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

Head to head

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

PSA 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	$59.99Standardpaused$24.99 Value Bulk	$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	7 daysPremium 1 · $999.00	3–5 daysBest of the twoPremier · $299.95
Bills you in	US dollars	US dollars
Declare a card above the cover and	It bills you extraThe card is graded; the excess is charged	It insures lessThe graded card ships under-insured
Most it will insure one card for	$1MBest of the twoPremium 10 · $9,999.00	$5kPremier · $299.95
Adds a fee scaled to what the card is worth	No	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	18 grades1–10 in halves · no 9.5	18 grades1–10 in halves · no 9.5
A perfect 10 is sold as	Not on record	Not on record
One tier per submission	Yes	YesNot in TAG’s published terms
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: $59.99Standardpaused$24.99 Value Bulk; $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: 7 daysPremium 1 · $999.00; 3–5 daysBest of the twoPremier · $299.95
Bills you in: US dollars; US dollars
Declare a card above the cover and: It bills you extraThe card is graded; the excess is charged; It insures lessThe graded card ships under-insured
Most it will insure one card for: $1MBest of the twoPremium 10 · $9,999.00; $5kPremier · $299.95
Adds a fee scaled to what the card is worth: No; 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: 18 grades1–10 in halves · no 9.5; 18 grades1–10 in halves · no 9.5
A perfect 10 is sold as: Not on record; Not on record
One tier per submission: Yes; YesNot in TAG’s published terms
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
TAG	0.84×	0.86×

Medians of at least 3,544 printings each · Pokémon sales to 2026-10-09