Comparison
Royalti.io vs Curve Royalty Systems
Curve is a serious, well-established royalty platform — it has been doing this longer than we have, it serves over 800 rights holders, and for a large catalogue with complex contract waterfalls it is a genuinely strong answer. The differences that matter are where each product starts costing money, when multi-currency becomes available, and whether paying artists is part of the product or a separate job.
Side by side
| Royalti.io | Curve Royalty Systems | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Free plan, permanent — includes $100/month of royalty volume, unlimited catalog, artists and users. | Curve Lite starts from £20 per month, per bundle. No free tier is advertised.curveroyaltysystems.com · read 2026-09-01 |
| Pricing model | Metered on royalty volume processed — $19 / $49 / $99 per month tiers. Catalog size, artist count and seats are never metered. | Tiered by capability: Lite, Professional and Enterprise. Professional and Enterprise are quote-based — no public price.curveroyaltysystems.com · read 2026-09-01 |
| Multi-currency | Included on every plan, including Free. | Listed as a Professional-tier feature, above Lite. Curve’s own guidance is that multicurrency needs point you to Professional.curveroyaltysystems.com · read 2026-09-01 |
| Publishing and CWR | Works, writers and shares, with CWR export. Incoming BMI, ASCAP and MLC statements reconcile next to your masters. | CWR and delivery modules to prepare and send catalogue to PROs, manually or automatically, with cascading IP chains for controlled and uncontrolled rights.curveroyaltysystems.com · read 2026-09-01 |
| Distribution / DDEX delivery | Release building on all paid plans; DDEX delivery (ERN/MEAD/PIE, direct or via FUGA) included from Starter up, at no extra charge. | Not part of the product. Curve describes itself as a complete royalty system for labels and publishers; distribution does not appear in its feature list.curveroyaltysystems.com · read 2026-09-01 |
| Ownership | Independently owned and operated. | Acquired by Jamen Capital and Merlin — acquisition completed and announced 18 August 2026.curveroyaltysystems.com · read 2026-09-01 |
Which one you should actually pick
Choose Curve Royalty Systems if…
- You have a large catalogue with genuinely complex deal terms
- Rate escalations, cross-collateralisation, mechanical liability deductions and black-box distribution are what Curve was built for, and it has fifty-odd years of combined royalty experience behind the contract engine.
- You want someone else to run royalties for you
- Curve offers fully managed royalty services — their team processes and reports on your behalf. We do not offer that; we sell software you operate.
- You need MCPS AP1 or US/CA mechanical reporting today
- Curve ships these at Professional tier. Our mechanical coverage is narrower.
Choose Royalti.io if…
- You are working across currencies from day one
- Multi-currency is on every Royalti plan including Free, where Curve places it above the entry tier. If your income arrives in USD, EUR and GBP and pays out in NGN or ZAR, that difference is the whole job.
- You want to know what it costs before you talk to anyone
- Our full pricing, including overage rates, is published. Curve publishes a Lite starting price and quotes the rest.
- You want royalties and delivery in one place
- DDEX delivery is included from Starter up. With Curve you would run distribution separately.
- You are small now and do not want to be priced on catalogue size
- We meter the value of statements you process, not how many artists or tracks you have. A large dormant catalogue costs you nothing here.
Sources
- https://www.curveroyaltysystems.com/ — read 2026-09-01
- https://www.curveroyaltysystems.com/pricing/records-pricing — read 2026-09-01
- https://www.curveroyaltysystems.com/features/publishing-royalties — read 2026-09-01
- https://www.curveroyaltysystems.com/news/jamen-capital-and-merlin-complete-acquisition-of-curve-royalty-systems — read 2026-09-01
Every claim about Curve Royalty Systems on this page comes from their own public pages, dated above. Competitors change their products and their prices; if something here is out of date or wrong, tell us and we will correct it. Last reviewed 2026-09-01.