Best Playlist Pitching Services [2026]: Legit and

Start with Spotify for Artists: pitching to Spotify's editors is built into it, with no fee listed. Paid services such as Groover (€2 per curator), SubmitHub ($1 per credit, down to $0.78 in bulk) and Playlist Push (from $280) charge for independent curators to review your song, not for a guaranteed add, and Spotify says any service that guarantees playlist placement for money breaks its terms.

Playlist pitching services compared

Service	Pricing model	Starting cost	What is guaranteed	If nobody responds
Spotify for Artists	Official pitch	No fee listed	Release Radar for followers if pitched 7+ days early	No placement guarantee
Groover	Per curator	€2 per curator (€4–6 for top curators)	A reply within 7 days	Credits returned
SubmitHub	Per curator, in credits	$1 per credit, down to $0.78 in bulk; 1–5 credits per curator	Premium: a listen and a reason within 72 hours	Credit returned
Playlist Push	Managed campaign	$280	No results guaranteed	Unreviewed budget credited back
SoundCampaign	Pay per review	Budget you choose	A review or no charge	Credited back
DailyPlaylists	Free tier, subscription, credits	Free; $19.99/month Professional	Not stated	Not stated
Musosoup	Campaign fee, then curator offers	£42 campaign fee	Fee refunded if you get no coverage	Fee refunded
SongTools	Daily budget	$10/day	Not stated	Not stated

Prices are each service's own published figures as of October 2026. None of the paid services guarantees a playlist placement or a number of streams.

What Spotify's rules say about paid placement

Spotify draws the line at buying placement or streams, and puts rules on both sides:

For artists: "Paid 3rd-party services that guarantee streams aren't legitimate," and any service "that claims to offer guaranteed placement on playlists on Spotify in exchange for money" should not be used. Consequences can include withheld royalties, removal from Spotify playlists, distributor warnings, and a per-track charge to your label or distributor for flagrant artificial streaming. (Spotify for Artists)
For curators: Spotify's user guidelines prohibit selling a playlist and "accepting or offering to accept any compensation, financial or otherwise, to influence" the content of a playlist. (Spotify User Guidelines)

Playlist Push, for example, says a curator who listens and declines is still paid, because "the review fee covers their time and feedback" (Playlist Push FAQ). Spotify's rules do not name these platforms. Our view: payment for review still creates a pull toward saying yes, and if a playlist you land on is botted, the penalties fall on your releases, not on the service. See our guide to paid playlist services and payola for the longer argument.

Official pitching

Spotify for Artists

Cost: no fee listed; pitching is built into Spotify for Artists. Pitch one unreleased song at a time from Spotify for Artists. If you pitch at least 7 days before release, Spotify adds the song to your followers' Release Radar playlists. "Pitching doesn't guarantee playlist placement." (Spotify for Artists)

Pitch every release, whatever else you do. Our step-by-step guide covers how to pitch to Spotify editorial playlists.

Pay-per-curator platforms

You choose the curators; you pay each one to listen. Placement is the curator's decision.

Groover

Price: 1 Grooviz = €1 (about $1.07). Most curators cost 2 Grooviz; top curators usually 4 or 6. Packs are discounted and do not expire.
Network: 3,000+ active music curators and pros.
Guarantee: a reply within 7 days, or your Grooviz come back for that contact.

Best for: written feedback from curators and industry pros, not just a yes or no. Groover pricing

SubmitHub

Price: premium credits start at $1 and go down to $0.78 in bulk; most users pay about $0.80. Each curator sets a price of 1 to 5 credits. You also get 2 free standard credits every 4 hours.
Premium rules: the curator must respond within 72 hours, listen to at least 60 seconds, and either approve or write at least 20 words on why not. If not, your credit comes back.
Network: 1,785 curators, with a 32% approval rate for the trailing month (SubmitHub's own live counters on 2026-10-16).
Packages: SubmitHub now sells bundles of playlist pitches plus Meta ads it runs for you, from about $96.

Best for: artists who want to pick curators themselves and get fast yes-or-no answers. SubmitHub help

DailyPlaylists

Price: free tier with 10 standard submissions a week; Professional $19.99 a month; Premium credits $19.99 for 10; extra standard submissions $7.99 for 10.
Network: 18,000+ playlists listed.
Terms: response times and refund rules are not on the pricing page; check the terms before buying premium credits.

Best for: frequent releasers who want a low monthly cost. DailyPlaylists pricing

Managed campaigns

You set a budget and genres; the service sends your song to matching curators.

Playlist Push

Price: Spotify campaigns from $280 (TikTok creator campaigns from $350). Cost depends on genre and target reach.
Network: 4,000+ verified playlists.
Terms: if a curator does not review your track before the 14-day deadline, that money comes back to you as account credit; curators who listen and decline are still paid (Playlist Push FAQ). "Playlist Push does not offer any guarantees for the results you will receive."

