Side by side
| Sound.me | SubmitHub | |
|---|---|---|
| What you buy | Creator videos with your sound or product; you set targeting and directions. | Credits to pitch playlist curators, blogs and YouTube channels, and to pay influencers to use your song in their posts.submithub. |
| Who takes part | 3M+ registered creators in 61 countries; campaigns target worldwide, one of 24 countries, or a region. | 1,781 curators listed on its site (playlisters, blogs and influencers); its influencers are micro-influencers.submithub. |
| Where it shows up | TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts (one platform per campaign). | TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, or any mix.submithub. |
| Price / minimum | $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. | Typically $5 to $20 per influencer share; competitive markets (USA, UK, Canada, Germany, Australia) cost more per 1,000 views. Special requests (a section, a shout-out, a theme) cost extra.submithub. |
| Who decides | 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. | Auto-select: SubmitHub ranks influencers and spreads your budget. Let me choose: you pick influencers from a list. Without a special request, an influencer only has to include the song; what the video is about can have nothing to do with it.submithub. |
| Speed | Live right after checkout; first creator posts usually the same day (45% of videos live within 24 hours on 7-day campaigns, measured on TikTok campaigns). | Let me choose: each influencer has 48 hours to accept, then 7 days to post (they can ask for 3 more days). Auto-select runs over 30 days.submithub. |
| Guarantees and refunds | Views, streams and sales aren't guaranteed. Full refund within seven business days if your sound isn't approved. | Auto-select guarantees a minimum of views and videos within 30 days; unused credits come back if it can't hit them. Let me choose refunds credits if an influencer declines, doesn't answer in 48 hours, or doesn't post within 7 days.submithub. |
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Which one fits
Choose SubmitHub if…
- You also want to pitch playlist curators, blogs and YouTube channels.
- You want to test with a small budget, a few dollars per share.
- You're happy for your song to play in the background of whatever the influencer posts.
Choose Sound.me if…
- You want creators to follow your directions (a trend, a dance, a hook) as part of the campaign price.
- You want to target creators by age, gender, language, creator size (from 100 followers to over 50 million) and location (worldwide, one of 24 countries, or a region).
- You want a team to watch every video, with creators who don't follow directions not paid.
- You want a full refund if your sound isn't approved.
Good to know
- SubmitHub's own help page says influencer submissions are great for user-generated content and younger audiences, but “not great at driving Spotify plays,” and suggests starting with curators.submithub.
com/ · checked October 2026help - Normal SubmitHub shares are 10 to 20 seconds with your song playing in the background rather than as the main focus.submithub.
com/ · checked October 2026help - It offers filters to skip meme repost accounts, influencers who talk over the song, and NSFW accounts.submithub.
com/ · checked October 2026help
Sound.me doesn't guarantee views, streams or sales, and it doesn't pitch playlists or license music. Its projections are measured on TikTok campaigns. How Sound.me works · Sound.me pricing.