RafflePress review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Giveaway and contest plugin for WordPress
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RafflePress report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for giveaway contests on WordPress
RafflePress is a WordPress plugin for giveaways and contests, with a free Lite edition and $299 once for one site. Email integrations, templates and landing pages are paid. It works only on self-hosted WordPress, and the one-time price covers 1 year of priority support.
Who RafflePress is for
- Fits if you run self-hosted WordPress and want to run giveaways
- Makes sense if you would rather pay once than yearly
Who RafflePress is not for
- Skip it if your site is not self-hosted WordPress: there is no hosted version
- Tight if you want email sign-ups from the free Lite edition, which leaves out integrations
- Pricey if you only need one giveaway, at $299 up front
- Watch out: the one-time price includes only 1 year of priority support
Why RafflePress gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for money$299 once for one site is under two years of the popup category's middle subscription, with lifetime updates. Unlimited sites is $349.
- CFree plan and trialA free Lite edition with the builder and basic entry actions. Email integrations, templates and landing pages are Pro.
- CFeaturesBonus entries, viral referrals, a builder, fraud protection and email integrations. It does the contest job fully, but it is a smaller job than a popup tool.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You build each giveaway in an editor and connect an email tool.
- CPlatforms and integrationsSelf-hosted WordPress only, with Mailchimp, ConvertKit, AWeber, Drip, ActiveCampaign, Constant Contact, GetResponse and Zapier named.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from RafflePress's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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RafflePress's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 14 of the 54 other popup and widget tools we grade, and level with 19.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 33 of 54) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 55 popup and widget tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. RafflePress’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 33 of 54, level with 15
- CFree plan and trialAbove 12 of 54, level with 31
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 54, level with 38
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 54, level with 52
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 54, level with 13
Keep RafflePress, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace RafflePress you would be making a builder that other people can use without writing code. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 21 of the 54 other popup and widget tools grade higher. It costs $299, paid once.
What you could make
- Popups, templates and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- A builder that other people can use without writing code.
- It plugs into other products, Mailchimp, ConvertKit and AWeber among them.
- Hooks into the device itself: widgets.
What this rests on. RafflePress’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is RafflePress?
RafflePress is a WordPress plugin for running giveaways and contests that reward visitors with bonus entries for subscribing, following, sharing and referring friends. A lite edition is on WordPress.org, and the Pro licenses are paid once, with lifetime updates and a year of priority support.
Worth knowing
- It works only on self-hosted WordPress; there is no hosted version.
- The free Lite edition leaves out email integrations, templates and landing pages.
- The one-time price includes only 1 year of priority support.
- The page states a 14-day money-back guarantee.
Key features
- Bonus entry actions
- Visitors earn extra entries by subscribing, following accounts, sharing or watching a video; the site lists more than 30 entry actions.
- Viral referrals
- A refer-a-friend action gives each entrant a referral link and rewards them with bonus entries.
- Drag-and-drop builder and templates
- Giveaways are built visually from pre-built templates, and can be shown as a widget or a dedicated landing page.
- Fraud protection
- Actions are verified through APIs where possible, and the plugin can invalidate entries it flags as fraud.
- Email and CRM integrations
- Connects to more than 15 email services and CRMs, plus Zapier and webhooks, so entrants flow onto a list.
RafflePress pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, RafflePress has a free plan, and paid plans start at $299 one-time for 1 site.
- Starts at
- $299 one-time for 1 site
- Free plan
- Lite edition on WordPress.org with the drag-and-drop builder; email integrations, landing pages and templates are Pro.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Lite | $0 | Free plugin from WordPress.org with the giveaway builder and basic entry actions. |
| Single Site | $299one-time, for 1 site | All features, integrations and templates, lifetime updates and 1 year of priority support. |
| Unlimited Sites | $349one-time, for unlimited sites | Same as Single Site on unlimited sites, including client sites. |
Read from rafflepress.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with RafflePress before you buy.
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Common questions
Does RafflePress have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. RafflePress is listed for Web.
Does RafflePress have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. RafflePress is listed for Web.
Is RafflePress open source?
RafflePress is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.