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An Inflyte alternative that brings its own DJs and labels
NeedlePool is for artists and labels who want DJs, radio hosts and labels to hear a track, including the ones they have no contact with yet. The Promo pool holds 5,900+ of them and the Label pool 2,400+ labels; the free plan covers your own contacts, and paid plans start at $14.99 a month. Inflyte works the other way round: you import your own list, each contact opts in, and plans start at £44 a month.
Side by side
NeedlePool
5,900+
DJs, radio hosts and curators
Start from the genre, then country and role (DJ, radio or YouTube). Your own list can go in the same campaign
Inflyte
Not offered
Inflyte provides no mailing lists: you import your own
NeedlePool
2,400+
labels
Your pitch goes to their public demo inbox, and the reply comes to yours
Inflyte
Not offered
Same rule: you bring the contacts
NeedlePool
Pick curators you have never written to, by genre, country and role, and see their profiles and followers before you pick. Curators with 10K+ followers are included on Pro and Agency
Inflyte
ProLink access requests: people who open a ProLink can ask to receive your promos, and you approve each one. Nobody is added to your list for you
NeedlePool
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.
Inflyte
£33
for a single promo
Or £44 a month for 2 promos. No free plan or free trial is listed
NeedlePool
$14.99
a month, Starter
800 recipients, 300 Promo pool emails and 50 label pitches a month. Campaigns are not counted
Inflyte
£44
a month, 2 promos
£99 for 5 promos, £220 for 15. Pay as you go: £83 for 3, £220 for 10. UK and EU prices plus 20% VAT
NeedlePool
Import your own contacts on every plan, Free included. They stay private to your account
Inflyte
Your own list is the only list. Each contact gets an opt-in request, and only those who accept receive your campaigns
NeedlePool
Who opened, played, downloaded and rated it, and what they wrote, per person, plus what each one plans to do with the track: a DJ set, a radio show, a mix. The printable report comes with Artist and up
Inflyte
Opens, clicks, saves and plays, plus each recipient’s rating, favourite track and comment, in real time. Branded PDF reports
NeedlePool
Two subject lines go to part of the list, and the one that does better goes to everyone else (more opens across your list)
Inflyte
Not offered
Not listed on their site
NeedlePool
Any written review becomes an image sized for a post or a story. On Pro and Agency, a live link to the campaign’s results for a label or a booker, with pool curators’ names hidden
Inflyte
Branded PDF reports and live results. Review images are not listed
NeedlePool
$75
a release, run by our team
We match your genre in the pool, write the pitch, send it and hand you the named report
Inflyte
Not offered
You run each campaign yourself. Without a list, Inflyte’s FAQ offers a referral to PR partners who use it
NeedlePool
Not offered
Link Promo sends a release page with every streaming link to your own list and counts how many people go to each platform
Inflyte
RADAR follows airplay and playlist adds for 8 weeks after a campaign, for tracks with an ISRC; Spotify and Apple Music pre-saves are built in
Inflyte details as published on its own site, pricing and help centre in October 2026, checked again on 9 November 2026. Prices are in pounds; the 125,000, 20,000 and 20% VAT figures are Inflyte’s own.
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.
Where Inflyte is stronger
- Recipients who opted in. Inflyte campaigns go only to tastemakers who agreed to receive them, and Inflyte says its campaigns reach over 125,000 of them. Our Promo pool is built from published promo addresses; every email says why the recipient is getting it and carries an unsubscribe link that works for good.
- Release tools. RADAR follows airplay and playlist adds, and pre-saves are built in. NeedlePool has neither.
- Watermarked audio on its monthly plans: every recipient gets a copy traceable to them. NeedlePool does not mark audio per recipient.
- A long track record with labels: Inflyte says over 20,000 labels and agencies use it.
Where NeedlePool is stronger
- Reach beyond the list you already have. Inflyte sends only to contacts you bring; the Promo pool holds 5,900+ DJs, radio hosts and curators, from Starter at $14.99 a month.
- Your list and the pool in one campaign, with one report: who played it, who downloaded it, what they wrote and how they plan to use it, by name.
- A pool we look after. Addresses that bounce leave the pool for good, curators who stop opening promo emails are taken out of sending, and every unsubscribe is kept: from that artist, or from everything on NeedlePool if the recipient chooses.
- Label pitches to 2,400+ labels’ public demo inboxes, with the replies in your inbox.
- Our team can run the campaign for you, from $75 a release.
- Paid plans limit how many people you reach, not how many campaigns you run.
- An A/B test of the subject line (more opens across your list): the version that does better goes to the rest.
- Each review can become an image sized for a post or a story.
- Each curator says what they will do with the track: a DJ set, a radio show, a mix. Inflyte asks for a rating, a favourite track and a comment.
Which one to pick
Inflyte, if you already have a list of DJs and radio contacts who opted in, and you want airplay tracking and pre-saves in the same tool.
NeedlePool, if you want your release in front of DJs, radio hosts and labels you do not reach yet, or you want to pitch labels too, and you want to try the service on your own contacts before paying.
Questions
Does Inflyte give me DJs to send to?
No. Inflyte’s own FAQ says it does not provide mailing lists: you import your own contacts, each one gets an opt-in request, and campaigns go only to those who accept. Its ProLink, a stream-only version of a campaign, can be sent to anyone, and people who open it can ask to join your list. NeedlePool has a shared Promo pool you can pick from by genre, country and role, and you can import your own list as well.
How much does Inflyte cost compared with NeedlePool?
Inflyte lists £44 a month for 2 promos, £99 for 5 and £220 for 15, or £33 for a single promo, plus 20% VAT in the UK and EU. NeedlePool is free to start, and the cheapest paid plan is $14.99 a month (800 recipients, 300 Promo pool emails and 50 label pitches a month). The units differ: Inflyte sells promos, NeedlePool sells how many people you reach.
Can I get a list of the DJs and radio hosts in the pool?
No. The pool is private to NeedlePool and is used only inside the service: you see names, genres, countries and profiles, pick the curators you want and send through NeedlePool. Their contact details are not shown, exported or passed to anyone, which is also why the pool stays worth sending to.
Can I see what a campaign report looks like?
Yes. The report linked on this page is a real campaign of ours, JAZOV’s “I’m Trying”, in the same view a client gets. Curator names are hidden there; in your own report every DJ, radio host and curator who acted is named.
Can I use NeedlePool and Inflyte together?
Yes. They do different jobs: Inflyte for a list that has opted in to hear from you, NeedlePool for reaching DJs, radio hosts and labels you do not have yet.
Is the Promo pool opt-in like Inflyte’s lists?
No. It is made of DJs, radio hosts and YouTube channels whose promo addresses NeedlePool collected from promo pages, demo inboxes and public directories, then checked and tagged by genre. Every email says why the recipient is getting it and carries an unsubscribe link.