In brief
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.
Sound.me publishes this page and is one of the options in it. Competitor details come only from each company's own website and are linked next to each fact; prices and terms change, so check their site before you buy.
How Collabstr works
- Hire one by one. You browse creator profiles and hire each one for a sponsored post or UGC at the price they list (collabstr.com/pricing, checked September 2026).
- Fees. No subscription needed; a 10% platform fee per order, 5% on the Premium plan. Creators pay a 15% fee on their payout (same page).
- Approval. You approve the work; payment is held in escrow until then (same page).
Why musicians look for an alternative
- Many videos behind one sound. A song spreads when many people use its sound. Hiring creators one at a time keeps the number of videos small for a given budget.
- Built for songs. Music-focused campaigns make every video use your official sound and let you say which part of the song to use.
- Less time per video. In a budget-based campaign you set the rules once and creators who fit opt in.
Which alternatives are there?
| Option | What you buy | Platforms | Price / minimum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sound.me | Creator videos with your sound or product; you set targeting and directions. | TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts (one platform per campaign). | $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. |
| Collabstr | Hire individual creators from their profiles for sponsored posts and UGC, at the prices they list.collabstr. | — | No subscription needed; a 10% platform fee per order (5% on the Premium plan).collabstr. |
| Playlist Push | TikTok creator video campaigns and Spotify playlist pitching, sold as separate campaigns.playlistpush. | TikTok; Spotify playlists.playlistpush. | TikTok from $350 (a help article updated August 27, 2026 gives a $340 minimum); Spotify from $280.playlistpush. |
| SongPush | Creator videos with your sound: creators reserve part of your budget in the app and post.songpush. | TikTok and Instagram, one platform per campaign (help centre); songpush.com lists Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts as “soon”.help. | From €300 per campaign; €500–1,000 recommended.help. |
| 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.soundcamps. | TikTok creator videos; Spotify playlists; Meta (Facebook and Instagram) ads.soundcamps. | TikTok videos: budget slider from $100 (default $300). Spotify playlists from $80; Meta ads from $70 (about $5 a day).soundcamps. |
| Breakr | Software for brands, agencies and labels to find creators, send them paid offers for a song, product or event campaign, and pay them from escrow.breakr. | TikTok, Instagram, YouTubebreakr. | No public pricing; its terms say Breakr typically charges a 10% finder's fee, which may be built into the prices shown, and business users may pay a subscription or a fee per campaign.breakr. |
Sound.me publishes this page. Competitor details come only from each company's own website, checked September–October 2026, and each is linked next to the fact; prices and terms change, so check their site before you buy. — = not published on their site.
- Sound.me. Creator videos with your sound or product; you set the budget, run time (72 hours, 7 days or 14 days), targeting and directions. TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts (one platform per campaign). $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.
- Playlist Push. TikTok creator video campaigns and Spotify playlist pitching, sold as separate campaigns; TikTok from $350 (playlistpush.com/pricing, checked September 2026). Sound.me vs Playlist Push.
- 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 (help.wepush.com, checked September 2026). Sound.me vs SongPush.
- SoundCampaign (soundcamps.com). Paid reviews of your track by Spotify playlist curators and TikTok creators, plus Meta ads it runs for you; TikTok videos from a $100 budget slider (soundcamps.com/pricing, checked September 2026). Sound.me vs SoundCampaign.
- Breakr. Software to find creators, send them paid offers and pay them from escrow; TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. No public price; its terms say it typically charges a 10% finder's fee (breakr.app/terms-of-service, checked October 2026). Breakr alternatives.
How Sound.me handles creators and videos
Sound.me's team matches and approves creators; on TikTok campaigns of $1,000 or more you can also approve creators yourself. Our team watches every video and makes sure creators follow your directions. If they don't, they don't get paid, and that part of your budget goes back into your campaign for other creators. How it works · pricing · Cheapest ways to get creator videos.