Best tools to find Spotify playlist curators (2026), compared rather than ranked
Five tools sell curator contact details, three of them documenting that the details come from what curators post publicly in their Spotify playlist descriptions, and they differ in everything around it: how they count what they have, what the free tier includes, whether you pay flat or per curator, what you see about a playlist before you write, and how the pitch leaves your hands. This page lays those differences out side by side; it doesn't pick a winner, because PlaylistMap publishes it and is one of the five. artist.tools and PlaylistSupply checked on October 4, 2026; Playlist Pilot and PlaylistLookup on October 24, 2026; PlaylistMap numbers are live.
At a glance (alphabetical)
| Tool | Catalog, as the vendor counts it | Free tier | Price | Checks before you pitch | How the pitch gets out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| artist.tools | 158K+ curator contacts (self-reported) | Basic bot checks and 7 days of history; no contacts | $15 a month or $99 a year for unlimited contacts; 7-day refund policy stated | Bot alerts, playlist history, listener data | You email; CSV export documented |
| Playlist Pilot | 12,000+ curated playlists (self-reported) | 150 tokens (one 10-playlist campaign), contacts blurred | $19.99 a month or $191.90 a year (2,500 tokens); $29.99 or $287.90 (4,000 tokens, AI Pitch and Pitch Management); a new 10-match campaign costs 150 tokens on most pages (one support line says 100), each additional 10 matches 100; tokens expire each cycle; all sales final | Bot check at 5 tokens; filters by follower range, genre, match quality | AI pitches at 25 tokens; automated sending and tracking on Professional; export advertised on its homepage, while its terms restrict copying or storing data outside an undefined "permitted use" |
| PlaylistLookup | 390,000+ playlists indexed, 94,000+ with a public contact, counted per playlist (self-reported, as of October 24, 2026) | 2 searches a week, contacts for the first 6 results; 1 health check a month | $6.95 a month or $54.95 a year (15 health checks); $11.95 or $95.95 (50 checks, radio and label contacts); 7-day refund on the first purchase | Rolling refresh of followers, tracks, last activity; metered AI health check; contacts deliverability-checked at ingestion only | You write; send from Gmail (500 a month) with a pitch tracker on paid plans |
| PlaylistMap | 70,365 playlists, 37,048 curator records (live); 80% of playlists have an email address | 3 one-time unlocks with real contacts for new accounts (not in a few paid-only countries); free preview and bot checker | $9.99 a month for 20 unlocks or $19.99 for 100; one unlock = every playlist that curator runs; no refunds under our terms | Follower counts, freshness, integrity score per playlist; free bot checker | AI-drafted pitch per curator (a plan feature); you send from your own email; pitches you mark as sent are recorded; no export |
| PlaylistSupply | Catalog count not verified for this comparison | None; no trial | $24.99 a month ($19.99 first month; $199.99 a year); $34.99 and $49.99 plans; unlimited contacts | PlaylistVet on Viral and up | 1-click pitching from Gmail; exports on Viral and up; YouTube playlists searchable too |
Vendor counts are self-reported and measured in different units; PlaylistMap's are live. Prices as displayed on the dates above.
How each tool counts what it has
- Different units: artist.tools counts contacts, PlaylistLookup counts playlists (a curator with five playlists counts five times, by its own description), Playlist Pilot counts curated playlists, PlaylistMap counts playlists and distinct curator records, and PlaylistSupply's catalog count wasn't verified for this comparison. A bigger number may simply be a different unit.
- Documented sources: Playlist Pilot, PlaylistLookup and PlaylistMap each say their contacts come from public playlist descriptions; artist.tools' and PlaylistSupply's sourcing wasn't verified. The useful comparison is coverage in your genre and how current the data is, not the headline total.
- What is disclosed about freshness: PlaylistLookup says it re-reads follower and activity data on a rolling schedule but not the contact details, and publishes no bounce rate; Playlist Pilot says its playlists are analysed nightly (self-reported; analysis, not necessarily a contact refresh); PlaylistMap shows a freshness value per playlist; artist.tools' and PlaylistSupply's refresh schedules weren't verified.
What the free tiers include
Real contacts, limited quantity
- PlaylistMap: 3 one-time unlocks for new accounts, each opening a curator's full contact details and every playlist they run; not offered in a few paid-only countries.
- PlaylistLookup: 2 searches a week, each showing contacts for the first 6 results; the week resets 7 days after you start.
A look, but no contacts
- Playlist Pilot: 150 tokens buy one campaign with 10 matched playlists, with the contact details blurred until you subscribe.
- artist.tools: basic bot checks and 7 days of playlist history; curator contacts need the $15 plan.
No free tier
- PlaylistSupply has no free plan or trial; the $19.99 first month is the lowest-cost way in.
Free without a tool
- Playlist descriptions on Spotify are readable by hand, one at a time, for free; that is the source three of the five tools document.
Flat, metered or tokens
- Flat and unlimited: PlaylistLookup ($6.95 or $11.95 a month), artist.tools ($15), PlaylistSupply ($24.99). Best understood as "how many months do I need".
- Per curator: PlaylistMap's credits are spent only when you unlock a curator (20 unlocks for $9.99 a month, 100 for $19.99); unlocked contacts stay yours.
- Tokens: Playlist Pilot's monthly tokens pay for new campaigns (150 for 10 matches by most of its pages, 100 in one support-page line), additional matches (100 per 10), AI pitches (25) and bot checks (5), and expire at the end of each billing cycle.
