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Inflyte alternatives for label and DJ promo

If you need contacts as well as a sender, look at the tools that come with their own pool: DropTrack, NeedlePool, Promoly and PromoLink. If you already have a DJ list and want a plain promo sender, Fatdrop and Label Engine are closer to Inflyte. Prices below come from each tool’s own site, checked on 9 November 2026.

How we made this list

  • Six tools that labels and artists use to send promos to DJs, listed A to Z.
  • We make NeedlePool, so read our row with that in mind. It sits in the same table as the others, with our weak points next to it.
  • Inflyte itself isn’t a row here. Its prices are in the questions below and on our Inflyte page.

The tools, A to Z

DropTrack

Pool and sender

A promo and release toolkit. Campaigns go to your own contacts or to DropTrack’s genre lists of DJs, radio, playlist curators, bloggers and labels, and AI tools write bios and press releases and make artwork.

Paid entry

$49

a month, Pro for Artists

$499 a year. Pro for Labels is $99 a month or $999 a year

Per 1,000 sends

No send limit published: campaigns, tracks and contacts are unlimited on Pro

Own pool

Genre lists of DJs, radio, curators, bloggers and labels; no exact count is published

Per-person report

Who opened, played, downloaded and commented

Free start

100

of your own contacts

Free plan: up to 5 tracks, no card

Best for
Artists who want promo and release tools, like artwork, a bio and a press release, in one account.
Where it’s stronger
Release tools we don’t have, and Done For You, a managed service that pitches radio, press, and film and TV for you. Annual plans too.

Fatdrop

Promo sender

A pre-release promo platform for record labels and PR companies, around since 2009. Labels send to their own mailing lists; DJs and reviewers get free accounts and follow the labels they like.

Paid entry

£35

a month, Standard

2,000 track sends a month. Premiere £59 for 10,000, Definitive £149 with no cap

Per 1,000 sends

£17.50 per 1,000 track sends on Standard. On Essential, extra credits are £23 per 500

Own pool

The mailing lists you build, with Kato AI to suggest an audience. Boost reaches pro DJs across the Fatdrop network; its size and price aren’t published

Per-person report

Activity reports with feedback, PDF and CSV exports, a Google Sheets plugin and a feedback page to share with PR clients

Free start

50

track sends a month, Essential

No monthly fee; more credits are £23 for 500. Sender accounts are by application, and the sign-up page shows £1 with £50 struck through

Best for
Established labels and PR companies with their own DJ lists and a busy release schedule.
Where it’s stronger
A long record with labels, watermarking on every plan, and no send cap on its top plan.

Label Engine

Promo sender

A back office for labels: distribution to over 100 stores, royalty accounting, demo management, and promo emails to contacts you import.

Paid entry

$49

a month, Label Services

Or $499 a year. Accounting, promo and demo management without distribution, up to 10 labels

Per 1,000 sends

No send limit published: emails are unlimited

Own pool

Not offered

You import contacts from Outlook, CSV or Excel. Emails are unlimited

Per-person report

Each recipient can rate, comment and pick a favourite track, and you get a notice when they do. Whether opens and downloads are shown per person isn’t stated

Free start

No free plan or trial listed. On its distribution deal (you keep 82.5% of revenue) promotions are free after your first distributed release

Best for
Labels that want distribution, royalties and promo in one account.
Where it’s stronger
Distribution and royalty accounting next to promo. If you distribute through it, promo costs nothing extra.

NeedlePool

This is us

Pool and sender

A Promo pool of 5,900+ DJs, radio hosts and curators and a Label pool of 2,400+ labels, picked by genre, then country and role. Your own list can go in the same campaign. Our team can also run the campaign for you, from $75 a release.

Paid entry

$14.99

a month, Starter

800 recipients, 300 Promo pool emails and 50 label pitches a month

Per 1,000 sends

$49.97 per 1,000 Promo pool emails on Starter

Own pool

5,900+

DJs, radio hosts and curators

Plus 2,400+ labels. Senders never get a list of the addresses

Per-person report

Who opened, played, downloaded and rated it, and what they wrote, per person, plus how each one plans to use the track

Free start

10

label pitches a month, free

In your genre, plus your own contacts. No card, no clock. Our Promo pool opens with Starter at $14.99 a month.

Best for
Artists and small labels, electronic or hip-hop and soul, who want DJs, radio and labels they don’t know yet, from one account.
Where we’re weaker
We are a young service. There is no reply guarantee, no airplay tracking, no pre-saves and no per-recipient watermark, and the Promo pool isn’t an opt-in list: it is built from promo addresses listed publicly, and every email says why the recipient is getting it and carries an unsubscribe link.

PromoLink

Promo pool

A DJ pool for labels and artists, with smart links and emails to your own contacts included. DJs apply with their Instagram and genres and are approved by hand; senders never see their addresses.

