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

Head to head

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

BGS vs TAG, 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	$39.95Best of the twoBase · needs 5 cards
Smallest submission it takes	1 cardevery open tier	1 cardStandard · Priority · Express · Premier
Fastest it will turn a card roundThe late end of what the grader publishes	15 daysExpress · $89.95	3–5 daysBest of the twoPremier · $299.95
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 ceilingBest of the twoCover is unlimited	$5kPremier · $299.95
Adds a fee scaled to what the card is worth	On every tier	No
Games it grades	All sixBest of the two	Pokémon · Magic
Crossing a card graded by a rival	Terms not readNot priced here	Terms not readNot priced here
Grades it issues	19 grades1–10 in halves	18 grades1–10 in halves · no 9.5
A perfect 10 is sold as	Black LabelEvery subgrade perfect — priced apart from a plain 10	Not on record
One tier per submission	Yes	YesNot in TAG’s published terms
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; $39.95Best of the twoBase · needs 5 cards
Smallest submission it takes: 1 cardevery open tier; 1 cardStandard · Priority · Express · Premier
Fastest it will turn a card roundThe late end of what the grader publishes: 15 daysExpress · $89.95; 3–5 daysBest of the twoPremier · $299.95
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 ceilingBest of the twoCover is unlimited; $5kPremier · $299.95
Adds a fee scaled to what the card is worth: On every tier; No
Games it grades: All sixBest of the two; Pokémon · Magic
Crossing a card graded by a rival: Terms not readNot priced here; Terms not readNot priced here
Grades it issues: 19 grades1–10 in halves; 18 grades1–10 in halves · no 9.5
A perfect 10 is sold as: Black LabelEvery subgrade perfect — priced apart from a plain 10; Not on record
One tier per submission: Yes; YesNot in TAG’s published terms
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×
TAG	0.84×	0.86×

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