AwardKit review
A branded awards platform with blind judging, paid submissions, and public results.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
AwardKit is a web-based platform for organizations running awards, recognition programs, contests, and judged competitions. It combines branded entry forms with custom fields, conditional questions, and file uploads, while entrants, voters, and judges can participate without creating accounts. Its workflow supports creative contests, university competitions, publications’ recognition lists, and industry awards. Organizations wanting branded awards cheaply will find the freemium model particularly relevant, with unlimited free building and testing before a program goes live.
Judging is the product’s strongest area. AwardKit supports blind judging that hides entrant identities, configurable judge panels, multi-round workflows, weighted rubric scoring, ranked Top Picks voting, automatic score calculation, and live leaderboards. That combination fits programs that need structured evaluation rather than simple nomination collection. Public results pages, galleries, winner badges, and certificates extend the workflow beyond judging, while CSV exports include entries, scores, rankings, and judge feedback. Organizations seeking a private, non-public process should assess whether the publishing and leaderboard features match their operating model.
The published paid plan is $1,995 per organization per year and includes unlimited programs, entries, and judges, plus Stripe Connect entry-fee collection, multi-round judging, public winner publishing, and CSV exports. AwardKit states that entry fees can be collected with zero AwardKit commission, but this workflow requires Stripe Connect. Integrations include YouTube, Loom, and X/Twitter. Choose AwardKit for branded, multi-stage awards with optional payments and public winner presentation; consider another option if the budget does not fit the annual plan, Stripe Connect is unsuitable, or a non-web platform is required.
AwardKit pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Unlimited programs, entries, and judges on the paid plan
- Blind multi-round judging with weighted rubrics and live leaderboards
- Public results, certificates, badges, galleries, and CSV exports
- Where it doesn't
- The published paid plan costs $1,995 per organization annually
- Entry-fee collection depends on Stripe Connect
- Available as a web platform rather than a native desktop or mobile app
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