SoundCampaign alternatives (2026)
SoundCampaign is a pay-per-review campaign on a budget you set. One budget can span Spotify curator reviews, TikTok creator reviews and Meta ads; for the reviews, you pay only when a review is completed and written feedback is promised on each one. What sends artists looking elsewhere is the money side: the per-review price isn't published (the estimator shows up to 17 submissions for $150), the published minimums disagree ($80 on the pricing slider, $60 in a blog post), and nothing returns to a card, since there are no refunds and returned credits stay in your balance. So this page compares the seven alternatives on how a budget is spent: what each dollar is charged for, whether the unit price is published, what comes back when nobody responds, and whether anything reaches your card again. Broker facts checked on October 23, 2026; artist.tools and PlaylistSupply on October 4, 2026. This page is published by PlaylistMap, one of the seven.
At a glance
| Service | Charged for | Unit price published? | If nobody responds | Back to your card? | Trustpilot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SoundCampaign (reference) | Completed reviews, on a budget you set | No; estimator only (up to 17 submissions for $150); minimums shown as $80 and $60 | Credit to your balance; no charge for a review that doesn't happen | No; no refunds, and returned credits can't be withdrawn | 3.8 (2,384) |
| SubmitHub | Each submission, 1–5 premium credits per curator | Yes: credits from $1, about $0.80 in bulk | Premium: credit back if the curator breaks the 72-hour, 60-second, 20-word rules; standard: nothing | Refunds go to your credit balance; cash only for unused credits bought within six months, via support | 4.2 (1,120) |
| Groover | Each contact: 2 Grooviz per standard contact per track, more for top-tier | Yes: 2 Grooviz, labelled €2 or $2 depending on the page (about $1.07 per Grooviz) | Grooviz back for any contact silent after 7 days | Grooviz return to your balance (packs from €47 are prepaid); cash-refund terms not verified for this comparison | 4.2 (1,629) |
| Daily Playlists | 10 standard submissions a week free; more standard submissions via paid bundles ($7.99 for 10) or the Professional plan; premium credits per review (1–3 by tier) | Yes: $19.99 for 10 premium credits; Professional $19.99 a month | Premium: credit back after 7 days of silence; standard: nothing | Credits return to your balance; cash-refund terms not verified for this comparison | 4.5 (292) |
| Playlist Push | A campaign; each review is paid, including declines | Partly: $280 minimum and an illustrative calculator (about 79 playlists for $630) | Account credit for tracks no curator reviews | No; purchases final | 4.2 (1,422) |
| artist.tools | Access: a flat subscription | Yes: $15 a month or $99 a year | Not applicable; you email curators | 7-day refund policy stated; refund method and eligibility not verified | see their site |
| PlaylistMap | Access: credits spent only when you unlock a contact | Yes: 3 free unlocks, then $9.99 a month for 20 or $19.99 for 100 | Not applicable; you email curators | No refunds under our terms; cancel any time | 4.0 (22) |
| PlaylistSupply | Access: a flat subscription | Yes: $24.99 a month ($19.99 first month) | Not applicable; you email curators | See its terms | see their site |
Trustpilot scores as displayed on October 23, 2026; review counts in brackets. 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.
Your budget as credits with a published price
SubmitHub
- $150 buys about 150 to 185 premium credits (derived from $1 each, about $0.80 in bulk); a curator costs 1 to 5 credits, so the same budget reaches roughly 30 to 185 curators depending on whom you pick.
- A premium credit comes back when a curator breaks the rules (72 hours, 60-second listen, 20 or more words on a decline); a decline that follows the rules is a spent credit.
- Refunds go to the balance; cash only for unused credits bought within six months, through a support ticket. Two standard credits every four hours, never more than two at a time, cost nothing.
Groover
- $150 comes to roughly 70 standard-tier contacts at 2 Grooviz each (top-tier contacts cost more; derived from Groover's figure of about $1.07 per Grooviz); Groover labels the price €2 on some pages and $2 on others, so confirm the billing currency.
- Groover promises feedback within 7 days or returns the Grooviz for that contact to your balance.
- Top-tier contacts cost more, packs start at €47 and there is no free tier.
Daily Playlists
- $150 comes to about 75 premium credits (derived from $19.99 for 10), which is 25 to 75 reviews at 1 to 3 credits each by curator tier; or spend nothing and use the 10 free standard submissions a week.
- A premium credit returns to your balance after 7 days without a response; standard submissions carry no rule and aren't refunded when nobody responds.
- Its Professional plan ($19.99 a month) buys more standard submissions (30 a week), not premium responses.
Your budget as a managed campaign
- Playlist Push starts at $280, above the $80 low end shown on SoundCampaign's pricing slider, and prices the campaign by the number of playlists targeted (its calculator's illustrative example: about 79 playlists for $630, varying by genre and curator).
- The unit of spend is the review, as on SoundCampaign, but a decline is a completed review and stays paid; only tracks a curator never reviews return to you, as account credit.
- Purchases are final; nothing returns to a card on either platform. Curators are paid up to $15 per review; written feedback isn't guaranteed.
Your budget as access
artist.tools
- A flat $15 a month ($99 a year) for unlimited curator contacts, so the budget question becomes how many months you need, not how many reviews.
- Its analytics cover playlist history, listener data and bot alerts; the free plan has basic bot checks and 7 days of history.
- 7-day refund policy stated on its pricing page. Checked October 4, 2026.
PlaylistMap
- Credits are spent only when you unlock a contact, and 3 are free; $9.99 a month buys 20 unlocks, $19.99 buys 100, and an unlock covers every playlist that curator runs.
