Spotify to SoundCloud: Move Playlists and Songs

“Spotify to SoundCloud” is really two questions wearing the same coat. One is a listener asking how to copy a playlist across. The other is an artist asking how to get their own track off SoundCloud and onto Spotify. Those are not the same task, and the tools that solve one do nothing for the other. This guide splits them cleanly so you stop chasing the wrong fix.

Job one: moving a playlist between Spotify and SoundCloud

If you already built a playlist on Spotify and you want the same one on SoundCloud (or the reverse), you need a transfer tool. Neither platform lets the other read its library directly, so a third party has to sit in the middle, read your source playlist, and rebuild it track by track on the destination.

The three names that come up over and over are TuneMyMusic, Soundiiz, and FreeYourMusic. They all work the same basic way:

You connect your source account (Spotify) and your destination account (SoundCloud) by logging in and granting permission.
You pick the playlist, liked songs, or albums you want to move.
The tool searches the destination catalog for each song by its title, artist, and album, then adds the matches to a new playlist.

That last step is where the magic and the frustration both live. The tool is not literally moving audio files. It is matching metadata and rebuilding a list of pointers. Whether a song shows up on the other side depends entirely on whether the destination has that exact recording in its catalog.

Free limits, briefly (and why they change)

Pricing and caps shift, so treat these as a starting point and check the current plan page before you count on a number:

TuneMyMusic lets you run transfers on a free tier, with a per transfer cap that has sat around 500 tracks. Beyond that you hit a paywall, and the paid plan runs roughly $5 to $6 per month or about $24 per year.
Soundiiz free allows one playlist at a time with a cap that has been around 200 tracks per playlist. Premium is roughly $5 per month or about $39 per year and adds batch transfers and library items like albums and artists.
FreeYourMusic is an installed app for desktop and mobile. It offers a limited free trial and then charges, sometimes as a one time purchase and sometimes as a subscription depending on the promotion running.

The pattern is consistent: you can move one modest playlist for free, and you pay once your library gets big or you want to move everything at once.

Why some tracks never make it across

This is the part nobody warns you about until it happens. SoundCloud and Spotify have genuinely different catalogs. SoundCloud is full of remixes, bootlegs, DJ edits, and independent uploads that were never officially released and will never appear on Spotify. Spotify carries major label catalog and licensed releases that may not exist as public SoundCloud uploads. So a clean, official Spotify playlist can land on SoundCloud with real gaps, and a crate of SoundCloud edits can lose most of its tracks going the other way.

Even when a match exists, the tool sometimes grabs the wrong version. In hands on tests, transfer tools regularly pull a live take, a deluxe edition, or a compilation copy instead of the original single, and they do not flag it for you. In one comparison of 50 tracks, one tool mismatched 5 and another mismatched 10, with no warning either time. Plan to skim the finished playlist and fix the obvious wrong versions by hand.

A few things that basically never transfer: local files you added to Spotify from your own computer, podcasts, and any platform exclusive content. If your playlist leans on those, expect holes.

Listeners on r/soundcloud and r/spotify raise this constantly, usually some version of “I moved my playlist and 30 songs are missing.” The missing songs are almost always the catalog mismatch problem above, not a broken tool.

One note on native transfers

Both big platforms have started building this in. Spotify added an in app import that leans on a TuneMyMusic partnership, and Apple Music rolled out its own transfer from Spotify. SoundCloud does not have a first party importer of that kind yet, so for anything involving SoundCloud you are still using one of the third party tools above. We cover the wider set of destinations, including Apple Music, YouTube Music, and Tidal, in our Spotify playlist converter guide.

Job two: getting your own SoundCloud song onto Spotify

Here is the hard truth for artists. You cannot “transfer” your track from SoundCloud to Spotify the way you move a playlist. There is no button. SoundCloud and Spotify are separate companies with separate catalogs, and Spotify does not ingest audio from SoundCloud. To appear on Spotify, your song has to be delivered through a distributor, which is a service that sends your master and metadata into Spotify’s system as an official release.

