How Much Does Spotify Promotion Cost? 2026 Price Guide

Quick Answer

Promoting a song on Spotify costs anything from $0 to a few thousand dollars per release, depending on the pricing model. As of October 2026, per-pitch platforms start at a few dollars per contact: One Submit lists $6 per Spotify playlist submission and Groover charges 2 Grooviz, about €2, per curator. SubmitHub's packages run from about $96 to about $428. Budget-based campaigns start at $80 at SoundCampaign and $280 at Playlist Push. Spotify's own Marquee and Showcase campaigns take budgets from $100 to $10,000 and charge per click, while Discovery Mode has no upfront cost and takes a commission on streams instead. Chartlex's one-time campaigns cost $129 to $799, and its monthly plans run from $59 a month (Chartlex Plus) to $999 a month. The editorial pitch in Spotify for Artists is free. The right budget depends less on the headline price than on what each model actually delivers.

Disclosure: Chartlex sells Spotify promotion. Every outside price below comes from the linked public pricing page as of October 8, 2026, and prices change, so confirm before you pay.

Chartlex finding: In Chartlex's analysis across 2,400+ campaigns (21M+ streams verified in Spotify for Artists, 5,000+ artists), the most common buyer mistake in this category is comparing headline prices across services that sell structurally different things: a curator submission is an opportunity for review, while a stream-target campaign is a defined deliverable with a delivery window.

Why Spotify Promotion Prices Are Hard to Compare

Ask five services how much it costs to promote music on Spotify and you will get five different units: dollars per pitch, credits per curator, a campaign budget, a monthly subscription, or a cost per click. None of them convert neatly into each other, because they are not buying the same thing.

Here is the key point: a low headline price is not a low cost unless it buys the outcome you need. A $6 pitch buys a review. A $100 Marquee budget buys clicks from listeners Spotify predicts are likely to stream your release. A fixed-price campaign buys a defined scope over a set number of weeks. Compare the deliverable first and the price second.

This guide stays on Spotify-specific pricing. If you are splitting a whole budget across Meta ads, YouTube and PR, our music promotion budget guide covers channel allocation, and if you are still deciding whether to spend at all, read is Spotify promotion worth it first.

The Pricing Models for Spotify Promotion

Spotify promotion offers fall into a handful of pricing models. The table summarizes them; the sections below explain what each one buys.

Pay per pitch

Per-pitch platforms sell access to curators one contact at a time. Groover's pricing page charges 2 Grooviz to reach one curator or pro, with 1 Grooviz at €1 including taxes and top curators sometimes costing 4 or 6 Grooviz. It returns credits when curators do not reply within 7 days. One Submit's pricing page lists $6 per Spotify playlist submission, with a $55 minimum campaign for pop, rock and hip-hop, and refunds any submission a curator does not review.

What this means in practice: you control every dollar, but you are paying for a listen and a response. Placement is the curator's decision. Spotify's artificial streaming education center tells artists to be highly skeptical of services that charge to be "considered" for user playlists, so ask any platform how its curators are vetted before you buy credits.

Budget-based campaigns

Budget campaigns let you set a total and have the service distribute it. SoundCampaign's pricing page runs a slider from $80 to $5,000 and up, and charges only for completed reviews. Playlist Push's pricing page sets a $280 minimum for a Spotify campaign, says final pricing depends on genre and curator selection, and states that submission does not guarantee adds.

The honest math here is the same as per-pitch: a bigger budget buys more reviews, not a guaranteed number of placements.

Spotify Promotion Packages: What a Fixed Price Buys

A package bundles several services at one price, so you know the total before you start. That makes packages easy to budget, but only if you read what is inside.

SubmitHub's packages combine Meta ads with playlist pitches. Its packages page lists three as of October 2026:

Chartlex's one-time campaigns are sold at fixed prices, each with the listener target printed on its card:

The Test the Waters card also says the $129 is "100% credited toward any bigger campaign within 30 days."

When you compare packages, line up four things: the price, the length, the number of tracks, and what the package says it is aiming for. A package with a longer window or more tracks is not more expensive if it replaces two separate purchases.