- Nothing is charged for a response, because none is promised: you email 37,048 curator records' worth of independent curators (80% with an email), having seen follower counts, freshness and an integrity score first.
- No refunds under our terms; cancel any time, and unused unlocks aren't lost to a silent curator.
PlaylistSupply
- $24.99 a month after a $19.99 first month ($199.99 a year) for unlimited contacts; the $34.99 and $49.99 plans add PlaylistVet checks, similar-artist search and exports.
- Trying it requires a paid subscription; the first month costs $19.99. Refund terms are on its site.
- Live keyword search of Spotify and YouTube playlists, with 1-click pitching from Gmail. Checked October 4, 2026.
How to choose
- You want to know the price per curator before you pay: SubmitHub, Daily Playlists or Groover (after confirming Groover's billing currency).
- You want silence to cost nothing: Groover (Grooviz back after 7 days) or Daily Playlists premium credits (credit back after 7 days); SubmitHub returns the credit only when its response rules are broken.
- You want a path back to your card: SubmitHub's cash refund for unused credits bought within six months is the one documented route here; artist.tools states a 7-day refund policy (method and eligibility not verified). The two campaigns state no card refunds and PlaylistMap has no refunds under its terms; Groover's, Daily Playlists' and PlaylistSupply's cash-refund terms weren't verified for this comparison.
- You still want a campaign run for you: Playlist Push from $280, or SoundCampaign itself after confirming its current minimum.
- You'd rather pay for access than for answers: a contact database (artist.tools, PlaylistMap, PlaylistSupply).
Free plan: 3 contact unlocks, no card. See all plans
Questions
How far does a SoundCampaign budget go, and how does that compare?
SoundCampaign doesn't publish a per-review price; its estimator shows up to 17 curator submissions for a $150 budget, and you are charged only for completed reviews. Taking the same $150 and the published prices (approximate, derived): SubmitHub sells about 150 to 185 premium credits at $1 each or about $0.80 in bulk, and each curator costs 1 to 5 credits; Groover's 2 Grooviz per contact, which it labels €2 on some pages and $2 on others, comes to roughly 70 standard-tier contacts (top-tier contacts cost more); Daily Playlists' premium credits ($19.99 for 10) come to about 75 credits, or 25 to 75 reviews at 1 to 3 credits each. Playlist Push's campaigns start at $280, above that budget. The contact databases sell access rather than reviews: $150 is ten months of artist.tools' $15 plan, six months of PlaylistSupply's $24.99 plan, or about 15 months of PlaylistMap's $9.99 plan (20 unlocks a month).
Which alternatives charge only when something happens?
SoundCampaign charges per completed review. SubmitHub charges per submission but returns the premium credit if a curator breaks its response rules (72 hours, a 60-second listen, 20 or more words on a decline). Groover returns the Grooviz for any contact who doesn't respond within 7 days. Daily Playlists returns a premium credit if there is no response within 7 days, while standard submissions aren't refunded when nobody responds. Playlist Push returns the budget for tracks a curator doesn't review as account credit, but a decline counts as a paid review. The contact databases charge for access, not outcomes: PlaylistMap's credits are spent when you unlock a contact, and artist.tools and PlaylistSupply are flat subscriptions.
Does anything come back to my card?
Cash-refund eligibility depends on the service and on whether credits remain unused. SoundCampaign offers no refunds for paid campaigns, and returned credits can't be withdrawn. Playlist Push purchases are final, with unreviewed budget returned as account credit. Groover returns Grooviz to your balance for silent contacts. Daily Playlists returns premium credits to your balance after 7 days of silence; Groover's and Daily Playlists' wider cash-refund terms weren't verified for this comparison. SubmitHub refunds to your credit balance rather than your card, except that unused credits bought within the last six months can be refunded in cash through a support ticket. PlaylistMap has no refunds under its terms; credits are spent only when you unlock a contact, and you can cancel any time. artist.tools states a 7-day refund policy; for PlaylistSupply, see its terms.
Which alternatives publish the unit price?
SubmitHub (credits from $1, about $0.80 in bulk, 1 to 5 per curator), Groover (2 Grooviz per standard contact, more for top-tier, labelled €2 or $2 depending on the page, about $1.07 per Grooviz) and Daily Playlists ($19.99 for 10 premium credits, 1 to 3 per review by tier) publish per-unit prices. Playlist Push publishes its $280 minimum and an illustrative calculator example (about 79 playlists for $630, varying by genre and curator). The contact databases publish flat prices: artist.tools $15 a month, PlaylistMap $9.99 a month for 20 unlocks, PlaylistSupply $24.99 a month. SoundCampaign publishes an estimator and its minimums disagree ($80 on the pricing slider, $60 in a blog post), so confirm before buying.
Can any of them guarantee a playlist placement?
No. SoundCampaign itself says curators are paid for reviews, not placements, and the other four brokers disclaim placements too; the three contact databases sell contact access, not placements. 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 seven alternatives. 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.
Prices and rules come from each service's public pricing page, FAQ or terms: SoundCampaign (terms of service, blog), SubmitHub (pricing, premium response rules, refunds), Groover, Daily Playlists (FAQ) and Playlist Push (campaign cost, refund policy), checked on October 23, 2026; artist.tools and PlaylistSupply pricing pages on October 4, 2026. Trustpilot pages: SoundCampaign, SubmitHub, Groover, Daily Playlists, Playlist Push. Budget examples are our arithmetic from the published prices, rounded. 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 numbers are live. 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.