Groover vs Intonality

€1 buys 20 seconds. We pay for a real listen.

On Groover you pay €2 per contact, the curator keeps €1, and they can send feedback after 20 seconds and 15 words. On Intonality the curator earns $1.50 to $4.00, has to show they heard your track, and if they don't, a different curator reviews it free.

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The number

What a curator earns for reviewing your track.

A curator who is paid €1 has 20 seconds of reasons to listen. Both figures below are the top rate each platform pays for one review.

Intonality, top rate $4.00 $1.50 base, rising to $4.00 for curators at the top score tier

Groover €1 "at least 1 Grooviz, which equals €1" per track reviewed, from their curator page, checked November 8, 2026

Rates are per review, not per placement. Neither platform can sell you a spot on a playlist, and you should be wary of any that claims to.

What it buys

A review you can hold someone to.

Groover's rules are 20 seconds and 15 words. Ours is simpler and harder: the reply has to prove the curator heard your track.

Proof of listening, or it's replaced

Feedback that makes no sense, isn't about your song, or passes you for a genre you never picked gets a new review from a different curator, free.

Screened, verified curators

Every curator applied, proved they own the playlist, and passed a follower and real-listener check before receiving a single track.

Routed, not browsed

Pick your genres and a package. The track goes to matching curators in minutes, instead of you reading 3,000 profiles.

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Side by side

The honest version.

	Intonality	Groover
What the curator earns for your track	$1.50 to $4.00	€1 of the €2 you pay
Share of your money reaching the curator	up to 70%	50%
Least they must listen before replying	The reply has to show they heard the track, or it is replaced free	20 seconds
Least they must write	Reasons that are about your track; nonsense or wrong-genre passes replaced free	15 words
Who reviews	Spotify curators we screened by hand, playlist ownership verified, real listeners checked	Curators, radios, media, labels and managers; playlists need 1,000+ likes
How they are chosen	Routed to matching curators by your genre tags, in minutes	You browse and pick each one yourself
Campaign done within	14 days, 3 days on average	7 days per contact
Where the replies go	Public campaign board, declines included	Private to you
Price per contact	$5.69 to $6.58 per review	€2, €4 to €6 for their top contacts

Groover figures from groover.co, their pricing page and curator help centre, checked November 8, 2026: 2 Grooviz (€2) per contact, curators earn "at least 1 Grooviz, which equals €1" per review, feedback after at least 20 seconds and 15 words, credits returned after 7 days without an answer. Our figures come from the configuration that charges artists and pays curators; the share assumes a top-tier curator on the smallest package.

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Pick them, not us, if

You want more than Spotify playlists.

Groover reaches radio, press, labels, bookers and managers. We only do Spotify playlist curators, and we do that one thing properly.

Questions

What artists ask before choosing.

Is Intonality cheaper than Groover?

Per contact, no. Groover charges about €2 per curator or pro and an Intonality review costs $5.69 to $6.58. Per real listen, yes. Of Groover's €2, €1 reaches the curator, who can reply after 20 seconds and 15 words. Of our price, $1.50 to $4.00 reaches a curator who has to show they listened, or you get another review free.

Does Groover require written feedback?

Yes: at least 15 words, sent after listening for at least 20 seconds, within 7 days, or your credits come back. Those are Groover's published rules, checked November 8, 2026. Intonality has no word count. The reply has to be about your track and show the curator heard it; if it does not, or the pass is for a genre you did not pick, a different curator reviews it at no cost.

What is the main difference between Groover and Intonality?

Groover is a broad pitching tool: you pick curators, radios, media, labels and other professionals one by one and pay €2 each, of which the curator gets €1. Intonality only does Spotify playlists. We route your track to screened curators who match your genre, pay them $1.50 to $4.00 to listen properly, and publish the whole campaign on our board when you opt in.

How do I know the Groover figures on this page are right?

They are Groover's own published prices and curator rules, checked on November 8, 2026. If Groover changes them, this page is wrong until we update it, so check their site before you decide. Our figures are generated from the configuration that charges artists and pays curators, so they cannot drift.

How long does an Intonality campaign take?

Every Intonality campaign is finished within 14 days of going into review. Across 236 completed campaigns, the average from start to the last curator review is 3 days. Replies show up on your campaign page as each curator decides.

When do I get a free replacement review?

You get a free replacement review from a different curator in these cases: the feedback does not make sense or does not talk about your track; the curator declines because the track is the wrong genre for their playlist; the curator declines because the track is AI-generated, and you marked it as AI-generated when you submitted; the curator declines because they do not take instrumentals, and you marked the track as instrumental; the curator declines because they do not take holiday music, and you marked it as a holiday song. That way you still get the full number of reviews you paid for.

What is the refund policy?

If your campaign ends with fewer reviews than your package includes, we refund the price of the reviews you did not get. This is rare: it has happened once in over 200 campaigns.

Read the receipts before you spend.

Every finished campaign an artist opted to publish is on the board in full, declines and all.

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