OpenWater vs. WizeHive Zengine

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
OpenWater
Score 8.9 out of 10
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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
WizeHive Zengine
Score 9.4 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Wizehive offers Zengine, a cloud-based submission management platform for grants, awards, scholarships and other kinds of awards ands applications. Zengine can be used to track customers, job candidates, projects or more and replaces paper processes, outgrown spreadsheets, or generic software products.N/A
Pricing
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Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details—Zengine by WizeHive is a flexible platform that can be set up to directly address the needs and requirements of your organization. As such, pricing is determined after a thorough discussion about your process and goals. Pricing does typically fall into three areas, each determined by the complexity of program, features required, and the number of programs being managed in the platform.
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
OpenWaterWizeHive Zengine
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(2 ratings)
9.4
(8 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
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5.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
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6.2
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
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10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
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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WizeHive
I highly recommend this software, as it has allowed us to be much more transparent with the delivery of benefits and their applications, also the hours of work in this regard are less, allowing staff to devote to other tasks. A very useful and necessary software.
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Pros
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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WizeHive
  • It has made the application, which is almost identical to the application questions previously displayed by our old service, seem less daunting and more user friendly to grant applicants.
  • The grant review team has exclaimed that the side-by-side review option is the best feature ever invented and has saved them loads of paper.
  • Internally, I appreciate the ease of use of the back end system. Being able to easily assign grants to reviews both in and outside the organization, easily create queries for the stats I need, and the ability to move application through the steps of the system seamlessly make this my top choice since I'm the only staff member dedicated to the Foundation which leaves me with lots on my plate to balance.
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Cons
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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WizeHive
  • It's messy- we can only apply a question to a certain amount of applications so we have 2-3 of a lot of questions
  • The affiliate directors can't export an excel file from their dashboard
  • If a question changes or becomes required or not required it impacts all past applications
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Likelihood to Renew
OpenWater
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WizeHive
We are so happy with the service that we just signed the contract for another year.
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Usability
OpenWater
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WizeHive
The platform is very basic. On the other and, our staff does not take advantage of its full capabilities because such features did not work well for us/fit our needs
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Support Rating
OpenWater
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WizeHive
We didn’t really use their support. I wish they would have told us more about the fact they were changing to get rid of the flash player as that was the main reason we left.
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Implementation Rating
OpenWater
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WizeHive
Their design team gave us the option to save some money by creating the forms ourselves for both the submission and review portals. This also allowed us to get to a point where we felt very comfortable in any future changes that would need to be made to forms since we were so immersed in creating them.
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Alternatives Considered
OpenWater
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WizeHive
SurveyMonkey and SurveyGizmo are great to use for other programs and events that require collecting fairly basic responses and feedback, however, these don't provide the level of information and data that is needed for our grants processes. WizeHive provides a number of tools and other benefits that are just beyond these products' capabilities
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Return on Investment
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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WizeHive
  • Zengine is definitely a time-saver, but there are a myriad of grant management software platforms on the market that save just as much time, some even more time-saving. But if you have a basic need to offer an application process of any sort (grant, scholarship, etc.) to the public, Zengine can be very helpful in saving time and keeping everything related to the grant handy in one location, and all connected (application, reviews, final reports, etc.).
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ScreenShots

WizeHive Zengine Screenshots

Screenshot of Admin DashboardScreenshot of Admin Data RviewScreenshot of Submission Portal