vocumi is the A&R workspace for discovering, evaluating, tracking, and deciding on talent. Describe a sound, get a shortlist, understand the signals, track what changes, and walk into the meeting with a brief. All in one workspace instead of twenty tabs.

Does vocumi replace AIDAR?

No. AIDAR is a continuous radar. vocumi is a desk. You can use a radar to surface names and vocumi to hold the shortlist and the meeting pack.

Does vocumi have a free trial?

Yes. Sign up with no card. You get 21 days of Pro. The taste does not convert into a paid plan on its own. Then choose Basic, Pro, or Team, or stay on Free and buy credits.

Does vocumi keep searching overnight?

No. Vibe Search runs when you run it. Roster Pulse, the weekly digest, and breakout alerts watch artists you already hold.

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Continuous radar vs on-demand desk

vocumi vs AIDAR

A continuous radar vs an on-demand desk

AIDAR is built as a continuous radar: you describe a scouting brief, it runs in the background, and it alerts you to matches. vocumi is a web A&R workspace: describe a sound, get a ranked shortlist, compare licensed scores, and print a snapshot for the room. Same starting job. Different working rhythm. You can use both.

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The same jobs, side by side

How AIDAR and vocumi handle discovery, evaluation, decision support, workflow, monitoring, and data.
Job	AIDAR	vocumi
Discovery	A plain-language scouting brief runs as a continuous radar.	Vibe Search takes one natural-language brief or mood and returns a ranked shortlist (Pro and Team, daily quota, and during the 21-day Pro trial). Direct Search by name is unlimited on every plan. Vibe Search does not apply audience-age or career-stage filters.
Evaluation	Matches arrive with a reason they fit the brief.	After an artist is on the desk, vocumi Score is a 0–100 composite indicator from licensed Soundcharts metrics. It is not a measure of artistic quality and it does not predict a hit. Similar Artists widens the list from an act you already trust.
Decision support	Evaluate matches inside the radar product.	Pulse is a written brief of what changed and why it matters for the meeting (Pro and Team, and during the trial). The print-ready report is a point-in-time snapshot of the desk: Score, Pulse, and roster notes.
Workflow and collaboration	Alerts around a running brief.	Shared workspace roster, notes, and tags. Team seats on Team. Chrome identifies artists on the page you are already reading and adds them to the desk.
Monitoring and tracking	The radar keeps evaluating the brief in the background.	Roster tracking, weekly digest, and breakout alerts watch artists you already hold (Pro and Team, and during the trial). Vibe Search does not keep searching after you close the tab.
Data and integrations	Multi-platform artist monitoring for the radar.	Licensed Soundcharts metrics for scores and tracking after you shortlist. Spotify for search and identity. No public customer API.

vocumi Score is a 0–100 composite of Productivity, Market Reach, Fan Investment, and Catalog Health (Independence when a real label exists). Hype and Trend are separate. It uses licensed Soundcharts metrics once an artist is on the roster. It is not a measure of artistic quality and it does not predict a hit. Methodology: https://vocumi.com/methodology

A realistic brief

I need three emerging artists that fit a rainy-day jazz brief, and I have to present a shortlist on Friday.

In AIDAR

You write the brief as a radar. Matches arrive while you are away from the desk, and you review them when you return.

In vocumi

Type the sound into Vibe Search, add the names that fit to the roster, compare them on vocumi Score, generate a Pulse brief, and print the desk snapshot. Vibe Search is one natural-language query. It does not filter by audience age.

Choose AIDAR if

You want the brief to run in the background and ping you when a match appears.
Scouting is a continuous watch rather than an on-demand search.

Choose vocumi if

You need a shared desk, a comparable licensed Score, and a print-ready snapshot for Friday.
The job after the name is evaluation, notes, and a meeting pack.

Use both if

Let a radar surface names. Hold the shortlist, scores, and meeting pack on the vocumi desk.

Choose AIDAR when the job is a brief that keeps running in the background. Choose vocumi when the job is a shortlist you can walk into a meeting with.

vocumi plans

21 days of Pro entitlements. No card. The taste does not convert into a paid plan on its own. Then Basic, Pro, Team, or stay on Free and buy credits. Vibe Search, Pulse, and print-ready reports are on Pro and Team, and during the taste.

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