Monthly Spotify Promotion Pricing

Monthly plans bill the same amount every month until you cancel. Chartlex's monthly options come in two lines:

On the Chartlex Plus page, the plan is described as "Spotify promotion that keeps going, every month." The larger plans are on Chartlex's monthly plans page.

When you price a subscription, multiply by the number of months you will realistically run it. A $149 plan for three months is $447, which belongs in the same comparison as a $599 one-time campaign. Our monthly Spotify promotion guide covers when recurring promotion makes sense and what to check before subscribing.

What Spotify's Own Promotion Tools Cost

Spotify sells promotion directly and publishes its budget rules.

• Marquee and Showcase: Spotify's budget guide for display campaigns sets budgets between $100 and $10,000, or $250 minimum for Marquee booked through local representatives. Campaigns are priced per click, saves count as billable clicks, and you are charged only for the clicks you get. Marquee runs about 10 days and Showcase about 14.
• Eligibility: Spotify's display campaign overview requires at least 1,000 streams over the last 28 days in a target market, and Marquee also needs 5,000 monthly active listeners in that market. Marquee is for new releases within 21 days of release.
• Discovery Mode: Spotify's Discovery Mode page says there is no upfront cost. Spotify takes a commission, a percentage of revenue on streams in the contexts where Discovery Mode is active, deducted from future statements.
• Spotify Ads Manager: audio and video ads for free listeners, which Spotify's promotion overview says work "no matter your budget."

The catch with Marquee is eligibility: an artist starting from zero cannot use it yet. Our Marquee vs Discovery Mode breakdown compares the two in more detail.

What Each Budget Level Realistically Buys

Here is what the public prices above translate to at each level. The math uses the listed prices only; results depend on your song, your genre and your targeting.

$0

The editorial pitch in Spotify for Artists, DIY outreach to independent curators, and your own fans. Spotify's pitching guide says a pitch made at least 7 days before release adds the song to your followers' Release Radar. Every budget level below should include this.

Up to $100

At Groover's standard 2 Grooviz per contact, 50 curators cost 100 Grooviz, or €100 before pack discounts. At One Submit, $96 covers 16 Spotify playlist submissions. SubmitHub's Starter package is about $96. If you are eligible, $100 is Spotify's minimum display campaign budget. On the subscription side, Chartlex Plus is $59 a month for one song.

Realistic expectation: feedback and a handful of review outcomes, or one month of a single-song plan. This is the right budget for testing whether curators respond to a song.

$100 to $300

This range covers Chartlex's Test the Waters ($129) and Build Momentum ($299), Chartlex's Starter plan at $149 a month, SubmitHub's Boost package at about $198, and a mid-sized SoundCampaign budget. Playlist Push's $280 minimum also sits here.

Realistic expectation: one release gets a real push with a defined scope, or one song gets a month or two of steady promotion.

$300 to $800

This is where full release campaigns sit: Chartlex's Full Release Push ($599) and Major Launch ($799, up to 3 tracks over 6 weeks), SubmitHub's Scale package at about $428, two months of Chartlex's Growth Plan ($299 a month) or one month of Pro Growth ($599 a month).

Realistic expectation: a full release window covered, or several songs promoted at once.

$800 and up

Chartlex's Full Catalog plan is $999 a month. At this level the question shifts from "which service" to "which combination," for example a paid campaign plus a Marquee if you are eligible.

How to Budget a Release

A release budget is a timeline, not a single purchase. Use this sequence.

1. Set the goal. Feedback, reach for one release, or steady growth across a catalog. Each points to a different pricing model.
2. Spend the free part first. Deliver early and pitch editors at least 7 days before release. Spotify's Release Radar guide says Release Radar updates every Friday and keeps a song for up to 4 weeks for listeners who have not heard it, so your paid spend should land inside those first four weeks.
3. Record a baseline. Note your last 28 days of streams, saves and source of streams in Spotify for Artists before anything paid starts.
4. Pick one paid model for the release window. Running two at once makes it impossible to tell which one worked.
5. Hold back a reserve. Keep part of the budget for a second push if the first four weeks show saves and playlist adds rising with streams.
6. Count the hidden costs. Watch for minimum spends (One Submit's $55 minimum in some genres, Playlist Push's $280), currency and tax (Groover prices in euros including taxes; Spotify's billing guide says taxes may apply to display campaigns), and refund limits (One Submit says a paid campaign cannot be fully refunded).

