Updated October 2026

Choosing between Spotify playlist submission sites is confusing, because they all promise curators and they all charge in a different way. Some give you free pitches every week. Some charge per curator and hand the credit back if nobody replies. Others sell a whole campaign up front. Short answer: use the free options first, pay per review only when you want feedback or your credit back, and treat a big campaign as a second step, never the first one.

Why it matters now: in August 2026 TechCrunch reported that Spotify would start showing "AI Persona" badges on some artist profiles from mid-September, and that by default it won't include those artists in its editorial or algorithmic recommendations [1]. Spotify is getting choosier about what it pushes. Real curators putting your song in front of real listeners is still worth the effort, and that's what these sites sell.

Here are 7 of them, what's free on each, what a pitch costs and what you get if nobody answers.

Spotify playlist submission sites at a glance

Site Best for Price (checked October 2026) What's free
SubmitHub Fast answers from playlisters and blogs Premium credits from $1 each (as low as $0.78 in bulk); curators ask 1 to 4 per pitch Standard credits, 2 every four hours
DailyPlaylists Lots of small pitches on a tiny budget $7.99 for 10 Standard Submissions; $19.99 for 10 Premium Credits; Professional $19.99 a month 10 Standard Submissions a week
Groover Playlists, press, radio and labels in one campaign 1 Grooviz = €1; a contact usually costs 2 Grooviz; packs from €46 Nothing, it's a paid service (Grooviz back if no feedback in 7 days)
SoundCampaign Setting your own budget and paying only for reviews Budgets from $80; $150 was estimated at up to 17 curator submissions Paid per completed review (credited back if none)
Playlist Push A bigger, hands-off Spotify campaign Minimum campaign $280 (the calculator showed about 35 playlists) Paid campaign (credit back if a curator doesn't review in 14 days)
Musosoup Letting blogs and playlists come to you £42 campaign fee once approved; paid offers average £8 to £12 Submitting, plus a free option with every paid offer
MusicMinutes Pitching curators directly and keeping the contacts Artist £10 a month or £72 a year; Artist Pro £20 a month or £180 a year On the paid plans: no fee per pitch, and 3 Submit submissions a month included

Each price is in the site's own currency, as we found it in October 2026. Prices change, so check before you pay. The US tools here show UK visitors their prices in US dollars and charge in dollars, so your bank converts the amount (often with a small fee), and VAT may be added at checkout. Groover prices in euros, and its pricing page has a pound option that shows one contact as £1.69 [6].

How we picked

We read each site's own pricing page and FAQ, then judged every one on the same questions:

  • How does a submission actually work?
  • What's genuinely free, and what isn't?
  • What do you pay per pitch?
  • What's promised if nobody answers: a review, feedback or your credit back?
  • Do you keep the curator contacts afterwards?
  • What does the site say about checking curators and playlists for bots?

This is our blog, so we've put our own tool in and judged it against the same criteria. The order below starts with the two sites that give you free pitches every week, then the four that charge per contact, review or campaign, then our own tool, which works differently. It's not a ranking.

The 7 sites

1. SubmitHub

SubmitHub says it has 1,700+ quality-checked playlisters, bloggers and influencers, with responses within 72 hours, and uses a Playlist Checker to keep unsafe playlists off the site [2]. Standard credits are free (2 every four hours, up to 2 at a time), but curators needn't give feedback on them [3]. Premium credits start at $1 and drop to $0.78 in bulk. On a premium pitch the curator must listen for 60 seconds and approve the song or explain the no in 20+ words, or the credit comes back [3]. It's quick, and a premium decline tells you why. The catch: free credits trickle in. Full comparison: MusicMinutes vs SubmitHub.

2. DailyPlaylists

DailyPlaylists has a real free tier: 10 Standard Submissions a week to Standard curators [4]. Those curators get 21 days to review, and there's no refund if they don't reply [5]. Premium Credits ($19.99 for 10) go to Premium curators, who must give feedback if they pass, or the credit comes back after a week. Professional is $19.99 a month or $199.99 a year for 30 Standard Submissions a week [4][5]. Curators need at least 100 followers and 30 tracks to join, and Premium ones at least 1,000 followers [5]. The limits: single songs only, and the song must already be out on Spotify [5].

3. Groover

Groover goes wider than playlists. Its 3,000+ curators and pros include blogs, radio stations and labels [6]. You pay in Grooviz: 1 Grooviz costs €1, and a contact usually costs 2, though some top curators charge 4 or 6. Packs start at €46 and the credits never expire. It says tracks are placed on verified Spotify playlists [6]. If a contact doesn't give feedback within 7 days, you get those Grooviz back automatically. Groover says its most successful campaigns contact at least 50 curators and pros. That's 100 Grooviz, about €100 a release before pack discounts. Good at one campaign covering press and playlists together. The limit: it's paid only, so it adds up over several releases.

