Gleam is built for a campaign. A stream giveaway is a moment.
Gleam is a serious contest platform with more than ninety entry methods, built for bloggers, shops, agencies and publishers running campaigns on their own websites. If that is what you are doing, it is the better tool and this page will not pretend otherwise. If what you actually want is thirty seconds on stream where the room enters and a wheel spins, it is the wrong shape.
Competitor facts verified September 2026. We keep this page current.
Is Gleam good for a Twitch giveaway?
It is built for website campaigns rather than live streams — a widget embedded on a page, with entrants logging into a Gleam account and completing actions over days. Kloot runs the giveaway on your overlay: a code on screen, entry in one tap with no account, and the draw as a live moment.
Nobody makes an account
Gleam entrants log in, and that login follows them between campaigns and companies. Kloot asks for nothing: a viewer scans, taps, and is entered. On a live stream every account screen is an exit.
The draw is the segment
A Gleam competition runs for days on a page nobody is watching in real time. Kloot puts the prize, the code and the live count on your overlay, spins while the room watches and shows the winner on screen — which is the part that makes a giveaway worth doing on a stream at all.
Entry is one action, not ninety
Gleam’s strength is stacking entry methods — follow, subscribe, watch, visit, share — because a marketing campaign wants those actions. On a live stream each one costs entries, disproportionately from newer viewers, which is usually the opposite of what you wanted.
Kloot vs Gleam
Not really competitors. The table is here so you can tell which job you have.
Runs on a live stream overlay
Entry without an account
Many entry methods
This is Gleam’s row, not a failing. A campaign that wants a newsletter sign-up, a follow and a share has no equivalent in Kloot and should not try to use one.
Runs for days or weeks
Winner claims live, on their phone
Published fairness receipt
Free tier
full · partial · not offered
Pricing, side by side
Different models — here’s the honest version of both.
Kloot
- $0FreeEnough to run a real stream, free forever: 2 screens with a countdown, 1 live counter, emoji effects and presets, one each of alert, lower third, text overlay, ticker and border, and 2 giveaways plus 2 polls every month. Kloot badge on overlays.
- $15/moCreatorTakes the caps off: 10 screens with overtime, moving backgrounds and band & camera layouts; 5 counters with 100+ looks, segments and milestones; every alert, lower third, ticker and border you build live at once; 10 giveaways and 10 polls a month with automatic prize delivery by email and up to 5 prizes a draw; and no Kloot badge.
- $99/yr ($8.25/mo billed annually)Creator (annual)Everything in Creator, billed once a year instead of monthly — the best-value way to run Kloot.
- $25/moProEverything in Creator, plus Pro counter looks that react to your run; counter cap raised to 10, scoreboards, sponsor slot, money per count and countdown → Screen; the monetization layer (sponsor ad overlays and custom border uploads); and unlimited giveaways and polls.
- $149/yr ($12.42/mo billed annually)Pro (annual)Everything in Pro, billed once a year instead of monthly — the best-value way to run Kloot.
- $9 / 3 daysEvent Pass3 days of everything in Pro, one payment and no subscription. The way to try Kloot on a real stream: charity streams, tournaments and product launches.
Gleam
Free tier, paid plans above it
Gleam sells Competitions as part of a suite with a free tier and paid plans; its pricing is per app and per site. Check gleam.io for current numbers — it was not re-read for this page beyond confirming that free and paid tiers exist, September 2026.
If you use Gleam and also stream
Keep Gleam for the campaign
A month-long competition on your website, with a newsletter sign-up and a share action, is what Gleam is for. Nothing here replaces that.
Use the stream for the moment
Run the on-stream draw in Kloot: prize and code on the overlay, entries arriving while you talk, winner revealed live. It is a different segment, not a smaller version of the campaign.
Do not make viewers do both
Asking a live audience to leave the stream, open a page and log in to enter is where most of them stop. If the campaign matters, promote it on stream and let people enter later — do not make it the on-air giveaway.
Kloot fits when
- The giveaway is a segment of a live stream
- You want entries from people who will not make an account
- The draw itself should be watchable
- You want the result checkable afterwards
Gleam fits when
- The campaign lives on your website, not your stream
- You want stacked entry actions — follow, share, subscribe
- It runs for days or weeks rather than minutes
- You are a brand or agency rather than a streamer
Frequently asked
Can I use Gleam for a live stream giveaway?
You can link to one, but it is built for a website widget with account-based entry over days. On a stream that means asking viewers to leave, open a page and log in, which is where most of them stop.
Do Gleam entrants need an account?
Yes — they log into the Gleam widget, and that login persists across future competitions, including on other sites. Kloot entry needs no account at all.
Which has more entry options?
Gleam, by a wide margin — more than ninety entry methods across email, social, video and custom actions. Kloot has one, deliberately, because on a live stream every extra requirement costs entries.
Can I run both?
Yes, and for a brand it often makes sense: the long campaign on the website, the live moment on the stream. The mistake is making the stream audience enter the website campaign on air.
Which one proves the draw was fair?
Kloot publishes a receipt per draw — the seed committed before entries closed, the pool as fingerprints — on a page anyone can open. Gleam picks winners within its own platform.
All Gleam details verified September 2026 and reviewed regularly. Spot something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.
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