Platform overview
Two platforms, different approaches. Here's how they stack up.
Tokei
Tokei is an agent-native alternative to SweepWidget for running sweepstakes, giveaways, and viral promotions. It helps creators, startups, and brands collect emails, grow social followings, and build hype from a single promotion page, with 30+ social entry methods, fraud scoring and manual review, built-in gamification, and a prize wheel for drawing winners. Unlike traditional giveaway platforms, Tokei ships a CLI and an MCP server, so AI agents can create, manage, and analyse campaigns programmatically.
What sets Tokei apart is its all-in-one pricing and gamification engine. Leaderboards, XP systems, daily bonuses, and referral tracking turn one-time entrants into repeat visitors. It integrates natively with Mailchimp, Klaviyo and Brevo, connects to Make.com, n8n and Zapier through its API, and offers a full developer API with OpenAPI 3.0 spec. The AI agents, CLI, and MCP server wrap that API for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, OpenClaw, and any other MCP client.
SweepWidget is a giveaway and contest builder you can embed on your site or run from a hosted landing page. It lists 115 entry methods across social, email, ecommerce and crypto, 38 email integrations and support for 103 languages. It also has a WordPress plugin, a Shopify app and a Zapier integration.
Higher plans add leaderboards, instant coupons and prizes, milestone rewards, white labelling, custom CSS, email verification, geo-blocking, API access, webhooks and phone verification. There's a free plan for basic giveaways.
Pricing & plans
One plan with everything included, or five tiers from free to $249.
Tokei
- Build free. Add a card to publish. No charge for 3 days.
- All features included in one plan.
- Unlimited campaigns.
- Leaderboards, geo-blocking, API and webhooks included.
Pro
$39 /mo
$399/year
- Free plan for basic giveaways (you can view/download up to 10 user emails).
- Save 17% with yearly billing.
- Unlimited campaigns and entries on paid plans.
- Each plan raises limits on brands, team members, actions and winners.
Pro
$29 /mo
1 brand, 1 team member
Business
$59 /mo
2 brands, 2 team members
Premium
$119 /mo
3 brands, 3 team members
Enterprise
$249 /mo
5 brands, 5 team members
Tokei building a competition, then switching it to Gamify mode.
Feature-by-feature breakdown
Every feature, entry method, and integration — compared at a glance.
Features
Entry Methods
Integrations
SweepWidget lists 38 email integrations in total.
AI agents and CLI: where Tokei is different
Every other row in those tables is a feature you click. This one you type.
Tokei runs programmatically through its REST API, a command-line tool, and an MCP server. The tokei-agent package wraps the v1 API as both a CLI and an MCP server over stdio, exposing 21 operations as tools that Claude Code, Claude Desktop, OpenClaw, and any other MCP client discover automatically.
So an AI coding agent can create and manage promotions, edit copy and dates, upload media, pull analytics, inspect leaderboards, and wire up webhooks — without you opening the dashboard. API keys are read-only by default, and writes stay behind human-in-the-loop approval. SweepWidget offers an API and webhooks on its Enterprise plan ($249/mo). It doesn't list a CLI or MCP server.
Where SweepWidget is the better pick
- Cheaper to start. Pro is $29/mo vs Tokei's $39/mo, and there's a free plan.
- More entry methods. 115 listed, including Threads, Product Hunt, Substack, Etsy and crypto wallets. Tokei has 30+.
- More email integrations. 38 listed, vs Tokei's 6 native (plus Zapier/Make/n8n via API).
- 103 languages.
- WordPress plugin and Shopify app, plus purchase-based entries for Shopify and WooCommerce.
- Stronger verification options at higher tiers: phone verification and VPN blocking.
- Teams. Up to 5 brands and 5 team members on Enterprise.
- Crypto giveaways (airdrops, whitelists, NFTs) if that's your market.
Where Tokei is the better pick
- Everything on one plan. To get leaderboards, white labelling, geo-blocking, API and webhooks on SweepWidget you need Enterprise at $249/mo. Tokei includes them at $39.
- API and webhooks at $39 vs $249 on SweepWidget.
- CLI and MCP server. Let Claude Code or another AI agent build and run campaigns.
- Gamification. XP and VIP rewards, on top of leaderboards and daily bonuses. A prize wheel draws the winners live.
- Launch-focused templates: Kickstarter pre-launch, Steam, Discord, Twitch.
Which one should you choose?
Choose Tokei if
You want leaderboards, geo-blocking and API access without paying for a top tier, or want an AI agent to manage campaigns.
Choose SweepWidget if
You need a niche entry method Tokei doesn't support, a WordPress or Shopify plugin, or the cheapest paid plan for a simple giveaway.
Sources
- SweepWidget pricing page and plan grid (sweepwidget.com/pricing) — checked 21 Oct 2026
- Tokei homepage (tokei.io) — checked 21 Oct 2026
Prices and features checked on 21 October 2026 from each company's public website. Plans change, so check their site before you buy. Spot something out of date? Email support@tokei.io.