ACE vs CGC grading: fees, tiers and turnaround (2026)

Head to head

What differs between ACE and CGC, from each company’s own published prices.

ACE vs CGC, compared on what differs between them
What differs
Cheapest you can buy todayOne card declared at $1,000.00, on total cost rather than sticker price	£18.00Basic · needs 20 cardsmembers only£12.00 Core	$17.00Best of the twoBulk · needs 25 cards
Smallest submission it takes	10 cardsUltra · Luxury	1 cardBest of the twoEconomy · Standard · Express · WalkThrough · Unlimited Value
Fastest it will turn a card roundThe late end of what the grader publishes	2 daysLuxury · £120.00	2 daysWalkThrough · $300.00
Bills you in	Pounds sterlingConverted at 1.322 $/£ (2026-10-09) wherever it meets dollars	US dollars
Declare a card above the cover and	It insures lessThe graded card ships under-insured	It insures lessThe graded card ships under-insured
Most it will insure one card for	£5kLuxury · £120.00	No ceilingBest of the twoCover is unlimited
Adds a fee scaled to what the card is worth	No	On 1 of 6Unlimited Value
Games it grades	All six	All six
Crossing a card graded by a rival	Terms not readNot priced here	Priced by tierThe fee is charged even when the card does not cross
Grades it issues	19 grades1–10 in halves	19 grades1–10 in halves
A perfect 10 is sold as	Not on record	PristineEvery subgrade perfect — priced apart from a plain 10
One tier per submission	Yes	Not established
Each submission pays its own return postage	No	Not established

Cheapest you can buy todayOne card declared at $1,000.00, on total cost rather than sticker price: £18.00Basic · needs 20 cardsmembers only£12.00 Core; $17.00Best of the twoBulk · needs 25 cards
Smallest submission it takes: 10 cardsUltra · Luxury; 1 cardBest of the twoEconomy · Standard · Express · WalkThrough · Unlimited Value
Fastest it will turn a card roundThe late end of what the grader publishes: 2 daysLuxury · £120.00; 2 daysWalkThrough · $300.00
Bills you in: Pounds sterlingConverted at 1.322 $/£ (2026-10-09) wherever it meets dollars; US dollars
Declare a card above the cover and: It insures lessThe graded card ships under-insured; It insures lessThe graded card ships under-insured
Most it will insure one card for: £5kLuxury · £120.00; No ceilingBest of the twoCover is unlimited
Adds a fee scaled to what the card is worth: No; On 1 of 6Unlimited Value
Games it grades: All six; All six
Crossing a card graded by a rival: Terms not readNot priced here; Priced by tierThe fee is charged even when the card does not cross
Grades it issues: 19 grades1–10 in halves; 19 grades1–10 in halves
A perfect 10 is sold as: Not on record; PristineEvery subgrade perfect — priced apart from a plain 10
One tier per submission: Yes; Not established
Each submission pays its own return postage: No; Not established

Resale against PSA

Each company’s 10 and 9 against PSA’s same grade on the same printing
Company	10	9
ACE	0.59×	0.83×
CGC	0.28×	0.48×

Medians of at least 2,928 printings each · Pokémon sales to 2026-10-09