PlaylistGrow Review: The Short Answer
PlaylistGrow is a Spotify playlist promotion service based in Amsterdam. You pay a monthly subscription and submit a track. Its team then pitches that track to playlist curators in its network. A dashboard shows which playlists added you and how many followers they have.
Plans cost $65 to $359 every 30 days. The usual way in is a 14-day trial for $14, which renews at $65 unless you cancel.
It is a working service, and many reviewers say they got real placements. But you do not choose the playlists, and PlaylistGrow’s own pages describe its refund in different ways. On Trustpilot, a quarter of its reviews are 1-star, and many of those describe charges after cancelling.
If you want to pick the exact playlist before you pay, compare it with Playlist Placement. If you want growth that keeps running every month, compare it with AI Spotify Promotion.
- Best for: a cheap test of matched playlist placements for one track.
- Not built for: choosing your own playlists, or promoting your whole catalog at once.
- Typical cost: $14 for the trial, then $65 to $359 every 30 days.
What Is PlaylistGrow?
PlaylistGrow says it was founded in Amsterdam in 2019. Its terms say it is based in Amsterdam and that Dutch law covers any dispute. Its about page says it works with a network of 500+ playlist curators, and its homepage says they cover 50+ genres.
The playlistgrow.com domain was registered in August 2021, per public domain records. The earliest archived copy of the site is from the same month.
In May 2026, PlaylistGrow moved to a new platform. Customers who ordered before then manage their plans on a separate old system page. That matters if you are trying to cancel an older subscription.
PlaylistGrow is not affiliated with Spotify. It never asks for your Spotify login and only needs your public track link, per its FAQ.
How PlaylistGrow Works, Step by Step
- Pick a plan. Choose Basic, Standard, Premium, or VIP, or start with the $14 trial.
- Submit a track. Any song live on Spotify works, new or old. PlaylistGrow says it reviews each track within 24 hours.
- Get matched. Its system reads your genre and sound, then pitches the track to curators in its network. Curators who like the song add it to their playlists.
- Watch placements arrive. Its pages give different timelines: 17 hours on average, 24 to 72 hours, or 48 to 72 hours.
- Check your dashboard. It lists each playlist by name, its follower count, and when you were added or removed. You also get your placement links by email each month.
- Renew or change. Plans renew every 30 days with a monthly playlist refresh. You can swap songs through support and upgrade or downgrade from the dashboard.
One term to understand is Listener Reach. PlaylistGrow defines it as the combined followers of every playlist your song lands on. It is not a stream count. Each plan shows streams as a separate estimate, and the terms say specific stream counts are not guaranteed.
What the terms do guarantee is reach. PlaylistGrow promises your track will land on playlists whose combined followers meet your plan’s level.
PlaylistGrow Pricing in 2026
Every plan is a subscription billed every 30 days. These prices are from the pricing page on October 23, 2026.
| Plan |
Price |
Placements, est. streams |
| Trial |
$14 for 14 days |
Basic plan, then $65 |
| Basic |
$65 |
2 to 4, 800 to 3,000 |
| Standard |
$119 |
3 to 8, 2,500 to 8,000 |
| Premium |
$199 |
5 to 15, 4,000 to 15,000 |
| VIP |
$359 |
8 to 25, 8,000 to 30,000 |
Higher plans add more reach and a few extras:
| Plan |
Listener reach |
Extras |
| Basic |
20,000+ |
None |
| Standard |
50,000+ |
Playlist e-book |
| Premium |
100,000+ |
E-book, priority support |
| VIP |
200,000+ |
Adds a campaign manager |
The stream numbers are PlaylistGrow’s own estimates. Your results depend on your song, your genre, and how listeners respond.
What PlaylistGrow really costs
| Scenario |
Total |
Time |
| Trial, cancelled in time |
$14 |
14 days |
| Trial plus 2 Basic cycles |
$144 |
74 days |
| Standard for 3 cycles |
$357 |
90 days |
| Premium for 6 cycles |
$1,194 |
180 days |
| VIP for 12 cycles |
$4,308 |
360 days |
Billing runs every 30 days, not on the same date each month. So a full year can bring 13 charges instead of 12.
Discount codes. We found no public PlaylistGrow discount code. The cheapest way in is the $14 trial, which PlaylistGrow markets as $1 a day.
How To Cancel PlaylistGrow
PlaylistGrow says you can cancel anytime from your account dashboard, with no penalty. Your campaign keeps running until the end of the period you already paid for.
Timing matters:
- Its terms say cancelling less than 24 hours before your next billing date may still lead to a charge.
- Its refund policy only covers a repeat charge if you cancelled at least 4 days before that billing date.
- To end the trial without paying $65, cancel before day 14.
The safest plan is to cancel at least 4 days early and save a screenshot of the confirmation.
If you ordered before May 2026, your plan may still sit on the old system. Use the old system page to cancel it or ask for a refund. To log in to the new platform, go to playlistgrow.com/login. For help, open a ticket from your dashboard or use the support page.
PlaylistGrow Refund Policy
PlaylistGrow offers a 30-day money-back guarantee. Its pages describe it in different ways, so read them closely before you pay.
- The homepage promises a full refund within 30 days if you are not happy, with no questions asked.
- The refund policy lists four reasons that qualify. You are not satisfied, you were billed after cancelling, you got fewer placements than promised, or the playlists were poor quality or off-genre.
- The same policy says refunds are not available once the promised listener reach was fully delivered.
- The terms say PlaylistGrow will first try to add placements. A refund follows only if it cannot meet the promised reach.
To ask for a refund, send a support request from your dashboard or email the company. The refund policy says approved refunds take 5 to 10 business days. The FAQ says 3 to 8.
