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For organizers seeking to simplify contest management: Zealous offers a secure, user-friendly platform with a stunning gallery and easy judging all backed by live support to help you every step. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 53 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Zealous Solutions - **Founded**: 2011 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: £29.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: First 6 submissions are free (no credit card required). Save 25% when paid annually - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Chromebook (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, Gibraltar, Ireland, Isle of Man, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - Awards Management - Entry Management - Forms Management - Judging Management - Landing Pages/Web Forms - Polls/Voting - Promotions Management - Scoring - Social Promotion ## Integrations (1 total) - Stripe ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Contest Software](https://www.capterra.ie/directory/30801/contest/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Award Force](https://www.capterra.ie/software/148148/award-force) — 4.8/5 (193 reviews) 2. [OpenWater](https://www.capterra.ie/software/140294/openwater-awards) — 4.6/5 (73 reviews) 3. [Awardify](https://www.capterra.ie/software/1030477/awardify) — 4.7/5 (18 reviews) 4. [Woorise](https://www.capterra.ie/software/161265/woorise) — 4.7/5 (58 reviews) 5. [Submittable](https://www.capterra.ie/software/158382/submittable) — 4.8/5 (398 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Zealous is a labor of love, and it shows." — 5.0/5 > **Kimberly** | *8 August 2025* | Writing & Editing | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I loved so much about Zealous. The way it organizes entries, the way I can fully customize my opportunity to best represent my organization, and the data that I had access to during the duration of my organization's writing contest were all fantastic. The BEST part, though, was the amount of support and guidance I received from our contact there, \[sensitive content hidden\]. She was invaluable and so helpful at answering my many questions and providing guidance on how to use Zealous. > > **Cons**: I found the process of creating private chat channels for each of my judges to leave private comments on entries was the most tedious part of my experience using Zealous, though the fact that I could create such a thing was greatly appreciated. > > My organization sought out Zealous after many years of running a contest using Excel spreadsheets and thousands of emails back and forth between the contest chairperson, the office staff, judges and entrants. Our old system was inefficient and, frankly, terrible. Zealous was a blessing to me (this year's contest chair), our office staff, and our judges. I'm not sure that our entrants had too different of an experience, but last year's contest chair told me running the contest felt like a full-time job. This year, using Zealous, putting the contest together was easy. The user-interface as an Opportunity organizer was very easy to understand, and provided me with some structure to organize information the way I liked. The reports I was able to pull at the end of the contest about entrant data are incredible and provide my organization with way more insight than we've ever had before. Beyond all of that, the woman who worked with me to train me in the software and ensure my contest was set up appropriately was incredibly helpful, nice, and made it very clear that Zealous is a labor of love that is constantly seeking ways to improve its service. I've had experience in the past using Submittable as a contest organizer, and can say that Zealous offers everything a contest organizer could need at a much better price (and with the option of being able to pay for the service for only a few months rather than a full year\!) than other similar services. Truly I had a fantastic experience using Zealous and I urge anyone considering running a contest using Zealous to do so. ----- ### "Easy to use and excellent customer support" — 5.0/5 > **Juliet** | *16 March 2026* | Arts & Crafts | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Zealous is the perfect platform from which to set up and run an international arts competition. It is visually driven and well designed making it appealing to applicants and judges alike. As someone who is not very technically competent I found it surprisingly easy to set up the competition and whenever I did have any queries the customer support was amazing - a super quick response rate with very tailored advice. \[sensitive content hidden\] from Zealous was incredibly helpful; proactively reaching out and checking in with me throughout. The judging process was also very clear and easy to use - we even had a 94 year old judge who managed very ably to navigate the site\! > > **Cons**: The only suggestion I would make is relating to the design of the Competition details section. I would have liked the option to divide the text into chapters or boxes rather than reading as one long section of text over several pages. > > I can't fault the service I had with Zealous and would highly recommend them to others - their customer service is exceptional, they represent great value for money and offer a number of options to suit everyone's needs. Thank you for making this such a smooth and enjoyable experience\! ----- ### "Great Zealous Experience\!" — 5.0/5 > **Lia** | *13 November 2025* | Hospitality | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is very organized for submissions and the judge feature is very useful\! Easy to navigate user interface and amazing customer support anytime we had a question. > > **Cons**: There were some minor glitches, sometimes with the email permissions, but we reached out to customer support and were greeted with a quick solution each time\! > > This is our second year using Zealous for our competition and we will be using it again next year as well\! The customer support is wonderful and the actual platform for submissions is exactly what we need. ----- ### "Brilliant submissions management platform" — 5.0/5 > **Alisa** | *8 October 2025* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **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. > > 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\! ----- ### "A fantastic first year on the platform and we look forward to year two" — 4.0/5 > **Alasdair** | *3 July 2025* | Nonprofit Organisation Management | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **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. > > 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. ----- Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ie/software/203404/zealous?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.ie/software/203404/zealous) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | ----- ## Structured Data