Paid entry

$21.99

a month, Artist

2 pool releases and 2,000 emails to your own contacts a month. Label $54.99, Agency $164.99; 30% off billed yearly

Per 1,000 sends

The pool is counted per release, not per email. Emails to your own contacts come to about $11 per 1,000 on Artist

Own pool

600+

DJs

DJs apply with their Instagram and genres and are approved by hand. Labels never see their addresses

Per-person report

Who listened, who downloaded and what they wrote. 30 days of history on Free, all of it on paid plans

Free start

5

releases to the pool, once

Your first 5 releases. Plus 50 emails a month to your own contacts and 1 SmartLink a month. No card

Best for
Artists and labels who want a small, hand-approved DJ pool and smart links in one place.
Where it’s stronger
Every DJ in the pool asked to be there, the free plan reaches the pool, and smart links come with every plan.

Promoly

Pool and sender

A promo sender for labels, artists and PR, in use since 2014. Campaigns go to your own contacts and to its Tastemaker Network: DJs and industry contacts who asked for promos in your genre.

Paid entry

£15

a month, Starter

300 sends. Basic £29 for 750, Pro £59 for 2,000, Premium £119 for 15,000. Starter is £12 a month billed yearly

Per 1,000 sends

£50 per 1,000 sends on Starter, £29.50 on Pro. Extra sends are £7 per 250

Own pool

1,300+

DJs

Their own pool: DJs who opted in to receive promos

Per-person report

Who opened, played, downloaded, rated and replied. A comment can be required before the download

Free start

7 days

trial

150 sends, no card

Best for
Labels and PR teams that send often and want opted-in DJs on top of their own list.
Where it’s stronger
Opted-in recipients, smartlinks and pre-saves in the same account, and plans up to 15,000 sends a month.

Every competitor detail comes from that tool’s own site, checked on 9 November 2026. Prices are in each tool’s own currency, and the counts in the table (600+, 1,300+, 3,000+) are theirs. Per-1,000 figures are our arithmetic on their published prices. Where a tool doesn’t publish something, the row says so.

Scam zone

Promises no promo service can keep. If you see one, keep your money.

“Top DJs will support your track, guaranteed”

Nobody controls what a DJ plays. An honest service can promise delivery, a listen window or a reply. A promise that named DJs will play your track is one it can’t keep.

“Guaranteed playlist adds” or a set number of streams

Streams sold in bulk are often bots. Streaming services remove plays they judge artificial and can take the track down with them.

“Pay to get signed”

A label that charges the artist to release a track is selling a service, not signing anyone. A real deal pays you an advance or splits the revenue.

“Your track to 50,000 DJs”

A big number with no names, no genre split and no report afterwards. If you can’t see who got the track and what they did with it, there’s no way to tell a real list from a scraped one.

Feedback that is always glowing

Real DJs pass on most promos. If every reply reads like praise, ask who wrote it.

Before you pay any promo service

  • Ask for a real report from a past campaign, not a mock-up.
  • Find out who receives the track: named people by genre, or a number.
  • Read the refund or credit-back rule before you pay.
  • Check whether a monthly plan renews on its own and how to stop it.

See a real campaign report

One of our own campaigns, JAZOV’s “I’m Trying”, as a live results page: who opened, played, downloaded and rated it, what they wrote and how they plan to use it. Curator names are hidden here.

Open the report →

Questions

What is the best alternative to Inflyte?

It depends on what you’re missing. With an opted-in list already, Fatdrop and Label Engine do the same job of sending and tracking promos. If you need people to send to, Promoly, PromoLink, DropTrack and NeedlePool each bring their own pool.

How much does Inflyte cost?

On its own site, checked 9 November 2026: £44 a month for 2 promos, £99 for 5, £220 for 15, or £33 for a single promo. UK companies, and EU companies without a VAT number, pay 20% VAT on top. No free plan or trial is listed.

Which Inflyte alternatives have their own DJ pool?

Promoly has its Tastemaker Network of 1,300+ opted-in DJs and tastemakers. PromoLink has 600+ DJs approved by hand. DropTrack has genre lists of DJs, radio, curators, bloggers and labels. NeedlePool has 5,900+ DJs, radio hosts and curators and 2,400+ labels. Inflyte and Label Engine send only to contacts you import.

Is there a free Inflyte alternative?

PromoLink is free for your first 5 releases to its pool. DropTrack Free keeps up to 100 of your own contacts. Fatdrop’s Essential plan has no monthly fee and 50 track sends a month. Promoly has a 7-day trial with 150 sends. NeedlePool’s free plan covers your own contacts and 10 label pitches a month, with no card.

Which tools show who downloaded my promo?

Promoly, PromoLink, DropTrack and NeedlePool say on their sites that you see who played and downloaded. Inflyte shows each contact’s feedback. Fatdrop and Label Engine mention reports and feedback but don’t spell out the per-person detail.

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