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The best tools for sending beats to artists

There are plenty of ways to send a beat, and most of them never tell you whether it got played. Here is how they compare, from each tool's own pages, and why vvault comes first.

Updated September 25, 20266 min read

Everything this page says about another tool comes from its own pages, read on September 25, 2026. Plans and prices change: their sites are the reference.

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Our pick

1. vvault: our pick for sending beats

vvault is built for the send. You keep your beats in one place, send each one as a link or by email, and get a notification the moment someone plays it, by name when they're signed in to vvault or got it by email from you.

It's the only tool in this roundup that does all three: it shows who played, emails your beats to artists from the tool, and sells them with MP3, WAV, stems and exclusive licences at 0% commission.

On Pro and Ultra, you also see how long each person listened and who opened your emails, and you sell beats, packs and kits with only Stripe's card fees to pay. Every plan holds as many tracks as you want: see pricing.

  • Who played, on every plan
  • Email to artists, on every plan
  • 0% commission on your sales
  • Unlimited tracks, on every plan
vvault's Emails page on Pro: the emails you sent, each with its opens, clicks, downloads and plays, and your scheduled emails and drafts.

Side by side

What each tool shows you after you send, whether it emails your beats for you, whether it sells them with a licence, and whether it has a free plan. vvault is the only one with a yes in the first three columns.

ToolSee who playedEmail from the toolSell with licencesFree plan
vvaultYes, on every plan: by name when they're signed in or got it by email from you; how long on ProYes, as many people as you want on each emailYes, on Pro and Ultra: MP3, WAV, stems, exclusive; 0% commissionPro and Ultra only, with unlimited tracks
Google DriveNo: no view history for audio filesNone foundNo, it's storageYes, 15 GB
DropboxPartly: signed-in viewers by name, the full history from Standard; others show up as “Guest”None foundNo, it's storageYes, 2 GB
WeTransferNo: it confirms downloads, not playsEmail transfers, with who downloadedPaid transfers from $0.99; licences not statedYes: 3 GB, 10 transfers a month, personal use only
SoundCloudNo: counts, with no name on a secret linkNone foundNo beat salesYes, 2 hours of uploads
BeatStarsNo way found: totals onlyNone built in; Mailchimp and others on ProfessionalYes, a contract for each sale; buyers pay 12% on its MarketplaceNo uploads on a free account
AirbitNo way found; Google Analytics on PlatinumThrough Mailchimp, AWeber or GetResponse, on PlatinumYes, 0% on every plan; your own licences and e-signed contracts on PlatinumYes, 20 beats on its Marketplace
UntitledYes, with a notification, even free; how long isn't statedNone foundPaid projects; no licences foundYes, with a track limit it doesn't publish
SamplyYes, from Indie: the name unless anonymous, the city, how much they playedNone foundPaywalls from Indie; no licences foundYes, 4 GB
DISCOYes, when you email it or give each person their own linkYes, from the Plus planNoNo
SendBeatsToYes: opens, plays, downloads and likes, per artistYes, it's what it's built forNo store; free contract generatorsNo, from $9 a month

From each tool's own pages, read on September 25, 2026. “None found” and “not stated” mean we looked and their pages don't say.

2. Drive, Dropbox, WeTransfer and SoundCloud: made for files, not for plays

The ones you probably use already. None of them shows you who played a beat you sent, and for how long.

Google Drive

Free up to 15 GB. On Google Drive, nobody can see who viewed an audio file: its view history only covers Docs, Sheets and Slides owned by work or school accounts.

Dropbox

2 GB free. Dropbox names the viewers who are signed in, but the history of who viewed and when needs its Standard plan or higher. Anyone else shows up as “Guest”, and a download without a preview isn't recorded.

WeTransfer

The free plan gives you 3 GB and 10 transfers a month, files expire after 3 days, and it's for personal, non-commercial use only. WeTransfer tells you who downloaded an email transfer. Plays aren't tracked at all.

SoundCloud

A private track gets a secret link, which you can reset to cut access. You see play counts, but SoundCloud doesn't tie plays on a secret link to a person, or show how long anyone listened.

3. BeatStars, Airbit, Traktrain and Soundee: made for buyers, not for your sends

BeatStars and Airbit are marketplaces: buyers go there looking for beats. What they don't show you is who played the beats you send yourself. BeatStars shows totals, such as plays, top fans and top countries, and we found no way to see who played a beat. On Airbit, plays can be counted through Google Analytics on the Platinum plan, and we found no way to see who played there either.

On BeatStars, buyers pay a 12% fee on Marketplace purchases. On the free plans, a BeatStars account can't upload, and Airbit holds 20 beats, listed on its Marketplace only.

Traktrain and Soundee are beat stores too, with basic stats on every plan. We found no per-listener view on either.

4. Untitled, Samply, DISCO and SendBeatsTo: they show plays, and miss the rest

These four show you who played, each in its own way. None of them also emails your beats and sells them with licences, the way vvault does.

Untitled

A private library and player for unfinished music. Even on the free plan, Untitled shows you who listens. Its pages don't say for how long, and we found no email tool or licences.

Samply

Audio sharing for studio work with clients. From its Indie plan, Samply logs every play with the listener's city, how much of the track they played and, unless they're anonymous, their name. We found no email tool or licences.

DISCO

Built for labels, publishers and sync teams to organize and pitch music. DISCO names each person you email a playlist to or give their own link; a copied link is counted on one line, without names. Its email tool starts on the Plus plan. No free plan, and no selling.

SendBeatsTo

Built for emailing beats to artists. SendBeatsTo alerts you when an artist opens your email, plays, downloads or likes a beat. Plans start at $9 a month for 100 beats sent and tracked, with no free plan for producers, and no store.

The verdict: pick vvault

If you send beats to artists, pick vvault:

  • It shows who played each beat, on every plan: by name when they're signed in to vvault or got it by email from you.
  • It emails your beats to artists from vvault, on every plan.
  • It sells your beats, packs and kits with licences at 0% commission, on Pro and Ultra.
  • It holds as many tracks as you want, on Pro and Ultra.
  • It imports your beats from Google Drive and Dropbox: you pick the files.

Questions

What's the best tool for sending beats to artists?

We'd pick vvault: it's the only tool in this roundup that shows who played your beats, emails them to artists and sells them with licences at 0% commission. On Pro, it also shows how long each person listened.

Can I use more than one?

You can, but you don't have to: vvault stores your beats, sends them, shows who played them and sells them in one place. If your beats sit in Google Drive or Dropbox today, vvault imports them, and you pick the files.

Is a Google Drive link good enough?

To deliver a file, yes. But nobody can see who viewed an audio file on Drive, so you won't know if your beat got played. Send it as a vvault link instead: every play is recorded, and you get a notification.

Do artists need an account to listen?

Not on vvault: they open the link and press play, and only an invite-only link asks them to sign in.

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