ShortStack 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

ShortStack

4.4

(156)

Pricing

Starting at $49.00 per month

About ShortStack

ShortStack is a cloud-based interactive marketing solution that specializes in contest marketing. ShortStack is used by marketers around the world to create sweepstakes, contests, landing pages, special offers and custom sign-up forms.

ShortStack offers features such as action-gating that helps users capture visitors' contact information through landing pages. It allows visitors to fill in their details on the page, in return for which visitors can access special offers including e-books, discount codes or giveaways.

ShortStack offers customizable templates. They can include widgets like forms, polls and galleries. In addition, users can customize their pages with different colors and fonts.

The solution offers services on a monthly and annual subscription basis and provides support via email, chat, account management and self-help documents.

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ShortStack Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $49.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Startup

$49.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

Random Winner Selection
Refer-a-Friend
Simple Enter To Win
Social Media Comment to Enter Contests

Business

$99.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

Random Winner Selection
Refer-a-Friend and Instant Win Contests
Social Media Comment to Enter Contests
Website Embedding
Photo Contests
Voting

Agency

$249.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

Entry Transfers via Form Integrations
Random Winner Selection
Social Media Comment to Enter Contests
Video Upload Contests
Website Embedding
White-Label Campaigns
Instagram Hashtag Promotion
Photo Upload Contest
Multiple Logins
Refer-a-Friend

Elite

$499.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

Custom Team Settings
Dedicated Account Manager
Entry Transfers via Form Integrations
Random Winner Selection
Social Media Comment to Enter Contests
Unique Coupon Codes & Prizes Distribution + Code Redemption to Enter
Video Upload Contests
Website Embedding
White-Label Campaigns
Instagram Hashtag Promotion

Enterprise

Pricing available upon request

Plan includes:

Custom Integrations
Custom Team Settings
Custom Templates
Dedicated Account Manager
Entry Transfers via Form Integrations
Hashtag & Retweet Contests
More Than 2500000 Views
More Than 500000 Entries
Random Winner Selection
Refer-a-Friend and Instant Win Contests

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ShortStack Features

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Approval Process Control
Artwork Management
Brand Tracking
Campaign Management
Change Management
Collaboration Tools
Content Management
Customizable Branding
Customizable Templates
Project Management
Workflow Management
More features of ShortStack
Access Controls/Permissions
Alerts/Notifications
Autoresponders
Awards Management
Blind Judging
Campaign Analytics
Categorization/Grouping
Contact Database
Contact Management
CRM
Customer Engagement
Customer Segmentation
Customizable CTAs
Customizable Fields
Customizable Forms
Customizable Questions
Dashboard
Data Import/Export
Design Management
Digital Asset Management
Drag & Drop
Drip Campaigns
Dynamic Content
Electronic Submission
Email Marketing
Email Reminders
Email Templates
Entrant Management
Entry Management
Event Triggered Actions
For Marketers
Form Builder
Forms Management
Fraud Detection
Image Library
Judging Management
Keyword Tracking
Landing Pages/Web Forms
Lead Capture
Lead Generation
Lead Management
Lead Notifications
Lead Nurturing
Lead Segmentation
Marketing Automation
Media Library
@mentions
Multi-Account Management
Multi-Campaign
Multi-Channel Marketing
Online Forms
Polls/Voting
Promotions Management
Real-Time Analytics
Real-Time Data
Real Time Editing
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Responsive Web Design
ROI Tracking
Scoring
Segmentation
Skills Contests (Photo, Essay, Design, etc)
Social Marketing
Social Media Integration
Social Media Monitoring
Social Promotion
SSL Security
Sweepstakes
Template Management
Third-Party Integrations
Web Forms
Website Publishing Options
Widgets
WYSIWYG Editor

ShortStack Integrations

Mailchimp

Instagram

ShortStack User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

55%

34%

11%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.0

Value for money

4.2

Customer support

4.5

Functionality

4.2

Andrea K.

Verified reviewer

Civic & Social Organization

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2024

Shortstack lets us customize for nontypical contests

The learning curve for a basic campaign wasn't too bad, and their online chat help is quick, friendly, and excellent (thanks, [sensitive content hidden]). They have a collection of how-to videos, but lack much in DIY troubleshooting, so I did a lot of online chats in the beginning! I was able to get extra help with a more complex campaign from the [sensitive content hidden], and use that as a template for others. I'm sure I'm an outlier in how I am using it, but maybe that will change. So far, it's working.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The customizability really appealed, as I wanted to collect entries for large annual contests that submit photos, videos, or essays.

Cons:

The interface for creating your campaigns is clunky and not intuitive. It's ok if you already have experience with web design (I use WordPress) or coding, but not easy enough for beginners.

Ashley R.

Verified reviewer

Media Production

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2024

Build your very own interactive instant win contests.

Its been good. Easy to replicate the forms once you have them in place. One can easily get lost if you are not understanding the "stack" of how it works in the designer. The support staff have been great on helping navigate any issues. Overall, happy with using this service and will continue to do so.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Easy to use, fun and engaging contests that allow you to capture details of your clients as needed. They are fun and interactive giving you fun instant win contesting for your websites.

