Case Study: Spitfire Audio automates global royalty payouts and reduces payment run time to 30 minutes with Tipalti

Spitfire Audio Provides Inspiring Sounds for Today’s Global Composers

Spitfire Audio, a leading creator of high-quality virtual instrument libraries used by composers worldwide, faced a growing operational problem: royalty payments were processed manually in Excel, creating data errors, long lead times and an unsustainable workload for finance as sales and collaborators increased. The team needed to eliminate manual processing, improve reporting, speed up musician onboarding, and reduce payment errors.

By partnering with Tipalti, Spitfire automated global royalty disbursements and introduced a self‑service onboarding portal, freeing finance from repetitive tasks and enabling better reporting. The solution automated 1,500+ global payouts, cut royalty run time from six weeks to 30 minutes, saved about ten weeks of payments work per year, supported 700+ musicians and processed £18 million in royalties, and paved the way to move accounts payable and procurement onto Tipalti.

Spitfire Audio

Shahid Khalid

Head of Finance