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Songstats vs Soundcharts vs Chartmetric: which one tells you when a song goes missing?
Look for a tool to monitor your music and the same three names come up: Songstats, Soundcharts and Chartmetric. All three are analytics tools. They show how your music is growing, which is a different job from telling you when a release goes missing.
Updated November 6, 2026
Short answer
Songstats, Soundcharts and Chartmetric are music analytics tools. They track streams, playlists, charts and audiences, and they alert you to things like playlist adds, chart moves and milestones. None of their own pages describes an alert for a release that is taken down or goes missing from a platform. If that's what you need, use a release monitoring tool alongside them.
What to do, in order
Decide what you want to know
Growth means playlist adds, chart moves and audience numbers. Problems mean a release taken down, details changed, or a track you didn't release showing up on your profile. Analytics tools cover the first; monitoring tools cover the second.
Try analytics for free first
Soundcharts has a free plan with limits and no card. Chartmetric has a limited free sign-up. Songstats has a seven-day free trial for new users.
Check what's already missing
Search your catalog on each platform, or run a free scan to see whether any release is missing right now.
Set up alerts for problems
Pick a tool that emails you when a release goes missing, so you hear about it the same day rather than from a fan weeks later.
At a glance
Prices are each company's cheapest paid plan, as shown on its own pricing page.
| Tool | Built for | Cheapest paid plan | Free option | Alerts you about |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Songstats | Artists and labels | €11.99 a month, or €9.99 a month billed yearly | Seven-day free trial for new users | Playlist adds, chart moves, radio plays and milestones |
| Soundcharts | Music industry teams, with a plan for artists | $10 a month for one artist | Free plan with limits, no card needed | Chart entries, playlist placements and milestones |
| Chartmetric | Labels, publishers, managers and agents | Manager, $60 a month, or $40 a month billed yearly, for 10 artists | Seven-day trial on Manager and Premium; limited free sign-up | Metric thresholds on Premium and Ultra; playlist adds and removals on Ultra |
| Traxure | Independent artists, managers and labels | $12 a month | Seven-day free trial; free one-time scan | Releases taken down, changed details and tracks you didn't release |
From each company's own pages, checked 6 November 2026. Songstats showed its prices in euros. Prices change, so check before you buy.
Does it tell you when a release goes missing?
This is where the tools differ most. An analytics tool reports on the music it can see. Its pages don't describe an alert for a release that stops being there.
| Tool | Release taken down or missing | Music you didn't release on your profile |
|---|---|---|
| Songstats | Not mentioned on its pages | You contact Songstats support to remove it from Songstats; Songstats says this doesn't change the store's data |
| Soundcharts | Not mentioned on its pages | Not mentioned on its pages |
| Chartmetric | Not mentioned; its removal alerts are for playlists, on Ultra | Not mentioned on its pages |
| Traxure | Yes, on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, TIDAL, SoundCloud and Pandora | Yes, it alerts you when a track you didn't release shows up on your profile |
From each company's own pages, checked 6 November 2026.
What each analytics tool is good at
Songstats brings your stats from 18 connected platforms into one feed, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Deezer, TikTok, YouTube, Beatport, SoundCloud and TIDAL. It's priced per artist, so it suits a solo artist who wants to see playlist adds and milestones as they happen.
Soundcharts covers more than 20 streaming services plus social media and radio airplay from about 2,500 stations. Its free plan is a good way to try it, and the artist plan is the cheapest paid option of the three.
Chartmetric is the broadest, with data from more than 40 platforms and over 4,000 charts. It's built for teams, and its Custom Alerts need the Premium or Ultra plan.
Why a missing release is easy to miss
Releases go missing for ordinary reasons: a takedown sent by mistake, a distributor subscription that lapsed, a rights claim, or an end date in the delivery. You don't always get a notice when it happens.
Details can change too, like a title, artwork or ISRC, and a release by someone with the same name can land on your profile. Most artists find out from a fan, or when they look at their own page.
Using both
The tools do different jobs, so many artists use an analytics tool for growth and a monitoring tool for problems.
Traxure runs a full check of all 12 platforms every 24 hours. If a release goes missing on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, TIDAL, SoundCloud or Pandora, it emails you what changed, with a note to your distributor ready to send. Monitoring starts with a seven-day free trial.
Questions artists ask
Is Songstats or Chartmetric better for an independent artist?
They suit different people. Songstats is priced per artist, from €11.99 a month. Chartmetric's cheapest paid plan is Manager, at $60 a month for 10 artists, and is built for teams.
Which is cheapest: Songstats, Soundcharts or Chartmetric?
Soundcharts has a free plan with limits, and its artist plan is $10 a month. Songstats starts at €11.99 a month, and Chartmetric's Manager plan at $60 a month.
Does Songstats tell me if my song is taken down?
Its pages describe alerts for playlist adds, chart moves, radio plays and milestones. They don't mention an alert for a song that is taken down.
Does Chartmetric alert you when a track is removed?
Chartmetric's Ultra plan can alert you when a track is removed from a playlist. Its pages don't describe an alert for a track removed from a platform.
Do I need an analytics tool and a monitoring tool?
If you want growth stats and alerts about problems, yes. Analytics shows how your music is doing; monitoring tells you when a release goes missing or changes.
What does Traxure do that these tools don't?
Traxure checks your releases on 12 platforms every 24 hours and emails you when one goes missing on any of 8 platforms, its details change, or a track you didn't release shows up on your profile.
Sources
Traxure
Know the same day, not weeks later.
Traxure checks your releases on all 12 platforms every 24 hours, confirms a change before alerting you and tells you what to do next. Seven-day free trial.
Pricing
Plans from $12 a month.
7-day free trial on every plan. Cancel anytime.
- Artist $12/mo
- Manager $69/mo
- Label $199/mo