Comment Picker

Overview

Comment Picker is a web-based suite of tools for running comment-based giveaways and other online promotions. It is best suited to creators, brands, and agencies drawing winners from social posts or videos. Its range of filters and result-sharing options makes it useful for straightforward draws, while free-tool limits and the Premium entry caps matter for larger campaigns.

Key features

The giveaway tools cover Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, X, Reddit, Threads, and Bluesky. Organizers can remove duplicate users, require mentions, filter entries by text, date, or like count, and exclude users or previous winners. These controls help apply entry rules before a draw; free allowances vary by tool, with Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube giveaways capped at up to 100 comments in the cited examples.

Random-comment selection is available, and selected platforms also offer first-comment, last-comment, most-liked-comment, and most-comments methods. That gives organizers alternatives to a random draw, but the additional methods are not universal across platforms. Results can be customized with branding and shared as a public results page, image certificate, announcement video, or screen recording—useful options for presenting a draw in a format suited to the campaign.

Beyond social-comment giveaways, Comment Picker offers more than 100 tools for contests, social media, exports, and other uses. Campaign formats include raffles, sweepstakes, promotions, and entry-form giveaways; entry methods include comments and replies, likes, reposts, quotes, names or lists, and branded forms. There are moderation tools, but no voting tools, so it is not a fit for campaigns that depend on audience voting.

Pricing

The Free plan costs nothing and includes 100+ free tools, with limits that vary by tool. It is a sensible starting point for smaller draws, but the example cap of up to 100 comments for Instagram, Facebook, or YouTube can rule it out for larger entries.

Premium costs $9.99 a month, billed monthly, or $95.91 /yr with annual billing, listed as 20% savings from $119.88. It removes ads, allows unlimited comments for Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube giveaways, supports up to 10 winners, and includes unlimited monthly exports. Entry forms allow up to 10 forms and 50,000 entries, making Premium the clearer choice for recurring or higher-volume campaigns; those form and winner limits still matter for larger operations. Premium is managed through Patreon, renews automatically monthly or yearly, can be canceled at any time, and is generally non-refundable.

Platforms

Comment Picker is a web product. Its privacy policy says it uses platform APIs including Facebook/Instagram Graph API, YouTube Data API v3, TikTok Business API, X API v2, Reddit API, and Patreon API. For its Facebook and Instagram tools, it says it requests read permissions and cannot post to the user's account. The maker says participant names and other personal data are not stored on its server; results may be stored when users save or share them, and Premium results are saved to the account. Its server is hosted by TransIP in Amsterdam, with Cloudflare used for CDN and security services, including DDoS mitigation.

Who it's for

Comment Picker suits people who need to choose giveaway winners from social comments and want filters or a presentable record of results without building a broader campaign around a hosted landing page. The maker describes its audience as brands, agencies, and influencers. Support is available through social media, not by phone; the maker aims to respond within one day, with a maximum response time of three days.

Pros and cons

• Useful entry controls: duplicate removal, required mentions, and text, date, and like-count filters help organizers enforce campaign rules before drawing.
• More than one way to present a result: public pages, certificates, announcement videos, and screen recordings support different styles of result sharing.
• Free use has variable limits: tool-specific caps can restrict larger giveaways, including the cited 100-comment examples.
• Some capabilities are selective: extra winner-selection methods apply only on selected platforms, and the product has no voting tools.
• Premium has defined ceilings and terms: entry forms cap at 10 and 50,000 entries, while subscriptions auto-renew and are generally non-refundable.

Alternatives

For a broader comparison, see Social Media Contest Software.

Choose SweepWidget instead if you want unlimited campaigns and a hosted landing page on its free plan, which allows 10 user entries; its Pro plan is $29 a month and includes one brand and support for 20+ social platforms.

Heyo is another option for readers comparing campaign software with a free trial and a free beta focused on Instagram and TikTok.

Socialman may suit readers who want free winner selection alongside CSV exports, embed support, prize images, and Facebook and Twitter/X features.

Contestit offers a free plan capped at one giveaway and 500 participants per month, with a basic spin wheel and random winner selection; consider it for a smaller, wheel-based draw.

Gleam Competitions is worth comparing if its free allowance of unlimited campaigns and entries, 10 winners per campaign, one repeat action, and one team member better matches your needs.

KickoffLabs may be a better fit for a small free mini-campaign, with 100 uniques per month; its Hobby plan allows 500 leads per month.

KingSumo offers unlimited free giveaways, bonus entries, multiple prizes and winners, and auto-reminder emails, making it an alternative for readers prioritizing those giveaway mechanics.

Lukky is a mobile alternative for readers who prefer Android or iOS; its free plan allows one social media account, one user, and one winner per draw, with unlimited entries.

Verdict

Choose Comment Picker for comment-driven giveaways across multiple social networks when filters, varied draw methods, and shareable results matter more than voting or a full campaign-building workflow. The free tools are a practical starting point for smaller draws, while Premium's $9.99 monthly price removes comment limits on three major platforms and adds exports and entry forms. Look elsewhere if your campaign needs voting, exceeds Premium's entry-form limits, or depends on selection methods unavailable on its chosen platform.