Loading...
Loading...
Current consumer caps are 10 cards on Starter, 20 on Pro, and 50 on Business. Dedicated API tiers have dashboard caps from 20 to 100. Each card uses one credit and receives its own photo-based analysis—without turning the batch into a physical grading submission.
Direct answer: CardGrade bulk grading is a plan-qualified web workflow for reviewing multiple cards from photos. Current caps are 10 on Starter, 20 on Pro, 50 on Business, and 20–100 across dedicated API tiers. Certain legacy free-plan accounts with available credits have a lower 3-card cap. The exact cap appears in the dashboard, and each submitted card uses one credit. The workflow does not authenticate, slab, or issue an official grade.
The batch cap and the credit balance are separate checks. Your plan sets the maximum; your available credits determine how many of those slots you can submit.
| Plan | Web batch limit | Full-batch example | Typical fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Up to 10 cards per web batch | A full 10-card batch uses 10 credits | Collectors reviewing a smaller submission group |
| Pro | Up to 20 cards per web batch | A full 20-card batch uses 20 credits | Collectors building or reviewing regular submission groups |
| Business | Up to 50 cards per web batch | A full 50-card batch uses 50 credits | Dealers, shops, and higher-volume collection intake |
| Developer API plans | 20, 50, or 100 cards by API tier | The matching dashboard cap still uses 1 credit per card | Developer accounts combining dashboard review with integrations |
Example: a Pro member with 12 available credits can submit 12 cards, even though the plan’s batch cap is 20. A legacy free-plan account’s 3-card cap is not a recurring free batch allowance; it still requires available credits. Your dashboard shows the serving cap for the account. Check the current offer on the CardGrade pricing page.
One batch groups the work, but every card still has its own photos, credit, status, and result.
Open Bulk Grading in the CardGrade dashboard. The interface shows the cap for your account: currently 10 on Starter, 20 on Pro, 50 on Business, or 20–100 across dedicated API tiers.
Upload a front image for every card and add a back image when you have one. The web uploader accepts JPG, PNG, and WebP files.
Each card uses one grading credit, so a 20-card batch needs 20 available credits. Cards are queued as one batch for background analysis.
Follow the batch as work is dispatched in the background, then return to the dashboard or history to open each analysis after its report becomes available.
CardGrade uses the uploaded photos to organize 47 visible-condition checks across 16 zones, covering centering, corners, edges, and surface.
Inspect the physical card yourself and use the chosen grading company’s current rules before making a purchase or submission decision.
These workflows solve different jobs. Dedicated API plans can also carry a dashboard batch cap, but the REST API workflow is programmatic and neither option is a mail-in grading tier.
| Workflow | Input | Output | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| CardGrade web bulk grading | Manually add card photos in the dashboard | Photo-based estimates and reports for each completed card | Collectors, dealers, and shops reviewing a defined batch |
| CardGrade REST API | Send grading requests from your own software | Programmatic grading responses and status checks | Developers integrating grading into an app or internal workflow |
| Physical grading company | Package and mail the physical cards | The company’s official grade, authentication decision, and slab | Cards that need an official holder or marketplace-recognized grade |
Compare photo-based condition evidence across a group before deciding which cards merit closer inspection or a paid mail-in submission.
Run a consistent first pass across newly acquired sports-card or TCG inventory without entering every card as a separate web session.
Work through a box or binder in manageable batches and keep individual results available for later review.
The current dashboard caps are 10 cards on Starter, 20 on Pro, and 50 on Business. Dedicated API plans have dashboard caps of 20, 50, or 100 by tier. Certain legacy free-plan accounts with available credits have a lower 3-card cap. You also need one available grading credit for every card submitted.
Each card uses one grading credit. A 12-card batch uses 12 credits, a full 20-card Pro batch uses 20 credits, and a full 50-card Business batch uses 50 credits.
No. CardGrade bulk grading analyzes card photos for pre-screening. It does not receive, authenticate, grade, or slab the physical cards, and its estimates are not official grades from PSA, BGS, CGC, or another grading company.
Each completed analysis can include photo-based PSA, BGS, and CGC estimates, visible-condition detail across centering, corners, edges, and surface, a downloadable report, and market-value context when matching pricing data is available.
Web bulk grading is the human-operated dashboard workflow, with the exact cap shown for the account. The CardGrade REST API is for developers who want to submit and retrieve grading data programmatically from their own software; dedicated API tiers also have their own dashboard caps.
CardGrade’s grading pipeline returns the credit for a recorded failed analysis. Batch dispatch status and the final individual report can update at different times while background processing finishes.
No. Results are photo-based estimates for decision support. Photo quality and hidden defects can affect what the system sees, and CardGrade does not guarantee a professional grader’s result, market value, profit, or turnaround time.
Product details reviewed
This page was checked against CardGrade’s current pricing, feature list, analysis workflow, and developer API overview. Plan prices and inclusions can change; use the pricing page for the current offer.
Use the web batch cap shown for your account to organize photo-based evidence, then inspect the physical cards before deciding what deserves an official grading submission.