Labelmate, the Tone alternative

Point by point

Yes YesNo No

What matters to you	With Tone	With Labelmate
Your data stays on your computers	NoIn the cloud, on Amazon Web Services, possibly processed in the United States. OpenAI is among its subprocessors.	YesOn the label's computers, encrypted. Our servers only carry sealed copies we cannot read.
Reports spotted in your mailbox	NoUploaded by the label, or collected by Tone with your logins to the distributors' portals. Column mappings are kept from one file to the next.	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	YesEntered in the tool, helped by an analyzer that reads the PDF and links each term to its clause: you pick the fields to fill.	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	YesA contract analyzer, a check of what was typed, and an assistant, Toni, whose suggested edits a person approves.	YesReads contracts and invoices and quotes the exact passage. The math never goes through the AI.
Every figure tied to its report row	Not statedPublished per period, emailed, and shown in the payee portal.	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	NoOn quote. Its terms tie it to contracts, payees, sales sources, users and transactions.	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 statedEverything we found is in English.	YesApp and support in English and French.
No price per user	NoTeam members added without limit, with permissions per person. The price depends on the number of users, among other things.	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: dashboards, and bank and tax details entered by the payees.	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	YesYes: through a Tone Wallet (Airwallex) the label funds, to the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the European Economic Area.	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 Tone

  NoIn the cloud, on Amazon Web Services, possibly processed in the United States. OpenAI is among its subprocessors.

  With Labelmate

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

• Reports spotted in your mailbox

  With Tone

  NoUploaded by the label, or collected by Tone with your logins to the distributors' portals. Column mappings are kept from one file to the next.

  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 Tone

  YesEntered in the tool, helped by an analyzer that reads the PDF and links each term to its clause: you pick the fields to fill.

  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 Tone

  YesA contract analyzer, a check of what was typed, and an assistant, Toni, whose suggested edits a person approves.

  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 Tone

  Not statedPublished per period, emailed, and shown in the payee portal.

  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 Tone

  NoOn quote. Its terms tie it to contracts, payees, sales sources, users and transactions.

  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 Tone

  Not statedEverything we found is in English.

  With Labelmate

  YesApp and support in English and French.

• No price per user

  With Tone

  NoTeam members added without limit, with permissions per person. The price depends on the number of users, among other things.

  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 Tone

  YesYes: dashboards, and bank and tax details entered by the payees.

  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 Tone

  YesYes: through a Tone Wallet (Airwallex) the label funds, to the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and the European Economic Area.

  With Labelmate

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