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OpenWater vs AwardSpring Comparison (2026)

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Overview

OpenWater streamlines program management with its end-to-end solution for accepting and reviewing applications, awards, grants, scholarships, proposals, and abstracts.

AwardSpring is a cloud-based scholarship management platform, which helps small to large educational institutions streamline application management, donor engagement, fund utilization, and more. The software provides various features including custom forms, applicant portal, single sign-on (SSO) environment, reporting, data import/export, pre-made templates, budget calculation, and digital scorecards.

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

5100

Per year

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

99

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.6

73

5

4

3

2

1

47

24

1

0

1

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
86%
would recommend this app

4.6

25

5

4

3

2

1

16

9

0

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
92%
would recommend this app

Pros

“What I like most about OpenWater is the strong customer support and the flexibility to customize the system to fit our specific conference needs.”
JK

Jenna K.

Education Systems Manager

“Judges are now able to enter all of their scores and we can use OpenWater to calculate and weight things as needed versus having to do all of this manually before!”
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Danielle A.

AVP

“This level of support and flexibility has been especially valuable in adapting the platform to our conference workflows and requirements.”
JK

Jenna K.

Education Systems Manager

Pros

Not enoughreviews yet

Cons

“As a result, we rely on a separate system to manage these connected data points, which creates a duplicative and time-consuming workflow.”
JK

Jenna K.

Education Systems Manager

“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. ”
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Danielle A.

AVP

“It lacks the ability to have more customizable features. ”
BT

Brandi T.

Undergraduate Research and Training Programs Manager

Cons

Not enoughreviews yet

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review4 months ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review5 years ago

Key features

  • Total features71
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Administrative Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Applicant Portal
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Awards Management
  • Blind Judging
  • Budget Control
  • CRM
  • Categorization/Grouping
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Compliance Management
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Contact Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Deadline Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Submission
  • Email Reminders
  • Email Templates
  • Entrant Management
  • Entry Fee Processing
  • Entry Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Grantmakers
  • Forms Management
  • Fraud Detection
  • Grant Application Management
  • Grant Award Tracking
  • Grant Management
  • Impact Measurement
  • Interview Management
  • Judging Management
  • Labeling
  • Monitoring
  • Payment Tracking
  • Polls/Voting
  • Progress Tracking
  • Promotions Management
  • Ratings/Reviews
  • Recommendations
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reviewer Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SSL Security
  • Scoring
  • Search/Filter
  • Single Sign On
  • Skills Contests (Photo, Essay, Design, etc)
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Promotion
  • Status Tracking
  • Student Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Web Forms
  • White Label
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features27
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Administrative Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Applicant Portal
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Awards Management
  • Blind Judging
  • Budget Control
  • CRM
  • Categorization/Grouping
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Compliance Management
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Contact Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Deadline Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Submission
  • Email Reminders
  • Email Templates
  • Entrant Management
  • Entry Fee Processing
  • Entry Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Grantmakers
  • Forms Management
  • Fraud Detection
  • Grant Application Management
  • Grant Award Tracking
  • Grant Management
  • Impact Measurement
  • Interview Management
  • Judging Management
  • Labeling
  • Monitoring
  • Payment Tracking
  • Polls/Voting
  • Progress Tracking
  • Promotions Management
  • Ratings/Reviews
  • Recommendations
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reviewer Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SSL Security
  • Scoring
  • Search/Filter
  • Single Sign On
  • Skills Contests (Photo, Essay, Design, etc)
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Promotion
  • Status Tracking
  • Student Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Web Forms
  • White Label
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations19
  • Airtable
  • Association Anywhere
  • Auth0
  • ClearVantage
  • Fonteva Events
  • Fonteva for Associations
  • Google Analytics 360
  • GrowthZone
  • HubSpot CRM
  • MemberClicks
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • PayPal
  • PayPal Enterprise Payments
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Stripe
  • WildApricot
  • Xero
  • authorize.net
  • iMIS
  • Total integrationsN/A
  • Airtable
  • Association Anywhere
  • Auth0
  • ClearVantage
  • Fonteva Events
  • Fonteva for Associations
  • Google Analytics 360
  • GrowthZone
  • HubSpot CRM
  • MemberClicks
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • PayPal
  • PayPal Enterprise Payments
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Stripe
  • WildApricot
  • Xero
  • authorize.net
  • iMIS