WorthPoint is the go-to price guide for antiques and collectibles, built on sold prices from auctions and marketplaces. It is also a subscription with no free plan. Whether it is worth it comes down to one question: how often do you need to price things?
Disclosure: this site is Value Identifier, one of the tools compared. We say where it loses, and every other price is from the vendor's own page or App Store listing, checked October 21, 2026.
WorthPoint Price Guide2/4 rows
$26.99/mo or $249.99/yr
Choose it if you price antiques or collectibles every week.
Free tools1/4 rows
$0
Choose it if you know what the item is and it sells on eBay.
Value Identifier1/4 rows
Free: 1 scan a day. Web pass $4.99/week or $24.99/year
Choose it if you need to identify the item and get a ballpark first.
| WorthPoint Price Guide | Free tools | Value Identifier |
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| Price | $29.99/mo on the web (7-day trial); $26.99/mo or $249.99/yr in the App Store | ✓ $0 | $4.99/week or $24.99/year; 1 free scan a day |
| Sold records you can browse | ✓ Hundreds of millions, many sources | eBay only, about 90 days | No, an estimate |
| Identify an unknown item | No | Google Lens identifies, no value | ✓ Yes, with a value range |
| Maker's marks | ✓ With the MARKS add-on | No | Reads visible marks in the photo |
| App rating | 2.1 (iOS), 2.7 (Android) | N/A | 4.2 (iOS), 4.5 (Android) |
The short answer
Yes, if you price items often: dealers, resellers, estate-sale buyers and serious collectors get their money back in one well-priced sale. No, if you have a handful of items: free sold listings and a photo scanner cover most of what you need, and you can pay for a single month when a valuable piece turns up.
What WorthPoint costs
On the website, the All Access plan is $29.99 a month with a 7-day free trial and a discount for paying yearly. In the US App Store, the Price Guide is $26.99 a month or $249.99 a year; Price Guide plus MARKS (the maker's-mark library) is $37.99 a month or $399.99 a year; MARKS alone is $19.99 a month. There is no free plan beyond the trial.
What you get
- A searchable archive of past sales from about 350 sources, with photos, dates and prices.
- Worthopedia entries and the MARKS library for pottery, porcelain and silver marks.
- Evidence you can show a buyer when you price something high.
The downsides
- No free plan, and the yearly plan is a real expense for occasional use.
- You need to know what to search for; it does not identify items from a photo.
- Its apps are poorly rated: 2.1 stars on iPhone and 2.7 on Android.
Where Value Identifier fits
Value Identifier is the tool on this site. You take or upload a photo, it identifies the item and returns an estimated value range in dollars, based on recent sold prices the model finds online. It works in the browser with no account: one free scan a day. The web pass is $4.99 a week or $24.99 a year; the iPhone app charges more for the same thing ($6.99 a week or $34.99 a year), so the web is the cheaper way to buy it.
Where it loses: it is an estimate, not a database of sales you can browse, and it does not always show the listings behind a number. Its iPhone app is new, with 12 ratings. Use it to find out quickly whether something is worth a closer look, then check sold listings before you sell anything valuable.
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