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OpenWater

awards management platform. Scholarships, Grants. Abstracts

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OpenWater - 2024 Pricing, Features, Reviews, & Alternatives

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What is OpenWater?

OpenWater's Application & Review Software powers some of the most prestigious awards, prizes, scholarships and events around the world. Our battle tested platform makes it easy to submit and for review committees to review applications.

Our abstracts software comes packed with features designed to take the stress out of session submission review and scheduling.

Benefits of using OpenWater

  • With OpenWater, all tasks – by entrants, judges, chairs and administrators – are handled in one unified, fully integrated solution. Juggling is for the circus – not your awards program.

  • Organizations can configure specific, customized workflows for a variety of grants, scholarships, awards, prizes, call-for-papers, conferences, and voting.

  • The OpenWater admin panel displays an overview of the entire grant application, review, and selection process, and users can easily and securely share insights with stakeholders.

  • OpenWater can handle even the most demanding application and review processes, and enables users to create review forms and processes that fit their program’s exact needs.

  • Create custom online galleries of entries and winning submissions using OpenWater's awards management system which automatically updates as applicants submit their entries.

  • OpenWater helps ensure effective communication for internal and external audiences, with tools for scheduled email blasts with variables, email confirmations, social media integration, and more.

    • Starting from

    5900

    Per year

    OpenWater's key features

    Most critical features, based on insights from OpenWater users:

    Customizable Forms
    3.9
    (10)
    Customizable Questions
    3.7
    (11)
    Customizable Fields
    4.0
    (10)
    Data Import/Export
    3.8
    (9)
    Entry Management
    4.0
    (8)
    SSL Security
    4.1
    (7)

    Features

    4.2

    /5

    60

    Ease of use

    4.1

    /5

    60

    All OpenWater features

    Grant Application Management
    4.7
    (3)
    Applicant Portal
    4.7
    (3)
    Online Registration
    4.3
    (3)
    Application Management
    5.0
    (1)
    Reporting/Analytics
    4.0
    (2)
    Judging Management
    3.9
    (7)
    Attendee Management
    4.0
    (2)
    Reviewer Management
    5.0
    (1)
    Scoring
    4.3
    (7)
    Customizable Branding
    4.2
    (4)
    Real-Time Chat
    5.0
    (1)
    Grant Award Tracking
    4.0
    (2)
    Payment Tracking
    4.5
    (2)
    Polls/Voting
    (0)
    Presentation Streaming
    (0)
    Progress Tracking
    (0)
    Promotions Management
    (0)
    Recommendations
    (0)
    Monitoring
    (0)
    Live Streaming
    (0)
    Labeling
    (0)
    Interview Management
    (0)
    Impact Measurement
    5.0
    (1)
    Grant Management
    (0)
    Gamification
    (0)
    Fraud Detection
    (0)
    Forms Management
    3.0
    (1)
    Workflow Management
    (0)
    White Label
    (0)
    Website Management
    (0)
    Web Forms
    (0)
    Visitor Registration
    (0)
    Virtual Lobby
    (0)
    Video Conferencing
    (0)
    Third-Party Integrations
    (0)
    Survey/Poll Management
    (0)
    Status Tracking
    (0)
    Social Promotion
    (0)
    Social Media Integration
    (0)
    Skills Contests (Photo, Essay, Design, etc)
    (0)
    Single Sign On
    (0)
    Search/Filter
    (0)
    Role-Based Permissions
    (0)
    Reporting & Statistics
    (0)
    Reminders
    (0)
    Registration Management
    (0)
    Recording
    (0)
    Contact Management
    (0)
    Configurable Workflow
    (0)
    Conferencing
    (0)
    Compliance Management
    4.5
    (2)
    Communication Management
    (0)
    Commenting/Notes
    (0)
    Collaboration Tools
    5.0
    (1)
    Categorization/Grouping
    (0)
    Budget Control
    (0)
    Blind Judging
    (0)
    Badge Management
    (0)
    Awards Management
    (0)
    Attendance Management
    (0)
    Approval Process Control
    (0)
    Applicant Tracking
    3.0
    (1)
    API
    (0)
    Alerts/Notifications
    (0)
    Administrative Reporting
    (0)
    Activity Tracking
    (0)
    Activity Dashboard
    (0)
    Access Controls/Permissions
    (0)
    For Grantmakers
    (0)
    Financial Reporting
    5.0
    (2)
    Event Tracking
    (0)
    Event Scheduling
    (0)
    Event Management
    (0)
    Event Calendar
    (0)
    Entry Fee Processing
    (0)
    Entrant Management
    (0)
    Engagement Tracking
    (0)
    Email Templates
    (0)
    Email Reminders
    (0)
    Email Marketing
    (0)
    Electronic Submission
    (0)
    Electronic Payments
    (0)
    Due Date Tracking
    4.0
    (1)
    Document Review
    (0)
    Document Management
    (0)
    Deadline Management
    (0)
    Customizable Templates
    (0)
    Customizable Reports
    (0)
    CRM
    (0)

