Submittable vs Judgify
Judgify publishes its pricing — free to start, $699 an event or $2,399 a year, plus an onboarding fee — and takes 3.5% of entry fees on its Pro plans. Submittable's pricing page lists no prices.
SubmittablePrice not published
A buyer who will go through a sales process and negotiate a contract.
JudgifyPrice published
An event-shaped awards programme that wants a published price before a call.
Where each one is strongest
Submittable
- You run a grant or corporate social responsibility programme — Submittable's pricing page lists a Grant & Application Management product and a Corporate Social Responsibility platform; Aclamos is built for awards.
- You need an enterprise contract with a sales-led onboarding process.
Judgify
- You want a free plan — Judgify's Basic is free for up to 100 submissions per event (no entry fees on that plan). Aclamos has a 14-day trial, not a free plan.
- You need more than 250 submissions in one event on a single-event price — Judgify Pro lists 500 per event; Aclamos Single Season Lite covers 250.
These are the same points we make on each product’s own comparison page, unchanged. Competitor details checked on 5 Oct 2026 against Submittable’s and Judgify’s own sites; where a vendor does not publish something, we say so rather than guess.
If you are still shortlisting
Aclamos is ours, so treat this paragraph accordingly. It publishes every price, charges a 0% platform fee today, and each of our comparison pages says plainly where the other product is the better choice — including the two above. If your RFP turns on named references, ask us what we can supply.