# Page 5 | Award Force Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 5 - Is Award Force the right Nonprofit solution for you? Explore 193 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/148148/Award-Force/reviews --- Award Force 4.8 (193) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 30th, 2026 # Page 5 - Reviews of Award Force ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 101-125 of 193 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use CH Christin H. Deputy Director Global Events Newspapers Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great software if you have several awards throughout the year." January 27, 2023 4.0 Pros AwardsForce is very user friendly and easy to navigate. We have a complicated awards system and AwardsForce is one of the few softwares which met all our main requirements. Cons Payment options - would be great to have several bank accounts within one user account (instead of just one) Reason for choosing Award Force AwardsForce fullfilled all our requirements. Review Source QK Quentin K. Chief Executive Officer Real Estate Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "So easy to use and functionality is wonderful, plus the support team are amazing." May 2, 2018 5.0 The range of features. Simplicity to set up and for the users encourages more entrants into our annual awards. The ease of use for the judges means they can use the system wherever they are and what ever time it is - no more bulky paper packs to be sent out. Pros The ease of use. At first there appears to be a lot to input and learn but the support you get, including hands on webinars and individual training makes it simple. The support team are very responsive. And the degree of functionality is great. We had a paper based system previously which was an absolute nightmare - printing, distributing, collating, reprinting for judges...and so on. Now it's a simple process and judging is online, so it can be done at any time anywhere. Cons The is really nothing that I don't like about this software. Some of the things, such as setting up your theme take a bit of work, but a little reading and experimenting overcomes this. Review Source HE Henry E. Associate Consultant Management Consulting Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Best Award Platform out there and more " January 25, 2017 5.0 AwardForce is an incredible platform that is relatively easy to use and can be extremely customizable once you get the hang of things. Where there is a learning curve, the incredible support team does not just solve the problem for you but teaches you along the way so that you can become independent and more confident with the platform. Some of the judges using this platform were C-Suite at fortune 500 companies and all commended us on the seamless process. We also worked with a lot of startups and emerging tech companies in the judging and applicant pool and they all had positive feedback about the UX and UI. No matter what size contest or applicant pool you are working with, AwardForce allows you to go above and beyond in terms of features and accommodation and communication with users. It gave our team confidence managing a process with high-level executive judges and users who are some of the biggest names in the tech industry. Pros \- Customizability - UX/UI - Support Team - Managing Features Cons \- If you want a highly, highly complex setup, it does get complicated. However, the support team has your back and allows you to learn as you go. Eventually, you feel like an expert. Review Source FH Frances H. Project Coordinator Mining & Metals Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "ChargeOn Innovation Challenge" October 11, 2021 5.0 The Customer Service is second to none. Without the team of Support people I may have had a nervous breakdown ;) Pros Configuration was easy, customizable and fit the complexity of our program Cons There wasn't much that I could complain about Reason for choosing Award Force It offered a structured way to evaluate our submissions in a very complex global environment, that we had complete control over, without having to wait for people to configure or test for us. Review Source AR Alin R. Interim CTO Publishing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great features and perfect support" November 24, 2020 4.0 Pros Very responsive support, great features and easy to implement and maintain. Cons Often not very descriptive labels in the application. Review Source ER Emma R. Senior Manager, Events Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great platform, easy to use, amazing support!" February 21, 2019 5.0 Everyone i have worked with at Award Force has been a delight! We had been using the same system for a long time and made the much needed change to Award Force, we are going into year two with the platform because it was so great! Pros It works well and is visually appealing. Cons I wish there was a way to close a round for entries but have a secret way to allow ppl to still edit their entry. Review Source Response from Creative Force February 25, 2019 Aww thanks Emma! You've been a delight to work with too :D We've released a 'resubmission' feature recently which might work for you. We'll be in touch today to tell you about it. DC Danny C. Managing Director Banking Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Fantastic Product and our client loves it!" October 18, 2017 5.0 It's completely changed the competition from paper based to 100% online, saving on cost but also attracting more users! Pros When selecting AwardForce, we ran a full search looking at many different platforms. Only Awardforce offered us the flexibility and control over our own competition. The Team are fantastic, the costs are completely transparent and it's brilliantly secure. There's also new features being delivered regularly. My client absolutely loves it and it's completely revolutionised the whole competition process. Cons It would be nice to have more control over the Judging views in terms of layout. At the moment this is fixed. Review Source AH Angela H. Executive Director Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "One happy customer!" November 22, 2022 5.0 Highly satisfied! Pros Award Force is much better than our old awards platform and we have received great feedback from users, both entrants and judges. The customer support team quickly responds to inquiries and promptly resolves any issues. Cons I had to hire someone to help me set up my platform but since then, I am able to make most modifications. Reason for choosing Award Force Better service and features for a similar