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PlaylistLookup vs artist.tools
artist.tools is an analytics platform that includes curator contacts. PlaylistLookup is a directory of curator contacts with a playlist health check. If you want chart history and wider analytics as well as contacts, artist.tools covers more. If you mainly want to find and contact curators and check a playlist before you pitch, PlaylistLookup is narrower and costs less. Checked on October 17, 2026.
| Topic | PlaylistLookup | artist.tools |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | Finding and contacting playlist curators | Music analytics, with curator contacts as one part |
| Contacts | 115,000+ of 401,000+ tracked playlists have a public contact channel (as of November 13, 2026) | "158K+ curator contacts, emails, and socials" (artist.tools pricing) |
| Analytics | Followers, tracks and last playlist activity per playlist, and a playlist health check with a listener estimate (Free 1 health check, Premium 15 health checks, Pro 50 health checks a month) | "4+ years of charts and trends on 20M+ music assets" and bot detection alerts |
| Free option | Free account with 2 searches per week and 1 health check a month | "Free for basic bot checks", with a 7-day chart history |
| Price | Premium $6.95 per month or $54.95 per year. Pro $11.95 per month or $95.95 per year. | Artist Access $99 per year ($8.25 per month billed annually). Industry Access $399 per year. Developer Access $1,980 per year. |
| Radio and labels | Radio station and record label contacts on Pro | Not stated on its pricing page |
The two contact numbers do not count the same thing. PlaylistLookup counts playlists with at least one public contact channel, and the definition is on the statistics page. We did not find a definition of artist.tools' number.
Who artist.tools fits
artist.tools fits artists and labels who want chart history, wider analytics and bot detection alerts next to curator contacts, and who are comfortable with a wider tool. Its Artist Access plan includes curator contacts and bot detection alerts.
Who PlaylistLookup fits
PlaylistLookup fits artists who mainly need to find curators, filter playlists by followers and recent activity, and send a pitch from their own Gmail (Premium and Pro). It has no chart history. It has a playlist health check for the playlists you are considering.
How to choose between them
Start from the task in front of you. To judge a playlist before you pitch it, both have a check: artist.tools shows "Likely Botted / Likely Bot-free" badges on public artist, track, curator and playlist pages, and the PlaylistLookup health check estimates real listeners from the Discovered On sections of a playlist's artists. To reach the curator, PlaylistLookup lists the contact details curators publish themselves. artist.tools Artist Access also lists curator contacts and adds a Spotify editorial pitch generator; its Industry Access plan adds Spotify keyword rankings, press mentions and CSV exports.
FAQ
Is PlaylistLookup an artist.tools alternative?
For finding and contacting curators and checking a playlist before you pitch, yes. For chart history and wider analytics, no: artist.tools covers more there.
Which one has more curator contacts?
artist.tools states 158K+ curator contacts. PlaylistLookup tracks 401,000+ playlists, and 115,000+ of them have a public contact channel. The numbers count different things and we cannot verify theirs. A free search on PlaylistLookup shows how well your genre is covered.
Does PlaylistLookup detect bots?
PlaylistLookup has a playlist health check that estimates whether a playlist has real listeners, from the Discovered On sections of its artists. It is an estimate, not proof that a playlist is botted. In our checks, the Discovered On sections of very big artists mostly list very big playlists, so when all the artists in a playlist are very big, not being listed says little. Every plan includes checks each month: Free 1 health check, Premium 15 health checks, Pro 50 health checks. artist.tools also offers bot detection: its free plan is "Free for basic bot checks", and Artist Access adds bot detection alerts on anything you save.
Is there a free option?
Yes. PlaylistLookup has a free account with 2 searches per week. artist.tools has a free plan for basic bot checks.
Sources
artist.tools details come from its own public pages, opened on October 17, 2026:
Our own figures and how we count them: How our data works. Something out of date? Email support@playlistlookup.com and we will correct it.