AwardKit
AwardKit is a modern awards management platform that consolidates entries, fees, judging, and results into a single system. Organizers can build a program for free in under 30 minutes with no sales call, and entry fees go directly to their Stripe account with zero commission. The platform includes automatic score aggregation, weighted rubrics, and one-click migration from OpenWater.
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Funding
Founders
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Product
Problem
Awards programs rely on disconnected tools—spreadsheets, clunky entry forms, and expensive platforms that require sales demos and charge per-program fees or take commission on entry fees. Organizers end up manually exporting scores, rebuilding rankings, and managing judge logistics by hand, which adds pressure around tight deadlines and makes programs difficult to scale.
Solution
AwardKit provides a modern awards management platform that consolidates the entire program lifecycle—entries, fees, judging, and results—into a single system. Organizers can build a program for free and go live in under 30 minutes, with no sales call required. Entry fees go directly to the organizer's Stripe account with zero commission. Judges open a link and score from any device without creating an account, and results are calculated automatically as scores come in. For programs switching from OpenWater, AwardKit rebuilds the program from an existing URL or entry pack PDF, so migration is a paste rather than a rebuild.
Target Audience
Primary users are organizations running competitions, awards programs, and innovation expos—including universities, corporate-sponsored events, and technology companies—that need a modern, self-serve judging platform without per-program fees or commission structures.
Features
- Unlimited programs under one flat annual price of $1,995, with no per-program or per-entry fees
- Zero commission on entry fees, which are routed directly to the organizer's Stripe account
- Multi-category, parallel judging on the same entry pool with custom judge assignments by category and expertise
- Weighted scoring rubrics with automatic aggregation; individual criteria remain sortable for special awards, including criteria-based awards like Most Innovative Project or Best Sustainability-Focused Project
- Judge dashboards accessible via link from any device, with no account creation required
- Program import from OpenWater by pasting a program URL or uploading an entry pack PDF, which drafts categories, entry fees, key dates, entry forms, and judging criteria automatically
- Self-serve onboarding with no sales process or credit card required to build