4. SoundCampaign

With SoundCampaign you set a budget and choose genres and language, which it says takes about two minutes [7]. You only pay when a curator or creator actually reviews your track. No review, no charge. Its estimator starts at $80, and $150 was estimated at up to 17 curator submissions, so roughly $8.80 each [8]. Its curators are vetted, every review comes with written feedback, and it says "No bots, ever" [8]. We like how plainly it explains the rules: curators are paid for reviews, not placements, because paying for spots breaks Spotify's terms [8]. One budget also covers TikTok creators and Meta ads. The limit: estimates are estimates, and placement isn't promised.

5. Playlist Push

Playlist Push has been around since 2017 [10]. It sends your song to independent curators of organic Spotify playlists and says each curator is vetted to prove their streams are organic [9]. The minimum Spotify campaign is $280, and at that budget the calculator showed about 35 playlists, or roughly $8 a playlist [10]. If a curator doesn't review within 14 days, that money comes back as account credit, and many leave written feedback [9]. It's good for one organised push, with a live reporting dashboard [9]. The limit: $280 is a big first step, and Playlist Push says it doesn't offer guarantees on results [10].

6. Musosoup

Musosoup flips the model: curators come to you [11]. Submitting is free, and the team listens to every track first. Once you're approved you pay a £42 campaign fee, then blogs, playlists, radio stations and influencers send you offers [12]. Paid offers average £8 to £12, set by each curator, and every paid offer comes with a free option. You can also contact curators yourself, up to 90 days before release [11]. If you get no coverage at all, Musosoup refunds the fee [12]. Good at features, reviews and interviews alongside playlists. The limit: the £42 comes first, and artists spend around £80 on coverage on average [12].

7. MusicMinutes

MusicMinutes works differently, because you pitch curators yourself. Playlist Search lets you search around 24,000 bot-checked Spotify playlists by keyword, genre, mood or similar artist. Each playlist has a quality score that updates daily, and you get verified curator contacts (email, Instagram or a submission link). There's no fee per pitch, and you keep the contacts even if you cancel, so your list grows with every release. Botted and payola playlists are hidden automatically. Submit adds 3 human-checked submissions a month to the MusicMinutes playlists. It's on the paid plans, from £72 a year. The limit: curators don't owe you a reply, and you write every pitch yourself.

What to avoid

  • Paying for a placement. Spotify says it "strictly prohibits using any third party service that promises streams or playlist placement in exchange for money", and the risks include your song being removed from playlists or from Spotify altogether [13]. SoundCampaign and Playlist Push both say outright that they can't guarantee placement [8][10]. If anyone, on a site or off it, sells you a spot on a playlist, walk away.
  • Pitching before release. DailyPlaylists won't let you submit a song before it's out on Spotify [5], and a curator can't add a track that isn't there yet. For Spotify playlists, pitch once the song is live. Blogs and press can come earlier: Musosoup lets you line up coverage up to 90 days before release [11].
  • Mass pitching the wrong genre. Sending a sad acoustic song to a gym playlist just burns credits and gets you a polite no. Listen to a playlist before you pay to pitch it. A few careful pitches are worth more than fifty random ones.
  • Spending the whole budget on one song in one go. Start small, read the feedback, fix what keeps coming up, then spend more on the song that's getting a good response.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best free Spotify playlist submission sites?

From this list, SubmitHub's standard credits and DailyPlaylists' free tier cost nothing [3][4]. Musosoup is free to submit to and every paid offer has a free option, but you pay the £42 fee once approved [12]. You can also find curators and pitch them yourself, which we cover in how small artists can get on Spotify playlists for free.

Do playlist submission sites work?

They get your song in front of real curators, and on most of them you get feedback or a credit back if nobody reviews it. None of them can promise a placement, because the curator decides; DailyPlaylists, SoundCampaign and Playlist Push all say so plainly [5][8][10]. They work best when the song is ready and you pick curators who play your style.

How much does it cost to submit to Spotify playlists?

Anything from nothing to a few hundred. As we checked in October 2026, SubmitHub premium credits start at $1 [3], a Groover contact usually costs 2 Grooviz at €1 each [6], SoundCampaign budgets start at $80 [8], Musosoup's fee is £42 [12] and Playlist Push's minimum campaign is $280 [10]. Check each site before you pay.

Can I submit to Spotify editorial playlists on these sites?

No. Spotify's own editorial playlists are pitched through Spotify for Artists. The sites here reach independent curators instead.

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