price. Review Source RM Raquel M. Awards Coordinator Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "It was great joy to coordinate the BIGGIES Awards using AwardForce. " October 24, 2017 5.0 Pros The software provided everything you need as an Awards Coordinator, in a clean designed view: Setting up the rules and categories for your Awards, the customised design, payments, the judging, a nice dashboard to have real-time impressions and the different possibilities to collect data. It´s a very sophisticated system; I would recommend it to whoever is working with awards and competitions. Cons Some tools were very easy to handle, but at first I could not understand them. Thanks to the support of AwardForce team, that was not a real issue, as they immediately came back with a solution. Review Source MI Meredith I. Project Officer Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to configure and great functionality" December 17, 2017 5.0 Pros The customer service was excellent. They were always helpful in nutting out solutions for our complicated review flows and finding work-arounds if necessary. Cons Can't tailor the reports (downloads) to suit our requirements Need to be able to copy the review flow over to the next season Review Source LW Linda W. Owner Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great platform and easy to maintain. We have found the system great for our needs" January 21, 2018 5.0 Pros Easy of use, personally maintained but with back up when required. Ability to check progress, email from within via broadcasts to entrants, financial capability to accept payment and send invoices saves time. Once we had worked the platform once we definitely got the hang of it quick as did our entrants and judges. Cons In the criteria area when info is written, the system automatically defaults to spell check with pink boxes and often not necessary. this can be off putting to entrants and we have received a number of queries on this as to how to not have it showing but the system cannot change this. Points system does not work well for us and we still have to export ranking and then mannually add up to find winners based on preference from our judges Review Source AP Amal P. Project Manager Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Occasional User/Administrator " July 27, 2020 4.0 As an occasional user, I have no complaints. Does the job well and customer service is always swift, clear and helpful. Pros Allows me to do what I need to for work. Allows candidates to fill in applications really easily and the entire process is easy to monitor. Cons The terminology and interface takes some getting used to. It's not as intuitive as I had hoped. Although help and customer service has been excellent and once one gets used to it, the features are very useful. Review Source JP Jean P. Event Manager Public Relations and Communications Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "A great system - clean and easy for entrants to use. Highly recommended. " November 13, 2017 5.0 The ability to judge online which our previous system didn't. Much easier to use than previous systems. Pros Entrants can easily upload and view their entries and edit when needed. Flexible and adaptive forms to collect data/uploads and the forms are very clear and easy to add a lot of descriptive text to help inform entrants. Very easy to monitor entries and payments etc. Managers can easily access entries and make amendments when needed on behalf of entrants. The support is amazing - help is always on hand when there are any questions or issues you need help with. Cons The software is not overly intuitive when initially setting up, but the high-level of support provided helps with this. Can't be modified/developed for specific needs (unless requested by multiple users - due to nature of the system). However, they do help you with workarounds and develop new features when they can. Review Source KB Katrine B. Producer Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Fantastic Produce" August 19, 2023 5.0 This product has made taking our Awards completely online, so much easier than anticipated. The product is well thought out, detailed and the support team solve every question easily and quickly. Pros System is easy to use and can be as simple or as complex as you like., The support team are highly responsive, knowledgable and lovely! Cons Gets better all the time but I will look forward to being able to have multiple search criteria in the future hopefully! Review Source MD Meghan D. Coordinator, Special Projects Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Amazing support" July 23, 2020 5.0 This has saved a ton of time that would normally be spent on combining/merging submissions, creating surveys for judges, etc. Everything is in one place. My support rep \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\] has been amazing! Very quick to respond, understands what I'm trying to do, etc. Pros When you select the help menu, it suggests customized topics depending on what screen you're on Ability to customize most fields Merge multiple submissions Cons A little hard to navigate at first Some things are not customizable Alternatives considered [Reviewr](https://www.capterra.com/p/206626/Reviewr/)[Submittable](https://www.capterra.com/p/158382/Submittable/)[OpenWater](https://www.capterra.com/p/140294/OpenWater-Awards/) Reason for choosing Award Force Merge functionality and quick setup Review Source AF Aleksandra F. Project Koordination Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Worlddidac Award " January 26, 2021 4.0 Pros I use the software every two years. It's a long time if you are not a "native digital". The beginning is always a challenge. However, in the end, the software spares a lot of administrative work. Cons Preparing a product evaluation only works in "one direction" - if you get an idea in the heat of the work, it cannot be implemented. Reason for choosing Award Force I took over the product from my predecessor. Review Source AB Abigail B. Program Coordinator Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "I've been pleased with the overall functionality, user friendliness, and customer support. " August 4, 2017 5.0 A system for collecting data and materials from applicants for our awards. Pros Customer support: Carl has been such a great trainer and support--going above and beyond to help us understand and make changes to our events. He helped copy fields and change order numbers on our screenshare call to make our event better. Megan has been super helpful too--responding promptly. It is easy to use! Everything is