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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 maths to the cent, and your data stays encrypted on your computers.
Compared with Curve point by point, from its own pages and the sources listed below, read on 22 September 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.
Why choose Labelmate over Curve
Your data stays with you
Curve keeps your catalogue, 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 centre. In Labelmate, the AI reads your contracts and invoices and proposes the values to use, and a tested engine does all the maths, to the cent.
A simple price
Curve counts in bundles of 15 contracts and 100 catalogue 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 maths.
Point by point
With LabelmateYour data stays on your computers
With CurveNoIn Curve's cloud, on Amazon Web Services.
With LabelmateYesOn the label's computers, encrypted. Our servers only carry sealed copies we cannot read.
Reports spotted in your mailbox
With CurveNoUploaded in bulk and recognised from a library of templates. Automatic FTP pickup is a Pro add-on.
With LabelmateYesSpotted 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 CurveNoEntered in the tool. Cross-contracts, escalations and deductions are Pro add-ons.
With LabelmateYesThe 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 CurveNoA search assistant in the help centre. No AI found in imports or calculations.
With LabelmateYesReads contracts and invoices and quotes the exact passage. The maths never goes through the AI.
Every figure tied to its report row
With CurveNot statedPDF and CSV, published to the artist portal, then emailed.
With LabelmateYesOne PDF per artist, archived as PDF/A, every figure tied to the report row it came from. Once issued, they never change.
A public price that doesn't follow your sales
With CurveYesLite: £20 a month per bundle of 15 contracts and 100 catalogue items. Pro: from £250.
With LabelmateYesBy the number of artists you pay, from $35 a month (€29). Free for the first 10 labels during early access.
App in English and French
With CurveNoIn English.
With LabelmateYesApp and support in English and French.
No price per user
With CurveYesUnlimited users, permissions per area, history and an audit export.
With LabelmateYesSeveral people, each on their own computer, synced and encrypted. No price per user.
An online space for your artists
With CurveYesYes, online and as an app (iOS, Android).
With LabelmateComingComing. Meanwhile, each artist receives a PDF with every line in detail.
Artists paid from the tool
With CurveYesBuilt in since 2025: bank transfers from a balance the label funds (label based in one of 35 eligible jurisdictions).
With LabelmateNot 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 22 September 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.
- Curve: Records Lite pricing
- Curve: Records Pro pricing
- Curve help: introduction
- Curve help: uploading sales files
- Curve help: Pro add-ons
- Curve help: team access
- Curve help: the artist portal
- Curve help: payments
- Curve help: changelog
- Devoteam: Curve on Amazon Web Services
- Music Business Worldwide: the acquisition by Jamen Capital and Merlin
Getting started with Labelmate
- 1
Apply for access
Tell us about your label: how many artists you pay, which distributor you use, where your reports arrive.
- 2
Your format, set up with you
We teach Labelmate your distributor's report format, from your own files.
- 3
Your next statements, together
We prepare your next statements with you and check every figure by hand.
Free for the first 10 labels, during early access.
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