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🎯 Core Functions & Ultimate Benefits:
🕐 Massive Time Savings: Automate tasks and manage submissions seamlessly to cut down your workload by up to 80%!
🚀 Skyrocket Submissions: User-friendly interfaces designed to enhance participant experience and notably boost application entry numbers!
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🗣 What Our Clients Say:
"Using the Zealous system took away 80% of my workload." - Sue Ecclestone, Holly Bush Award
"Very impressed, we increased our submissions by 50%" - Sophie Smyth, Society for the Environment
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## Zealous User Interface ## Popular Zealous Alternatives Main Product Zealous 4.7 [(56)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/accreditation-management/zealous-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.36Ease of use - 4.67Value for money - 4.96Customer support - 4.36Functionality Pricing Starting at £26.00 per month Alternative Product [OpenWater](https://www.softwareadvice.com/virtual-event/openwater-profile/) 4.6 [(73)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/virtual-event/openwater-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.15Ease of use - 4.31Value for money - 4.90Customer support - 4.21Functionality Pricing Starting at $5100.00 per year Alternative Product [Award Force](https://www.softwareadvice.com/contest/award-force-profile/) 4.8 [(193)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/contest/award-force-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.46Ease of use - 4.59Value for money - 4.93Customer support - 4.54Functionality Pricing Starting at €2500.00 per year Alternative Product [ShortStack](https://www.softwareadvice.com/marketing/shortstack-profile/) 4.4 [(156)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/marketing/shortstack-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.03Ease of use - 4.17Value for money - 4.49Customer support - 4.24Functionality Pricing Starting at $49.00 per month Alternative Product [RQ Platform](https://www.softwareadvice.com/nonprofit/rq-awards-profile/) 4.7 [(39)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/nonprofit/rq-awards-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.72Ease of use - 4.74Value for money - 4.95Customer support - 4.51Functionality Pricing Starting at $1275.00 per year Alternative Product [Reviewr](https://www.softwareadvice.com/contest/reviewr-profile/) 4.7 [(18)](https://www.softwareadvice.com/contest/reviewr-profile/reviews/) Ratings Breakdown - 4.33Ease of use - 4.82Value for money - 4.89Customer support - 4.33Functionality Pricing Available upon request ## Zealous Pricing and Plans Starting price: £26.00 per month Free Trial Free Version Free Plan £0.00 Plan includes: - 20 entries - Unlimited programs - Unlimited draft entries - Unlimited file storage - Unlimited judges - Unlimited categories - HD Video Streaming Starter £26.00 flat rate, per month Plan includes: - Up to 75 submissions - Unlimited programs - One scoring round - Judge comments & chat - Unlimited categories - Invoicing & refunds - 2.2% + 20p commission on entry fees (capped at £2) Pro £79.00 flat rate, per month Plan includes: - Up to 300 submissions - Unlimited scoring rounds - Multiple criteria scoring - Public voting - 1 hour onboarding - 2.2% + 20p commission on entry fees (capped at £2) Scale £239.00 flat rate, per month Plan includes: - Up to 1,000 submissions - Customize automated email content - Zapier integration - Webhooks - 2.2% + 20p commission on entry fees (capped at £2) Enterprise Pricing available upon request Plan includes: - Larger annual submission numbers - Application uptime SLA - Procurement support - Non-standard contract terms - Dedicated account manager - No commission on entry fees ## Zealous Features - Popular features found in Contest Awards Management Entry Management For Marketers Landing Pages/Web Forms Promotions Management - More features of Zealous Access Controls/Permissions Activity Dashboard Activity Tracking Alerts/Notifications Blind Judging Categorization/Grouping Commenting/Notes Contact Management Customizable Branding Customizable Fields Customizable Forms Customizable Questions Customizable Templates Data Import/Export Document Review Electronic Payments Electronic Submission Email Reminders Entrant Management Entry Fee Processing Forms Management Judging Management Polls/Voting Progress Tracking Real-Time Analytics Real-Time Data Reporting & Statistics Scoring Skills Contests (Photo, Essay, Design, etc) Social Promotion SSL Security Third-Party Integrations Workflow Management ## Zealous Integrations Stripe Integration rated undefined from -1 review ## Zealous User Reviews Overall Rating 4.7 Ratings Breakdown 5 73% 4 25% 3 2% 2 0% 1 0% Secondary Ratings Ease of Use 4.4 Value for money 4.7 Customer support 5.0 Functionality 4.4 WKLyhne L. Verified reviewer Arts and Crafts 2-10 employees Used daily for less than 2 years Review source Reviewed July 2022 Fabulous software for running a competition 5 see above Ratings Breakdown 4 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: We were a small start up during during lockdown who had never used a platform like this before. Zeaolus is easy to use, has wonderful