AwardKit vs Evessio

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.

Evessio is a platform for running awards programmes and conferences, combining event setup, participant management, and revenue tools. Its awards module includes branded entry websites, entry management, online judging, AI-structured judge feedback, communications, seating, revenue, and reporting. Judges can score entries using flexible criteria and rounds, with conflict-of-interest controls. The conference module covers a conference website, delegate registration, speaker and abstract management, sponsors, check-in, and reporting. A revenue portal supports payment gateways, multiple currencies, e-commerce, refunds, partial payments, and invoice generation. Evessio also provides API access and Zapier triggers for new events, event users, transactions, and tickets. The platform is available on web and iOS, with registration forms, ticketing, onsite check-in, an attendee app, attendee email, and exhibitor tools. Packages include setup for the first event, onboarding, training, and ongoing support. Pricing is on request, with listed options for awards, conferences, or both.