Groover vs Soundmango
An honest side-by-side comparison with everything you need to find out which platform suits you best.
- Playlist match or refund
- No fake streams or followers
- 100% Spotify compliant
For artists
Soundmango is best if you want your track on real playlists with real listeners, and your money back if we can't find a match.
Groover is best if you want to choose every curator yourself, including blogs, radio stations, and labels.
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Soundmango vs Groover at a glance
Minimum price
Soundmango
Starting from $20
Groover
€100 for the 50 curators they recommend
Chance of a playlist placement
Soundmango
99% playlist placement rate
Groover
Under 25% according to their website
Refund policy
Soundmango
100% money back if we can't find a match for your track
Groover
No refund when a curator says no
Track matching algorithm
Soundmango
Our AI matches your track to highly relevant playlists
Groover
Recommendations, then you pick each curator
Playlist quality
Soundmango
Real listeners and engagement on every playlist, continuously checked 24/7
Groover
No minimum listener count
How Soundmango works
Post your offer
Set the criteria for playlists you want your track on and pick a duration. It takes less than a minute.
A curator accepts
We match your track with the best fitting curators who meet your criteria and keep searching until we find a good match.
99% placement probability
Nearly every track lands on a playlist. If we can't match your track with a fitting curator, you get 100% of your money back.
No more pitching. We find the matching playlists for you.
- Upload your track
- Confirm and pay
- We handle the rest
How your track finds its playlists
On Soundmango
Your track gets the best possible playlist matches. Our AI analyzes your track and the tracks already on every playlist that meets your criteria, and finds the ones it fits best.
You set your criteria once and we do all the searching, so you never have to pick playlists or curators yourself.
On Groover
You choose your genres, and Groover suggests curators and pros based mostly on them. Then you go through the list and pick each one yourself, at 2 Grooviz (€2) per contact, or more for their top curators.
Their help center calls the suggestions only a tool to guide you, and advises you to check each pro's profile before adding them to your campaign.
Playlists share that list with radio stations, blogs, and labels, and Groover's pricing page says the most successful campaigns usually contact at least 50 curators and pros.
How Soundmango matches
Genres and subgenres
Every style your track blends, down to the subgenre
Acoustic or electronic
Unplugged, electronic, or anywhere in between
Tempo and key
Your BPM and key, compared to the playlist's tracks
Mood
How your track feels, from melancholic to euphoric
Energy
How hard your track hits, from laid-back to intense
Vocal character
The range and tone of the voice, from soft and airy to raspy and powerful
Language
The language you sing in, or whether it's instrumental
Leading instruments
Which key instruments carry your track
Track duration
How long your track runs, compared to the playlist's average
Explicit lyrics
Clean or explicit, so clean playlists stay clean
Similar artists
The artists your track sounds closest to
Similar tracks
The tracks on each playlist that sound most like yours
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Trade secrets
Additional internal metrics we keep to ourselves
How Groover matches
Genre
The genres and subgenres you chose when you signed up
Past contacts
The curators and pros you've contacted on Groover before
Similar artists
Campaigns from artists with a profile similar to yours
Profile
Everything else you've filled in on your artist profile
If you don't get results
On Soundmango
If your track doesn't pass our quality review, if no playlist is a good match, or if no curator accepts your campaign, you get 100% of your money back to your original payment method.
If a curator accepts your campaign but doesn't deliver, we find a replacement at no extra cost or refund what wasn't delivered.
On Groover
On Groover, the Grooviz you spend on a curator are gone once they reply, whether they share your track or pass on it. Groover's terms say you expressly waive your right of withdrawal, and that Groover has an obligation of means only, excluding any obligation of result.
If a curator doesn't reply within 7 days, the Grooviz go back into your Groover account for use on other curators.
Which one is right for you?
Choose Soundmango if
- You want curators hearing your track within 24 hours.
- You want AI to match your track with the playlists it fits best, based on how it actually sounds.
- You want to make music while we handle the research, the pitching, and the follow-ups.
- You want a 99% chance of a playlist placement once your track is approved.
- You want 100% of your money back if we can't find a match.
Choose Groover if
- You enjoy finding and picking each curator yourself, and pitching your track to them.
- Your track isn't out yet.
- You want to hear what a lot of different curators think of your track.
- You want to reach radio stations, labels, and blogs as well as playlist curators.
Questions about Groover and Soundmango
Get your track on real Spotify playlists
Soundmango is a playlist promotion marketplace with a 99% chance of landing on a playlist. If no curator fits your track, you get 100% of your money back.
For curators
Soundmango is best if you want to earn more money from your playlist with less work, and listen to fewer but more relevant tracks.
Groover is best if you enjoy listening to a lot of new music and writing feedback for independent artists.
Don't take our word for it. Ask your AI.
