Easypromos vs ShortStack Comparison 2026
Easypromos charges $29 a month for unlimited promotions across many formats, with no meter running on how many people see or enter them. ShortStack charges by page views instead: a free forever plan with view limits, then Launch at $24 a month billed annually, with overage billed per 10,000 views once a campaign catches on. ShortStack also hosts the whole campaign, landing page and entry form together, rather than assuming you already have somewhere to put it. Pick ShortStack if a campaign might go viral and you want to host it entirely. Pick Easypromos if predictable monthly cost matters more than upside on a single hit campaign.
Dozens of contest formats, one subscription
Contests and giveaways with entry rules
At a glance
- ShortStack starts cheaper, at $24.
- Only ShortStack has a free tier.
Side by side
Easypromos | ShortStack | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $29 | From $24 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Paid subscription | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier (they differ) | No | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | Not stated |
| API | Not stated |
Easypromos
Dozens of contest formats, one subscription
Easypromos is a library of promotion mechanics rather than a single giveaway form: random draws, quizzes, photo contests, instant win games and a set of small browser games people actually play. Everything runs from one account with entry rules, winner selection and the compliance text a public draw needs. A plan covers unlimited promotions for as long as it is active. The interface shows its age in places.
Our note
Buy a month rather than a year unless you promote continuously, because the ability to activate a plan for a three week contest and stop is the thing this pricing allows and most competitors do not. Check which formats sit in which tier first, since that is the only axis the ladder moves on.
Only on this side
- Covers social media management
- Works with TikTok
ShortStack
Contests and giveaways with entry rules
ShortStack builds the contest itself, not only the widget: a landing page, the entry form, the rules that decide what counts as an entry, and the random draw at the end. Emails to entrants go out from the same place. Pricing is by page views rather than by entries, and overage is charged per thousand once a campaign catches on.
Why people weigh these two
- ShortStack instead of Easypromos
- ShortStack builds contests and giveaways with entry rules from $24 with a free tier, and brings landing pages rather than browser games.
- Easypromos instead of ShortStack
- Easypromos runs dozens of contest formats under one flat subscription, starting at $29 with no free tier, for someone who wants the format library rather than paying by page view.
Which one should you pick
Easypromos is the pick for predictable cost regardless of how a campaign performs. $29 a month covers unlimited promotions across draws, quizzes, photo contests and more, with no per-view or per-entry meter to watch.
ShortStack is the pick when the campaign needs its own landing page rather than a widget dropped into an existing one, and a free forever plan lets you start at no cost. Launch is $24 a month billed annually, cheaper than Easypromos at face value, but overage is charged per 10,000 views and per 1,000 entries once a campaign performs well, so a viral moment has a real cost attached.
Common questions
- Which is cheaper?
- ShortStack's Launch plan, at $24 a month billed annually, against Easypromos' $29 a month. ShortStack also has a free forever plan Easypromos does not offer. The trade is that ShortStack bills overage per view and per entry once a campaign grows, while Easypromos' price stays flat regardless of participation.
- Does Easypromos host a landing page the way ShortStack does?
- The Easypromos listing describes running promotions from one account rather than building a standalone hosted landing page and form together the way ShortStack does. ShortStack's whole campaign, page and form, is hosted in one place, which matters if there is no existing page to embed a widget into.
- What happens if a ShortStack campaign gets more traffic than expected?
- Overage charges apply per 10,000 views and per 1,000 entries, at rates that fall as the plan tier rises. Easypromos does not meter by views or entries at all on its plans, so a surprise hit does not carry the same billing risk there.
- Is there a free tier on either?
- ShortStack has a free forever plan with view limits. Easypromos has no free tier; its cheapest option is $29 a month, though it can be activated for a single month with no ongoing commitment.
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