Indiemono runs its own Spotify playlists and takes free submissions to them. artist.tools helps you find and pitch playlists across Spotify, with bot checks and curator contacts, free or from $15/month.
Checked October 2026
| Indiemono | artist.tools | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Playlist submissions | All-in-one |
| Starting price | Free | Free; from $15/month |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Bot detection | No | Yes |
| Curator contacts | Partly | 158K+ |
| History | No | 4+ years |
Including where Indiemono wins
What it does well, and where it falls short
Pros
Cons
Indiemono’s submission form asks you to pick one genre box, so you can’t get very specific.
On artist.tools, you can filter by just about anything: followers, listeners, contact type, botted or not, includes an artist, includes or excludes a phrase, and more.
Spend less time searching and more time submitting.
A submission to Indiemono reaches Indiemono’s own playlists, and nobody else’s. They don’t give feedback, and only get in touch if they like the track.
artist.tools lets you search playlists across Spotify and reach the curators behind them, with 158K+ emails and socials on the Artist plan.
If you submit to playlists, you need to know which ones are botted. The risks aren’t worth it: botted streams can stunt your growth, keep you out of the algorithm or get your music removed.
To be fair, Indiemono doesn’t need a feature like this: it only takes submissions for playlists it curates itself, and when we checked them, they came back authentic and bot-free.
For every other playlist you pitch, artist.tools checks for bot activity first.
Plainly answered
Yes. Submitting to Indiemono’s playlists is free: you pick one genre box and send your track once. It also has a Patreon for listeners who want to support it.
When we checked them, Indiemono’s playlists came back authentic and bot-free. You can check any playlist yourself with the free artist.tools bot checker.
Not always. Indiemono says it can’t give feedback or answer submission messages, and emails you if it likes a track. Check Spotify for Artists for new playlist adds.
Yes. Submit to Indiemono for free, then use artist.tools to find more playlists in your genre and the curators behind them.