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Soundmango vs Groover at a glance
Earnings
Soundmango
$7 to $750 per campaign
Groover
€1 per review
Time spent per campaign
Soundmango
Less than a minute
Groover
A listen and a written review of 15+ words
Payouts
Soundmango
Automatic, every month
Groover
You have to request each payout manually
Track matching
Soundmango
Our AI matches highly relevant tracks to your playlist
Groover
Artists pick you off a list
Track acceptance rate
Soundmango
60% due to advanced AI track analysis and playlist matching
Groover
20% according to their website
Obligation to reply
Soundmango
None. Accept or decline campaigns at your own pace
Groover
Your account is suspended after 7 inactive days
On Groover
What you're paid for, and what it means for your playlist
Spotify's user guidelines don't allow accepting any compensation, financial or otherwise, to influence the content included on a playlist. On Groover you earn 1 Grooviz, €1, each time you listen to a track and give feedback on it, and Groover's terms say you earn it regardless of whether you decide to share the piece. Their curator page frames that as independence: you get paid whether you decide to share the track, connect with the artist, or not. That is being paid for consideration.
On Soundmango you're paid for a completed campaign, your star ratings and one published post, and adding the track to your playlist is your own call.
On Groover
How you earn, and how the money reaches you
You earn 1 Grooviz for each track you give feedback on, and 1 Grooviz is €1. Of the 2 Grooviz the artist spends to reach you, Groover keeps the other 1 as commission. To convert Grooviz into euros, Groover's terms require the status of a company, an association, or a micro-entrepreneur, or the equivalent outside France, and give you 365 days from opening your account to get one. Withdrawals start at 20 Grooviz for your first request and 50 after that, and Groover processes them within 72 working hours. Their terms add that a second withdrawal inside thirty calendar days may carry a fee, and that 365 consecutive days without activity or conversion counts as abandoning your Grooviz balance.
On Soundmango you see what a campaign pays before you take it on, and no curator earns until the campaign is complete. Your earnings are paid out automatically every month to your bank account.
On Groover
What is asked of you
Groover's feedback rules ask for at least 15 words on every track, covering your opinion, a clear decision on whether you'll share it, and constructive advice, and they advise at least a minute of listening. The reply is due within 7 days, or the artist's Grooviz go back and the track earns you nothing. Their terms suspend a curator account temporarily after 7 days of inactivity, so it stops receiving tracks until you log back in, and you can pause submissions when you need to. Their zero tolerance policy deactivates a profile for copy-pasted feedback, for offering paid services inside feedback, and for not sharing artists you promised to share.
On Soundmango only campaigns that fit your playlist reach you, and we review every track before you hear it. A campaign takes a few minutes: you rate the track from 1 to 5 stars on a few parameters, then press Publish on the post we've drafted. Once you accept a campaign, you deliver it within its duration.
Which one is right for you?
Choose Soundmango if
- You want to get paid automatically every month for the playlist you already run.
- You want to hear tracks that already fit your playlist.
- You don't want to spend a whole afternoon listening to tracks for a dollar or two each.
- You want to see what a campaign pays before you say yes.
Choose Groover if
- You enjoy listening to a lot of new tracks and replying to each one.
- You want to earn from every track you reply to.
- You also run a blog, a radio show, or a label and want submissions for it in the same place.
Questions about Groover and Soundmango
Get paid for the playlist you already run
Earn from campaigns that fit your playlist. You listen first, and you decide what lands on it.
What artists and curators say
The first time I used Soundmango I got a placement the very same day, and I knew I could never go back to the other platforms.
Mia K.Artist, indie pop 
This is the first time I feel like I actually got what I paid for. I will definitely be using Soundmango for my future releases.
Daniel R.Artist 
Every other promo site put my techno tracks on random playlists that made no sense. Soundmango got me on two real techno playlists and my streams actually went up.
Yusuf K.DJ & producer Soundmango takes all of the work and uncertainty out of playlist promotion. It's just click and go.
Frederik M.Artist, electronic 
I've saved so much time and money not having to pitch my tracks to curators just to get nothing back.
Elin S.Artist, R&B
My playlist has 40k followers and never made me a cent before. Soundmango changed that in the first month.
Priya N.Curator I accept a lot more campaigns on Soundmango than anywhere else, and make a lot more money.
Afterglow RadioCurator, Lo-fi Study Other sites mostly send me music that doesn't fit my playlists at all, but Soundmango sends me tracks that sound like they were made for my playlists.
Layla H.Curator 
Soundmango became the biggest source of revenue for my playlists practically overnight.
Kwame A.Curator, Afrobeats Now The tracks I get here are just better. I end up adding way more of them to my playlist than I ever did from other submission sites.
NH SoundsCurator, Deep House Sessions
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