CURATOR NOWvsSOUNDTRACK YOUR BRAND

Soundtrack is an algorithm. We're a team of music curators and technologists.

Soundtrack Your Brand spun out of Spotify in 2013 and runs on a recommendation engine over a consumer-streaming catalog. That works for "decent music my staff doesn't hate." Activaire is a 27-year music studio, with working DJs, A&R, brand-side music supervisors. Where Soundtrack leaves your team to self-manage a modular menu of a-la-carte tools, Activaire delivers a fully managed enterprise operation.

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At a glance Curator Now Soundtrack
Commercially licensed✓ Yes✓ Yes
Curation approachHuman, 27 years expertiseAlgorithm + editorial
Scenes / playlists1,000+ business-specific scenesLarge catalog, general
Zone control✓ Multi-zone✓ Multi-zone
Dayparting✓ Automatic✓ Available
Sonos integration✓ Native✓ Native
Starting pricefrom $35/zone/mo$35/month
Free trial✓ 14 days30 days
Ads / interruptions✓ Never✓ Never
Human support✓ PriorityEmail
Why Curator Now

Three differences that matter when music is part of the brand.

A recommendation engine is not curation.

Soundtrack classifies songs and computes similarity, great for personal novelty, wrong goal for a commercial space, which needs brand congruence, not variety.

Built for operators, not pivoted from a consumer app.

In-store messaging, real-time rollout, role-based fleet access, native Sonos/Q-SYS/Marshall, and Epicentre hardware, none of which Soundtrack ships.

Custom brand programs Soundtrack doesn’t build.

On Enterprise we build a program from scratch around your brand. Soundtrack’s tool is self-serve assembly from its catalog.

When Soundtrack is the right call (we'll say it)

If you're a single-location operator who just wants "Spotify but legal," and the chart-pop catalog fits your space, Soundtrack is a clean product for that. If music is part of your brand, or you're running more than one location, Curator Now is the right call.

Questions people ask.

What is Soundtrack Your Brand?+

Soundtrack Your Brand is a business music service founded in 2013, spun out of Spotify, using an algorithmic recommendation engine built on Spotify's catalog. It is licensed for commercial use.

What is the difference between Curator Now and Soundtrack Your Brand?+

Both are fully licensed. Curator Now is built on 27 years of human music supervision. Soundtrack Your Brand uses an algorithmic engine rooted in Spotify's catalog and recommendation system.

Soundtrack Your Brand pricing vs Curator Now?+

Soundtrack pricing starts around $35–39 per zone per month. Curator Now starts at $35 per zone per month for Basic and $50 for Pro, with human curation and brand-aligned scene design included.

Which has better music curation for hospitality?+

Curator Now's catalog is built by real music heads, DJs, A&R, and brand designers, with scenes designed for hospitality contexts. Soundtrack offers algorithmic playlists tuned by genre and mood.

Music designed by people. Not predicted.

14-day free trial on Basic, no credit card. Full PRO licensing, zone control, dayparting included.

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