pretty straight forward--if it's labeled something it has that functionality. It looks nice to viewers. Clean and nice layout. Its dynamic--there is a wide range of functionality--to create conditional fields, to hide fields from judges, types of attachments, types of judging, ect. Cons There are some hidden tricks you'd only know about if you were screensharing with an award force rep--for example the ## make the heading size different. Review Source CD Clare D. Director Publishing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Award Force" January 7, 2021 5.0 We've been using for 4 years now - very satisfied. Pros Has all the features you need in a software programme to support an awards programme - always receive comments from entrants and judges on ease of use. Excellent support provided Cons It's not the cheapest. But having run an awards recently without it due to budget reasons, we realised how much time it saves. Reason for choosing Award Force usability Review Source PH Penny H. Program Manger Government Relations Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Very user friendly and actually quite fun to set up " February 15, 2018 5.0 Its still too early to tell, as I have not yet finished the programs cycle. Pros It intuitive after a while it become second nature and its fun watching it all come together. I am not at all techy but I had no issues with the software and it looks very straightforward for our applicants. Cons At the moment I don't have any complaints. We don't have a graphic designing so scaling the logos to the correct size took a little bit of time but nothing major. I have not yet configured the judging component so I just hope that is as straight foreword as setting up the applications. I think it was quite expensive too. Many from the point of view that I work in a department where there are multiple program and to pay this much for every program would not be possible, which is a shame as all the programs would benefit from it. Review Source SH Steve H. Chair Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "RESCA Review" April 9, 2021 5.0 Benefit are numerous, no longer inconsistencies in the nominations as there was in a paper based system. judging is more professional and consistent. Customer service which I have used on several occasions is excellent. Pros Its ease of use in allowing users easy input. We use it for an Award program and in particular the judging aspect makes it extremely easy. Having gone from a paper based system the nomination and judging has become manageable and extremely efficient and consistant Cons I have not found anything to not like about the software. A suggestion that maybe there is a pricing for Not for profits or Service clubs as using it only for an Award system there is no income coming in from it. Review Source MR Marilena R. Events Manager Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Very customer focused. It is always a pleasure to liaise with the client success team. " November 8, 2017 4.0 Pros The adaptability to customer's needs. Since we started using this programme back in April, we flagged some changes that we wanted to implement to make it easier for our entrants and judges and most of them where already implemented by the Award Force team. Cons There are still some features/functions that need to be changed and some missing to make it a seamless experience for the administrators, entrants and judges alike. Review Source HL Hadas L. Event Manager Events Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A great experience " October 20, 2016 5.0 Its been a great experience using Awards Force. The system is very user friendly and the team is only a email or call away should you need assistance. I have been using Awards force for a few years now and can highly recommend! Pros User friendly, well though out, always being updated, responds quickly to changes made Review Source FI Folake I. Corp. Dev. Exec. Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "A brief review of the Award Force platform " February 3, 2021 4.0 Award Force has been quick to answer queries and address issues. They are also good at finding solutions that best suit our needs. They should be applauded for their speedy replies and willingness to find answers within a reasonable period of time - even after the meeting. Also, their helpdesk/ticket centre and the sidebar for providing quick answers to questions are great. Pros Easy to use. Relatively easy to navigate. Excellent customer service. Multiple payment options. Good onboarding process and follow-up. Cons Some aspects of finding out how to implement certain features are not straightforward. Navigation could be improved and small tweaks could be added to address this. Access can be limited for some areas where you may wish to modify titles (however, the Award Force team are willing to change this themselves within reason). Reason for choosing Award Force Easy to set up and use as an administrator and from the user's point of view, the steps are easy to follow, understand and apply. Review Source BL Betty L. Sr Business Program Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Awards tool for my awards program" April 19, 2019 3.0 Overall experience is good with the tool. easy to set up and reviewing and run the nomination report. but the bug issue is keep happening all the time. this make me not very happy with this tool. Pros The structure, the analysis report, export the data I received. allow the attachment for people submission Cons there are some bugs happened in last couple of days when I open my nomination process to large audience. Review Source Response from Creative Force April 24, 2019 Hi Betty, sorry for your troubles. From the support email we last exchanged, it seems the problem happened because of a setting issue. Your colleague Carl later switched it on and everything worked as expected. If there's anything else you would like to report, please let us know asap! SC Scott C. NZ Spatial Excellence Awards Steering Committee Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Ideal tool for running or 2 awards programme" September 11, 2017 5.0 Allowed us to focus on the awards process not the technology Pros The support that I received was excellent and every time I wished that there was a feature...it was there Cons Some of the features took a little time to find or figure out but the support team helped greatly. There might be one or two minor functionality gaps too like manually selecting users for a broadcast (could be user error though) Review Source Talk to a Capterra advisor for free and get results within 15 minutes.