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AwardKit

Awards software cost calculator

Most awards platforms charge per program or take a commission on entry fees. Estimate what your program would cost across every major platform, and what you would keep with AwardKit’s flat $1,995 a year.

Cost comparison

What your program would cost
on each platform

Most platforms charge per program or take a commission on entry fees. AwardKit is a flat $1,995 a year for unlimited programs. Estimate the difference for your awards.

Your program
2
300
$195
Estimated savings vs the cheapest alternative
$1,130/yr
AwardKit$1,995/yr
Flat $1,995/year, unlimited programs and entries Zero commission. You pay only standard card processing, the same as every platform.
Award Force$3,125/yr
$3,125/year per account (Growth plan) Zero commission, and one account covers multiple programs and seasons, up to 10,000 entries a year; larger volumes move to higher tiers. Plus a one-time onboarding fee of about $2,200 in year one.
Zealousest.$4,504/yr
2.2% + £0.20 per entry (capped £5), plus a volume-tiered subscription Priced in GBP and tiered by annual entries; commission is on top of Stripe. Converted to USD; subscription tiers are approximate.
OpenWaterest.$6,000/yr
Custom pricing, roughly $5,000 to $7,000/year No public pricing; third-party estimate, shown at the mid-point. Zero commission. Multi-program, API, SSO, and extra-admin add-ons are negotiated.
Submittableest.$6,030/yr
~$3,100/year subscription, plus 5% + $0.99 per paid entry Subscription is for up to 5 users; larger orgs are custom. The 5% is all-in and covers payment handling, so we count only the ~2% markup above standard processing here. One-time implementation of about $3,000 to $10,000 is not included.
Judgify$6,494/yr
$699/year (one event) to $2,399/year (multi-event), plus 3.5% per entry Plus an onboarding fee. Each event caps at 500 entries, so larger programs need a custom Enterprise plan.
Evalato$11,990/yr
€2,500 to €5,500 per program, per edition (priced by entry count) Zero commission. Each program is billed separately; the per-program price rises with entry volume.

Figures are based on each vendor’s published pricing or third-party listings, reviewed June 2026. They are directional estimates of platform cost per year, not quotes; rows marked “est.” lean on non-public or approximated pricing. Standard card processing (~2.9%) is paid to the payment processor on every platform and is excluded. See the full, sourced breakdowns on our comparison pages.

Compare AwardKit to every platform

How this is calculated

  • Figures are platform cost per year: subscription and per-program fees plus any commission a platform charges on entry fees.
  • Standard card processing (about 2.9% + $0.30) is paid to the payment processor on every platform, so it is not a differentiator and is excluded.
  • Competitor numbers are conservative estimates from each vendor’s published pricing (or third-party listings where none is public), verified June 2026. They are estimates, not quotes.
  • Where a platform prices in euros or pounds, amounts are converted to USD at approximate rates.
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