A PitchPlaylists Alternative for Spotify Playlist Submissions

PitchPlaylists vs. SubmitLink: two ways to pitch your release

Both services let you send music to independent Spotify playlist curators for free. PitchPlaylists offers weekly submission credits and playlist filtering. SubmitLink offers a free campaign every 24 hours, playlist audience estimates, and the option to pay for additional curator reviews.

This comparison is published by SubmitLink and uses PitchPlaylists' published submission guide, checked in September 2026.

Free submissions: weekly credits or a daily campaign

PitchPlaylists advertises 20 free credits each Monday, with one credit covering one playlist submission. Its published genre-mismatch policy can reduce that allowance, so check your account's current limit.

SubmitLink lets you send one song to up to two eligible playlists every 24 hours. Choose from curators accepting free submissions and track responses in your account. The allowance renews after a 24-hour cooldown, rather than at midnight.

If the size of the free allowance is your main concern, PitchPlaylists advertises more weekly submissions. With either service, start by checking how many available playlists actually fit your song.

Choosing playlists and following responses

PitchPlaylists' guide describes filtering playlists by genre, curator activity, country, follower count and track count. You select a playlist, submit your song, and see whether the curator accepts or declines it.

On SubmitLink, select your Spotify track and review relevant playlists before sending a campaign. Compare estimated listeners and past share rates, listen to the playlists, and choose where your song goes. Suggested matches help you start; you can change the selection.

See how SubmitLink's free playlist submissions work

When you want to reach more curators

SubmitLink's paid campaigns let you select additional playlists for $2–$5 USD each, without a subscription. The builder shows your total before payment.

Paid submissions cover review and consideration. If a curator does not respond within seven days, that submission's cost is returned as SubmitLink credits. A decline is a response. Free submissions do not include guaranteed replies or nonresponse credits.

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Bot-free playlists backed by our review team

We guarantee that the playlists you submit to through SubmitLink are bot-free. SubmitLink was created by the same team that made artist.tools, our sister company. Our specialists combine hands-on playlist reviews with ongoing artist.tools monitoring to detect bot activity, artificial streams and artificial growth.

PitchPlaylists also states that its team checks playlists before adding them. On SubmitLink, our own playlist-auditing team stands behind the bot-free guarantee for both free and paid submissions.

Try the workflow with your own music

Choose a song and a few relevant playlists before deciding where to put your next release budget. You can use both services; keep track of where you have submitted so you do not pitch the same song to the same curator twice.

Start a free SubmitLink campaign

PitchPlaylists submission guide

PitchPlaylists genre-mismatch policy