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Rafflecopter alternatives · 2026

Rafflecopter is gone. Here’s what to use instead.

Rafflecopter shut down on October 1, 2025. If you ran blog, author, or small-brand giveaways with it, you can rebuild the same embedded giveaway in an afternoon, and this time every entrant can bring their friends.

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Quick answer

What is the best Rafflecopter alternative?

For a simple embedded giveaway with a random draw, Gleam, SweepWidget, and KingSumo are close replacements, and RafflePress suits WordPress sites. Choose KickoffLabs if you want the giveaway to grow itself: every entrant gets a referral link, referrals earn bonus entries, fraud checks run on every entry, and a weighted draw picks the winner.

Feature by feature

What Rafflecopter did, and where it lives in KickoffLabs

Most Rafflecopter giveaways were a widget in a blog post, a short list of entry options, and a random draw at the end. All of that has a direct equivalent in KickoffLabs. The difference is what happens after someone enters.

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Feature
KickoffLabs
Rafflecopter
Running the giveaway
Where the giveaway runs
Embed in any blog post or page, open it in a popup, or use a hosted page on your own domain.
A widget embedded in a blog post or web page, or a hosted giveaway page.
Entry options
Over 70 actions, including social follows, visits, video views, form questions, purchases, and custom actions, each worth points or bonus entries you set.
Social follows, visits, comments, newsletter signups, and custom entries, with options that varied by plan.
Referrals
Every entrant gets a personal share link. KickoffLabs tracks who referred whom and awards entries automatically.
Share actions such as posting about the giveaway.
Picking a winner
Draw at random or weight by entries, set a minimum score, review fraud flags, and draw up to 1,000 winners.
Random winner selection from the entry list.
After the giveaway
Keeping the leads
Leads stay in your account and sync to Klaviyo, Mailchimp, and other email tools on Premium and above, or export as CSV.
Entries could be exported until the shutdown. The export tool is now gone.
Other campaign types
Waitlists, leaderboards, reward levels, and Shopify purchase entries on the same account.
Giveaways only.
Status
Running since 2011 and actively developed.
Shut down October 1, 2025.

Rafflecopter details reflect how the product worked before it shut down on October 1, 2025. KickoffLabs details from our pricing page and product as of October 28, 2026.

The shortlist

Six Rafflecopter alternatives worth a look

We make one of these, so weigh our take accordingly. Each tool below can run the kind of giveaway most Rafflecopter customers ran. Pick by what you need the giveaway to do, not by the logo.

KickoffLabs

Best for: Giveaways that should grow through referrals, plus waitlists and reward programs.

Every entrant gets a share link and earns entries for friends who join. Fraud checks and a weighted draw are built in.

Pricing: Free for 50 leads a month. Hobby is $13/month billed annually or $19 month to month for 500 leads.

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Gleam

Best for: Social-action-heavy contests with a long menu of entry methods.

The closest like-for-like Rafflecopter replacement, with a deep catalog of social and media actions.

Pricing: Limited free plan. Paid Competitions plans from $10/month billed annually.

KickoffLabs vs Gleam

RafflePress

Best for: WordPress sites that want the giveaway built inside WordPress.

A WordPress plugin with a drag-and-drop giveaway builder. Only an option if your site runs on WordPress.

Pricing: Free Lite plugin. Paid yearly licenses priced by number of sites.

KickoffLabs vs RafflePress

SweepWidget

Best for: Embedded sweepstakes with many entry methods on a small budget.

A hosted or embedded giveaway widget that feels familiar to Rafflecopter users.

Pricing: Free plan with branding and limited entrant data. Paid monthly plans.

KingSumo

Best for: The simplest possible free giveaway.

Quick to set up, with few options. Reviewers note limited entry verification.

Pricing: Free version with branding. One-time paid upgrade.

KickoffLabs vs KingSumo

ShortStack

Best for: Agencies and brands running many contests, quizzes, and landing pages.

A broader interactive-marketing suite with contest templates and free tools.

Pricing: Paid monthly plans.

KickoffLabs vs ShortStack

Competitor pricing changes often and some plans gate key features. Check each company's pricing page before you buy. Gleam pricing checked September 3, 2026.

How to switch

Move your next giveaway to KickoffLabs

Most Rafflecopter-style giveaways take under an hour to rebuild.

1
Pick the giveaway type

Start from a giveaway template, or describe your prize and audience in a sentence and let the AI builder draft the page copy and emails.

2
Set entries and rules

Choose the actions that earn entries, add a referral bonus, set your end date, and generate official rules.

3
Embed it where the old widget was

Paste the embed code into the blog post or page that held your Rafflecopter widget. If you kept an entrant export, import the people who agreed to hear from you so they get share links too.

Why Rafflecopter users pick KickoffLabs

The same giveaway, but every entrant brings friends

Rafflecopter counted entries. KickoffLabs turns each entrant into a promoter, so a giveaway you announce once keeps finding new people while it runs.

KickoffLabs embed code screen with the script to paste into a blog post or web page
Referral links for every entrant Entrants earn bonus entries for each friend who joins through their link, and you see exactly who referred whom. See referral tracking
Entry actions you already know Follows, visits, video views, newsletter signups, and custom actions, each worth the number of entries you choose. See contest actions
Fraud checks before the draw Disposable emails, bots, and duplicate entries are flagged so the prize goes to a real person. See fraud prevention
A fair, explainable winner draw Draw at random or weight by entries, set a minimum score, and review each winner before you announce. About Pick a Winner
“Working with KickoffLabs was phenomenal. It was so simple that it makes me want to do more contests and you don't always get that with a SaaS product, but it really was simple to do it with KickoffLabs.”
Daniel Paul · Vice President of Marketing, NOBO Inc
Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is Rafflecopter still available?
No. Rafflecopter shut down on October 1, 2025, after about 15 years. Its homepage is now a farewell page, existing giveaway widgets stopped working, and the in-app export tool is gone. Former paying customers were told to contact Rafflecopter by email about past data.
What is the best Rafflecopter alternative?
It depends on what you used Rafflecopter for. For a simple embedded giveaway with a random draw, Gleam, SweepWidget, and KingSumo are close replacements, and RafflePress suits WordPress sites. If you want entrants to bring their friends, pick KickoffLabs: every entrant gets a referral link, and referrals earn bonus entries automatically.
Is there a free Rafflecopter alternative?
Yes. Gleam, SweepWidget, and KingSumo have free versions with branding and limits on data or features. KickoffLabs Free includes 50 leads per month with no payment method needed; campaign email sending is off on Free. Paid KickoffLabs plans start at $13 per month billed annually, or $19 month to month.
Can I embed a KickoffLabs giveaway in a blog post like Rafflecopter?
Yes. Paste the embed code into WordPress, Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, or any site that accepts HTML, or open the giveaway in a popup. You can also skip the embed and run it on a hosted page or your own custom domain.
Can I move my Rafflecopter entrants to KickoffLabs?
If you exported your entrant list before the shutdown, you can import the email addresses of people who agreed to hear from you into a KickoffLabs campaign. Each imported lead gets a personal share link, so your old entrants can start referring friends to the new giveaway.

Run your next giveaway on KickoffLabs

Rebuild your Rafflecopter giveaway in an afternoon, embed it where the old widget lived, and let every entrant bring friends.

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