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OpenWater - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives
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Last updated: March 2026
OpenWater overview
What is OpenWater?
OpenWater streamlines program management with its end-to-end solution for accepting and reviewing applications, awards, grants, scholarships, proposals, and abstracts. OpenWater’s secure, all-in-one platform makes navigating the review process easy with its user-friendly features. Empower your program administrators by automating time consuming administrative tasks, collecting high volume submissions, and driving data-proven decisions through custom reporting and analytics.
Starting price
per year
Pros & Cons
Customer Support
Bugs and Issues
User Interface
Navigation
OpenWater’s user interface
OpenWater pros, cons and reviews insights
To determine these pros and cons insights, we analyzed responses from
Overall rating
Value for money
4.3
Features
4.2
Ease of use
4.2
Customer support
4.9
Reviews sentiment
What do users say about OpenWater?
The limitations and bugs have been a bit frustrating, but their customer service is fantastic and it seems they are willing to fix things.
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Who uses OpenWater?
Based on 73 verified user reviews.
Company size
Small Businesses
Enterprises
Midsize Businesses
Top industries
Use cases
OpenWater's key features
Most critical features, based on insights from OpenWater users:
All OpenWater features
Features rating:
OpenWater alternatives
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Starting from
5100
Per year
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Starting from
2500
Per year
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Starting from
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Per year
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Starting from
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Per month
OpenWater pricing
Value for money rating:
Starting from
5100
Per year
User opinions about OpenWater price and value
Value for money rating:
To see what individual users think of OpenWater's price and value, check out the review snippets below.
Danielle A.
AVP
Luis M.
RightsCon Senior Program Coordinator
OpenWater integrations (20)
Integrations rated by users
We looked at 73 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as OpenWater integrations and how users feel about them.
Integration rating: 5.0 (2)
Integration rating: 4.5 (2)
“This allowed registrants to flow from iMIS to EventMobi so we could check them into the show. It was mainly used for our online registration system before the conference.”
Jared L.
Systems and Communications Specialist
Integration rating: 5.0 (1)
Integration rating: 5.0 (1)
Integration rating: 3.0 (1)
OpenWater customer support
What do users say about OpenWater customer support?
Customer support rating:
We analyzed verified user reviews to identify positive and negative aspects of OpenWater customer support.
A significant portion of users praise OpenWater's customer support for being highly responsive and quick to address issues.
Frequently reported by users, support staff are knowledgeable, friendly, and consistently provide expert guidance and solutions.
Widespread user sentiment highlights the ease of contacting support, with dedicated reps and multiple channels making help readily available.
Support options
Training options
To see what individual users say about OpenWater's customer support, check out the review snippets below.
“The limitations and bugs have been a bit frustrating, but their customer service is fantastic and it seems they are willing to fix things.”
Jenna K.
Education Systems Program Specialist
“Open Water representatives help us build presentation applications and help us come up with solutions when any issues arise. ”
Amanda R.
Education Administrator
“There have been several times where my team has needed to set something up and it isn't in a place that we would think it would be in. ”
Danielle A.
AVP
