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OpenWater vs RQ Platform 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.

RQ Platform is an all-in-one Application and Review software platform for streamlining and simplifying your entire program, designed for Awards, Scholarships, Grants, Fellowships, Mentorships, Volunteer Recruitment and more.

  • 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

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Pricing

Starting from

5100

Per year

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

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • 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

4.7

42

5

4

3

2

1

30

11

1

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
93%
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

“It streamlined our application intake, reviewer assignments, and compliance tracking with customizable forms and intuitive dashboards, saving significant time during peak cycles.”
BO

Brian O.

Ag. Senior Information Scientist

“In a perfect world, there are a few formatting features that could be enhanced, but these are minor considerations when compared to the platform’s overall functionality, ease of use, and value.”
PJ

Peter J.

Bursary Committee Secretary

“RhythmQ has transformed a cumbersome paper-based process into one that is efficient, transparent, and easy to manage.”
PJ

Peter J.

Bursary Committee Secretary

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

“The platform is not intuitive and there is still not a usable database.”
MB

Michelle B.

Director, Psychological Services

“Some of the functionality (follow up) is not included in our initial set up but at an additional cost.”
JM

Julia M.

Director of Communications

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review4 months ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review6 days ago

Key features

  • Total features71
  • AI-based Matching
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting Integration
  • Action Item Tracking
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Address Validation
  • Administrative Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Applicant Portal
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • Approval Process Control
  • Assessment Management
  • Assignment Management
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Autofill
  • Awards Management
  • Blind Judging
  • Budget Control
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Calendar Sync
  • Campaign Management
  • Career Development
  • Categorization/Grouping
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Committee Management
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Conditional Logic
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Contact Management
  • Content Library
  • Contract/License Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Curriculum Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Data Visualization
  • Deadline Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Donor Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Dues Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Electronic Submission
  • Email Management
  • Email Reminders
  • Email Templates
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Entrant Management
  • Entry Fee Processing
  • Entry Management
  • Event Management
  • Feedback Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Grantmakers
  • For Higher Education
  • For Marketers
  • For Nonprofits
  • For Schools
  • Forms Creation & Design
  • Forms Management
  • Fraud Detection
  • Fund Accounting
  • Fundraising Management
  • Goal Management
  • Grant Application Management
  • Grant Award Tracking
  • Grant Management
  • Impact Measurement
  • Interview Management
  • Judging Management
  • Labeling
  • Landing Pages/Web Forms
  • Lead Generation
  • Learning Management
  • Media Library
  • Member Database
  • Membership Management
  • Mentor/Coach Matching
  • Mentoring Program Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Multi-Currency
  • Participant Profiles
  • Payment Tracking
  • Polls/Voting
  • Preview Functionality
  • Program Evaluation
  • Progress Tracking
  • Promotions Management
  • Ratings/Reviews
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Recommendations
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Registration Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Requirements Management
  • Response Validation
  • Reviewer Management
  • Reviewer Portal
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SSL Security
  • Scoring
  • Search/Filter
  • Self Service Portal
  • Single Sign On
  • Skills Assessment
  • Skills Contests (Photo, Essay, Design, etc)
  • Social Marketing
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Promotion
  • Status Tracking
  • Student Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Task Management
  • Template Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Training Management
  • Volunteer Management
  • Web Forms
  • Website Management
  • White Label
  • Workflow Automation
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features148
  • AI-based Matching
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting Integration
  • Action Item Tracking
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Address Validation
  • Administrative Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Applicant Portal
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • Approval Process Control
  • Assessment Management
  • Assignment Management
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Autofill
  • Awards Management
  • Blind Judging
  • Budget Control
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Calendar Sync
  • Campaign Management
  • Career Development
  • Categorization/Grouping
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Committee Management
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Conditional Logic
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Contact Management
  • Content Library
  • Contract/License Management
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Curriculum Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Data Visualization
  • Deadline Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Donor Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Dues Management
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Electronic Submission
  • Email Management
  • Email Reminders
  • Email Templates
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Entrant Management
  • Entry Fee Processing
  • Entry Management
  • Event Management
  • Feedback Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Grantmakers
  • For Higher Education
  • For Marketers
  • For Nonprofits
  • For Schools
  • Forms Creation & Design
  • Forms Management
  • Fraud Detection
  • Fund Accounting
  • Fundraising Management
  • Goal Management
  • Grant Application Management
  • Grant Award Tracking
  • Grant Management
  • Impact Measurement
  • Interview Management
  • Judging Management
  • Labeling
  • Landing Pages/Web Forms
  • Lead Generation
  • Learning Management
  • Media Library
  • Member Database
  • Membership Management
  • Mentor/Coach Matching
  • Mentoring Program Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Multi-Currency
  • Participant Profiles
  • Payment Tracking
  • Polls/Voting
  • Preview Functionality
  • Program Evaluation
  • Progress Tracking
  • Promotions Management
  • Ratings/Reviews
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Recommendations
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Registration Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Requirements Management
  • Response Validation
  • Reviewer Management
  • Reviewer Portal
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SSL Security
  • Scoring
  • Search/Filter
  • Self Service Portal
  • Single Sign On
  • Skills Assessment
  • Skills Contests (Photo, Essay, Design, etc)
  • Social Marketing
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Promotion
  • Status Tracking
  • Student Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Task Management
  • Template Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Training Management
  • Volunteer Management
  • Web Forms
  • Website Management
  • White Label
  • Workflow Automation
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations19
  • Airtable
  • Association Anywhere
  • Auth0
  • ClearVantage
  • Fonteva Events
  • Fonteva for Associations
  • Google Analytics 360
  • GrowthZone
  • Higher Logic Vanilla
  • HubSpot CRM
  • Keap
  • MemberClicks
  • MemberSuite
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Nimble
  • Nimble AMS
  • PayPal
  • PayPal Checkout
  • PayPal Enterprise Payments
  • Sage Payments
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Stripe
  • WildApricot
  • Xero
  • YourMembership
  • Zoho CRM
  • authorize.net
  • iMIS
  • re:Members
  • Total integrations20
  • Airtable
  • Association Anywhere
  • Auth0
  • ClearVantage
  • Fonteva Events
  • Fonteva for Associations
  • Google Analytics 360
  • GrowthZone
  • Higher Logic Vanilla
  • HubSpot CRM
  • Keap
  • MemberClicks
  • MemberSuite
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Nimble
  • Nimble AMS
  • PayPal
  • PayPal Checkout
  • PayPal Enterprise Payments
  • Sage Payments
  • Salesforce Sales Cloud
  • Stripe
  • WildApricot
  • Xero
  • YourMembership
  • Zoho CRM
  • authorize.net
  • iMIS
  • re:Members