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 Promosound is, fairly stated

Promosound is an all-in-one promotion service. Rather than specialising in one channel, it promotes across 20+ platforms — covering playlists, charts, radio, and blogs in a single offer.

The pricing model in the roundup is simple to grasp: $6 per platform, with packs running from $9 to $579. You choose breadth, pay per platform or by pack, and the service pushes your music out across the set you bought.

For an artist who wants one purchase to touch many kinds of outlet at once, that is a coherent pitch — and it should be judged as a breadth product, because that is what it is.

Where Promosound honestly wins

• Breadth across 20+ platforms. Playlists, charts, radio, and blogs from one service is genuinely convenient. Covering the same ground otherwise takes several providers.
• Cheap packs. A pack range starting at $9 is low-cost entry by any standard. Testing promotion does not require a large commitment here.
• Simple per-platform maths. At $6 per platform, you can build a rough budget in your head before you buy. That transparency about the unit price is to its credit.

The trade-offs worth knowing

Breadth and listening pull in opposite directions. A per-platform pack is, by design, a blast: the same release pushed across many outlets at once. What a pack cannot tell you is whether a specific curator actually listened to the whole track, weighed it, and chose it.

That distinction matters because coverage that comes from a curator who listened first carries differently — with their audience, and as a record you can stand behind. A placement attempt spread thin across 20+ platforms is not the same product as an offer made after a full listen, even when the pack is cheaper.

There is also a focus cost: when everything is included, nothing in particular is the point.

The alternative: UpcomingSounds

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

UpcomingSounds does the opposite trade. Verified curators listen first — to the whole track — before any offer exists. You approve every offer, and nothing is charged without your yes.

Campaigns are flat at 45, 60, 80 or 100 USC (1 USC = £1) for 45 days. Verified Coverage runs from 5 to 900 USC, unanswered offers are auto-refunded after 12 days, and credits never expire.

Not just promotion

A multi-platform blast is the purest form of burst: one push, many outlets, then the pack is spent. A platform builds a base that outlives the push.

Your public artist page and track pages in the catalog at /music stay in place between releases, long after a pack's activity has ended — ready for the catalog's public launch. Every curator offer you accept adds coverage to your profile's permanent record, and your dashboard keeps the full history in one place. Instead of buying another blast from zero next time, the next release starts from a profile, a catalog presence, and a coverage record that are already there.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Promosound cost? The roundup lists $6 per platform, with packs from $9 to $579. UpcomingSounds campaigns are flat at 45, 60, 80 or 100 USC (1 USC = £1) for 45 days.

What does Promosound cover? Promotion across 20+ platforms, including playlists, charts, radio, and blogs. UpcomingSounds focuses on verified curators who listen first, with Verified Coverage from 5 to 900 USC.

What protection does UpcomingSounds offer? You approve every offer before anything is charged, unanswered offers are auto-refunded after 12 days, and credits never expire.

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Sources, dating and corrections

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