A giant catalog with a shallow read of each card.
PriceCharting covers an enormous catalog and has for years. But raw cards are one bucket — no Near Mint to Damaged ladder — grades come from parsing listing titles, and it now blends in the same marketplace data collectors were trying to get away from.
Where PriceCharting's number comes from
eBay sold plus its own marketplace, blending most-recent, median, average and age-weighted figures; grades parsed from listing titles.
- What it is
- Price tracker
- What it costs
- Free; paid $6/mo or $59/yr and up
Where it breaks
- 01
Grades are read from listing titles: Ungraded, 7, 8, 9, 9.5, PSA 10 and BGS 10 — raw cards have no condition ladder.
- 02
Users protested TCGplayer sales being blended into ungraded prices, “even if people select ‘ebay only’”.
- 03
Paid plans start at $6/mo or $59/yr.
Seven tests. Same for every app.
What a price should be able to tell you — and whether PriceCharting can.
Priced from what sold, not what's listed
PriceCharting: Sold data.
Every condition priced from its own market
PriceCharting: Raw is one bucket.
Every grade, raw to gem mint
PriceCharting: Seven title-parsed buckets.
Says how sure it is on every price
PriceCharting: No range or grade.
Every major game at the same depth
PriceCharting: Many games, limited variant depth.
Shows where the price is heading
PriceCharting: History only.
The price itself is free
PriceCharting: Core prices free; more behind plans.
What you get on Forecast instead.
Every printing and every condition as its own market
Every grade from every major grader
A range on every price
Sealed and accessories beside their MSRP
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Forecast vs
TCGplayer Market Price
The number everyone quotes. The number that's usually wrong.
Forecast vs
Card Ladder
Great for slabs of two games. Forecast is every game.
Forecast vs
eBay Price Guide
Solds aren't a price. They're a pile.
Sources
- PriceCharting methodology, read Oct 21, 2026
- PriceCharting feedback: TCGplayer data in ungraded prices, read Oct 29, 2026
- RareTracker: Collectr alternatives (plan prices), Oct 22, 2026
Competitor facts are as published or reported on the dates shown and may have changed since. Product names belong to their owners; Forecast isn't affiliated with them. How Forecast prices a card stays ours.