Award Force vs. OpenWater

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Award Force
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Award Force is an award, grant application, and submission platform from the Australian company of the same name featuring granular roles and permissions to for entry and review, control of judgment process, and other features.
$2,400
per year
OpenWater
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
OpenWater headquartered in Arlington offers their awards management and submissions software, supporting contests, academic scholarships and grant submissions, call for papers (cfps) and abstract submission, award submissions, fellowships, and related processes.N/A
Pricing
Award ForceOpenWater
Editions & Modules
Growth
$2400
per year
Pro
$6000
per year
Premier
Custom Pricing
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Award ForceOpenWater
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Award ForceOpenWater
Small Businesses
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Enterprises

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User Ratings
Award ForceOpenWater
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
9.6
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Award ForceOpenWater
Likelihood to Recommend
Award Force
When we run a series of award program with different set of judges in rounds, we have had the best use of AF. It is highly competent in processing the applications specially as our number of applicants are over 2000. Therefore, we have been able to streamline the entire award process and reduce the margin of error and very transparent and efficient judging criterias implemented.
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OpenWater
This software is highly recommended to all schools, institutions and companies that carry out contests and awards, as it will speed up the selection, evaluation, awards and rewards tasks. It allows the entire contest to be done digitally, saving a lot of time and costs.
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Pros
Award Force
  • User friendly User Interface
  • Data Protection
  • Reasonable pricing
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OpenWater
  • An omniChannel platform for end-to-end digital event management.
  • Easy to use and intuitive user interface which works well for new users as well.
  • Best support system which is very responsive for any problems or issues.
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Cons
Award Force
  • Provide a smooth learning curve for the new users (As judges differ always)
  • Emails sent from the software lands in Spam sometimes
  • The product tends to lag if we are running many tasks at once.
  • Limited in-app reporting view.
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OpenWater
  • The reporting capabilities can be improved to make analysis easier.
  • Customization is a bit difficult and requires help from OpenWater support and the solution team.
  • From an administration point of view, the interface and navigation can be simplified.
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Alternatives Considered
Award Force
The customer support team was outstanding in AF. They were very attentive and on point in our requirements. Also the pricing was very affordable. We had few recommendations from existing users who were already in our business market.
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OpenWater
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Return on Investment
Award Force
  • Immense forward increase in ROI.
  • Increase in participation and hence more productivity.
  • No dependency on separate vendors for different features and cutting cost.
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OpenWater
  • Removal of manual efforts in event management leading to low operating cost.
  • Optimization and delight to employees lead to increased productivity.
  • Ease of use which eliminates training cost and efforts.
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ScreenShots

Award Force Screenshots

Screenshot of Award Force customersScreenshot of the awards management software's dashboard for program managers to monitor program progress and status.Screenshot of Award Force's entrant-centred features, designed for great experiences, better task completion and happy entrants.Screenshot of the Award Force judging suite, designed to help judges make great decisions through one or more judging rounds, and with four different judging mode options.Screenshot of the submission management system's interface.Screenshot of the awards galleries, featuring high-def audio + video for easy viewing on screen.