Great for slabs of two games. Forecast is every game.
Card Ladder is excellent for graded sports and Pokémon cards and owned by PSA's parent company. Outside those two, and for raw cards by condition, it has little to say — and its index-based value sits behind $20 a month.
Where Card Ladder's number comes from
“Over one hundred million sales” across marketplaces it doesn't name; index-based CL Value on Pro.
- What it is
- Graded comps
- What it costs
- Free tier; Pro $20/mo or $200/yr
Credit where due: Excellent at what it covers.
Where it breaks
- 01
Pro is $20/mo or $200/yr, raised from $15/$150 in February 2025.
- 02
Sports and Pokémon only; graded-first.
- 03
Owned by Collectors, PSA's parent company, since December 2021.
Seven tests. Same for every app.
What a price should be able to tell you — and whether Card Ladder can.
Priced from what sold, not what's listed
Card Ladder: Sales.
Every condition priced from its own market
Card Ladder: Raw is one bucket.
Every grade, raw to gem mint
Card Ladder: Strong graded coverage.
Says how sure it is on every price
Card Ladder: A point value.
Every major game at the same depth
Card Ladder: Two.
Shows where the price is heading
Card Ladder: Indexes, no outlook.
The price itself is free
Card Ladder: The value estimate is paid.
What you get on Forecast instead.
Indexes for every game — and the ones you build yourself with Forecast Pro
Raw cards priced condition by condition
Every fair value free; Forecast Pro is $11.99/mo billed yearly
Switch for free. Stay for the forecast.
Every price is free. Collector and Forecast Pro start with seven days on us.
Forecast Pro
For the move before the market makes it.
$143.88 billed yearly
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Forecast vs
TCGplayer Market Price
The number everyone quotes. The number that's usually wrong.
Forecast vs
PriceCharting
A giant catalog with a shallow read of each card.
Forecast vs
eBay Price Guide
Solds aren't a price. They're a pile.
Sources
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