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Why is artist.tools the best Playlister alternative?

Pricing

$15/month

DistroKid Ultimate ($89.99/year)

Free Plan

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Historical Data

Extensive

Limited

Listener Data

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Bot Detection/Alerts

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Artist Monitoring

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Search Filters

Advanced

Very Basic

Contact Curators

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CSV Export

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Playlister

​Why do music professionals use artist.tools over Playlister?

🤖 Bot Detection


Botted playlists and playlist scams are a plague for small artists.


DistroKid and Playlister don't provide any insight into whether a playlist is botted, authentic, growing, or inactive, which is a liability for any artist.


That's why industry professionals rely on our database of playlist scam networks and comprehensive bot detection for playlists, artists, and tracks.

🔎 Advanced Search vs. Basic Search


Put simply, Playlister search filters are very basic.


On artist.tools, you can filter by just about anything you could imagine. Followers, listeners, contact type, botted, not botted, includes an artist, includes a phrase, doesn't include a phrase, etc... the list goes on.

📖 Extensive Historical Data


Compared to Playlister, artist.tools provides a range of additional context on every playlist in our database.


Insights like a playlists listener demographic, estimated listeners, contact info, growth over time, popularity score, and so much more.

👀 More than just playlists


Unlike Playlister, we cover a lot more than just playlists.


On artist.tools, we track artist, track, playlist, and curator data, so you can get the full picture.

PRODUCTS

Your music industry toolkit;

tools critical for success in todays age

Add My First Artist

NO CREDIT CARD REQUIRED

ANALYTICS →

Advanced Analytics, Charts, & Playlist History over 4+ years

Analyze how artists, tracks, playlists, or curators have evolved over time, and whether that evolution is artificial.

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BOT DETECTION / FRAUD ALERTS →

Detect Playlist Placements likely to deliver Artificial Streams

Get notified when your music is discovered in playlists likely to deliver artificial streams, the most common source of fraud.

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ADVANCED SEARCH →

Granular search across 20M+ Spotify assets

Source curator emails, trending artists, AI-generated tracks, & more using highly-granular search filters.

Contacts

| EMAIL

Listeners

| >200K

Demographic

| Phillipines

SPOTIFY SEO →

Grow bigger & better playlists with Spotify Search Traffic

Discover underserved search intents that shape your playlist strategy.

meditation mix

12K searches/month

Highly competitive

meditation for adhd

2.9K searches/month

Low competition

PRESS MENTIONS →

Discover where you're being talked about online

Detect online mentions; like press articles, social mentions, & more.

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GET STARTED

Protect your music career

start for free, upgrade as your career evolves

Join The Pros

NO CREDIT CARD REQUIRED

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