Labelmate, the LabelGrid alternative

Point by point

Yes YesNo No

What matters to you	With LabelGrid	With Labelmate
Your data stays on your computers	NoIn the cloud (Amazon Web Services, Hetzner, Google), in the United States and Europe.	YesOn the label's computers, encrypted. Our servers only carry sealed copies we cannot read.
Reports spotted in your mailbox	NoMoney distributed by LabelGrid, plus your direct deals with stores. Importing another distributor's reports: not found.	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	NoPercentage splits, and a ledger of costs to recoup per release.	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	NoA connector for AI assistants that reads the account's data. No AI found in the accounting.	YesReads contracts and invoices and quotes the exact passage. The math never goes through the AI.
Every figure tied to its report row	Not statedDetail per store, emailed or exported as PDF and CSV, monthly or quarterly.	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	No$99 to $499 a year depending on the number of tracks, plus 10 to 15% of the royalties distributed.	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	Not statedSite in twelve languages, French included.	YesApp and support in English and French.
No price per user	Not statedRole-based access.	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	YesYes, from the Basic plan ($199 a year).	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	NoLabelGrid pays the label. The label pays its artists, and the tool records it.	Not statedLabelmate works out what is owed, to the cent. You pay from your bank, as you do today.

• Your data stays on your computers

  With LabelGrid

  NoIn the cloud (Amazon Web Services, Hetzner, Google), in the United States and Europe.

  With Labelmate

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

• Reports spotted in your mailbox

  With LabelGrid

  NoMoney distributed by LabelGrid, plus your direct deals with stores. Importing another distributor's reports: not found.

  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 LabelGrid

  NoPercentage splits, and a ledger of costs to recoup per release.

  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 LabelGrid

  NoA connector for AI assistants that reads the account's data. No AI found in the accounting.

  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 LabelGrid

  Not statedDetail per store, emailed or exported as PDF and CSV, monthly or quarterly.

  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 LabelGrid

  No$99 to $499 a year depending on the number of tracks, plus 10 to 15% of the royalties distributed.

  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 LabelGrid

  Not statedSite in twelve languages, French included.

  With Labelmate

  YesApp and support in English and French.

• No price per user

  With LabelGrid

  Not statedRole-based access.

  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 LabelGrid

  YesYes, from the Basic plan ($199 a year).

  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 LabelGrid

  NoLabelGrid pays the label. The label pays its artists, and the tool records it.

  With Labelmate

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