Gleam.io Pricing: Plans, Free Tier, Billing Cycles and Plan Changes
Gleam.io pricing is subscription-based: a free Competitions plan, four paid tiers named Hobby, Pro, Business and Premium, and lower per-month figures on annual billing. The free tier allows unlimited competitions with limited features and user data. There is no pay-per-campaign option, no contracts and no lock-ins; an upgrade starts immediately, a downgrade waits for the anniversary date, and cancelling returns the account to Free.
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Where the Gleam.io pricing ladder starts
Gleam.io pricing begins at zero. The vendor's competitions product page describes a Free Plan that anyone can choose at signup, and that plan allows unlimited competitions. The limits sit on features and on user data, not on how many campaigns an organiser can launch. For a small giveaway with a modest prize, the vendor itself says it is possible to run a decent, minimal campaign for absolutely free.
Two caps matter on the free tier. Access to entrant email addresses is limited, while paid plans carry no such limits on that data. The free plan also permits a maximum of ten winners per campaign. Entry collection itself is not capped: the vendor states plainly that it does not limit the number of entries a campaign can gather. A free account is also the vendor's suggested way to try basic Competitions features before committing to a subscription.
- Unlimited competitions and unlimited campaigns on every plan, Free included.
- Entrant email access limited on the Free plan, unlimited on paid tiers.
- Ten winners maximum per campaign on the Free plan.
- No cap on the number of entries a campaign collects.
What the cost covers and what it does not
Across the Gleam.io pricing tiers, what changes between free and paid is mostly data and control. The clearest documented difference is entrant email access: restricted on the Free plan, unlimited once a tier is paid. Winner counts sit on a ladder as well, with ten permitted per campaign at the bottom of it. Because entry collection is unlimited even on the free tier, paying does not buy entry capacity; it buys data access, higher winner counts and the paid feature set.
A paid plan also does not change how the platform judges entries. Disqualification checks and entries detected as fake are governed by the vendor's platform rules, which apply the same way on every tier. Upgrading unlocks features; it does not relax the moderation an organiser's contest is subject to, and no tier change rewrites the published rules of the platform.
Monthly plans, annual billing and the anniversary date
Gleam.io pricing runs on recurring subscriptions: the vendor describes itself as subscription-based, with plans committed to on a monthly or yearly basis. On a monthly plan the vendor explicitly allows an upgrade or downgrade as needed for any particular month, which is how a one-off contest can ride a paid tier for a single billing cycle and then drop back down.
Timing is the whole game here. If a campaign only needs one paid month, the vendor's own guidance is to downgrade to Free before the anniversary date, so the subscription does not recur for another cycle. An upgrade made mid-month takes effect immediately, which suits a campaign starting on short notice. A downgrade behaves differently: the current plan continues until the anniversary date, so the cheaper tier does not begin the moment the button is pressed.
Cancelling has its own documented behaviour. A cancelled paid plan automatically returns the account to the Free plan rather than deleting it, and the vendor states that no contracts or lock-ins stand behind any plan, so nothing holds an organiser to a cycle they no longer want.
Coupon codes and discount codes on the pricing page
Questions about a gleam io coupon code or a gleam io discount code come up constantly around this platform, and the documented Gleam.io pricing pages publish neither. No coupon code field, promotional rate or partner discount is described anywhere in the vendor's pricing help records, so any code circulating on a forum or a third-party page has no documented basis behind it.
The saving the vendor actually documents is the billing cycle. Annual billing carries a lower per-month figure than monthly billing on every paid Competitions tier, and that is the discount the vendor puts its own name on. Anything beyond it cannot be verified here, and an unverified code is worth exactly what its issuer promises, which is usually nothing.
Non-profit pricing and the pay-per-campaign question
The Gleam.io pricing pages name no non-profit, charitable or educational tier, and the vendor publishes no rate of that kind in its documented plan ladder. That is a gap worth stating in subject words: the records simply do not carry one. An organisation with a one-off event therefore works within the same ladder as everyone else.
The closest documented substitute for per-event spending is the monthly plan. The vendor is explicit that no PAYG and no pay-per-campaign plans exist, so a short contest still sits on a recurring subscription. The route it documents is to upgrade for the campaign month and downgrade to Free before the anniversary date, which ends the paid cycle without cancelling the account.
The honest limits of a pricing summary
Pricing choices carry no legal weight either way, and nothing on this page is legal advice. Where a contest crosses into regulated territory, permits or consumer rules may apply, and a lawyer is the right stop for that question, not a plan comparison. This page describes what a vendor charges for, never what an organiser is legally allowed to run.
Numbers are the second limit. This reference describes plan structure and billing behaviour and never quotes a figure, because the vendor can change its rates at any time and its own pricing page is the only current record of them. The same discipline applies to promotional claims: a coupon with no documented basis is not a discount, whatever a stranger's post says.