features and flexibility and beyond belief good customer support. Heartily recommend Cons: The site graphics are complex and it can take a little while to load Read More ZR Ziquita R. Verified reviewer Arts and Crafts 2-10 employees Used monthly for less than 12 months Review source Reviewed May 2021 Great Program for Small Organizations 5 Ratings Breakdown 4 Ease of use 4 Value for money 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: Very easy to use and score artwork. I LOVE the analytics that come with the software. Cons: As you collect more submissions the pricing increases. As a company that is growing I found it annoying to have to increase the package every month. Reasons for choosing Zealous The pricing at first was a great bang for your buck but if you plan on taking more than 500 submissions per year I would recommend using Typeform or some type of survey platform ,that seems to be the cheapest. Read More SF Stepanka F. Verified reviewer Arts and Crafts 2-10 employees Used other for free trial Review source Reviewed March 2021 Excellent customer service 5 We used Zealous for launching an open call for free exhibition. Most of other platforms do not charge for free opportunities since they gain subscribers who need to register before they enter the opportunity. This was a little disappointing to receive a warning that we have reached the free trial limit and our account was going to be frozen. Zealous should make it more obvious that the service is free to only certain extent. Their quote on the website "It costs you nothing to be part of Zealous and it never will." is missleading. Ratings Breakdown 4 Ease of use 5 Customer support 4 Functionality Pros: We really like the quick response we got from the customer service. The staff dealt with our issues very quickly, suggested several improvements and were overall very helpful. Cons: It wasn't clear that launching an unpaid opportunity within the free trial was limited by only six submissions. However, our concerns were resolved with the customer service to mutual satisfaction. Vendor Response Thank you for the great review Stepanka. Thank you also for the feedback, we'll be sure to take a look at our communications to make sure our pricing is clearer. (I know the pages aimed at artists using Zealous highlight us being free so that's where the ambiguity might be). All the best, Guy Replied March 2021 Read More AD Alisa D. Verified reviewer Education Management 11-50 employees Used monthly for more than 2 years Review source Reviewed October 2025 Brilliant submissions management platform 5 We’ve used Zealous to manage our international Poetry and Art Competitions for several years now. It’s a brilliant platform that has streamlined our processes, freed up capacity, and allowed us to scale. Huge thanks to the team at Zealous for their ongoing support! Ratings Breakdown 5 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: Brilliant customer service - the team is always happy to help and goes above and beyond to provide support throughout. Their product is constantly evolving and improving to meet the needs of its users (e.g., we can now collect judge comments). Cons: At times, the platform can be a little slow to load entries. Despite this, it has still greatly improved the way we manage our competitions. Read More AH Alasdair H. Verified reviewer Non-Profit Organization Management 11-50 employees Used weekly for less than 6 months Review source Reviewed July 2025 A fantastic first year on the platform and we look forward to year two 4 Overall we were really pleased with the experience. Our Awards in the GCC are still new, this was year 3, but we achieved record number of entries, and tripled our budget. The platform added a layer of professionalism to them for both the entries and judging. We're really excited by the team's willingness to listen and build the platform, with constant developments and more knowledge on our end we know next year will help us to grow more. Ratings Breakdown 4 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 4 Functionality Pros: The platform made our judging incredibly easy and the user experience around the submissions, scoring and judging was great. The team at Zealous, especially \[sensitive content hidden\], were always there when we needed them to ask lots of questions and find the best way to build our Awards on the platform. The payments side of things with the Stripe integration made for easy payment and commerce. Cons: The platform is still new so they're building lots of areas and developing on the fly. Not necessarily a con, but I'm confident the platform will be greatly improved for the 2026 Awards. Read More VW Victoria W. Verified reviewer Cosmetics 2-10 employees Used monthly for less than 6 months Review source Reviewed July 2025 Amazing site would highly recommend 5 Amazing experience, I never write reviews but this product was that good I felt I should. I would recommend them to anyone Ratings Breakdown 4 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: The help I received in the back end of the site was so valuable. I would have struggled with a few things without the help Cons: To be honest I’m not very technical, I couldn’t even make a square space website but I found this to be a very easy