Cons:

It can be cumbersome having to manually mange instant win prizing, ensuring it goes smooth. It would be better if the system had a way to "set and forget" the prizing vs. having to always adjust chances of winning. It does lack some automation entities that we are working around (example, entry exports, winner exports)

Reasons for switching to ShortStack

Your instant win models are more engaging. We had to build our own "skins" for WooBox that was problematic at times.

Lisa T.

Verified reviewer

Consumer Goods

51-200 employees

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2024

Service went downhill quickly

It started out well. Customer service was super helpful, available through chat and I had things up and running with minimal fuss. Then the customer service went downhill (at least in the US) and things got buggy and not I am looking for a replacement. Not worth $99/month.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

thought it would be a simple way to get contests up with no coding.

Cons:

it's not simple. Things don't work, the widgets are slow to load, UX is painful. Anything you might want to do requires an upgrade when it's already $99/month

Vendor Response

Hi Lisa! We're so sorry to hear that you had a bad experience. We are dedicated to delivering exceptional customer service and continuously exploring ways to enhance the user experience of our product. If you'd like to schedule a one-on-one call, we'd be happy to walk you through anything you're struggling with. (Schedule a call here: https://www.shortstack.com/contact)

Replied November 2024

Crystal F.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

1001-5000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2025

Great for Online Campaigns!

Excellent from beginning to end. Started with a kickoff call, and all support questions were answered quickly and correctly!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We have had success with the spin-to-win, driving engagement in app and sales on our ecommerce site. We used the spinning wheel for users to win prizes. We also used the Instagram and Facebook post tools to do an additional drawing for customers. We were extremely pleased with the post engagement. Their support was top notch and we plan to use them again in the future.

Cons:

Some of the user interface is difficult to navigate when building pages. Once we got it down, it was no problem.

Reasons for choosing ShortStack

Had better prize distribution and timing for the contest.

Shelby D.

Verified reviewer

Real Estate

201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Reviewed September 2025

A Great Experience from Start to Finish

Overall, my experience with ShortStack has been great. From the helpful walkthrough and support in getting my first page set up, to the value we’ve gotten from using it since — it’s been a really positive experience.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like the different templates ShortStack provides — they’re flexible, and offer a wide variety to choose from.

Cons:

The only downside to ShortStack is that the image formatting can be a little tricky to get just right.

Reasons for choosing ShortStack

Shortstack's pricing was way more reasonable!

Rachael S.

Verified reviewer

Insurance

501-1000 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2024

Shortstack Review

It has been helpful for us to launch our new giveaway program this year and has allowed us to have better visibility on the campaign.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Ease of setting up campaigns and customization options.

Cons:

Helpdesk articles seem to be outdated from before changes were made to the platform.

Reasons for choosing ShortStack

Ease of use with the platform, better out of the box features.

Nicole R.

Verified reviewer

Marketing and Advertising

11-50 employees

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Reviewed September 2025

Overall Good Product

My overall experience was good. ShortStack was recommended to me by someone in my industry and I am overall satisfied.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Quick to set up and launch a contest. Metrics and submissions can be reviewed easily. It made things run smoothly.

Cons:

Hard to know when your subscription is unpausing. I do not need the platform all of the time but I don't want to lose my account.

Reasons for choosing ShortStack

Recommendation from a colleague who had used it.

Bria M.

Verified reviewer

Apparel & Fashion

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Reviewed April 2025

Jewelry Brand Loving Shortstack

I would say overall I've loved using it especially with the ever growing giveaway scene on Instagram we're able to collect so much data all in one place.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I really like that you can customize the page for your customers when they enter giveaways. It makes it very true to the brand and colorful.

Cons:

It's not as user friendly for coworkers whoever not as tech savy. A lot of trial and error.

Reasons for switching to ShortStack

We made the switch because of pricing and customization. The cost of Dojomojo didn't compare to what services were offered from Shortstack.

Vendor Response

Bria! Thank you so much for your amazing review. We love that you're loving ShortStack!

Replied April 2025

Tim H.

Verified reviewer

Media Production

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2024

Exceptional Product, Great Product Team and Support.

My experience with ShortStack has been exception from the start. I emailed to ask about a project we had and they responded immediately that while they didn't have a template for what we wanted, there was a way to do it and they would help. And they definitely did. They were there for me every step, and the outcome was excellent.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Great templates ready to go. Powerful. Flexible.

Cons:

Can be a bit tricky to use if you are looking for a lot of customization.

Reasons for switching to ShortStack

They were difficult to use. Options were limited. Support was terrible.

Hannah M.

Verified reviewer

Design

11-50 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Reviewed September 2025

Great competition host

Great, really easy to use and always looks great on our website. I think for the price it's really affordable.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It's really easy to build competitions and they look great embedded on our website. Ive been using short stack for years and I really recommend. I also love how easy it is to download the entrants

Cons:

I wish there were more refined templates available and Ive found some of the widgets difficult to use.

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