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Labelmate, the LabelGrid 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 LabelGrid point by point, from its own pages and the sources listed below, read on 22 September 2026. LabelGrid is first a distributor for independent labels, with royalty accounting built in. It is made by Label Grid LLC, in Denver, United States.
Why choose Labelmate over LabelGrid
Keep your distributor
LabelGrid produces statements for the money it distributes itself: we found no way to import another distributor's reports. Labelmate imports your current distributors' reports (CSV, Excel, ZIP), and sets up each one's format with you.
No share of your royalties
LabelGrid takes 10 to 15% of the royalties distributed, on top of $99 to $499 a year. Labelmate takes no share of your money: its price depends on how many artists you pay.
Your data stays with you
LabelGrid keeps your data in the cloud (Amazon Web Services, Hetzner, Google). Labelmate keeps it encrypted on the label's computers, and our servers only carry sealed copies we cannot read.
AI that reads your contracts
We found no AI in LabelGrid's accounting, only a connector that lets AI assistants read the account's data. Labelmate's AI reads your contracts and invoices and quotes the passage, and a tested engine does all the maths.
Point by point
With LabelmateYour data stays on your computers
With LabelGridNoIn the cloud (Amazon Web Services, Hetzner, Google), in the United States and Europe.
With LabelmateYesOn the label's computers, encrypted. Our servers only carry sealed copies we cannot read.
Reports spotted in your mailbox
With LabelGridNoMoney distributed by LabelGrid, plus your direct deals with stores. Importing another distributor's reports: not found.
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 LabelGridNoPercentage splits, and a ledger of costs to recoup per release.
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 LabelGridNoA connector for AI assistants that reads the account's data. No AI found in the accounting.
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 LabelGridNot statedDetail per store, emailed or exported as PDF and CSV, monthly or quarterly.
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 LabelGridNo$99 to $499 a year depending on the number of tracks, plus 10 to 15% of the royalties distributed.
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 LabelGridNot statedSite in twelve languages, French included.
With LabelmateYesApp and support in English and French.
No price per user
With LabelGridNot statedRole-based access.
With LabelmateYesSeveral people, each on their own computer, synced and encrypted. No price per user.
An online space for your artists
With LabelGridYesYes, from the Basic plan ($199 a year).
With LabelmateComingComing. Meanwhile, each artist receives a PDF with every line in detail.
Artists paid from the tool
With LabelGridNoLabelGrid pays the label. The label pays its artists, and the tool records it.
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.
Getting started with Labelmate
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Apply for access
Tell us about your label: how many artists you pay, which distributor you use, where your reports arrive.
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Your format, set up with you
We teach Labelmate your distributor's report format, from your own files.
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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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