Award Force Reviews & Product Details

The user interface for program managers is excellent. It is easy to see how to enter and edit key information, such as instructions for entrants. I have just finished updating our competition for the next cycle, and found it a simple matter to set new round dates, change entry fields, and adjust pricing and discounts. I tested everything, right through to payment, and it works very well. Our community of entrants has no complaints and finds it straightforward to participate. I should also add that we love the broadcast function for sending messages to our entrants. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We did have an issue in the last competition with automatically distributing entries to our judges. There was a glitch of some kind, and some of the entries were not being assigned. However, Award Force support was quick to the rescue. A hardworking technician tackled the problem, tagged all of the orphan entries, and got us into our judging period with only a day's delay. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Award Force provides a range of helpful features, supported by expertise in award management, to deliver a positive awards experience for everyone involved.

And also the support team's expertise in awards management processes, not just technical troubleshooting, provides added value. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The support explanation video is available only in English, and it would benefit from improvements such as adding subtitles or similar features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how Award Force makes it extremely user-friendly for both me and the nominees. It helps me efficiently track the progress of our nominees, from considering to acceptance, streamlining the whole awards process. The platform's usability is remarkable as nominees often manage to navigate through without assistance, yet it provides excellent resources if help is needed, ensuring I can support them effectively. I appreciate the organizational capabilities of the platform, specifically how acceptance forms are categorized by 'in progress' and 'submitted' status, facilitating easy monitoring of nominee progress. Additionally, I find the download feature particularly useful, allowing me to receive files directly via email, which adds to the convenience. Even though I did not prefer the recent dashboard update, I liked that Award Force still offered the option to use the old dashboard that aligns better with my role, demonstrating its adaptable nature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I find that locating different settings in Award Force isn't always intuitive, which can be frustrating. I've had to create training cards for myself to remember where to find and adjust these settings, especially since they can easily be overlooked or forgotten between different award seasons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's incredibly comprehensive in that you can set it up from the application perspective - facing your applicants. You can also organise the judging on there too, so it really takes you from start to finish.

The fact that it's an online platform means anyone applying or judging can access it all from anywhere, and we didn't need to give anyone access to anything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's quite clunky and not the most intuitive. I struggled to download certain assets quickly and easily, and would've liked some more training on the platform but it doesn't seem like it gives you a dedicated support agent.

It also doesn't pick up on things like if you have a judge who also has entered the awards, then it'd be great if it would automatically stop them judging that category to avoid bias. As far as I can tell it doesn't currently have this feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the ease of implementation. The onboarding process was so good. The team were great at explaining everything and the video help is amazing for those reminders on how to do something when you only use the system annually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The beginner package has its limitations, but at this point, we neither need nor can afford to upgrade to the next level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Quick and hands on help from the Account manager. The platform in general is very easy to use and understand from a user perspective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No quick way to gather statistics and data from separate forms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like the most about Award Force is that it enables:

- to explain the competition brief with documents

- to manage and review the applications from students, where they can upload documents and videos

- to judge the projects and vote for the winners

- to present the winning projects via the gallery

Using Award Force platform saves us time in our organisation, and is available online for applicants, judges, voters, program managers from everywhere.

It is easy to use thanks to tutorials and the helpdesk is fast at answering.

It's our daily tool to manage our competition and you don't need a long training to get familiar with, as it's easy to implement and use for the organising team but also other people. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

If you don't use the platform during few months, some evolutions may occur and you need to get familiar with, but it's not a real issue. In fact, it improves the platform, so must be considered as a good thing too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The intuitive design makes ease of use very high. Also, Award Force's service team are incredibly helpful, even with simple requests. We've been using the system for many years now so even questions about our annual set up tasks, which we sometimes fail to remember, are answered quickly and efficiently. The team members are also great in troubleshotting any ideas we have to make it easier on our customers by letting us know if there are any new additions or features that would help implementing these ideas. There are also numerous Award Force offices around the world with invidiuals who are ready to help as soon as they receive a support email, so you never have to wait long to get an answer to your question. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When we implemented Award Force, they made some changes to the system to help the process flow of our program work better. These were all things that, I believe, they saw as bonuses to their current or future clients which is why they integreated them into the system. However, changes like this can be a slight hiccup to current users who are used to doing things a certain way. While these changes are usually in email communications, with further details able to be found, it's just a lilttle hard to know if they'll work for us or not. The upside to these ongoing system changes is that we've now been able to add several features to our program and our judges interface that weren't available when we launched but that make the user expereince much more useful as well as make it easier for us to extract information out of the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I really like about Award Force is that it’s purpose-built for managing awards, grants, and application programs, which makes the entire process—from collecting applications to selecting winners—so much more streamlined. The platform is user-friendly for both applicants and reviewers, which cuts down on confusion and saves time for everyone involved.

One of its biggest strengths is how customizable it is. You can tailor the application forms, set up unique judging panels, and even adjust the scoring systems to fit your specific process. This flexibility is especially helpful when you have unique needs, like making sure certain committee members abstain from reviewing specific applications due to conflicts of interest.

The judging tools are also a highlight. Award Force offers multiple judging modes, like scoring, ranking, and voting, and makes it easy to assign or restrict applications to reviewers as needed. It helps keep everything organized and fair.

Another thing I appreciate is the communication features. You can automate emails—whether it’s application confirmations, status updates, or reminders—while still keeping them personalized. It’s a huge time-saver, especially when managing a large volume of applications.

Lastly, the reporting and analytics tools are really useful. Whether you’re preparing updates for your board, reporting back to a funder, or just tracking your own program’s reach and impact, you can quickly pull detailed stats on applications, demographics, and reviewer feedback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only thing we dislike about AwardForce is the lack of MFA verification or 2 factor verification requirement since there is sensitive information inputted in the system from users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It provides all the necessary options to run an award. Customisable, efficient and scalable. We set our awards in a very short time and implemented all the necessary options from the previous years manual settings. It was easy for submıssıon owners, judges and admins to manage the award and it will provide further productivity enhancements as we built on success of this one in the upcoming years. Documentation and support for the application is exceptional and deserves 10 out of 10 for after sale support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Although all the functions are available, it requires deep investigation and detailed setup which has a manual nature. It would be great to improve the UI with a more intuitive approach and also to include search based design guidance within the app for identifying and completing the setup quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.