# AwardStage Reviews **Vendor:** AwardStage **Category:** [Awards Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/awards-management) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 14 ## About AwardStage AwardStage is the awards management platform that helps you run your awards programme with ease. Designed to be powerful and secure yet simple, it streamlines the awards process from start to finish, making gathering entries, judging and analysis a breeze. The platform also allows you to create your own bespoke awards website from where users can register and submit their entries. AwardStage's entry management system features a straightforward registration process and superfast media uploads, while users can save their entries as drafts, clone existing entries for efficiency, and submit multiple entries as needed. The platform supports both free and paid entries, with options for members or discounted rates. For judging, AwardStage offers flexibility with private panels of judges and public voting options. Judges have access to a dedicated dashboard with various scoring types available and can provide comments and feedback. The system provides at-a-glance progress tracking and is designed to be both desktop and mobile-friendly. Awards managers benefit from a comprehensive admin dashboard that provides entry and judging progress monitoring, flexible scoring and judging rounds, and a user-friendly entry form builder and awards site builder. Additionally, the system supports data exports for further analysis and record-keeping. Book a demonstration with AwardStage - awardstage.com/appointments Watch a demo - awardstage.com/online-demo Free 14 day trial - awardstage.com/request-trial Contact us - awardstage.com/contactus ## AwardStage Reviews ### 1. Simple to Use, No Complaints So Far **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Johannes N. | Customer Experience Associate, Marketing and Advertising, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 16, 2025 **What do you like best about AwardStage?** Well, I'll just say how simple and friendly it is to use it **What do you dislike about AwardStage?** So far, i wouldn't say that i have any specific thing **What problems is AwardStage solving and how is that benefiting you?** So, the 1st time i used it i was in college i think, had this internship at an event management company and they wanted to make an award, but in a different way and i was tasked on finding which one we could better use, i came across awardstage and it was really easy to use and it was fast to get the support from their team, i earned a praise for, so there's that also. But to sum it all up, if you want to run an award-related event and feel like it might be an overwhelming process, I'd highly suggest going for it, you just have to provide the information and other key important info, and they help you through the whole process. ### 2. AwardStage for easy award application submissions **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Megan M. | Assistant Director of Marketing, Leisure, Travel & Tourism, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 29, 2025 **What do you like best about AwardStage?** I like that AwardStage allows for us to keep the submissions and judging all in one place. It is easy to navigate and to set up new awards. **What do you dislike about AwardStage?** I wish that the filter options and search engine on the platform were better. **What problems is AwardStage solving and how is that benefiting you?** AwardStage makes are award nomination process easier and more organized. ### 3. Decent and Commendable Award Management Software **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Munavvar M. | Deputy Assistant Manager, Marketing and Advertising, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 07, 2025 **What do you like best about AwardStage?** It's has 3 level of access control, 1. For Managers (The host who will manage everything for award ceremony, 2. For entrants (make entries of nominee at quality rates) meaning only qualified members can be nominated for the Award ceremony, 3. For Judges (The one who decides the winners) and that's very simplified yet effective software. **What do you dislike about AwardStage?** Too high price, Small and Medium enterprises of India can't afford the software price. **What problems is AwardStage solving and how is that benefiting you?** To Award & Celebrate employees of our company, this software is verily working and emails the nominees and winners at the same time. ### 4. Hospitality New Zealand uses Award Stage **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Lee B. | Head of Operations, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 02, 2024 **What do you like best about AwardStage?** Award Stage has been instrumental in enhancing the nomination and judging process for the Top 50 NZ Gastropubs and HNZ Awards for Excellence. Its user-friendly interface simplifies the nomination process, encouraging higher participation and ensuring a diverse pool of candidates. The platform's robust judging module allows for efficient and fair assessments, providing judges with all necessary information in one place, thus improving the accuracy and credibility of the evaluation process. Real-time progress tracking and seamless communication tools within Award Stage keep all our stakeholders informed and coordinated, significantly streamlining the awards process which we had previously communicated manuall. Overall, Award Stage has saved time and resources while enhancing the experience for participants and stakeholders. It is important to note that the staff , specifically the assistance of Chantal, are what made the experience, nothing was a problem and she took the time and effort to ensure the system was working for our personalised needs. **What do you dislike about AwardStage?** Two stage sign in process was difficult for our tech chanllenged older users to navigate, register then enter. **What problems is AwardStage solving and how is that benefiting you?** Previously manual entries and judging ### 5. Very Good Platform for Award Management **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Uday K. | Technical Recruiter, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 22, 2025 **What do you like best about AwardStage?** What I like best about AwardStage is how easy it is to use. it makes managing submissions and judging really simple. the automated emails are also a big help, saves a lot of time. **What do you dislike about AwardStage?