Call for Entry Software

Call for entry software built for the whole show

Publish the call, collect entries and fees, jury online, and carry accepted work straight into the exhibition, the sales, and the artist relationships that follow. One platform, purpose-built for visual-arts organizations.

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Publish

A call artists can actually finish

Custom entry forms, image requirements, deadlines, eligibility rules, and entry pricing live on a hosted call page under your branding. Artists start, save, edit, and submit from any device, and reusable portfolios mean returning artists never re-upload the same work.

Collect

Entries, images, and fees without spreadsheets

Every entry lands in one reviewable table: artist, artwork, images, price, and payment status. Entry fees check out through Stripe with receipts and reconciliation, free-entry calls skip payment entirely, and exports cover whatever your records require.

Jury

Online jurying with blind review and rubrics

Jurors score from anywhere in a clean review screen. Redaction hides the artist fields you choose per round, juror preview shows staff exactly what jurors will see, and scored rounds with rubrics, recusal, and redistribution keep the process fair and on schedule.

After decisions

The call is the beginning, not the product

Accepted work flows into exhibition planning, wall labels, QR-assisted check-in, online galleries, artwork sales, and artist payouts with 1099 tooling. That continuity is the difference between call-for-entry software and a gallery operating system. See how it compares on the call-for-entry software comparison.

What it costs

Crafted Call pricing

Free plan: $0/mo. Publishing a call costs a one-time $45 activation fee.
Paid plans: $19–$99/mo (Core, Studio, Gallery, Premier) with $0 call activation.
Platform fee on paid entries: 5% of the entry fee on Free, stepping down to 1% on Premier. Free-entry calls carry no per-entry charge.
Sales commission when artwork sells through the platform: 4% down to 1% by plan.
45-day free trial on paid plans, no credit card required to start.

The full breakdown, including annual billing and add-ons, is on the pricing page.

How to evaluate any vendor

Price the whole year with your real call and entry volumes, not a single charge.
Ask for the same demo scenario from every vendor: entry, jury round, decision, export.
Check what happens after decisions: labels, check-in, sales, payouts, or a data export and goodbye.
Confirm portability before signing: sample exports of entries, images, scores, and payments.

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Call for entry software: common questions

What is call for entry software?

Call for entry software runs the intake side of a juried program: an organization publishes a call for artists, collects entries, images, and fees online, routes the work to jurors for scoring, and notifies artists of decisions. The stronger platforms also carry accepted work into the exhibition itself, with labels, check-in, sales, and artist payouts.

How much does call for entry software cost?

The pricing shapes differ more than the prices. Some vendors charge per call (ArtCall publishes tiers from $79/call, CaFÉ $250-$475/call plus onboarding), some per entry (EntryThingy sells $3/sub tokens), and some by quote. Crafted Call publishes a $0 Free plan plus flat plans from $19 to $99/mo. Our side-by-side platform comparison lists every published number with its source.

Is there free call for entry software?

Crafted Call's Free plan is $0 monthly with a $45 activation fee per published call, and free-entry calls carry no per-entry charge. Most "free" options move the fees somewhere else (per-entry tokens or artist-paid charges), so compare with your real call and entry volumes.

Can artists pay entry fees online?

Yes. Entry fees check out through Stripe, artists get receipts, and organizations see reconciled payment reporting. Free-entry calls skip payment entirely.

Can I switch from another call-for-entry platform?

Most organizations switch at a call boundary: finish the active call, export what your file retention requires, and open the next call on the new platform. Crafted Call reads ArtCall CSV exports directly through a self-serve importer, and the team helps scope exports from other platforms.

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Run your next call on Crafted Call

Publish a call, jury it fairly, and open the show, with entries, decisions, and sales in one place.

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No per-call activation fees on paid plans.