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Frequently asked questions

The questions producers + procurement teams ask most often when evaluating Aclamos. Pricing, capabilities, integrations, and the 0% platform fee.

What is Aclamos?

Aclamos is an end-to-end awards-show platform that runs the entire program in one place: open submissions with a custom form, charge entry fees via Stripe Connect, route nominations to a multi-round jury with weighted rubrics and calibration, run live public voting with six methods including single-winner ranked-choice IRV, drive the ceremony from a cue desk wired to OBS, ship verifiable Open Badges to winners, and post income and expenses to QuickBooks Online. We also publish a sister product, Ballotis, for organizations that only need verifiable voting (HOAs, AGMs, student gov, fan votes). Both products live in the same codebase and share the same verifiability stack.

Does Aclamos charge per nomination or per vote?

No. We charge a 0% platform fee per nomination and per vote on every plan and during the 14-day trial. You pay a flat subscription (Solo $79, Growth $199, Studio $799) or a one-time Single Season fee ($499 to $1,999 for film festivals running once a year), and that's it. The fee your nominators pay you for entering goes to your Stripe Connect account, not ours. Stripe's standard transaction fees pass through at Stripe's rates, but we add no platform percentage on top.

Can I run a single one-time event without subscribing?

Yes — that's the Single Season SKU. Pay $499 (Lite, 250 submissions, 6-month window), $999 (Standard, 750 subs, 6 months), or $1,999 (Pro, 2,500 subs across 3 programs, 9 months) one time, and you get the full Growth or Studio feature set for the active window. It's built for film festivals, foundation grant cycles, and annual industry awards that don't want a 12-month subscription commitment.

What voting methods does Aclamos support?

Six methods: single-choice (plurality), multiple-choice (pick-N), single-winner ranked-choice (instant-runoff voting / IRV), star rating, approval voting, and yes/no. The tamper-evident audit chain is a per-poll setting and is off by default, so turn it on in the vote settings before opening the poll. When it is on, every cast vote chains to the previous via SHA-256 and voters get per-vote receipt tokens.

Is the voting verifiable?

It can be, but it is off by default. Turn on the audit chain in the vote settings before opening the poll and we hash-chain every vote: each cast vote's hash includes the previous vote's hash, the poll's chain seed, and the voter's receipt token. The chain is public at /verify/{pollId}, and voters can re-verify their vote was counted. We don't use blockchain.

Will I be charged in my local currency?

When you visit the pricing page from a UK, EU, Canada, or Australia browser, we show approximate local-currency prices alongside the USD price as a math-shortcut footnote. At checkout, if we've configured a local-currency Stripe Price for your plan, you'll be charged in that currency directly (Stripe runs the FX, no surprise on your statement). Otherwise we fall back to USD — Stripe still charges your card in USD, and your bank handles the conversion at their published rate. We're rolling out local-currency Stripe Prices incrementally; if your tier hasn't shipped one yet, the marketing footnote and the checkout currency may differ. Email support if you want a specific currency prioritized.

Can I migrate from Submittable, Award Force, or OpenWater?

Yes. We ship a CSV-import migration tool that handles the column-mapping for nominations, judges, rounds, and rubrics — the data shapes are well-known, so it's a guided wizard rather than a bespoke per-customer effort. Bulk binary-attachment migration (videos, PDFs) is not available yet. The /compare/{slug} pages have head-to-head feature mappings if you want to see capability parity before committing.