YouGrow sells paid Spotify playlist campaigns from $56. artist.tools doesn't place your music: it checks whether playlists and growth look real, then gives you curator contacts to pitch yourself.
Checked October 2026
| YouGrow | artist.tools | |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Playlist submissions | All-in-one |
| Starting price | From $56 per campaign | Free; from $15/month |
| Free plan | No | Yes |
| Bot detection | No | Yes |
| Curator contacts | Partly | 158K+ |
| History | Unknown | 4+ years |
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YouGrow Promo (yougrowpromo.com) sells playlist promotion. Its one-time Spotify packages (US prices):
A monthly subscription takes 10% off, with a 2-month minimum. YouGrow also sells YouTube, TikTok and Instagram promotion and Meta ads.
YouGrow says it pitches a network of curators, uses “100% real organically grown playlists”, and refunds in full within 1–2 business days if it can’t find a fit. Campaigns typically run 3–6 weeks. We don’t run campaigns like these.
Paid playlists can be real, empty or risky. YouGrow says its playlists are bot-free; artist.tools lets you check for yourself, during the campaign and after it.
Paste your artist or track URL into the free Bot Checker. The Artist plan ($15/month) adds alerts if your profile starts to look inorganic.
YouGrow’s job is to place your song for a fee. artist.tools gives you curator contacts: 158K+ emails and socials, so you can pitch the playlists you know are safe.
Start free with the Bot Checker, then move to the Artist plan ($15/month, or $99 a year) when you want curator emails and alerts. We won’t submit the track for you.
If you want someone else to pitch playlists, with a stream range and a written refund policy, YouGrow is that product. Check their current package page: prices vary by country and change.
If you want to verify a campaign and then email curators yourself, start on artist.tools. For the service audit and independent evidence, read our YouGrow review.
Plainly answered
YouGrow's Spotify packages start at $56 for a tester pack (1k–3k streams) and $103 for Starter (2k–6k). The biggest package is $1,917, and a monthly subscription takes 10% off with a 2-month minimum.
YouGrow says it only uses real, organically grown playlists. You can check for yourself: paste your artist or track URL into the free Bot Checker during or after a campaign. Our YouGrow review covers the service in more detail.
Yes. YouGrow places the song; artist.tools shows the playlists it lands on, whether they look healthy, and alerts you if your profile starts picking up bot activity.
No. artist.tools doesn't sell placements. It gives you curator contacts and playlist data, so you can pitch the right playlists yourself.