- Refunds: PlaylistLookup offers one within 7 days of the first purchase; artist.tools states a 7-day policy (method not verified); Playlist Pilot's sales are final, with limited claims within 7 days for its own technical failure or duplicate billing (remedy: re-performance or a service credit) and non-waivable statutory rights; PlaylistMap has no refunds under its terms; PlaylistSupply's terms are on its site.
Getting the pitch out
- Written for you: PlaylistMap's AI-drafted pitch per curator is a plan feature; Playlist Pilot's AI pitches cost 25 tokens each.
- Sent for you: Playlist Pilot's Professional plan automates sending and tracking; PlaylistLookup and PlaylistSupply send from your Gmail (PlaylistLookup: 500 a month, with a pitch tracker).
- Exported: artist.tools documents a CSV export; Playlist Pilot advertises contact export on its homepage while its terms restrict copying or storing data outside an undefined "permitted use", so confirm what is permitted; PlaylistSupply's exports start on Viral; PlaylistLookup describes no export; PlaylistMap offers none.
- Beyond Spotify playlists: PlaylistLookup's Pro plan adds radio-station and record-label contacts; PlaylistSupply searches YouTube playlists; the other three are Spotify-playlist tools.
Finding curators without a tool
- Search Spotify for playlists in your genre, open each one, and read the description: many curators post an email, an Instagram handle or a submission form there. That is the source Playlist Pilot, PlaylistLookup and PlaylistMap document (PlaylistLookup notes it keeps a contact listed even after a curator removes it from a description).
- The cost is time, and the checks are yours: follower count and the date of the last track added are visible on Spotify; whether the curator still reads submissions isn't.
- If you'd rather not email at all, submission platforms and managed campaigns deliver the track inside their own platforms (Groover may share contact details after a positive response); they are compared on our pitching services page.
Free plan: 3 contact unlocks, no card. See all plans
Questions
What is the best tool to find Spotify playlist curators?
There is no single best tool, and this page is published by one of the five (PlaylistMap), so it compares rather than ranks. Three of the five document that their contacts come from what curators post publicly in playlist descriptions (Playlist Pilot, PlaylistLookup, PlaylistMap); the sourcing of the other two wasn't verified. They differ in how they count their catalogs, what the free tier includes, how the price is metered, what checks you see before you write, and how the pitch gets out. The lowest flat price is PlaylistLookup ($6.95 a month); free contact details come two ways, PlaylistLookup's 2 weekly searches (contacts for the first 6 results) and PlaylistMap's one-time 3 unlocks for eligible new accounts (not in a few paid-only countries); artist.tools ($15 a month) and PlaylistSupply ($24.99 a month) sell unlimited contacts; Playlist Pilot meters tokens (a new 10-playlist campaign is 150 tokens by most of its pages, one support-page line says 100; 100 per 10 additional matches): Starter ($19.99 a month) gives contact access and AI matching, Professional ($29.99) adds AI pitching, sending and management.
How many curators does each tool have?
Each counts differently, and every figure is the vendor's own: artist.tools lists 158K+ contacts; PlaylistLookup counts 390,000+ playlists indexed and 94,000+ with a public contact, counted per playlist so a curator with five playlists counts five times; Playlist Pilot cites 12,000+ curated playlists; PlaylistMap counts 70,365 Spotify playlists and 37,048 distinct curator records, live, with 80% of playlists carrying an email address; PlaylistSupply's catalog count wasn't verified for this comparison. Because the units differ (contacts, playlists, curator records), the totals are not directly comparable.
Which curator-finding tools are free?
Partly, each in a different way. PlaylistMap: 3 one-time contact unlocks with real details for new accounts (not in a few paid-only countries), plus a free song-match preview and bot checker. PlaylistLookup: 2 searches a week, each showing contacts for the first 6 results. Playlist Pilot: 150 free tokens for one 10-playlist campaign, with contacts blurred until you subscribe. artist.tools: a free plan with basic bot checks and 7 days of history, no contacts. PlaylistSupply: no free plan or trial. Reading playlist descriptions on Spotify yourself is free, and it is the source Playlist Pilot, PlaylistLookup and PlaylistMap document for their contacts.
Which tools check playlists for bots or activity before I pitch?
PlaylistMap shows follower counts, freshness and an integrity score per playlist on every plan and has a free bot checker. artist.tools offers bot alerts, playlist history and listener data, with basic bot checks on its free plan. PlaylistLookup refreshes follower, track and activity data on a rolling schedule and meters an AI playlist health check (1 a month free, 15 on Basic, 50 on Pro). Playlist Pilot charges 5 tokens per bot check and filters by follower range, genre or match quality. PlaylistSupply's PlaylistVet check is on its $34.99 Viral plan and up.
Can any of these tools guarantee a playlist placement?
No. All five sell contact access or matching, not placements; PlaylistLookup and Playlist Pilot say so explicitly on their pages, and PlaylistMap does too. Spotify says services that claim to offer guaranteed playlist placement for money violate its terms, and they shouldn't be used.
Who publishes this page?
PlaylistMap, one of the five tools 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 tool's public pages: artist.tools and PlaylistSupply pricing pages on October 4, 2026; Playlist Pilot (support, refund policy) and PlaylistLookup (features, data page, terms) on October 24, 2026. PlaylistMap's operator is named in our terms. Prices change, so check each site before you buy. PlaylistMap numbers are live. All tool 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.