Awardify vs AwardKit

Awardify is a web platform for organizing awards programs from submissions through judging and winner publication. Organizers can create custom categories and entry forms, accept nominations, track entries, save progress, send reminders, and collect file uploads. Judges score entries against configurable criteria, add comments, and use progress reports and leaderboards; programs can also offer public voting. A customizable public website can show sponsors, event pages, galleries, and winners, while handling ticket payments. Stripe processes entry fees, gala tickets, and sponsor signups, and invoice payment is also available. Entries and public voting data can be exported to CSV, with an API described for data extraction. Awardify says websites run on its private server and that it controls performance and security. Support includes phone, email, video, onboarding, backups, and a pre-launch check. Pricing includes $379, paid once for setup and $1,979 a year for the annual subscription.

AwardKit manages award programs, recognition initiatives, and judged competitions, from collecting entries through judging and publishing results. Organizers can build forms with conditional questions, autosave, save-and-resume, and image, PDF, and video uploads. Judges score through personalized links without accounts, using configurable weighted criteria on any device. Programs can use judge-only scoring, audience voting, or both. AwardKit calculates scores and supports winner assignment, public results, and CSV exports with rankings and judge feedback. Entry fees use Stripe Connect, with funds paid directly to the organization’s Stripe account and no AwardKit commission. The web service states that traffic uses HTTPS/TLS, data is encrypted at rest, passwords are hashed, and two-factor authentication is available. Card entry happens through Stripe-hosted Checkout; AwardKit says it does not see or store full card numbers. A free plan and free trial are available. The paid AwardKit plan is $1,995 a year, billed annually, with unlimited programs, entries, judges, audience voters, and team members. Organizations with 500 or more entries are invited to contact AwardKit.