For music creators and entrepreneurs, the decision of where to get your music contracts can make or break your success. The ideal music contract platform should provide you with a wide range of tools to help you draft, sign, send, and track your contracts effortlessly, all in one place. Not to mention, it should be accessible. It’s a tall order for any legal platform, and one that Flou and Alright approach differently. So which one is right for your music career or business? To help you determine which platform could be the best choice for your music contract needs, we'll compare Alright and Flou in terms of their ability to:

1. ‍Draft
2. Collaborate
3. Approve
4. Negotiate
5. Sign
6. Store
7. Track deadline
8. Reporting

Let's jump right in!

What is Alright?

Alright is a Colombia-based Spanish-only legal platform where users can learn about the local music industry, select from different templates and fill out a questionnaire to tailor the document to their needs.

What is Flou?

Flou is more than just a legal platform for the music industry; it’s a US-based comprehensive suite built by music and entertainment industry experts. It provides customized solutions with tools specifically designed for the complexities and nuances of the industry.

Flou vs. Alright

Now that you have an overview of Alright, let’s do a true Flou vs. Alright comparison.

Music Contract Creation

Both Flou and Alright allow you to create music contracts. Both platforms provide a template library, and both let you save, print, and download your documents in PDF so you can use them however you wish. The difference lies in how each platform lets you create your legal documents. As an all-in-one platform, Flou is designed to provide everything you need to manage your legal needs in the music industry – including a Google Doc-like interface that lets you completely customize your music contracts. So, let's say you want to create a music contract...

With Flou, you can start with an industry-specific, attorney-vetted and approved template or upload your own documents. Therefore, if you paid a lawyer for a custom contract, you can use and keep customizing that document to your own liking. In contrast, Alright only lets you select a template and customize it by completing a questionnaire, so you don't have 100% control of your deal-making process.

Music Contract Collaboration

Once you complete your document with Alright, you can either send it through the Alright platform to get it signed or download it and send it through email. If the other party has comments—which they often will—you can't do much else with Alright on a contract level. You would have to recreate the document in Google Doc or Microsoft Word, figure out how to make the changes without affecting the contract as a whole, download it in PDF again, send the updated version, and hope it gets approved. If not, rinse and repeat. This can become a major headache, not to mention the time, money, and energy spent on something you can streamline.

In contrast, Flou lets you collaborate with your team in real time. That means you can edit, redline, and discuss contracts instantly while keeping track of versions automatically.

With Flou, You Can Do Everything in One Place

With Flou, say goodbye to email attachments, and hello to finalized contracts. You can invite unlimited third-party guests to view and comment on documents in Flou, for free. Also, you can view external feedback, redline changes, and respond to comments, all in real time, in the same document.

Once your contracts are approved, it is time to use Flou's secure, fast, and convenient digital signatures. Why pay for Docusign, when you can send as many documents as you need to an unrestricted number of signers on the same platform?

Flou also lets you keep your contracts organized, secure, and always within reach with one centralized cloud repository. As well as, stay on top of upcoming contract deadlines with automated alerts and reports. Finally, Flou lets you focus on the present while keeping an eye on the future with our music contract insights and reports.

Flou vs. Alright Pricing

Alright Pricing

Alright offers three pricing plans:

1. Emergente: $10.41/month (billed annually)
2. Pro: $18.75/month (billed annually)
3. Pro Plus: $27.08 (billed annually)

The Emergente plan gives users access to educational content, unlimited split sheets, two (2) contracts and five (5) electronic signatures per month.

The Pro plan gives you everything in the Emergente plan, plus something Alright calls "Catalog of rights in the music industry."

The Pro Plus plan gives you everything in the Pro plan, plus an initial legal diagnosis, accompaniment with a lawyer for the first three (3) contracts, resolution of questions by chat with a lawyer, one group Q&A session per month, and unlimited queries to their artificial intelligence.

Flou Pricing

Flou offers three pricing plans:

1. ‍Creator: $12/month (billed annually)‍
2. Entrepreneur: $36/month (billed annually)‍
3. Business: $49/per user, per month (billed annually)

The Creator plan is designed for individual artists, songwriters, and producers. It gives you unlimited access to key contracts and license templates, e-signatures, viewers and guests, and tasks. Also, you get 15 AI imports per month, which means you can upload your own executed contracts so we can manage them.

The Entrepreneur plan is designed for managers, one-person labels, and publishers. It gives you everything in the Creator plan, plus access to advanced contract templates, deadline alerts and reminders, as well as 30 AI imports per month.

The Business plan is designed for small music companies with at least 5 team members. Includes everything in the Entrepreneur plan plus custom roles, approval workflows (soon), and 60 AI imports.

Which Is Better: Flou vs. Alright?

This brings us to the real question in our Flou vs. Alright review: which is better? Alright seems like a cool tool to create legal documents. It lets you select a template, complete a questionnaire, and download the document you need. If this is what you need most, Alright will fit your needs nicely. However, if you need an all-in-one solution that comes with:

1. Music industry-specific, attorney-vetted and approved templates
2. A music contract builder with AI-assistance
3. Collaboration tools to edit, redline and discuss contracts instantly
4. Contract approval workflows
5. Real-time online negotiation platform
6. Unlimited, legally binding e-signatures
7. Secure storage for your music contracts and licenses
8. Automated alerts and reminders
9. Reporting and analytics for all your music contracts
10. And more

Flou is by far your best option.