The third limit is integrity. The plan ladder says nothing about vote quality. Entries detected as fake, disqualification and platform rule enforcement sit under the vendor's published terms and apply identically on Free and on the top tier. No plan, and no code, changes what the platform checks or what an organiser can see.
| Plan | Entry data access | Winners per campaign | Billing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Limited access to entrant emails | 10 maximum | Monthly or annual |
| Hobby | No stated limits on emails | Not published here | Monthly or annual |
| Pro | No stated limits on emails | Not published here | Monthly or annual |
| Business | No stated limits on emails | Not published here | Monthly or annual |
| Premium | No stated limits on emails | Not published here | Monthly or annual |
Procedure
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Check the anniversary date
Find the billing anniversary of the current plan in the account settings first, because it decides when a downgrade takes effect and when a subscription recurs.
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Choose the direction
An upgrade takes effect immediately at any point in the month, so it suits a campaign starting mid-cycle without waiting for a new billing period.
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Downgrade before the anniversary
For a single paid month, the vendor's guidance is to downgrade to Free before the anniversary date so the subscription does not recur for another cycle.
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Or cancel outright
Cancelling a paid plan returns the account to the Free plan automatically, no contract stands in the way, and the competitions already built remain on the account.
Readers ask
How Much Does Gleam Cost?
Gleam.io pricing puts a Free plan beneath four paid Competitions tiers, Hobby, Pro, Business and Premium, each carrying a lower per-month figure on annual billing. Rates are quoted in one base currency excluding taxes, with Australian GST absorbed into the cost. The current figures live on the vendor's own pricing page, and no summary should be trusted over it.
Can I Use Gleam Competitions for Free?
Yes. The vendor's Free Plan allows unlimited competitions with limited features and limited user data, and a free account is its suggested way to try basic Competitions features. Entrant email access is restricted and ten winners per campaign is the documented cap, but entry collection itself is unlimited even at this tier.
How Do Monthly Plans Work?
Gleam's plans are subscriptions that recur on a monthly or yearly basis. On a monthly plan you can upgrade or downgrade as needed for any particular month, an upgrade begins immediately, and a downgrade waits for the anniversary date. There are no contracts or lock-ins attached to any plan.
Do You Have Non-Profit Pricing?
No non-profit rate is published in Gleam's documented pricing. The plan ladder names Hobby, Pro, Business and Premium with no charitable or educational tier alongside them. A non-profit running a single campaign can use the monthly plan and downgrade to Free before the anniversary date, which is the vendor's own documented route for one-off use.
Can I Pay Per-Campaign (PAYG)?
No. The vendor states plainly that it offers no PAYG and no pay-per-campaign plans, so even a one-week giveaway runs on a recurring subscription. The workaround it documents is the monthly plan: upgrade for the campaign month, then downgrade to Free before the anniversary date so the subscription does not recur.
What Currency Do You Charge In?
Gleam displays its prices in one base currency, excluding taxes, according to its pricing help pages. One exception is documented: for customers residing in Australia, GST is absorbed into the cost rather than added on top of the listed plan price. The help records name no other currency arrangements.
What Happens if I Change Plan?
An upgrade starts the new plan immediately, at any point in the billing month. A downgrade leaves the current plan running until the anniversary date, and cancelling a paid plan drops the account back to the Free plan automatically. No contract or minimum commitment blocks any of these moves.
Notes and sources
This reference is not legal advice and is written by the editors of an independent organiser's handbook, not by Gleam. It never quotes a price figure, because rates change without notice and the vendor's pricing page is the only current record. It does not teach inflating entries, cannot verify any coupon code, and never guarantees a contest outcome.
Woobox's user terms require entrants to agree to the organiser's official rules, so any limit on bought or incentivised votes depends on the particular contest. Walmart's Associate Talent Search rules prohibit paying for votes and let Walmart void fraudulent votes or disqualify the entrant. The platform's terms and the organiser's rules are two documents, and a disqualification is decided under the second.
Woobox lists three warning signs of bought votes: many votes from one IP address, votes from people in different countries and regular voting intervals. Award Force says its platform detects and blocks automated or scripted voting and rate-limits rapid voting. Ordinary participation is uneven in time and independent in origin, so it shows none of those patterns; this describes how checks read a count and is not a method for passing one.
In the United States, the FTC says a sweepstakes cannot require a purchase to enter, and California says a sweepstakes must offer a way to enter without cost. Those rules concern sweepstakes entry, not votes: whether a contest allows paid votes is written in its own rules, and ViralSweep even lets organisers configure Pay to Vote. Contests whose rules bar outside votes are refused, and so are political ballots.
Once voting closes, a refund applies where votes ordered for a contest never appear in the count the contest itself displays. ViralSweep says its protections may silently flag and block a vote, and Woobox says votes from IP addresses it has flagged as fraudulent do not count even when the voter appears to have succeeded, so the displayed count is the test. An organiser's ruling or a disqualification is never refunded, and neither is an account ban such as the permanent one Gleam says a breach of its terms may bring.