Two example splits, using model types rather than brands:

If you want to sanity-check what any stream count is worth in royalty terms before you spend, run your numbers through the Spotify royalty calculator.

Price Red Flags

Spotify's policy on paid services is direct: paid third-party services that guarantee streams are not legitimate, and services offering guaranteed playlist placement for money violate Spotify's terms. Its education center adds that any service guaranteeing streams, followers or playlist placement in exchange for money is not legitimate, and that "if it feels like it's too good to be true, it probably is."

In pricing terms, be wary of a fixed number of streams for a very low price, offers that arrive unsolicited by social media or email, and any service that will not explain how listeners find your song. Spotify says confirmed artificial streams earn no royalties and can get a song removed from playlists. Our Spotify playlist promotion guide covers the full red-flag list.

Where Chartlex Fits in This Price Range

Chartlex's Spotify promotion page opens its price line with "One-time campaigns from $129" and "monthly plans from $149/mo," and states "No setup fees. Cancel anytime." For a lighter option, the same page says: "Want a lighter monthly plan? Chartlex Plus is $59 a month for one song."

If you are still deciding how much to spend, start with a free Chartlex audit. When you are ready to compare, see Chartlex's Spotify promotion campaigns and prices side by side.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does it cost to promote your music on Spotify?

From $0 to a few thousand dollars per release. As of October 2026, curator pitches start around $6 or €2 per contact, packages run from about $96 to $428, budget campaigns start at $80 or $280, Spotify's display campaigns start at $100, and Chartlex's one-time campaigns cost $129 to $799. The editorial pitch is free.

How much does it cost to promote a song on Spotify for a month?

It depends on the model. Chartlex's monthly plans cost $59 a month for one song on Chartlex Plus, then $149, $299, $599 or $999 a month on the larger plans. Per-pitch platforms have no monthly fee: you pay per curator contact. Spotify's Marquee runs about 10 days per campaign rather than monthly.

What are Spotify promotion packages?

A package is a bundle sold at one fixed price. SubmitHub's packages combine Meta ads with playlist pitches for about $96, $198 or $428. Chartlex's fixed-price campaigns cost $129, $299, $599 or $799 and run for 4 or 6 weeks. Compare length, number of tracks and what each package aims for, not just price.

Is Spotify Marquee cheaper than a promotion service?

Marquee starts at a $100 budget when booked through Spotify for Artists and charges per click, so you only pay for clicks you get. It requires 1,000 streams over 28 days in a market and 5,000 monthly active listeners there, and only runs within 21 days of release. Artists who are not eligible yet need another option.

Does Spotify Discovery Mode cost money?

There is no upfront cost. Spotify takes a commission, a percentage of revenue on streams in the contexts where Discovery Mode is active, and deducts it from future statements. Spotify says Discovery Mode increases the likelihood of a song being recommended but does not guarantee it.

Is cheap Spotify promotion safe?

Price alone does not make promotion safe or unsafe; the method does. Spotify says services that guarantee streams, followers or playlist placement for money are not legitimate, and confirmed artificial streams earn no royalties. Ask how listeners find your song, and check for sudden spikes and drops in Spotify for Artists.

How much should I budget for one release?

Start with the free editorial pitch, then fund one paid model for the first four weeks, when Release Radar can still carry the song. A $100 to $300 test covers most single-release options in this guide; keep a reserve for a second push if saves and playlist adds rise. Record a 28-day baseline first so you can measure the result.

What is the cheapest way to promote music on Spotify?

The free editorial pitch in Spotify for Artists, sent at least 7 days before release, which also adds the song to your followers' Release Radar. After that, per-pitch platforms are the cheapest paid option, starting around $6 per Spotify playlist submission at One Submit or 2 Grooviz per curator at Groover.