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Labelmate, the Curve alternative

Your royalty statements with nothing to copy: Labelmate finds your reports, contracts and invoices in your mailbox, its AI reads your contracts and quotes the passage, a tested engine does the math to the cent, and your data stays encrypted on your computers.

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Compared with Curve point by point, from its own pages and the sources listed below, read on September 22, 2026. Curve is an online platform that takes in sales, applies contracts and produces statements, for labels, publishers and distributors. Made in London, it has been owned by Jamen Capital and Merlin since August 2026.

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Why choose Labelmate over Curve

  • Your data stays with you

    Curve keeps your catalog, contracts and sales in its cloud, on Amazon Web Services. Labelmate keeps them encrypted on the label's computers, and our servers only carry sealed copies we cannot read.

  • Nothing to copy

    With Curve, you upload your sales files and enter your contracts in the tool. Labelmate spots your reports, contracts and invoices in your mailbox, and its AI reads each contract and quotes the exact passage: all you do is approve.

  • AI that reads, never calculates

    At Curve, the only AI we found is in the help center. In Labelmate, the AI reads your contracts and invoices and proposes the values to use, and a tested engine does all the math, to the cent.

  • A simple price

    Curve counts in bundles of 15 contracts and 100 catalog items, and offers cross-contracts, escalations and FTP pickup as add-ons of its Pro plan, from £250. Labelmate's price depends on how many artists you pay, and every plan does the same math.

Point by point

  • Your data stays on your computers

    With Curve

    NoIn Curve's cloud, on Amazon Web Services.

    With Labelmate

    YesOn the label's computers, encrypted. Our servers only carry sealed copies we cannot read.

  • Reports spotted in your mailbox

    With Curve

    NoUploaded in bulk and recognized from a library of templates. Automatic FTP pickup is a Pro add-on.

    With Labelmate

    YesSpotted for you in your mailbox, or dropped in (CSV, Excel, ZIP). Your distributor's format is set up with you.

  • Contracts filled in for you

    With Curve

    NoEntered in the tool. Cross-contracts, escalations and deductions are Pro add-ons.

    With Labelmate

    YesThe AI reads the contract and quotes the passage: the artist, the rate, the advance, the signing date. All you do is approve.

  • AI that reads your documents

    With Curve

    NoA search assistant in the help center. No AI found in imports or calculations.

    With Labelmate

    YesReads contracts and invoices and quotes the exact passage. The math never goes through the AI.

  • Every figure tied to its report row

    With Curve

    Not statedPDF and CSV, published to the artist portal, then emailed.

    With Labelmate

    YesOne PDF per artist, archived as PDF/A, every figure tied to the report row it came from, and each statement's audit pack in one file. Once issued, they never change.

  • A public price that doesn't follow your sales

    With Curve

    YesLite: £20 a month per bundle of 15 contracts and 100 catalog items. Pro: from £250.

    With Labelmate

    YesFour plans by the number of artists you pay, billed yearly or monthly, AI included, shown on the site. Onboarding is done with you. No risk: we rebuild your last statements with you first, and you pay nothing until they match yours to the cent.

  • App in English and French

    With Curve

    NoIn English.

    With Labelmate

    YesApp and support in English and French.

  • No price per user

    With Curve

    YesUnlimited users, permissions per area, history and an audit export.

    With Labelmate

    YesSeveral people, each on their own computer, with a role (read-only for the accountant) and a signed history of every change, synced and encrypted. No price per user.

  • An online space for your artists

    With Curve

    YesYes, online and as an app (iOS, Android).

    With Labelmate

    YesYes: a private, encrypted link per artist with their statements, where their advance stands, and a question box that reaches you. Published from the app, taken down any time.

  • Artists paid from the tool

    With Curve

    YesBuilt in since 2025: bank transfers from a balance the label funds (label based in one of 35 eligible jurisdictions).

    With Labelmate

    Not statedLabelmate works out what is owed, to the cent. You pay from your bank, as you do today.

Sources

Everything this page says about the other software comes from the pages below, read on September 22, 2026. A price or a plan may have changed since: their site is the reference. Spotted a mistake? Write to us and we will fix it.

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Getting started with Labelmate

  1. 1

    Apply for access

    Tell us about your label: how many artists you pay, which distributor you use, where your reports arrive.

  2. 2

    Your format, set up with you

    We teach Labelmate each of your distributors' report formats, from your own files.

  3. 3

    The proof, then you pay

    We rebuild your last statement period in Labelmate and compare it with the statements you sent. No risk: you pay nothing until it all matches.

Apply for access

The first 10 labels: 50% off year one and onboarding waived. No risk: we rebuild your last statements with you first, and you pay nothing until they match yours to the cent.

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