Gleam Competitions is software for building online contests intended to encourage engagement and sales. Campaigns can take forms such as giveaways, sweepstakes, photo contests, raffles, and user-generated-content promotions. Organizers can reward actions including email subscriptions, social follows, comments, shares, hashtags, quizzes, file uploads, coupon codes, and event actions across services such as Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, and Spotify. Winners can be selected randomly, by entries leaderboard, or manually. Campaigns can be embedded on websites, blogs, Shopify, Linktree, landing pages, and overlays. Features include fraud detection, smart CAPTCHA, first-party data collection, custom forms, voting, moderation, reporting, custom CSS, and support for 25+ languages. Integrations include ActiveCampaign, HubSpot, Mailchimp, Klaviyo, Salesforce, Shopify, and Zapier. The Free plan allows unlimited campaigns and entries, with up to 10 winners per campaign and one repeat action. Paid plans are listed from 10.00 USD per year. Zapier is available on Pro and above and currently requires a Subscribe to Newsletter action. All plans include 24/7 email support.
Who it is for
Gleam Competitions suits bloggers, online stores, agencies, marketing managers, and publishers running promotional campaigns. Its entry options and embedding choices also suit organizers working across social networks and websites.
What is good
- Free plan allows unlimited campaigns and entries.
- Winners can be selected randomly, manually, or by leaderboard.
- Campaigns can be embedded on sites and platforms including Shopify.
- All plans include 24/7 email support.
What to know first
- Free plan allows 10 winners per campaign.
- Free plan allows one repeat action.
- Zapier requires Pro or above and a newsletter action.
Verdict
Gleam Competitions offers multiple contest formats, entry actions, and winner-selection methods, with a free plan for smaller campaigns. Check the plan limits and Zapier requirement if those functions matter to your campaign.
Gleam Competitions plans and pricing
All plansCompared on lead capture software
- Free plan
- Yes
