Award Force

Award Force handles the full arc of an awards program: submission, evaluation and award of results, delivered online. It positions itself as the leading awards software across Australia, Canada, the UK, Europe, New Zealand, Singapore, America and Switzerland, and the geographic spread is reflected in pricing published in eight currencies rather than converted at checkout, which matters for a program committee working to a budget in its own currency.

The commercial model is the thing to examine first, because it differs from much of the category. Program managers, users and files are unlimited at no extra cost, and the vendor explicitly does not take a cut of entry fees. Awards platforms that charge a percentage of entry revenue create a direct conflict with the organiser's interest, since a successful year costs proportionally more, and the vendor's phrasing, that it will not charge you for how well you do, addresses exactly that. For a program with meaningful entry fees, the difference between flat pricing and revenue share dominates every feature comparison.

The product is not limited to conventional awards. Named program types include awards and contests, art, audio and visual submissions, online assessments and staff excellence programs. Media-heavy submissions are a genuine technical requirement rather than a variation, since an art or film prize collects large files that must be viewable by judges without downloading, and unlimited file inclusion is a meaningful commitment in that context.

The vendor claims clients achieve a 26 percent season-on-season increase in submitted entries, and emphasises launching in days rather than months with no specialist expertise or dedicated IT team required. Branding and theming are covered as a documented feature area, which matters because an awards program is a marketing exercise as much as an administrative one and entrants judge credibility by how the entry portal looks.

Support is provided by a client success team the vendor describes as recognised among the best in the category. Annual pricing starts at $3,250 USD for free-to-enter programs with low entry volumes.