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A Label Worx alternative for promo and the pool
Label Worx is a label services company: distribution, royalty accounting, rights management, demo management and PromoWorx for sending promos to your own lists, with a team that can run marketing for you. NeedlePool does one part of that, promo, and brings the audience: 5,900+ DJs, radio hosts and curators and 2,400+ labels, picked by genre, with a report by name. The free plan covers your own contacts, and paid plans start at $14.99 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
Label Worx
PromoWorx sends to your own promo lists
NeedlePool
2,400+
labels
Your pitch goes to their public demo inbox, and the reply comes to yours
Label Worx
Not offered
Its demo management is for demos coming in
NeedlePool
Not offered
NeedlePool does not deliver releases to stores
Label Worx
Worldwide distribution, with full label management as an option
NeedlePool
Not offered
No royalty accounting
Label Worx
RoyaltyWorx, cloud software for royalty and sales accounting
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.
Label Worx
None listed. You apply with a form, and its team reviews every request
NeedlePool
$14.99
a month, Starter
800 recipients, 300 Promo pool emails and 50 label pitches a month
Label Worx
Prices are not published on Label Worx’s site
NeedlePool
Who opened, played, downloaded and rated it, and what they wrote, per person
Label Worx
Feedback and campaign management in PromoWorx
Label Worx details as published on its own site (home, services, distribution, promo and sign-up pages), checked on 9 November 2026. Label Worx doesn’t publish prices on its public pages; the fifteen years are its own figure.
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 Label Worx is stronger
- Distribution and royalty accounting from the same company, plus rights management on YouTube, Facebook, Twitch and Instagram. NeedlePool does none of that.
- A team on your side: playlist pitching, a concierge marketing service called Pick N’ Mix Promo, and full label management.
- Demo management built for A&R work, and PromoBox, a free app for the people who receive Label Worx promos.
- Fifteen years in label services, by its own account.
Where NeedlePool is stronger
- An audience to send to: 5,900+ DJs, radio hosts and curators in the Promo pool, picked by genre, then country and role.
- Label pitching for your artists: 2,400+ labels’ public demo inboxes, with the replies in your inbox.
- No application to open an account: prices are on our pricing page, and the free plan needs no card. Our team reviews the first campaign you send to the Promo pool.
- Several artist or label names in one account: Pro includes 3 sender profiles, Agency 5.
- The period you paid for runs to its end, and nothing renews by itself.
Which one to pick
Label Worx, if you need distribution and royalty statements for a label, and you want one company to handle releases, rights and marketing.
NeedlePool, if your distribution is sorted, and you want DJs, radio hosts and labels of your genre to hear the next release, with a report by name.
Questions
Does Label Worx include DJ promo?
Yes. PromoWorx sends promos to your own promo lists and collects feedback, and the people who receive them can use PromoBox, a free app. Its site doesn’t say it supplies DJ contacts. NeedlePool has a shared Promo pool of 5,900+ DJs, radio hosts and curators, and you can import your own list as well.
How much does Label Worx cost?
Label Worx doesn’t publish prices on its site. You fill in a sign-up form, and its team reviews each request and gets in touch. 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).
Can I keep Label Worx for distribution and use NeedlePool for promo?
Yes. NeedlePool doesn’t distribute music or account for royalties, so the two don’t overlap: release through your distributor, then send the promo to DJs, radio hosts and labels from NeedlePool.
Who is in NeedlePool’s Promo pool?
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.