotify's own pitch form in Spotify for Artists lists no fee (one unreleased song at a time). Daily Playlists gives 10 standard submissions a week; SubmitHub gives two standard credits every four hours, never more than two at a time, accepted only by opt-in curators; PlaylistMap gives new accounts 3 one-time curator-contact unlocks with no card (not in a few paid-only countries), plus a free song-match preview and bot checker available everywhere; artist.tools has a free plan with basic bot checks and 7 days of history but no contacts. Groover, Playlist Push and SoundCampaign have no free submissions.
Which services promise a response?
Only on paid broker tiers, and the promises differ in kind. SubmitHub's premium rule is about speed and substance (72 hours, a 60-second listen, 20 or more words if the curator declines, otherwise the credit returns). Groover's is about getting an answer at all (feedback within 7 days, or the Grooviz for that contact come back). Daily Playlists' premium credits work like Groover's 7-day rule, but the answer may be feedback or a placement, as the curator chooses. SoundCampaign ties payment to the review itself: written feedback on each completed review, no charge when a review doesn't happen. Playlist Push makes no feedback promise and returns unreviewed budget as account credit. Contact databases promise nothing, since you email independent curators yourself, and Spotify's pitching page doesn't describe feedback.
Which services let me contact the curator directly?
The three contact databases: artist.tools (unlimited contacts for $15 a month), PlaylistMap ($9.99 a month for 20 unlocks after 3 free ones; one unlock covers every playlist that curator runs) and PlaylistSupply (unlimited contacts for $24.99 a month). Among the brokers, Groover says a curator who likes your track may share their contact and SubmitHub curators can open a chat; Daily Playlists and SoundCampaign keep the conversation inside their platforms, and Playlist Push's policy prohibits artist-curator contact.
Can any service guarantee a Spotify playlist placement?
No. Spotify says services that claim to offer guaranteed playlist placement for money violate its terms, and they shouldn't be used. The five brokers on this page disclaim placement guarantees explicitly, the three contact databases sell contact access rather than placements, and Spotify's own pitch is for editorial consideration.
Who publishes this page?
PlaylistMap, one of the eight services compared. PlaylistMap LLC, the company named in our terms, runs a curator-contact database and pitch tool; our earliest accounts date from February 2021. We sell access to the contact details curators post publicly and draft pitches; we don't sell placements or streams and aren't affiliated with Spotify or any service on this page. Competitor facts come from their public pages, linked at the bottom; corrections are welcome.
Facts come from each service's public pages: Spotify for Artists pitching (October 24, 2026); SubmitHub (premium response rules, refunds), Groover, Playlist Push (refund policy), SoundCampaign (terms) and Daily Playlists (FAQ), checked on October 23, 2026; artist.tools and PlaylistSupply pricing pages on October 4, 2026. Trustpilot pages: SubmitHub, Groover, Playlist Push, SoundCampaign, Daily Playlists. PlaylistMap's operator is named in our terms. Groover prices Grooviz in euros (1 Grooviz = €1, about $1.07), though some of its pages label the per-contact price in dollars; confirm the billing currency. Prices change, so check each site before you buy. PlaylistMap plan and catalog figures are live; Trustpilot figures are as displayed on October 23, 2026. Spotify and all service names are trademarks of their owners; PlaylistMap isn't affiliated with any of them. Spot a mistake? Email support@playlistmap.com and we'll fix it. Spotify's policy on paid placements is here.