AwardKit vs Judgify

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.

Judgify is a system for managing abstracts, awards, contests, and different kinds of nominations. It covers event setup, submission handling, judging or public voting, scoring, and reports. Organizers can configure registration and submission forms, set categories and rules, assign judges, create scorecards, and manage rounds, including judge abstentions. Custom reports and real-time analytics support tracking submissions, judging activity, and winner selection. The contest planning page lists payment gateway integrations including PayPal, Wirecard, Asiapay, and Worldpay. Judgify says the platform is ISO 27001 certified and compliant with GDPR and PCI DSS. It also describes encryption for stored and transferred data, daily database backups kept for 30 days, and AWS hosting. Judging modules are described as mobile-friendly and available for Android and iOS. The free Basic plan is free and allows 100 submissions per event, 5 categories, 5 MB files, and 1 private judging round. Pro is $699, paid once, plus an onboarding fee, for an individual award or event.