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Marketplace fees, memberships, taxes, add-ons, withdrawals, and company-specific return shipping are not included.
The $8 Advanced Grading price requires 500 cards. The $10 CGC route through Fanatics Collect requires an eligible card with a stated $50 minimum value and sends the finished card to its vault. PSA Regular was $79.99 for a single card and includes access to a broader set of connected collector tools. Use the calculator to compare the route that fits your actual order.
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Grade and vault
Eligible completed cards return to the Fanatics Collect Vault. Review vault, selling, withdrawal, and shipping terms before choosing this route.
Grade and Vault
Arena Club keeps the physical card in its vault after grading. Marketplace, retrieval, payment, seller, and shipping fees are separate.
Standard
SGC can be a strong value for vintage cards. Return shipping is separate and depends on item count, speed, and insured value.
Grade and Return
Arena Club described this as a flat-rate service regardless of card value. Confirm current eligibility, timing, and shipping inside the submission flow.
Economy
CGC provides direct submission, certification lookup, and population-report tools. Confirm the current maximum value and card eligibility before submitting.
Regular
Standard imaging was included. PSA also offers certification lookup, population data, Vault access, partner offers, and eBay selling tools.
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Price is one part of the decision. These positive summaries come from each company's published services and tools.
PSA is a strong premium choice for cards where broad collector familiarity and resale exposure matter. The regular service costs more than the entry tiers shown by the other companies in this guide, but it also connects grading with population data, certification records, vaulting, partner offers, and eBay selling.
CGC gives collectors two appealing paths. Direct tiers work well for individual and bulk submissions, while the Fanatics Collect partnership can provide discounted grading for eligible cards plus convenient vault storage and selling tools.
SGC is a strong value choice for vintage cards and collectors who appreciate straightforward published pricing. Its detailed condition scale is especially useful when researching older cards across a wide range of grades.
TAG stands out for its visual grading experience. Eligible modern cards receive detailed imaging and a DIG report that can make the assigned grade easier to understand and share.
Arena Club is a convenient choice for collectors who want grading, storage, collection management, and selling tools in one place. Its flat-rate Grade and Vault option creates a simple path from raw card to marketplace-ready inventory.
Advanced Grading offers great value for the price when you have enough cards for a bulk submission. Its published rates improve with order size, and the process combines multi-angle imaging and AI-assisted analysis with human quality control.
Published grading fee equals the reviewed price per card multiplied by your card count. Estimated order total adds your shipping and insurance allowance. Estimated cost per card divides that total by your card count.
Prices and terms can change. Open the official page before creating a submission.
The published services in this comparison ranged from $8 per card for a qualifying 500-card Advanced Grading order to $79.99 per card for PSA Regular on August 13, 2026. The lower prices can require volume, card-value eligibility, or vault storage. Shipping, insurance, memberships, add-ons, and marketplace fees can increase the total.
Advanced Grading published the lowest per-card rate in this snapshot at $8, but that Gold tier required 500 cards. Fanatics Collect published $10 CGC grading for eligible cards with a stated $50 minimum card value, and completed cards returned to its vault. The best value depends on order size, card eligibility, and what you want to do with the finished card.
The calculator adds the shipping and insurance allowance you enter to the published grading fee. It does not estimate company-specific return shipping, taxes, memberships, upcharges, optional services, vault withdrawals, or selling fees.
TAG's regular grading tiers were paused during the August 13, 2026 review, with limited Priority grading available. TAG remains a useful option for eligible modern cards when detailed imaging and a digital grading report matter, but a generally available live price was not added to the calculator.
No. A lower fee reduces submission cost, but it does not predict the assigned grade, buyer demand, resale value, or profit. Compare recent sold prices for the exact card and grade before submitting.