Best for: artists who want broad curator reach without picking curators one by one. More detail in is Playlist Push worth it? playlistpush.com

SoundCampaign

Price: you choose the budget and pay only when a curator or creator reviews your track.
Terms: "If a curator or creator doesn't review your track, we credit you back." The site's "100% Spotify-compliant" badge is not explained.
Site: SoundCampaign (soundcamps.com).

Best for: small test budgets. soundcamps.com

Marketplaces and daily-budget tools

Musosoup

Submitting is free. Once your submission is approved you pay a £42 campaign fee, and curators (blogs, playlists, radio and influencers) send offers you can accept or decline. Paid offers average about £8–£12 and go directly to the curator. If you get no coverage, the campaign fee is refunded. In our reading, a paid offer from a Spotify playlist curator is the kind of payment Spotify's user guidelines bar curators from accepting. Musosoup pricing

SongTools

SongTools' Playlister.Club starts at $10 a day and says it reaches a network of 20,000+ curators. It publishes no guarantee. Playlister.Club

Tools for finding and vetting playlists

These are not pitching services. They help you research curators and check playlists before you pitch directly.

artist.tools: free basic bot checks; paid plans (analytics, alerts, playlist contacts) start at $99 a year. Pricing
PlaylistSupply: $19.99 a month for a contact finder for playlist curators' emails. playlistsupply.com

Before you pitch any playlist, check its follower growth, listener-to-follower ratio and listener countries. Our playlist vetting checklist walks through each signal.

Red flags

Signal	Why it is dangerous
Guaranteed streams or placements	Spotify says these services break its terms
Pay-per-add, or a price per playlist placement	Pays the curator to influence playlist content, which Spotify's guidelines prohibit
Requests for your Spotify login	No pitching service needs your password
Sudden stream spikes from unexpected countries, few saves	Typical of artificial streaming, which can cost you royalties

Alternative: ads that reach real listeners

Pitching gets your song in front of a curator. Ads put it in front of listeners directly, and you see what each dollar did. Running your own Meta ads works; see our guide to Meta ads for Spotify promotion.

Dynamoi (our service) runs managed Meta (Facebook and Instagram) and Google (YouTube) ad campaigns for artists in our own ad accounts, so you do not need an ad account or pixel. Every Spotify campaign includes a Smart Link that shows which platforms and audiences respond, and we watch saves, follows and repeat listening rather than a one-day stream spike. Starter is $25/month per artist. Every plan includes monthly campaign credit. New artists get extra campaign credit the first time they subscribe. Ads are paid for in advance. Your campaign credit is used first, then any campaign funds you've added, then your saved card. Dynamoi does not sell playlist placement and cannot guarantee streams or algorithmic playlists such as Discover Weekly or Release Radar.

FAQ

Are playlist pitching services legitimate?

Services that guarantee placements or streams are not; Spotify says so directly. Services that charge for curator review (Groover, SubmitHub, Playlist Push and others) state that they do not guarantee placement, but a curator who accepts payment to influence what goes on a Spotify playlist breaks Spotify's user guidelines, so choose services that pay for review whatever the decision, and vet every playlist.

What is the best playlist pitching service?

There is no single best. For written feedback, Groover. For choosing curators yourself, SubmitHub ($1 per credit, 1–5 credits per curator) or Groover (€2 per curator, €4–6 for top curators). For reach without hand-picking, Playlist Push, from $280. For any release, Spotify for Artists first, because it has no fee.

Can I get penalised for using a playlist pitching service?

Yes, if your song lands on playlists that use bots. Spotify can withhold royalties, remove the song from playlists, and charge your distributor per track, and distributors can issue warnings or remove releases. The penalty falls on your release whatever service you used.

How far ahead should I pitch to Spotify?

At least 7 days before release, so your song reaches your followers' Release Radar. Earlier gives editors more time.

Sources and method

Last checked: 2026-10-16. Scope: Pricing model, published prices, network size, response and refund terms, and guarantee statements for the playlist pitching services and research tools compared here, Spotify's official rules on paid placement and editorial pitching, and Dynamoi's own pricing and ads model. Method: Each fact was checked against the service's own homepage, pricing page, or help centre, and Spotify's rules against Spotify's own support and legal pages, on the review date. Third-party reviews and cost-per-stream tests were not used. Network sizes are the services' own claims. Where a service publishes no price or term, the article says so.

Earlier versions of this page cited third-party cost-per-stream tests and a 2020 Spotify editorial acceptance figure; we removed them because they could not be checked against a current first-party source. DistroKid's playlist contact tool was removed for the same reason. No service paid for inclusion.