Soundtrack Your Brand, Rockbot and Mood Media vs Melodial

The short version: enterprise background music platforms charge per zone, per location and often per feature. Melodial covers a one music zone, with the commercial licence included, for one flat monthly fee.

What each platform is

Soundtrack Your Brand is a mainstream-catalogue streaming platform for businesses, priced per zone per month, with higher tiers for scheduling and advanced controls. Depending on your market, you may still need a separate collecting society licence on top.

Rockbot combines background music with digital signage and TV products, sold per location with pricing that scales as you add products.

Mood Media is the enterprise incumbent, offering music, messaging, scent and AV under contract, typically with multi-year terms and custom pricing.

Melodial takes the direct-licensing route: every track is owned or directly licensed, so nothing in the catalogue is registered with any collecting society. The subscription is the licence.

The comparison that matters

	Melodial	Soundtrack Your Brand	Rockbot	Mood Media
Pricing model	Flat fee per stream	Per zone, tiered	Per location, tiered	Contract, custom
Collecting society fees	None, catalogue sits outside all societies	May still apply depending on market	May still apply depending on market	Typically bundled into contract
Certificate of Compliance	Yes, instant download	No	No	No
AI voice announcements	Included	Paid add-on or unavailable	Available on higher tiers	Available under contract
Contract	None, cancel anytime	Monthly or annual	Varies	Often multi-year
Mainstream chart music	No, curated commercial-environment catalogue	Yes	Yes	Yes

The honest trade-off

If your brand strategy demands recognisable chart hits, a mainstream platform plus the appropriate licensing is the route, and you will pay accordingly. If what you actually need is the right atmosphere, professionally produced music matched to your venue, fully cleared, with proof of compliance, Melodial delivers it at a price the enterprise platforms cannot match.

One flat price per stream. No per-zone charges, no contracts, no collecting society fees, and a Certificate of Compliance from day one.

Frequently asked questions

Do I still need a collecting society licence with Soundtrack Your Brand, Rockbot or Mood Media?

It depends on the platform and your market. Some bundle public performance rights in some countries and not others. With Melodial, the catalogue sits outside all collecting societies, so no society licence is required anywhere Melodial operates, provided you play Melodial exclusively.

Why is Melodial so much cheaper than enterprise platforms?

No mainstream-label royalties, no per-zone pricing, no hardware and no contract overhead. Melodial owns or directly licenses its whole catalogue and charges one flat fee per stream.

Can Melodial handle multi-location chains?

Yes. Each stream is one flat subscription, and Melodial is already used by chains including a 650+ location retailer.