** Sometimes the customization options feel a bit limited. Also the support response time could be a bit more faster. **What problems is AwardStage solving and how is that benefiting you?** AwardStage helps me save time by automating things like collecting submissions and sending out emails. It makes the whole process way easier and more organized, which is ahuge help. ### 6. Good and an easy one to make the award management work easier **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** keerthi s. | Senior Technical Support Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 12, 2025 **What do you like best about AwardStage?** Creating custom forms as per our need by dragging and dropping it. **What do you dislike about AwardStage?** Need more features to add which will peak the use of this product **What problems is AwardStage solving and how is that benefiting you?** It makes the leaders life easy by making the online and custom award management. ### 7. Balancing Cost and Functionality **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ravi Narayana P. | Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 21, 2025 **What do you like best about AwardStage?** The intuitive interface, customizable features, and efficient review process are the highlights of AwardStage. **What do you dislike about AwardStage?** Some users find AwardStage's pricing model high for smaller organizations or mention occasional customization limitations. **What problems is AwardStage solving and how is that benefiting you?** AwardStage simplifies award management by automating tasks, organizing data, and ensuring fair reviews, making the process faster and easier. ### 8. Award management tool for excellence celebration **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Pooja S. | Executive, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 07, 2024 **What do you like best about AwardStage?** Its the best product that motivates and bring positivity in organisations and employees mindset that they are awarded for there performance and celebrates there excellence **What do you dislike about AwardStage?** The sign in process is difficult and challenging on the platforms and user faces lots of trouble in navigation and utilisation **What problems is AwardStage solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helping to recognise and gets appreciated Good platform for celebrating excellence and recognition ### 9. Great Awards Management Platform **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Michella O. | Head of Events, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 27, 2024 **What do you like best about AwardStage?** I have been using Awardstage since 2021 and it is the best Awards management platform I have used so far. The whole system is user-friendly, the team are incredibly supportive and responsive and the options to create the website and forms are very creative and makes everything look great. Entrants and judges have found it equally easy to use. I would strongly recommend it. **What do you dislike about AwardStage?** Overall it is a great sytem, my only comment would be to make the creation of the homepage a little easier - for example - adding/aligning new images, an area I always get stuck on. **What problems is AwardStage solving and how is that benefiting you?** N/A ### 10. Great Awards Nominations Platform **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Carla A. | Head of Events, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 28, 2024 **What do you like best about AwardStage?** User-friendly, fast customer support, fair amount of customisation possible. **What do you dislike about AwardStage?** Being able to add more filters to the exports would be great. **What problems is AwardStage solving and how is that benefiting you?** Convenient way of collecting the nominations and providing information to our clients regarding the categories, judges, awards gala etc. ### 11. Thank you to Clare and the AwardStage team. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Karen H. | Managing Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 01, 2024 **What do you like best about AwardStage?** Clare was super helpful, the tech is so easy. **What do you dislike about AwardStage?** We dont have anything negative to say about the solution or the team behind it. **What problems is AwardStage solving and how is that benefiting you?** We needed a simple and effective entry system for our entrants to use and our judges to access ### 12. good experience **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 17, 2024 **What do you like best about AwardStage?** tool provides a nice user interface, ease of use **What do you dislike about AwardStage?** reporting can be improved, filters can be added **What problems is AwardStage solving and how is that benefiting you?** peer recongnization ### 13. AwardStage Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 01, 2024 **What do you like best about AwardStage?** The system is pretty user friendly and can be adapted to suit the requirements of your awards. The support is also brilliant. **What do you dislike about AwardStage?** The design of the website could be sleeker and a bit less clunky. **What problems is AwardStage solving and how is that benefiting you?** Managing large numbers of entries and the judging process. ### 14. AwardStage Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Christa G. | E, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 26, 2020 - [View AwardStage pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/awardstage/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-31+18%3A31%3A16+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=f19e6695-8e2d-45f8-8fa3-992fcf148d43&secure%5Btoken%5D=19bd27b24d969850e3c481824acfe09cc16522025a35f5259ef407f563a6c987&format=llm_user) ## AwardStage Integrations - [Stripe Payments](https://www.g2.com/products/stripe-stripe-payments/reviews) ## AwardStage Features **Submission Management** - Form Builders - Countdown Timers - Landing Pages - Applicant Portal **Judging Management** - Judge Assignments - Multiround Scoring - Scoring and Voting - Submission Dashboards **Awards Administration** - Event Support - Applicant Communications - CRM - Reporting ## Top AwardStage Alternatives - [Award Force](https://www.g2.com/products/award-force/reviews) - 4.7/5.0 (257 reviews) - [Submittable](https://www.g2.com/products/submittable/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (167 reviews) - [OpenWater Application and Review Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/openwater-application-and-review-cloud/reviews) - 4.4/5.0 (145 reviews)