The terms also warn about chargebacks. An unjustified chargeback can leave you owing the chargeback fee plus the original amount, and your account may be suspended.
Take a screenshot of the refund wording on the day you sign up. Then you know which promise applied to you.
What Artists Say About PlaylistGrow
Trustpilot. PlaylistGrow holds 3.6 stars from 136 Trustpilot reviews. About 62% are 5-star, 6% are 4-star, 6% are 3-star, and 25% are 1-star. The profile is claimed. The company replies to many negative reviews, often asking the reviewer to open a support ticket.
Happy reviewers say their songs landed on real playlists, streams arrived within days, and the process was easy. Some say the daily streams kept coming.
The 1-star reviews from 2025 and 2026 repeat a few themes:
- Charges after cancelling, or trouble getting a plan cancelled
- Refund requests that went unanswered or took months
- Playlists that felt off-genre for their song
- Slow replies from support
- Confusion after the May 2026 platform switch, such as old account links that stopped working
In some replies, PlaylistGrow says it fixed a cancellation error, refunded the charges, or offered extra placements.
Reddit. Discussion is thin. In a March 2026 r/musicmarketing thread, a new band bought the $14 trial and asked if PlaylistGrow was any good. Early on, the poster said they could see one placement. Replies were mostly skeptical, and one pointed to Trustpilot reviews about charges after cancelling.
In a September 2025 r/SpotifyArtists thread, an artist said PlaylistGrow and another service did little for their streams.
YouTube. We found no dedicated YouTube review of PlaylistGrow. The top YouTube results for a PlaylistGrow review cover other services.
Is PlaylistGrow Legit?
PlaylistGrow is a working business. It takes payments through Stripe and Mollie, per its privacy policy. It replies to many negative reviews, and many reviewers confirm they got placements.
A few things are worth knowing when you weigh its claims:
- Its own numbers vary. The pricing page says 180M+ streams delivered, while the about page says 34M+.
- Its pricing page code lists a 4.8 rating from 7,000 ratings, which is the score Google shows. Its trial page shows 4.4 out of 5. Trustpilot shows 3.6 from 136 reviews.
None of this proves a problem. It does mean you should judge PlaylistGrow by the playlists in your dashboard and by your own Spotify For Artists data, not by its headline numbers.
PlaylistGrow Pros and Cons
Pros
- A low-cost start with the $14 trial
- A dashboard that names each playlist and its followers
- Terms that guarantee a set follower reach for each plan
- Cancel, upgrade, or downgrade from the dashboard
- No Spotify login needed
Cons
- You do not choose the playlists
- Refund wording differs from page to page
- Many 1-star Trustpilot reviews describe charges after cancelling
- Its stream and rating claims vary between pages
PlaylistGrow Alternatives Compared
| Option |
How you pay |
Best for |
| PlaylistGrow |
$65 to $359 per 30 days |
Matched placements monthly |
| Playlist Placement (ours) |
$39 to $99, one payment |
Picking your exact playlist |
| Spotify Promotion (ours) |
$97 to $997 a month |
Ongoing listener growth |
| Playlist Push |
From $280 a campaign |
Paid curator reviews |
| SubmitHub |
Credits from $1 each |
Pitching curators you pick |
| Groover |
About €2 per contact |
Curators, blogs, and radio |
| Daily Playlists |
Free, or $19.99 a month |
Do-it-yourself pitching |
Rows marked ours are Musicvertising services. We list them because they cover the two things most PlaylistGrow buyers want: a playlist they can count on, and growth that keeps going.
Playlist Push Spotify campaigns start at $280. On SubmitHub, each curator costs 1 to 5 credits. Groover returns your credits if a curator does not reply within 7 days. Daily Playlists has a free plan and a $19.99 Professional plan. For a closer look, read our reviews of Playlist Push, SubmitHub, Groover, and Daily Playlists.
When Musicvertising Is the Better Fit
When you want to choose the playlist. With PlaylistGrow, your track is matched to playlists after you pay. With Playlist Placement, you browse real Spotify playlists by genre, choose the exact one, and see its verified follower count before you buy. Each playlist has 1,000 to 15,000+ active followers.
Placement is guaranteed. You get the live playlist link within 3 to 7 days, and your track stays on the playlist for at least 30 days. You pay once. If placement fails for any reason, you get every penny back.
When you want growth every month. AI Spotify Promotion is monthly too, at $97 to $997 a month, and you can cancel anytime. It goes live within 24 hours. The AI scans your profile and shows mobile ads to fans of similar artists. When someone taps, Spotify opens to your music.
Each month, the AI moves budget toward the listeners who save, follow, and stream again. It rotates your whole catalog, so you are not limited to one song. Every result shows up as external source traffic in your own Spotify For Artists. Your first purchase is covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee.
When you want to start free. Free Playlist Submission sends your track to 237+ Spotify playlist curators at no cost, in under 60 seconds.
Not sure which one fits? The promotion quiz points you to the right path in a few clicks.
How We Researched This Review
This review was researched on October 23, 2026. We read PlaylistGrow’s homepage, pricing, trial, FAQ, about, terms, refund policy, privacy policy, support, and old system pages. We checked its domain record and its archived site. We read its Trustpilot reviews, Reddit threads from 2025 and 2026, and YouTube search results. We did not buy a PlaylistGrow plan for this review.
Prices and policies change, so confirm them on PlaylistGrow’s site before you pay.
Musicvertising sells playlist placement and Spotify promotion, so we compete with PlaylistGrow for some of the same artists. We kept the facts sourced, so you can check every one.
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