Mood distributes pre-packaged, off-the-shelf playlists across tens of thousands of mass-market locations. Curator Now builds a custom music program from scratch on our Enterprise tier.
Mood ships ProFusion. We built Epicentre because enterprise operations need bulletproof reliability, not hardware that freezes.
Mood is a 90-year corporation with tiered support. At Activaire you reach the curators who build your program directly. We trade bureaucratic delays for immediate, expert execution.
If your requirement is single-vendor AV procurement, scent, on-hold messaging, signage, and music bundled by one big provider on a long-term contract, Mood is built for that. If your priority is music as a brand asset rather than a checked box on a facilities RFP, Curator Now is the right call.
Mood's model is library aggregation at scale: license a catalog and sell access to it, the same shelf used by tens of thousands of locations. Activaire is a 27-year music studio that builds custom programs from scratch around each Enterprise brand.
Because Activaire is a team of music curators and technologists, not a license reseller. Working DJs, A&R, and brand-side music supervisors build custom programs for Enterprise customers, that's why GOOP, LVMH, Patagonia, Mejuri, Rag & Bone, WeWork, and Hyatt sound distinct, even though Activaire curates for all of them.
Mood's entry tier is cheaper on paper at $15.30/month (annual). Activaire Basic starts at $35/zone/month. Pricing roughly equalizes on Mood's Engage tier and on Enterprise terms, the real comparison is value, not entry price.
Mood offers premium-tier curation selecting subsets of their licensed library. Activaire builds custom brand programs from scratch on Enterprise, designed around your brand identity by curators, not selected from a shelf.
Mood ships ProFusion, their standard commercial player. Activaire ships Epicentre, our dedicated media player with local caching, automated updates, and fleet-dashboard integration. 70% of Enterprise customers run on Epicentre.