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Awards management software

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Award Force - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: March 2026

Award Force overview

What is Award Force?

Award Force is the world’s leading awards management software, trusted by thousands of awards programs and millions of users worldwide. Purpose-built for awards, Award Force brings entries, judging, payments and reporting together in one secure, beautiful and intuitive platform, helping programs launch faster and deliver outstanding experiences for entrants, judges and program teams. Building on the essentials that made it the world’s #1 awards software, Award Force amplifies what teams can achieve, combining time-saving automations, private and secure AI tools, powerful integrations and award-winning service to extend capacity and improve outcomes — without adding complexity, compliance risk or security trade-offs. Award Force gives organisations the freedom to run awards locally or globally, seamlessly supporting more than 45 concurrent languages, any currencies and a choice of data residency options. Programs on Award Force grow entries by an average of 26% season-on-season, with all returns staying with our clients. Award Force never takes a percentage of entry fees, does not charge by seat and never compromises on your data privacy, security or control. For organisations that want awards to run smoothly today and stay ready for what comes next, Award Force is the obvious choice.

Who uses Award Force?

By industry, Award Force reviewers are most commonly professionals in non-profit organization management (17%). The most frequent use case for Award Force cited by reviewers is contest management (54% of reviewers).

What do users say about Award Force pricing?

Some reviewers feel Award Force offers good value for money due to time savings and customization, and they appreciate the transparent, competitive pricing. However, some users say it is expensive for small nonprofits, with significant annual costs.

Starting price

2500flat rate /
per year

Pros & Cons

Customer Support

Awards Management

Judging Process

Email Communication

Bugs and Issues

User Interface

Award Force’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

Award Force pros, cons and reviews insights

To determine these pros and cons insights, we analyzed responses from 

Overall rating

Reviews sentiment

 
 
3-4(36)
5(157)

What do users say about Award Force?

Outstandingly good help and coaching from real people at the other end who are knowledgable enough to answer all questions and check if things are ok in my configurations.

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Who uses Award Force?

Based on 193 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Nonprofit Organization Management
Events Services
Marketing and Advertising
Publishing
Others

Use cases

Contest
Assessment
Event Management
Forms Automation
Nonprofit

Award Force's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Award Force users:

Customizable questions
Scoring
Judging management
Customizable fields
Entry management
Customizable branding

All Award Force features

Features rating:

Workflow management
Activity dashboard
Reporting/Analytics
Search/Filter
Real-Time data
Real-Time analytics
Drag & drop
Forms creation & design
Data import/export
Customizable templates
Social promotion
Customizable forms
Individualized assessments
Forms management
Progress tracking
Categorization/Grouping
Assessment management
Credit card processing
Registration management
Contact management
Test/Quiz creation
Skills assessment
Alerts/Notifications
Pre-Employment testing
Process/Workflow automation
Polls/Voting
Promotions management
Progress reports
Performance metrics
Payment processing
Multi-User collaboration
Real-Time reporting
Multi-Language
Recruitment management
Website integration
Web forms
Volunteer management
Third-Party integrations
Task management
Surveys & feedback
Summary Reports
Student management
Student information/records
SSL security
Social media integration
Skills Contests (Photo, Essay, Design, etc)
Skill Testing
Single sign on
Secure data storage
Role-Based permissions
Reporting & statistics
Electronic signature
Electronic payments
Donor management
Document storage
Document review
Document management
Customizable reports
CRM
Commenting/Notes
Collaboration tools
Chapter Management
Certification & licensing
Blind Judging
Awards management
API
Admissions management
Ad hoc reporting
Activity tracking
Access controls/permissions
Multi-Channel marketing
Mobile access
Membership management
Member directory
Live results sharing
Learning management
Lead generation
Landing pages/web forms
Grant management
Fraud detection
For nonprofits
For marketers
Feedback management
Event management
Entry Fee Processing
Entrant Management
Email reminders
Email marketing
Electronic Submission

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Award Force pricing

Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan
Free trial
Subscription

Growth

2,500

Per year

Features included:

  • Configurable entry process
  • All judging modes
  • Unlimited managers, users
  • Up to 10k annual entries
  • 10MB limit per file upload

Pro

5,000

Per year

Features included:

  • Everything in the Growth plan, and
  • Branding + Custom Domain
  • Accept entry fees in any currency
  • Activate multiple languages
  • Email Broadcast Communication
  • Streaming HD hosted video
  • Unlimited file upload size / qty
  • Access to the integration marketplace + API

Premier

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Features included:

  • Everything in Pro, and:
  • Access exclusive features and custom functionality
  • Entry collaboration
  • Major submission volumes (10k+)
  • Enterprise-grade security, including custom security requests
  • Enhanced awards services, including procurement support and non-standard contractual agreements between us.
  • Dedicated account manager
  • Support and application uptime SLA

User opinions about Award Force price and value

Value for money rating:

Of 21 reviews that provide robust commentary on Award Force's price and value, 62% mention it in a positive light.

Some reviewers feel that Award Force offers good value for money, especially considering the time savings and extensive customization options it provides. They find the pricing reasonable for the features and support included, and some users report that the benefits outweigh the costs. Reviewers appreciate the transparent costs and competitive pricing compared to other platforms. However, some users say the platform is expensive, particularly for small nonprofits or heavy users. They indicate that the annual costs can be significant and sometimes difficult to justify for smaller competitions.

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To see what individual users think of Award Force's cost and value, check out the review excerpts below.

“It is costly for a small nonprofit like ours, but it saves me, our entrants and judges so much time it is worth the cost.”
RH

Robert H.

Executive Director

“Even though there is a cost that we didn't have before, our organization found that the benefits outweighed the costs. ”
DK

Dana K.

Communications and Marketing Manager

“I wish our organization could afford the platform with the payment process, but our competition is so small, that the cost cannot be justified.”
DT

Donna T.

Executive Director

Award Force integrations (26)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 193 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as Award Force integrations and how users feel about them.

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Zapier

Integration rating: 4.0 (1)

As we didn't collect entries directly on AwardForce, we needed Zapier to import contest entries to the platform.

AJ

Alexandra J.

Creator Engagement Associate

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Mailchimp

Integration rating: 4.0 (1)

Award Force support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Knowledge Base
Email/Help Desk
Phone Support
FAQs/Forum

Training options

Documentation
Live Online
Videos
Webinars

Award Force FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of Award Force?

Award Force has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Public Administrations, Small Business


Q. What are the benefits of using Award Force?

Entries can be submitted online 24/7, with users able to manage, track, tag, search, and filter entries in real time.

Each awards account is given a vanity domain, and users can customize it with their own brand assets, logos, and color palette.

Spreadsheet reports including entries, payment transactions, scores, comments, judging progress, judging leaderboard, and votes leaderboard can be exported.

Four judging modes include: qualifying, with crowd consensus on which entries should qualify; top pick, using the single transferable vote (STV) system; voting, to engage participants with social sharing; and VIP judging, leveraging the knowledge of experienced judges.

Results from each stage of judging are presented on a leaderboard in real time, with the ability to sort and filter results.


Q. What languages does Award Force support?

Award Force supports the following languages:
Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian (Bokmal), Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese


Q. Does Award Force offer an API?

Yes, Award Force has an API available for use.


Q. What level of support does Award Force offer?

Award Force offers the following support options:
Knowledge Base, Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, FAQs/Forum

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