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Award Force is the world's #1 awards software, perfect for assessing portfolios, online. Designed for performance and function, its fast, secure and a great experience for students, assessors and course managers. Use several review modes to assess portfolios, ensure originality in work using our plagiarism detection tool, create great submission experiences with an easy to use drag-and-drop form builder and much more.
Provider
Creative Force
Located In
Australia
Foundation
2013
Open API
Yes
Deployment
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Training
Documentation, Live Online, Videos, Webinars
Support
Knowledge Base, Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, FAQs/Forum
Blue-chip brands, government departments, industry associations, events managers, and corporate organisations that manage a contest / awards programme.
Content Source: Award Force
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Reviewers find Award Force's judging process user-friendly and efficient, making it easy for judges to navigate and evaluate entries. They appreciate the ability to track progress, the time-saving features, and the positive feedback from judges who commend the seamless and smooth judging experience. The platform's global judging capability and the ease of use for both entrants and judges contribute to a highly effective awards management system.
Users have mixed feelings about the setup process of Award Force, with many appreciating the straightforward configuration and clear step-by-step approach. They find the customer service stellar and helpful in navigating the system's complexities. However, some users experience confusion during the setup, particularly in the second year, and feel that more setup examples could alleviate the initial challenges.
Pros
Award Force is much better than our old awards platform and we have received great feedback from users, both entrants and judges.
It is very easy to change over each year, customer service is great and the responses to questions are easy to find in the help section.
I am extremely pleased with Award Force on so many levels. As an awards administrator, it offers everything I need and more.
Its been perfect - speedy responses, excellent product that works really well for us and it has helped us increase our number of entries for the awards year on year.
Cons
There is no possibility to sort the projects once they are reviewed.
There are a few odd things here: it is , for instance, not possible to sort all entrants by their last name, only by their first.
A lot of features so sometimes risk of getting a bit lost because of the choice of features - but that is probably just because I don't use it on a very regular basis.
I hate that you can't search an entry by the user's name.
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A Little Tricky But Excellent and Fast Support
Michelle M.
"Great support, intuitive, submitters and judges love it!"
Overall: This company really gets the importance of support. When onboarding, it's easy to get overwhelmed, worried, stressed, and panicked. We did not experience any of that when onboarding with AF. Our rep was with us the entire way. Our millions of questions (and sometimes duplicate questions a week later) were happily answered, she listened and used our particular nomenclatures when responding. I also love the "sanity check" that is offered when a new program is added. Having someone review our program before we go live is invaluable.
Pros: I love that is is easy for our members and judges to use. That ease of use helps with them participating in the awards program in subsequent years.
Cons: Nothing major comes to mind, but I have a couple of minor dislikes. I wish there was better sorting capabilities on the screen views. Not all columns can be sorted. Also, some times our I need to provide reports to our board that the system doesn't provide. Luckily I can download everything into excel and create my own "ad hoc reports when needed.
"An Amazing Option for Project Management"
Pros: It's amazing! It looks great, the forward facing aspect has gotten many compliments. You can customize and tweak so much that you can make it work for almost anything! And the price is great! Customer service is very responsive and so helpful! They clearly know their stuff.
Cons: -The built-in spreadsheet function is not great. -You can't have a submission from an anonymous source or without requiring a login. -If you want to have a lot of programs/ applications open at once, that tab view can get pretty cluttered and overwhelming. It would be nice if you could hide them by category or something.
"Great Program!"
Pros: This program is very nice to have. Worth the money.
Cons: It takes some time to catch on to this program.
"Award Force is superior software"
Overall: Very positive experience overall. Other award platforms I have seen are just pale copies of Award Force!
Pros: The software is super easy to use and adapt to your program's needs. The help features and videos are best in class, and the customer service agents are patient and knowledgeable! Super fast turn around times too!
Cons: I wish there was more data around my applicants and submissions and the Full Report by Nomination type could be refined more.
"A great fit for our contest"
Overall: Last year, we chose Award Force to replace a competitor that was going to raise its price by an unreasonable amount. A year later, I wish we had chosen Award Force sooner! Easy to use for administrators, contest entrants and contest judges. The price is very reasonable and we are excited to start up our contest using Award Force for the second year in a row. Customer support is outstanding.
Pros: 1. Ease to implement and manage for administrators. 2. Ease of use for end users (contest entrants). 3. Great set of tools to set up and use the contest judging component.
Cons: Just one thing. Wish the company could allow us to use our primary online payment vendor. We have an existing account for one that does work, but it'd be nice to consolidate and have just one product to deal with in terms of online payment. That said, Award Force has already listened to our concern and our request was forwarded on.
