AwardStage vs SweepWidget

AwardStage helps organizers run awards programmes, from collecting entries or nominations to judging and assessment. Organizers can build an awards landing page or full website with a drag-and-drop builder, then make forms with different field types and category-specific information. Entrants can save drafts and upload documents, video, or audio. Judging tools support rounds, juries, entry allocation, multi-criteria scoring, and anonymous judging. Stripe integration handles online entry fees and event ticket sales; a ticketing module is also offered on every tier as a paid add-on. Standard costs $2,835 a year and supports up to 249 submissions, 30 categories, 50 judges, five administrators, and 10GB of file capacity. Pro costs $4,221 a year and supports 250–999 submissions, up to 100 categories, unlimited judges, administrators, and file capacity. Both listed prices reflect a 10% discount through 31 October 2026. Enterprise pricing is by contact. A 14-day trial provides full access without payment details. AwardStage runs on Android, iOS, and web.

SweepWidget helps organizations run giveaways, contests, and sweepstakes to grow social audiences, engagement, email lists, traffic, and sales. Its drag-and-drop builder supports custom styling and CSS, with more than 30 social platforms and over 110 entry methods listed. Campaign options include social and email promotions, photo and video contests, voting, leaderboards, airdrops, NFT giveaways, presales, and whitelist campaigns. Photo and video contests can use galleries, public voting, media approval, and judge panels. The service collects unlimited emails and lists 38 email CRM integrations. Shopify and WooCommerce can award entries for purchases using configured earning rates and spending thresholds. Campaigns can run in 103 languages. Fraud controls include selectable anti-spam levels, duplicate IP and VPN blocking, disposable-email filtering, and API-verified actions. Rules generation, location and age restrictions, participant verification, and recorded random drawings are available, but customers remain responsible for legal compliance. The Free plan is free; Pro is $29 a month.