Comparison at a glance
| Platform | What you buy | Price / minimum | Platforms | Who approves | Creator pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound.me | Creator videos with your sound or product; you set targeting and directions. | $250, $1,000, $1,500 or your own amount; $100 for a first campaign during the flash sale in the 48 hours after sign-up. No subscription. | TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts (one platform per campaign). | Sound.me's team matches and approves creators; on TikTok campaigns of $1,000 or more you can also approve creators yourself. The team watches every video; videos that don't follow your directions aren't paid. | Paid for each approved video based on the views it gets in its first 72 hours. |
| Playlist Push | TikTok creator video campaigns and Spotify playlist pitching, sold as separate campaigns. | TikTok from $350 (a help article updated August 27, 2026 gives a $340 minimum); Spotify from $280. | TikTok; Spotify playlists. | Videos are posted first; you have 72 hours to reject one (1–2 stars, for not following your concept or your sound being hard to hear), then it is approved automatically. Rejecting because you don't like a video doesn't return the budget. | Per video, by views: $10 once it passes 2,000 views, rising at each milestone to $250 at 480,000 views. |
| SoundCampaign (soundcamps.com) | Paid reviews of your track by Spotify playlist curators and TikTok creators, plus Meta ads it runs for you, from one budget. You pay for completed reviews, not for placements. | TikTok videos: budget slider from $100 (default $300). Spotify playlists from $80; Meta ads from $70 (about $5 a day). | TikTok creator videos; Spotify playlists; Meta (Facebook and Instagram) ads. | Creators post on TikTok, then submit the link; you rate each video (1–5 stars) within 72 hours or it is approved automatically. 1–2-star videos are rechecked by its moderators and you aren't charged if they miss the brief. | Views-based: up to $250 per approved video, on the views it gets in its first 5 days; below a per-creator view minimum it earns nothing. |
| SongPush | Creator videos with your sound: creators reserve part of your budget in the app and post. | From €300 per campaign; €500–1,000 recommended. | TikTok and Instagram, one platform per campaign (help centre); songpush.com lists Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts as “soon”. | No approval before posting; you can reject a video up to 5 days after it is submitted or posted. Approving videos before they go live is listed as coming soon. | Up to €200 per collaboration; pay starts from 100 views. |
| Genni (formerly Songfluencer) | A managed creator-marketing agency, or a self-serve portal to find, invite and pay creators. | Portal plans: Free Trackers $0, Professional $500 a month (+10% of spend), Premier $1,000 a month (+5% of spend). Agency pricing is not published. | TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts. | — | Creators set their own rate; contests pay cash prizes. |
| Groover | Send your track to playlist curators, blogs, radios, labels and bookers, who listen and reply. | 2 Grooviz (€2) per contact; top curators usually cost 4 or 6 Grooviz. | Playlists, blogs, radio and industry contacts (no creator videos). | Not applicable (curators decide whether to share your track). | Not applicable (curator model). |
| SubmitHub | Send your song to curators, blogs, labels and influencers for a listen and a response. | Premium credits from $1 each, down to $0.78 in bulk. | Playlists, blogs and influencer outlets (no creator video campaigns). | Not applicable (outlets decide whether to share your song). | Not applicable (curator model). |
— = not published on their site. Sources: each company’s own website, checked September 2026 (Playlist Push: playlistpush.com/pricing · playlistpush.com/tiktok-music-promotion · help.playlistpush.com/1888782-how-much-doe… · help.playlistpush.com/4423975-how-to-rejec… · playlistpush.com/tiktok-creator-program; SoundCampaign: soundcamps.com/pricing · soundcamps.com/terms-of-service · help.soundcamps.com/8074547-how-to-rate-ti… · help.soundcamps.com/10125816-how-creator-c… · soundcamps.com/get-paid-to-use-sounds-on-t… · help.soundcamps.com/9799252-views-based-re…; SongPush: songpush.com · help.wepush.com/what-is-the-minimum-budget… · help.wepush.com/kann-ich-eine-kampagne-auf… · help.wepush.com/as-an-artist-how-long-do-i…; Genni: genni.com/marketers · genni.com/marketing-portal · genni.com; Groover: groover.co/pricing; SubmitHub: submithub.com/QPHgFWDSCm82W7vLJ). Sound.me’s facts are from its own site and data. Prices and terms change, so check each site before you buy.
How Sound.me works for both sides
Sound.me is a two-sided creator marketplace: artists, record labels and brands pay creators to make short videos with their sound or product on TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts, and creators use the Sound.me app to apply to daily paid campaigns and cash out via PayPal. It has 3M+ registered creators in 61 countries, who have made 90M+ videos with 181B+ organic views for 20K+ advertisers. Campaigns target worldwide, one of 24 countries, or a region, and each approved video is paid based on the views it gets in its first 72 hours. Sound.me has appeared in Billboard, Forbes México and Esquire Middle East.
Budgets and projected results are on Sound.me pricing; for one-to-one comparisons with Playlist Push, SongPush, SoundCampaign and TikTok Creator Rewards, see all Sound.me comparisons.
