Enter one order and compare dated, published grading fees across practical return, vault, and bulk routes. Every result shows the requirement behind the price.
Pricing review is due. Verify every live price before submitting.
PSA, SGC, and Fanatics Collect service terms were rechecked September 4, 2026. Other rows retain their own review dates. SGC Standard is now $50 per card. PSA's direct Value Bulk, Value, Value Plus, and Value Max services remain paused and are excluded from this calculator.
Every number in the total is either a dated published fee or an amount you enter. Taxes, upcharges, add-ons, vault withdrawals, and selling fees remain outside the estimate.
The $8.00 Advanced Grading price requires 500 cards. The $11.00 CGC route through Fanatics Collect was published without a submission-volume minimum. Confirm current eligibility, custody, vault, selling, and withdrawal terms in the live flow. PSA Regular was $79.99 for a single card and includes access to a broader set of connected collector tools. Add your shipping, insurance, supplies, membership, and handling costs below to compare the route that fits your order.
Other reviewed one-card partner prices included $60.00 for an eligible SGC sports or pop culture card and PSA starting at $79.99 through Fanatics Collect. These partner routes are useful options, but they are not identical to direct submissions. Verify card eligibility, service tier, custody, final destination, and shipping before comparing totals.
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Fanatics Collect grading
Fanatics Collect lists CGC Cards grading at $11 per card with no submission limit, autograph grades included, and an approximately 15 to 20 business day turnaround. Authentication-only pricing is a separate service. Verify card eligibility, destination, storage, selling, withdrawal, and shipping terms in the live flow.
Eligibility check: The public page states no submission limits. Confirm supported card types and current workflow terms before sending a card.
Grade and Vault
Arena Club keeps the physical card in its vault after grading. Marketplace, retrieval, payment, seller, and shipping fees are separate.
Eligibility check: The finished card remains in Arena Club's vault. Confirm current card eligibility, retrieval terms, and submission timing.
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.
Eligibility check: Confirm current card eligibility, return-shipping charges, and submission timing inside the live flow.
Economy
CGC provides direct submission, certification lookup, and population-report tools. Confirm the current maximum value and card eligibility before submitting.
Eligibility check: Sports cards and a range of trading card games are supported. Special formats should be checked against current submission rules.
Standard
Following SGC's September 2 service-level update, Standard was listed at $50 per card up to $1,500 declared value. Return shipping is separate and depends on item count, speed, and insured value.
Eligibility check: The snapshot covers standard-size cards. Confirm autograph, crossover, oversized, and special-format eligibility before shipping.
Partner card grading
Fanatics Collect lists SGC grading at $60 per card, autograph grades included, with no submission-volume minimum. This differs from SGC's direct Standard service. Verify value limits, eligibility, custody, vault, selling, withdrawal, and shipping terms in the live flow.
Eligibility check: Confirm the exact card type, declared-value limit, and route terms before sending it. The reviewed page no longer lists the previous separate sports and TCG prices.
Regular
Standard imaging was included. PSA also offers certification lookup, population data, Vault access, partner offers, and eBay selling tools.
Eligibility check: Vintage, modern, and trading card game cards are supported. Confirm the exact issue and service level before shipping.
Partner grading, starting price
Fanatics Collect lists PSA grading starting at $79.99 per card with tiered pricing, autograph grades included, and no submission-volume minimum. The exact service, value limit, custody, destination, and total cost depend on the live route.
Eligibility check: Confirm the exact card, service tier, value limit, final destination, shipping, and withdrawal terms before sending a card.
Add 490 more cards to meet the published 500-card minimum.
Add 240 more cards to meet the published 250-card minimum.
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Add 15 more cards to meet the published 25-card minimum.
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 Fanatics Collect currently publishes a lower-cost CGC Cards grading route with no submission limit.
SGC's detailed condition scale can help collectors research older cards across a wide range of grades. Its September 2026 price change makes a fresh total-cost comparison important before submitting.
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.
The published grading subtotal equals the reviewed price per card multiplied by your card count. The all-in order total adds the four expense lines you enter. All-in cost per card divides that total by the quantity.
Prices and terms can change. Open the official page before creating a submission.
This comparison combines the August 24, 2026 pricing snapshot with PSA, SGC, and Fanatics Collect updates checked September 4, 2026. Published examples range from $8.00 for a qualifying 500-card Advanced Grading order to $79.99 for PSA Regular. Each row shows its review date. Shipping, insurance, supplies, memberships, handling, add-ons, and marketplace fees can increase the total.
Advanced Grading published the lowest per-card rate in this snapshot at $8.00, but that Gold tier required 500 cards. Fanatics Collect published $11.00 CGC grading with no submission-volume minimum. Confirm card eligibility, custody, vault, selling, and withdrawal terms in the current submission flow. The best value depends on order size, card eligibility, and what you want to do with the finished card.
Direct one-card snapshots include $50.00 SGC Standard, $15 Arena Club Grade and Return, $18 CGC Economy, and $79.99 PSA Regular. Fanatics Collect lists $11.00 CGC grading, $60.00 SGC grading, and PSA starting at $79.99, without submission-volume minimums. PSA, SGC, and partner terms were rechecked September 4, 2026; other rows retain their displayed review dates. Add all shipping and route costs.
PSA, SGC, and Fanatics Collect service terms were rechecked September 4, 2026. Other rows retain their own review dates. SGC Standard is now $50 per card. PSA's direct Value Bulk, Value, Value Plus, and Value Max services remain paused and are excluded from this calculator.
Yes. You can enter outbound shipping, return shipping, insurance and supplies, plus optional membership or handling costs as separate order-level amounts. The calculator adds them to the published grading subtotal. It does not estimate taxes, upcharges, add-ons, vault withdrawals, or selling fees.
TAG's regular grading tiers were paused during the August 24, 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.
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