Free
$0/mo
Launch a call or exhibition, then pay to activate when you're ready
Sourced vendor comparison
Compare the workflow, not just the intake form
These products overlap, but they are built around different operating models. Start with your call volume, jury structure, applicant reach, post-acceptance work, and required exports.
Pricing verified July 14, 2026. Confirm current terms with each vendor before buying.
Crafted Call plans
Current plan definitions run from Free through Premier. Paid plans remove call-activation fees; plan entitlements and usage limits still vary by tier.
Core
$19/mo
Unlimited calls with no per-call activation fee — perfect for galleries running 2+ calls per year
Studio
$39/mo
Commerce Store included with lower fees for growing galleries
Gallery
$59/mo
Commerce, Financial Tools, API access, and lower commissions
Premier
$99/mo
Maximum volume support with the lowest submission fees and white-label options
How competitor pricing is structured
A blank public price is not a zero price. It means the vendor does not publish that amount in a form we can verify.
Submittable
- Quote-based platform subscription; paid forms add a published per-transaction charge.
- $0.99/sub
- 5% published payment charge
CaFÉ
- Organization onboarding plus Pro or Plus per-call pricing, annual renewal, application tokens, and payment processing.
- $120/yr
- $250-$475/call
- $2.49/sub
- $225 onboarding
- 3.25% published payment charge
EntryThingy
- Token-based organization pricing with no setup fee or annual contract; one $3 token processes one entry.
- $3/sub
ArtCall
- Volume-based per-call tiers starting at $79.
- $79/call
Zealous
- Free and paid subscription tiers based on annual submission volume, plus a commission on paid entries.
- 2.2% + £0.20 published payment charge
Capabilities that change the decision
Submittable
- Review administrators can hide sensitive or personally identifying information from reviewers.
- Submittable documents configurable multi-stage review with assignment, scoring, and reviewer permissions.
CaFÉ
- CaFÉ includes an online jury module used for scored review of applications and artwork.
- Both CaFÉ Pro and Plus include unlimited jurors and unlimited jury rounds.
EntryThingy
- EntryThingy documents blind judging with customizable scoring and juror access control.
- EntryThingy supports multiple voting rounds, voting by entry or image, and waitlist management.
ArtCall
- ArtCall allows administrators to hide selected application fields from jurors.
- ArtCall documents both single-round and two-round jury configurations with unlimited jurors.
Zealous
- Zealous hides personal-detail fields from judges and warns entrants when a program uses anonymous judging.
- Zealous Pro and Scale publish unlimited evaluation rounds; Free and Starter include one round.
Use a requirements worksheet before a demo
Record the workflows you must support, the evidence you need to retain, and which data has to leave the system. Then ask every vendor to demonstrate the same scenarios.
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