If you have been uploading to SoundCloud and wondering why your track is not on Spotify, this is why. Uploading to SoundCloud publishes to SoundCloud only. Spotify needs a separate delivery.

Your distribution options

You have two broad paths.

Use SoundCloud’s own distribution. If your track already lives on SoundCloud, SoundCloud for Artists can push it to Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, and dozens of other stores from inside the platform. It sits behind a paid tier. The entry plan has run around $39 per year and caps how many tracks you can send per month, while the higher plan (around $99 per year) removes that cap. The selling point is zero commission on your streaming royalties and the fact that the track is already on SoundCloud, so you are not re uploading. The downside people mention is a clunkier workflow and one track at a time selection.

Use a standalone distributor. These do not care that your song is on SoundCloud. You upload the master file directly to them and they deliver it everywhere.

DistroKid charges a flat annual fee (roughly $23 per year at the entry level) for unlimited uploads and is the one most bedroom artists land on.
TuneCore and Amuse are common alternatives, with Amuse offering a free tier that trades speed and features for the zero cost.
Spotify also keeps an official distributor directory if you want to compare more names.

Whichever you pick, the flow is the same: upload the WAV or high quality file, enter your title, artist name, and release date, pick your stores, and submit. Delivery to Spotify usually takes a few days to a couple of weeks, so do not book a release date for tomorrow.

After it is live, then promote it

Getting the track onto Spotify is delivery, not marketing. Nobody finds it automatically. That is a separate grind, and it is the same grind on both platforms. If SoundCloud is still your home base, our guide on how to promote music on SoundCloud covers the reposting, playlist pitching, and community work that actually moves plays. And if you are weighing which platform deserves your energy in the first place, SoundCloud vs Spotify breaks down where each one pays and where each one gets you discovered.

Threads on r/makinghiphop ask this weekly, and the answer is always the same: pick a distributor, upload, wait. There is no shortcut that skips distribution.

We are building a transfer helper

SC Utility Hub is putting together a transfer helper so the playlist side of this gets less annoying, with clearer matching and a heads up on the tracks that did not carry over. It is in progress. In the meantime the tools above do the job, and if you just want the audio itself rather than a platform move, our Spotify to MP3 guide covers that separately. For the rest of the set, see all our Spotify tools and guides.

FAQ

Can I transfer a Spotify playlist to SoundCloud for free?

Yes, for one reasonably sized playlist. TuneMyMusic and Soundiiz both have free tiers that handle a single playlist up to a few hundred tracks. You pay once you want to move a large library or run everything in one batch. Expect some songs to go missing because SoundCloud and Spotify carry different catalogs.

Why are songs missing after I transfer to SoundCloud?

Because the destination does not have that exact recording. Transfer tools match by title and artist, so if a track is a Spotify only licensed release, or a SoundCloud only remix or bootleg going the other way, there is nothing to match. Local files and podcasts do not transfer either.

How do I get my SoundCloud song onto Spotify?

Through a distributor, not a transfer tool. Either use SoundCloud's built in distribution (a paid tier that pushes your existing SoundCloud track to Spotify) or upload your master to a standalone distributor like DistroKid, TuneCore, or Amuse. Delivery takes a few days to two weeks.

Is soundcloud to spotify the same as spotify to soundcloud?

Not for artists. Moving a listening playlist works in both directions with the same tools. But getting your own music from SoundCloud onto Spotify is a distribution job, and there is no reverse "transfer" for a release you own.

Do transfer tools ever grab the wrong version of a song?

Yes, fairly often. They can pull a live, remastered, or deluxe version instead of the original, and they usually do not warn you. Skim the rebuilt playlist afterward and swap out anything that looks off.

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Related guides and tools

SoundCloud vs Spotify →Promote Music on SoundCloud →Spotify Playlist Converter →Spotify to MP3 →All Spotify Tools →