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

Head to head

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

BGS 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	$89.95Expresspaused$24.95 BASE	$17.00Best of the twoBulk · needs 25 cards
Smallest submission it takes	1 cardevery open tier	1 cardEconomy · Standard · Express · WalkThrough · Unlimited Value
Fastest it will turn a card roundThe late end of what the grader publishes	15 daysExpress · $89.95	2 daysBest of the twoWalkThrough · $300.00
Bills you in	US 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	No ceilingCover is unlimited	No ceilingCover is unlimited
Adds a fee scaled to what the card is worth	On every tier	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	Black LabelEvery subgrade perfect — priced apart from a plain 10	PristineEvery subgrade perfect — priced apart from a plain 10
One tier per submission	Yes	Not established
Each submission pays its own return postage	YesSplitting a box pays return postage twice	Not established

Cheapest you can buy todayOne card declared at $1,000.00, on total cost rather than sticker price: $89.95Expresspaused$24.95 BASE; $17.00Best of the twoBulk · needs 25 cards
Smallest submission it takes: 1 cardevery open tier; 1 cardEconomy · Standard · Express · WalkThrough · Unlimited Value
Fastest it will turn a card roundThe late end of what the grader publishes: 15 daysExpress · $89.95; 2 daysBest of the twoWalkThrough · $300.00
Bills you in: US 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: No ceilingCover is unlimited; No ceilingCover is unlimited
Adds a fee scaled to what the card is worth: On every tier; 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: Black LabelEvery subgrade perfect — priced apart from a plain 10; PristineEvery subgrade perfect — priced apart from a plain 10
One tier per submission: Yes; Not established
Each submission pays its own return postage: YesSplitting a box pays return postage twice; Not established

Resale against PSA

Each company’s 10 and 9 against PSA’s same grade on the same printing
Company	10	9
BGS	1.05×	0.57×
CGC	0.28×	0.48×

Medians of at least 2,342 printings each · Pokémon sales to 2026-10-09