Prices as of November 2026. Competitor prices and facts are as reported by the sources cited in this post; UpcomingSounds prices are the platform's published rules.

What Music Gateway is, fairly stated

Music Gateway is a connector platform: it brings artists, labels and industry professionals together, with sync and project work among its purposes, per the Korda services search in our research. The pitch of a connector is the network itself — one place where the different sides of the industry can find each other, rather than a single defined transaction like a campaign or a submission.

That generality is both the offer and the difficulty of reviewing it honestly. Our material does not verify its commercial model or pricing: both are. We will not fill that gap with guesses. A connector can be valuable — introductions start careers — but an artist budgeting a release needs to know what a product is before judging what it costs.

Where Music Gateway honestly wins

• Breadth of connection. Artists, labels and industry professionals in one network covers more relationship types than a curator-only marketplace attempts.
• Sync and project scope. Sync placements and project collaborations are outcomes a campaign platform does not sell. If sync is your primary goal, a connector aimed at it deserves a look.
• A network, not a transaction. For artists playing a long relationship game rather than promoting one release, open-endedness can be the point.

The trade-offs worth knowing

The trade-off is definition. With model and pricing unverified, an artist cannot answer the basic questions before committing: what do I get, what does it cost, who listens to my track, what happens if nobody responds? A general connector asks you to trust that value will emerge from the network. A defined product with locked prices makes a narrower promise and can be held to it, line by line. Only one of the two can be price-compared today.

The alternative: UpcomingSounds

Affordable campaigns like no other platform, with premium coverage because curators listen first.

• Campaigns are a flat 45, 60, 80 or 100 USC (1 USC = £1), running 45 days. The product and the price are the same sentence.
• Verified curators listen first, to the whole track, before any offer.
• You approve every offer. Nothing is charged without your yes.
• Unanswered offers are auto-refunded after 12 days; credits never expire.
• Verified Coverage is priced openly from 5 to 900 USC.

Where we honestly lose: we do not sell sync brokerage or a general industry network, and we won't pretend a campaign substitutes for either. What we sell is defined, priced and refundable on stated terms.

Not just promotion

A connector introduces you and steps away; what remains is an inbox thread. UpcomingSounds is built to be the artist's platform home, where what you build stays visible. Artist and track pages are built in the music catalog at /music, not hidden inside a member directory. Curator profiles are public too, so the people you might spend with can be checked before you spend. Coverage you earn remains on your profile as a record, not a vanished introduction. Coming next, within that same home: a Pro services marketplace — a public catalog of music services, built and waiting behind its launch gate — and a Coverage Marketplace inside the artist space, now in build.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Music Gateway cost? Its pricing is unverified in the Korda services search our research cites, so we publish no figure. UpcomingSounds campaigns are a flat 45, 60, 80 or 100 USC (1 USC = £1) for 45 days, published before you start.

What does Music Gateway do? On the sourced facts, it connects artists, labels and industry professionals, including for sync and projects. UpcomingSounds does one defined thing instead: campaigns to verified curators who listen first, with offers you approve and Verified Coverage from 5 to 900 USC.

Which is better for promoting one release? A connector suits open-ended networking. For a single release on a fixed budget, a defined campaign — flat price, 45 days, auto-refunds after 12 days, credits that never expire — is the option you can cost exactly in advance.

Compare the wider field: All music promotion services compared

Sources, dating and corrections

Competitor prices, limits and rules on this page were checked in November 2026 against the competitor's own published pages or the third-party sources named in the text. Prices and terms change — check the competitor's own site before you buy. This page is published by UpcomingSounds, a competitor: the judgements on it (including any "best fit" wording) are our opinion; the factual claims are the sourced ones. If we have a price, rule or model fact wrong or out of date, send the source link through this site's contact route and we will correct the page and update its checked date.