Gleam vs Woobox Comparison 2026
Gleam and Woobox both charge $29 a month at the entry paid tier, but Woobox's free plan runs a real campaign, one live giveaway with 100 entries and 1,000 views a month, where Gleam's free account covers only basic Competitions features. Woobox also builds photo and video contests, quizzes, polls and coupon giveaways from the same account, not just a sweepstakes. Woobox's own guidance calls this out directly: it is the one to reach for when the campaign is a contest or a quiz rather than a referral loop, and it wins against Gleam specifically on how far the free plan goes.
Giveaways with the rules enforced and the draw run
Giveaways, quizzes and polls with entry rules
At a glance
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
Gleam | Woobox | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | None |
| API | 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 TikTok
- Works with Twitch
- Works with Kick
- Works with Discord
- Works with X
Woobox
Giveaways, quizzes and polls with entry rules
Woobox builds the campaign types a giveaway actually needs: sweepstakes with entry rules, photo and video contests, quizzes, polls and coupon giveaways, each on a hosted page you can embed. Entries can be tied to actions on the networks you care about. The free plan runs a real campaign rather than a preview.
Why people weigh these two
- Woobox instead of Gleam
- Woobox adds quizzes and polls alongside giveaways, same $29 starting price and a free tier, useful when the campaign needs more than one entry mechanic.
- Gleam instead of Woobox
- Gleam enforces entry rules and runs the draw at the same $29 starting price, also with a free tier, the closest match on both price and format.
Which one should you pick
Pick Gleam for a straightforward giveaway with verified entry actions and a documented draw, Competitions at $29 a month, the same price as Woobox's entry tier. Its free account is more limited than Woobox's, running only basic features rather than a full small campaign. It does not build quizzes, polls or photo contests the way Woobox does; the format here is a giveaway, specifically.
Pick Woobox for a broader set of campaign types, sweepstakes, photo and video contests, quizzes, polls and coupon giveaways, all from one account. Free covers one live campaign with 100 entries and 1,000 views a month, a real small campaign rather than a preview, and $29 a month raises that to 1,000 entries. Its own guidance says it is the closer comparison to Gleam and wins specifically on how far the free plan goes.
Common questions
- Is Woobox cheaper than Gleam?
- At the entry paid tier, they are the same, $29 a month each. Woobox's free plan goes further though, running a real campaign with 100 entries and 1,000 views a month, where Gleam's free account is limited to basic Competitions features.
- Can Woobox build a quiz or poll, not just a giveaway?
- Yes, that is one of its stated strengths: sweepstakes, photo and video contests, quizzes, polls and coupon giveaways all come from the same account. Gleam is built specifically around giveaway mechanics, verified entries and a draw, not quizzes or polls.
- How is Woobox's pricing structured compared to Gleam's?
- Woobox scales by entries and views, from free at 100 entries up to $499 a month for 500,000. Gleam charges a flat price per app instead, $29 a month for Competitions regardless of how many people actually enter.
- Which one is the closer match to the other?
- Woobox's own guidance says it is the closest comparison to Gleam in this category, differing mainly in how far the free plan stretches. Both verify entries and run the draw; Woobox adds more campaign formats on top.
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