site to work around. And when I did get stuck help was only ever a few hours away at best. Read More SC Simon C. Verified reviewer Sports 2-10 employees Used weekly for less than 12 months Review source Reviewed June 2022 Zealous effortlessly manages the Rugby Photographer of the Year awards 5 We had a very positive experience with Zealous. Apart from the platform just working and doing what we wanted it to do without any issues, the real bonus was the real time customer service. And not bot chat, but speaking to an actual person that had all of the answers and actioned them there and then. For me that was the real bonus to Zealous. Ratings Breakdown 5 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: The Zealous platform has ease of use at its heart. We used it for submissions to a photographic awards. We were easily able to set up multiple categories under one entry mechanism and make it easy for not only our own use but for applicants to use. We also saw a massive uptake in entries from our previous awards. We have to attribute that to the Zealous platform and the clear steps to making a successful submission. Cons: No cons to using Zealous. It did exactly what we wanted it to. Vendor Response Hi Simon, Thanks so very much for your glowing review! We're thrilled you enjoyed the platform and customer support. We're never far should there be anything more we can do to improve our services for your next Rugby Photographer of the Year awards All the best, Guy Founder Replied June 2022 Read More LH Lisa H. Verified reviewer Financial Services 5001-10000 employees Used daily for less than 6 months Review source Reviewed May 2023 Great platform 5 Really pleased! The platform is great and the customer service is amazing! \[sensitive content hidden\] in particular were so helpful and friendly! Ratings Breakdown 5 Ease of use 5 Customer support 5 Functionality Pros: The platform itself is great, everything is in one place, easy to navigate and manage. However, for me, the customer service is what has really stood out. We had an unusual situation where I needed to take over the management of our account, and the team were amazing! They helped get me set up, hopped on calls to talk me through everything, were just on the end of the phone or an email away for any query I had and regularly checked in to make sure I understood everything. Really impressed! Cons: We had a couple of teething issues, as this is our first time using Zealous. I don't know if these are things we would have been able to do or if we'd need new functionality:A couple of our questions couldn't be formatted by the person entering the category, so they just appeared as one text block, rather than separated with line breaks.As this was a multi-stage entry process, the entrants didn't get an email notification when completing their finalist submissions. Vendor Response Hi Lisa, Thank you so much for the glowing review and the feedback. It's always much appreciated. The form currently gives you two options for text, one for simple blocks of text, and one for rich text (which allows for line breaks). I'll look into making sure these are closer together in the menu to make it clear to users they have a choice. I'll also look into creating an email to be sent out to candidates once they have completed editing any submissions in later rounds. Thanks again for taking the time to leave us a review! Guy Replied May 2023 Read More Kim-lin H. Verified reviewer Environmental Services 11-50 employees Used monthly for less than 2 years Review source Reviewed November 2023 Weather Photographer of the Year 5 Really good customer service and support! A useful and affordable tool for managing photography competitions. Ratings Breakdown 4 Ease of use 4 Value for money 5 Customer support 4 Functionality Pros: Fantastic and quick support. It was great to be able to rank the photographs during the judging process, to be able to easily pull of CSV files and access photographer quotes and information. Looking forward to using the new features next year. Cons: Unable to use batch commands when ranking long lists of photos but this has been fixed. Special characters in foreign language addresses not always working but this has also been fixed. Read More VR Verified Reviewer Information Services 51-200 employees Used weekly for less than 6 months Review source Reviewed April 2022 An efficient platform for awards judging 4 Overall a very good experience. A friendly team for support too. Ratings Breakdown 4 Ease of use 5 Value for money 5 Customer support 4 Functionality Pros: The judging process for our annual awards this year has been immensely successful thanks to the Zealous platform. Being able to assign specific categories to judges, score cards, and a robust submissions catalogue have shaved off a lot of time for all involved, and saved us days of manually faffing around in folders and spreadsheets. Cons: At the moment, score cards are limited to just numerical scoring. What would have made the judging process even easier for the panel would be the an open text box for comments. In general, score cards could do with a lot more components like "Yes/No" or "Listbox" segments, though I understand this is a relative new feature. 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