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TAP vs Musosoup
Musosoup connects artists with curators who offer coverage. TAP manages the entire PR campaign, from contact research through pitch drafting to outcome tracking and client reporting.
Clever model, different purpose
Musosoup has a smart approach: artists submit their music and curators browse and approach them with coverage offers. It flips the traditional PR model. With 85,000 artists, 3,000 curators across 120 countries, and a money-back guarantee, it delivers real written coverage (reviews, features, interviews) at an affordable price point.
The gap is operational. Musosoup is fundamentally artist self-service. An agency managing five clients cannot run campaigns through it. There is no multi-client workflow, no contact CRM, no pitch drafting, no reply attribution, no branded client reports. The coverage it generates is valuable, but the campaign management layer does not exist.
TAP is built for the agency. Contact enrichment with 14 data points, AI-assisted pitch drafting with personalisation, forwarded reply attribution, follow-up queues, and branded PDF reports for clients. It handles the full campaign lifecycle that sits around and beyond what Musosoup provides.
Feature comparison
| Feature | TAP | Musosoup |
|---|---|---|
| Contact enrichment (14 data points) | ✓ | × |
| AI pitch drafting with personalisation | ✓ | × |
| Multi-client agency workflow | ✓ | × |
| Reply attribution & outcome tracking | ✓ | × |
| Relationship warmth scoring | ✓ | × |
| Client reporting (branded PDFs) | ✓ | × |
| Radio-specific features (BBC, community) | ✓ | × |
| Campaign outcome pipelineCoverage tracking only | ✓ | |
| Guaranteed coverageMusosoup offers money-back guarantee | × | ✓ |
| Curator-initiated outreachCurators approach artists | × | ✓ |
| Written coverage focus (reviews, features) | ✓ | |
| Global curator network (3K+ curators) | × | ✓ |
Full campaign management from GBP 29/month
Contact intelligence, pitch drafting, outcome tracking, and branded reporting, all in one tool built for music PR agencies.
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Estimate the 12-month difference between MusoSoup and TAP. Submission credits, varies by activity.
Your current spend
£1,500
MusoSoup, per year
On TAP
£468
TAP Pro (£39/mo), per year
12-month delta
+£1,032 saved
Switching to TAP
Switch saves £1,032/yr without losing music PR depth.
Frequently asked questions
Is Musosoup a competitor to TAP?
Musosoup is the closest thing to what a PR agency delivers, but as artist self-service. Artists submit music and curators approach them with coverage offers. TAP is built for the agency running campaigns across multiple clients, with contact intelligence, pitch drafting, reply attribution, and client reporting. If you are an agency managing five clients, Musosoup cannot serve as your operational backbone.
Can I use Musosoup and TAP together?
You could. An agency might use Musosoup to supplement written blog coverage for a client while running the broader campaign (radio, press, playlists) through TAP. Musosoup is strong for UK indie blog coverage specifically. TAP handles the full campaign workflow and client communication.
How does pricing compare?
Musosoup charges a GBP 42 activation fee per release plus roughly GBP 8-12 per piece of coverage, totalling around GBP 120-150 per campaign. TAP Pro is GBP 29 per month with unlimited campaigns and contacts. For an agency running multiple campaigns simultaneously, TAP is significantly more cost-effective.
Does Musosoup work for radio promotion?
No. Musosoup focuses on written coverage: reviews, features, and interviews from blogs and online publications. It has no radio-specific features. TAP includes BBC station detection, community radio contact data, and radio-specific campaign tracking built for UK music PR.