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What does TCG PowerTools cost?
This question comes before every decision, and we answer it even though it concerns a third-party product we depend on. Deliberately, no amounts appear here.
Why no amounts appear here
TCG PowerTools is a third-party product. Prices there change without us noticing, and a stale number on our page would be worse than none. Only the provider’s own page can give you the current amount. What changes less often than the price is the structure, and that is here.
The structure
Four things worth knowing before you settle on a workflow.
- There is a free version. It can add cards by every route, file import included, and publish up to 50 new changes a day.
- What it locks are the CSV export from your stock, automatic pricing and the Pricing Bot.
- Alongside that there is a seven-day trial.
- The paid subscription has tiers based on the seller’s revenue. Growing means paying more.
Which part of your work requires it
Less than most people assume. Capturing, matching the right version and downloading a finished import file happens entirely in CardEntry. Reading that file in and writing stock to Cardmarket works in the free version too, as long as you stay under 50 new changes a day. What you pay for is volume and automation: bigger stacks in one day, pricing without handwork, the bot.
What falls to us instead
CardEntry has no subscription and no base fee. You buy credits, one credit processes one card image, and what is left over does not expire. New accounts start with 500 free credits, and packages start at €9.99 for 3,000 card images. These are two separate items. Budget them separately.
Why we say this before the decision
Because it is the objection raised most often against CardEntry, and because after the purchase is too late to learn it. Today there is exactly one export target: TCG PowerTools. That dependency belongs on the table before you buy credits, not after.
The free version, the daily cap and the trial follow the public TCG PowerTools knowledge base as of 3 August 2026. Terms change, and only their own page names amounts anyway. CardEntry is an independent tool with no business relationship to TCG PowerTools or Cardmarket.
More guides
- Importing a CSV into TCG PowerTools
- Listing bulk on Cardmarket
- Is a card scanner worth it?
- When is a single listing worth it?
- Listing cards on Cardmarket in bulk quantities
- Selling Yu-Gi-Oh on Cardmarket
- TCG PowerTools explained in plain terms
- Finding the right card version
- Grading card condition correctly
- Selling cards on Cardmarket
Try the capture part.
Process 500 card images for free. No subscription, no credit card. You see the finished file before you commit to anything else.