Gleam vs SweepWidget Comparison 2026
Gleam and SweepWidget both charge $29 a month for their entry paid tier, but the free plans differ sharply: Gleam's runs what the site calls a decent, minimal campaign, and SweepWidget's caps at ten entries, a preview rather than something usable. SweepWidget covers well over a hundred entry methods, including Twitch follows, Discord joins and crypto airdrops that most competitors skip. Gleam covers eight named platforms with verified actions and a documented draw. Same price, and SweepWidget wins on entry-method breadth while Gleam wins on a genuinely usable free tier.
Giveaways with the rules enforced and the draw run
Giveaways with entry methods on 30 platforms
At a glance
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Gleam | SweepWidget | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $29 | From $29 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | None | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
Gleam
Giveaways with the rules enforced and the draw run
Gleam runs the mechanics of a giveaway: the entry actions, one entry per person, and a draw you can show your working on afterwards. Competitions is sold on its own, and the lead capture, rewards and gallery apps are each priced again. A free account runs a basic campaign, which is the cheap way to learn whether a giveaway brings you followers who stay.
Our note
Buy the month you need and cancel it. A giveaway brings followers who came for the prize, which makes it worth running only when the prize is something nobody outside your audience would want.
Only on this side
- Works with YouTube
- Works with Facebook
- Works with X
SweepWidget
Giveaways with entry methods on 30 platforms
SweepWidget covers more entry actions than anything else at the price, including the ones nobody else bothers with: Twitch follows, Discord joins, crypto airdrops. The widget embeds anywhere or runs on a hosted page. Its design editor is dated, and the styling controls that fix that sit two tiers up.
Why people weigh these two
- SweepWidget instead of Gleam
- SweepWidget covers entry methods on 30 platforms rather than Gleam's eight, at the same $29 starting price with a free tier, the wider net when a giveaway needs to run somewhere Gleam does not support.
- Gleam instead of SweepWidget
- Gleam enforces entry rules and runs the draw itself at the same $29 starting price with its own free tier, the closest one-for-one match on both price and shape.
Which one should you pick
Pick Gleam when a genuinely usable free tier matters, since its free account runs a real minimal campaign rather than a ten-entry preview. Competitions is $29 a month, the same as SweepWidget's entry tier, for verified entry actions and a draw with a record behind it. Its platform list is narrower; anybody running entries through Twitch or Discord specifically should check SweepWidget's coverage first.
Pick SweepWidget for a giveaway spanning several platforms at once, especially Twitch or Discord, where its entry methods go further than almost anything else at the price. Pro is $29 a month for one brand, identical to Gleam's Competitions price, but the free plan caps at ten entries, a preview rather than a usable tier. The design editor is dated, and the styling controls that fix that sit two tiers up at Premium.
Common questions
- Is SweepWidget cheaper than Gleam?
- No, they are the same at the entry tier: both charge $29 a month. The real difference is the free plan, where Gleam's runs a usable minimal campaign and SweepWidget's caps at ten entries, more of a preview.
- Which one covers more entry methods, like Twitch and Discord?
- SweepWidget does, by a wide margin, with over a hundred entry methods including Twitch follows, Discord joins and even crypto airdrops. Gleam covers eight named platforms with verified entry actions, a narrower but still solid list.
- Is SweepWidget's free plan actually usable for a real giveaway?
- Not really; it caps at ten entries, which its own materials frame more as a preview than a working tier. Gleam's free account is described as enough for a decent, minimal campaign, a real if limited option.
- Does SweepWidget connect to email marketing tools?
- Yes, entrants land directly in Mailchimp, Kit or dozens of other lists as they enter rather than through a later import. Gleam's equivalent, list capture, is a separate app called Captures, priced at $49 a month on its own.
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