‍For managers, record labels and music publishers, 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. It should be accessible. It’s a tall order for any platform, and one that Flou and Divisi 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 Divisi 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 Divisi?

Divisi is a Spanish-only Chile-based mobile app designed to let music creators generate, sign, and store music-related documents, mainly split sheets and a couple of licenses.

What is Flou?

Flou is more than just a music contract software; it’s a US-based comprehensive platform 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. Divisi

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

Music Contract Creation

Both Flou and Divisi allow you to create certain music contracts, and both let you save and download your documents in PDF so you can use them however you wish. The difference lies in how each platform actually lets you create your 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. 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, Divisi only lets you select from a narrow library of templates and customize them by completing a short questionnaire, giving you very limited control of your deal-making process.

Music Contract Collaboration

Once you complete your document with Divisi, you can either send it through the Divisi app 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 Divisi 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. Additionally, 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. Divisi Pricing

Divisi Pricing

As of the date of this blog, Divisi is a free mobile app for generating, signing, and storing documents, mainly split sheets.

Flou Pricing

Flou offers three pricing plans:

1. ‍Essentials: $249/month (billed annually).‍
2. Business: $399/month (billed annually).‍
3. Enterprise: Custom.

The Essential plan is designed for indie record labels, music publishers, managers and lawyers. It gives you unlimited access to music contract templates, e-signatures, viewers and guests, collaboration and negotiation tool, AI assistant, deadline reminders, CRM (soon!), and project management tools. Also, you get 30 AI imports per month, which means you can upload your own executed contracts so we can manage them.

The Business plan is designed for small to mid-sized music companies and teams with up to 5 team members looking for a self serve solution. Includes everything in the Essential plan plus priority support (24 hour or less), 60 AI Import per month, custom teams, custom roles, reports, approval workflows (soon!), no-code integrations (soon!).

The Enterprise plan is designed for music companies and teams looking for a completely customized, white-glove experience.

Which Is Better: Flou vs. Divisi?

This brings us to the real question in our Flou vs. Divisi review: which is better? Divisi seems like a cool tool to generate simple documents like split sheets for free. It lets you select a template, complete a questionnaire, and download the document when you need it. If this is what you need most, Divisi 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.