Social Media Contest Software
Alternatives to Heyo
Heyo combines AI social messaging automation with contest tools. Its newer product turns Instagram and TikTok comments into direct-message conversations, while an AI builder turns an automation idea into an editable flow. Templates support link sharing, giveaways and rewards, and the product describes instant wins and coupons for engagement. Heyo also has legacy contest plans covering sweepstakes, photo and video contests, quizzes, hashtag campaigns and other formats, with voting, moderation, winner selection and reporting. It runs on Android, iOS and the web. Paid plans start at $25/mo billed annually, with a seven-day trial; the new free offering is marked as coming soon.
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Comment Picker Comment Picker suits brands, agencies, and influencers running social-media giveaways or contests.
From $7.99/mo Free plan Web · Browser extension9.2 Visit Specs - 02
Gleam Competitions Gleam Competitions may suit bloggers, online stores, agencies, marketing managers and publishers running promotions across social networks or embedded campaign pages.
From $10/mo Free plan Web · API9.0 Visit Specs - 03
KickoffLabs KickoffLabs may suit startups, small businesses and marketing teams that want referral campaigns, giveaways or launch waitlists.
From $1,319/mo Free plan Web · API8.9 Visit Specs - 04 Simpliers
Simpliers suits organizers running social giveaways who need entry filters, random winner selection, and shareable results.
From €9.99/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API8.9 Visit Specs - 05 Socialman
Socialman suits people or organizations running social-channel promotions who need entry collection, winner selection, or campaign embeds.
From $12/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android8.7 Visit Specs - 06
SweepWidget It suits organizations of different sizes, from small blogs and startups to enterprise clients running large sweepstakes.
From $24.17/mo Free plan Open source Web · iOS · Android · API8.7 Visit Specs - 07
Easypromos Easypromos suits marketers who want to run interactive promotions to engage audiences, generate leads, attract customers to points of sale, gather feedback, or reward loyalty.
From $24.17/mo Free trial Web · iOS · Android · API8.3 Visit Specs - 08
Contestit Contestit suits e-commerce brands, agencies, and growing businesses that want to run web-based giveaways with game-style entries, reporting, and winner-selection options.
From $15/mo Free plan Web8.2 Visit Specs - 09
Cool Tabs Social Listening It suits teams tracking social campaigns across X and Instagram that need real-time alerts, sentiment analysis or exportable reports.
From $49/mo Free trial Web8.2 Visit Specs - 10 KingSumo
It suits marketers and site owners running email-focused giveaways or sweepstakes.
Free plan Web · Browser extension8.2 Visit Specs - 11 Lukky
Lukky suits people running comment-based Instagram or Facebook giveaways who need random winner selection.
From €9.99/mo Free plan iOS · Android8.0 Visit Specs - 12
ShortStack ShortStack suits marketers, agencies, and teams running interactive campaigns across brands or clients.
From $24/mo Free plan Web · API8.0 Visit Specs - 13 PromoSimple
PromoSimple suits marketers, bloggers, small businesses, brands, and agencies running online promotions.
From $14/mo Free plan Web7.9 Visit Specs - 14 Strutta
Strutta suits teams running promotions across social and web channels, with tools for campaign management, moderation and reporting.
From $240/mo Free trial Web · iOS · Android · API7.9 Visit Specs - 15
FairGiveaway Free plan Web7.8 Visit Specs - 16
ContestKit From $291.67/mo Web7.7 Visit Specs - 17
Revup From $99/mo Free trial Web · API7.7 Visit Specs - 18 Pickaw From $10/mo Web7.6 Visit Specs
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UpViral From $6.58/mo Free trial Web · API7.6 Visit Specs - 20 ViralSweep
It suits marketers who want to run digital promotions and connect them with email, ecommerce, or analytics services.
From $41/mo Free trial Web · API7.5 Visit Specs - 21 RafflePress Web · Self-hosted7.4 Visit Specs
- 22 Votigo From $29/mo Web · iOS · Android · API7.3 Visit Specs
- 23 Wishpond From $260/mo Free trial Web7.3 Visit Specs
- 24 Woobox
Woobox suits marketers and brands running contests, quizzes, promotions, forms, or other lead-generation campaigns.
From $29/mo Free plan Web7.3 Visit Specs - 25 SocialDog Contests Plus From ¥8,300/mo Free plan Web7.2 Visit Specs
- 26 WASK Free trial Web · API7.1 Visit Specs
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Woorise Free plan Web7.0 Visit Specs
Choosing instead of Heyo
Alternatives make sense when you need channels, campaign mechanics or publishing options beyond Heyo's Instagram and TikTok messaging focus. Heyo's legacy plans impose plan-dependent campaign, page-view, Facebook-fan and brand-page limits, while the new product's final beta limits and pricing are unsettled. Compare whether you need broad social actions, email collection, gamified entries, commerce triggers, embedded campaigns, exports or Instagram comment automation. Also weigh platform coverage, integrations and each service's free-plan, trial and starting-price terms before moving a campaign workflow.