ForeverSongs vs Songfinch: an honest comparison

How ForeverSongs works

You provide the stories, sayings and details you want the song built around, then hear the finished song before deciding what needs to change. If a lyric, pronunciation or detail isn’t right, unlimited revisions are included. Standard delivery is under 24 hours, a 1-hour rush is available, and a song is $79.

You hear the lyrics, melody and vocal together as a finished track, then request changes to anything that doesn’t feel right. Unlimited revisions give you room to keep refining it. A 30-day money-back guarantee sits behind the order.

How Songfinch works

Songfinch has been running since 2016 and works with a roster of more than 1,400 independent artists. You send in the stories and details you want included, and you can browse the roster and pick the artist who records your song rather than being assigned one. Standard delivery is four to seven days, and paid expedited delivery is published, including next-day, though availability depends on the order. Songs start at $179, and the price rises with the artist you pick, with some priced above $500.

That choice is also what sets the price. Choosing the artist is the part of the experience you cannot get elsewhere. You hear their voice and style before you commit to them, and the company names the artists in its profiles and reviews. Songfinch also supports more non-English requests than most services in this category.

Songfinch publishes its policies. You get a 72-hour window after delivery to request free revisions, after which major changes may involve additional fees, and refunds are generally not available once the artist has accepted your order, with specified exceptions. What it does not offer is hearing the song before you pay. ForeverSongs does. Read both policies before you buy rather than after.

What ForeverSongs does better

What ForeverSongs does better comes down to how little you have to commit before you know what you are getting. You hear the finished song before you pay, where Songfinch asks you to buy first. If something is wrong you keep revising, where Songfinch’s free window closes 72 hours after delivery. If you change your mind altogether there is a 30-day refund, where Songfinch generally offers none once the artist has accepted. It is also the faster and cheaper of the two: under 24 hours against four to seven days as standard, and $79 against a $179 floor.

What Songfinch does better

Choosing your own artist is a real advantage. ForeverSongs lets you pick a female or male voice, or leave it to them, but it does not name the person who writes your song. Songfinch names the musicians, lets you hear them and lets you pick, which turns an anonymous transaction into a choice you made. Nine years in business and a roster of more than 1,400 artists are not small things either, and for a buyer who wants a specific voice, a specific instrument or a language most services do not cover, Songfinch is the one with the depth to supply it.

Our verdict

Which one is better depends on what you are buying. ForeverSongs is $79 against $179 and up, arrives in under 24 hours rather than four to seven days, and keeps revising after you have heard the song instead of closing the window at 72 hours. Songfinch is the only one of the two that lets you choose a named artist, it includes the download ForeverSongs charges for, and nine years and 23,605 reviews are a longer record than ForeverSongs has built.

For most gift buyers we pick ForeverSongs, because a gift usually has a date attached and the deadline is where the gap is widest. If the person recording the song matters to you as much as the song does, that is a real thing to want and only Songfinch sells it. The price difference is $100 at the entry tier, and more if you choose a costlier artist.

The ratings are worth reading carefully rather than quickly. Songfinch has more reviews, 23,605 against 15,720, which is what nine years in the market buys. But the scores differ, 4.5 against 4.9, and so does the five-star share: 86% against 97%. More reviews make a score more reliable, not better, and on the strength of those numbers the typical ForeverSongs customer is reporting a happier outcome. Trustpilot also shows only 3 Songfinch reviews from the past 12 months.

Before you order

• Decide what you are buying. Songfinch sells you a named artist of your choosing. ForeverSongs sells you speed, a lower price and unlimited revisions after you hear it.
• Check the date. Under 24 hours at ForeverSongs, with a 1-hour rush. Four to seven days at Songfinch as standard, with paid expedited delivery available depending on the order.
• Ask what the price covers. Songfinch starts at $179 and climbs with the artist you choose; free revisions run for 72 hours after delivery and refunds are generally unavailable once the artist accepts. ForeverSongs is $79, with unlimited revisions included.
• Read the rating and the count together. Songfinch has 23,605 reviews at 4.5/5, 86% of them five-star. ForeverSongs has 15,720 at 4.9/5, 97% five-star. Both counts are large enough to mean something; the scores are what differ.
• Order early enough to use the feedback step. Neither process asks you to make the music yourself. ForeverSongs lets you hear the song before you pay; at Songfinch you commit first. Whichever you choose, leave room for the round of changes that makes the song yours.