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    5900

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    4.2
    Value for Money
    4.3
    Customer Support
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    Free version
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    4.2
    Features
    4.3
    Value for Money
    4.4
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    4.2
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    NetSuite

    4.2
    (1.6K)
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    No pricing info

    Free trial
    Free version
    Ease of Use
    3.9
    Features
    4.2
    Value for Money
    3.8
    Customer Support
    3.8
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    WildApricot

    4.5
    (555)
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    Starting from

    60

    Per month

    Free trial
    Free version
    Ease of Use
    4.3
    Features
    4.2
    Value for Money
    4.4
    Customer Support
    4.4

    OpenWater pricing

    Pricing options
    Free plan
    Subscription
    Free trial
    Pricing range
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    Value for money

    4.3

    /5

    60

    Starting from

    5900

    Per year

    OpenWater support options

    Typical customers

    Freelancers
    Small businesses
    Mid size businesses
    Large enterprises

    Platforms supported

    Web
    Android
    iPhone/iPad

    Support options

    Phone Support
    Chat
    Email/Help Desk
    FAQs/Forum
    Knowledge Base

    Training options

    Webinars
    In Person
    Documentation
    Live Online
    Videos

    OpenWater reviews

    Overall rating

    4.6

    /5

    60

    Positive reviews

    97

    %

    Rating breakdown
    • Value for money
    • Ease of use
    • Features
    • Customer support
    • Likelihood to recommend8.79/10
    Rating distribution

    5

    4

    3

    2

    1

    38

    20

    1

    0

    1

    Pros
    Their self-help guides are useful and when they're not, customer service is available (see caveat below). I have had several different dedicated service advisors; all have been uniformly excellent.
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    Al B.

    Editor

    Amazing service - lightning quick responses...wow. Super helpful to have the judges watch videos right through the platform.
    PB

    Pavan B.

    Director

    We have been using OpenWater for the last 2 years to manage our annual marketing awards competition and have been very pleased with the results.
    MD

    Molly D.

    Cons
    Sometimes the UI/UX is a little weird (Settings vs Manage? I still don't understand the difference). Eventually, with enough use, you can intuit how the system works.
    SM

    Sarah M.

    Partner

    It slowed me down, was cumbersome and had no option to get a printout of the application to review off line.
    DR

    Douglas R.

    Professor

    And there is no testing feature- in order to test the application portal you must open the submission round. We also had to switch which staff would have super-user status since only two are allowed.
    EC

    Elle C.

    Program Manager, Research Programs and Evaluations

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    OpenWater FAQs

    Q. What type of pricing plans does OpenWater offer?

    OpenWater has the following pricing plans:
    Starting from: $5900.00/year
    Pricing model: Subscription

    Q. Who are the typical users of OpenWater?

    OpenWater has the following typical customers:
    Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Small Business

    Q. What languages does OpenWater support?

    OpenWater supports the following languages:
    English, Arabic, Basque, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian (Bokmal), Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese

    Q. Does OpenWater offer an API?

    Yes, OpenWater has an API available for use.

    Q. What other apps does OpenWater integrate with?

    OpenWater integrates with the following applications:
    authorize.net, MemberClicks, PayPal, Google Analytics 360, Fonteva Events, Airtable, GrowthZone, Association Anywhere, Azure Active Directory, Fonteva for Associations, Stripe, WildApricot, Salesforce Sales Cloud, ClearVantage, Mailchimp, Braintree, Auth0, Xero, HubSpot CRM, iMIS

    Q. What level of support does OpenWater offer?

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

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