Pickaw
Pickaw is a paid web platform for organizing social media contests and random draws.
What Pickaw is
Pickaw is a paid web platform for organizing social media contests and random draws. It is designed to select winners transparently and randomly across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Threads. Organizers can run online contests, quizzes, personality tests, Dynamic Lives and Bot-o-Reply campaigns. Entries may come from comments, keywords, mentions, likes or reactions, follows, reposts or contest publication URLs. Quick Draw imports a contest by pasting its publication URL, while Contest Builder covers planning through winner announcements and is available from the Advanced plan. Filters include keywords, mentions, bad words, account exclusions and previous-winner exclusions. Scheduled reminders and draws, automatic winner announcements and direct-message contact support campaign administration. Pickaw offers moderation tools, analytics and reporting, plus a public verification page. Its Drawchain uses reproducible hashes, although the application code is proprietary. Customer data is stored on dedicated OVHcloud servers in France. Plans start with Hobbyist at $10 a month, with no free plan.
Good
- Supports five listed social networks
- Multiple campaign and entry formats
- Filters exclude unwanted or repeat entries
- Automates reminders and winner announcements
- Public draw verification page
Watch out
- Paid service with no free plan
- Quick Draw has fewer checks and features
- Application code is proprietary
- Hobbyist limits contests and entries
Who it suits
Pickaw suits organizations running social campaigns that need random winner selection, entry filters and campaign automation. It is also intended for teams needing moderation, analytics and public draw verification.
Verdict
Pickaw combines social contest formats, filtering, automation and random selection in a web service. Its plans and Quick Draw limitations should be checked against campaign volume and verification needs.
Plans and prices
From Pickaw's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Hobbyist | $10 a month | 1 social account · 2 contests/month · 3,000 entries/contest · 5 winners/contest · 60-day catch-up · 3-month storage · Billed 120$ yearly |
| Advanced | $50 a month | 1 social account · 4 contests/month · unlimited entries · 10 winners/contest · 60-day catch-up · 6-month storage · Billed 600$ yearly |
| Professional | $100 a month | 2 social accounts · 8 contests/month · unlimited entries · 20 winners/contest · 60-day catch-up · 1-year storage · Billed 1200$ yearly |
| Business | Priced on request | Tailor-made package · 50+ contests/month (Quick Draw) · 5 concurrent Contest Builder contests · 50 winners/contest · 5 team members · On demand |
The facts
Each one read from Pickaw's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Automation
- Listed automation features include scheduled reminders and draws, automatic winner announcements, and winner contact by direct message.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Business structure
- The site identifies Pickaw SAS as a subsidiary owned by IC Group Holdings Inc.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Compliance and CSR
- Pickaw states that it is GDPR compliant and that its CSR approach is guided by ISO 26000.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Contest Builder
- Contest Builder supports planning contests from publications through winner announcements and is available from the Advanced plan.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Drawchain limitation
- Pickaw states that its application code is proprietary and is not shared with third parties.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Entry filters
- The pricing page lists keyword, mention and bad-word filters, account exclusion and previous-winner exclusion.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Privacy and hosting
- Pickaw says it minimizes collected data and stores customer data on dedicated servers in France hosted by OVHcloud.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Pickaw is a platform for organizing social media contests and random draws, with the stated aim of selecting winners transparently and randomly.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Quick Draw
- Quick Draw imports a contest by pasting its publication URL, and Pickaw states that Quick Draw contests have fewer features and checks during the draw.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Randomness method
- Pickaw says its daily seed pool starts from a master seed generated by Random.org and uses SHA-256 hashes to derive draw seeds.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The pricing page lists English and French support, with Standard support on Hobbyist and Advanced and Premium on Professional.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Supported networks
- The homepage names Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube as social networks whose entries can be considered.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Verification
- Pickaw provides a public verification page for proving the authenticity of a draw and describes Drawchain as reproducible and verifiable.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Company history
- Pickaw says it was created in 2015 in Marseille and adopted by Canada in 2024.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2015checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Marseille, Francechecked 28 Sep 2026
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