--- description: Discover the benefits and disadvantages of Zealous. Learn the software price, see the description, and read the most helpful reviews for UK business users. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Zealous Pricing, Cost & Reviews - Capterra UK 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Competition Software](/directory/30801/contest/software) > [Zealous](/software/203404/zealous) # Zealous Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/203404/zealous Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/203404/zealous?page=2) > Zealous: UK's top competition \& awards software with live support. Start from £29/month. Get started for free\! > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 56 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Zealous? Competition \& Awards organisers based in the UK who wish to save time, have live local support and grow their number of submissions. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 56 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 | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Zealous Solutions - **Founded**: 2011 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: £0.00 - **Pricing model**: Other (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Four paid tiers plus a free plan. Free plan at £0 includes limited entries with unlimited programs and storage. Starter at £26/month, Pro at £79/month, and Scale at £239/month are flat-rate monthly plans that increase submission limits and features. An Enterprise tier offers custom pricing with higher submission volumes and additional contractual and support options. Entry fee commissions apply on lower tiers and are removed on Enterprise. - **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 - [Competition Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30801/contest/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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It would also be useful to have freeform answers within the questions where judges could enter their comments, along with a section where you elect if the applicant won/highly commended/commended, or other categories that would be relevant to the awards. > > It created a professional look and a relatively easy system to work with once teething problems were resolved. \[sensitive content hidden\] was great in supporting us. A lot of the challenges we had were with encouraging our judges to accommodate a new on-line system after many years of off-line forms but Zealous was a great step forward. ----- ### "Garage Awards 2026" — 5.0/5 > **Stephen** | *2 June 2026* | Automotive | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: It’s and easy to use platform made even better by the support. We upgraded to Pro and it was a great decision. > > **Cons**: Some of the demo videos early on were a bit confusing. Prior to being on the pro version, it felt a little lonely trying to navigate. > > Excellent - \[sensitive content hidden\] our account manager was superb and held our hand as much as we needed. She was a star. ----- ### "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\! ----- ### "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. ----- ### "3 years in w zealous." — 5.0/5 > **Tamara** | *28 May 2026* | Online Media | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Zealous has given us such an exceptional customer service over the last 3 years (even if a cheaper alternative) we would never go elsewhere. > > **Cons**: Sometimes there a cheeky box somewhere that I havent found to either tick or untick - but thats likely more a me problem than a platform problem\! > > We've used them for 3 years now and have always had ease of use with our judges (over 160 applications per year now) and entrant communications. The zealous team are so proactive in reaching out if they spot anything on our subscription that could help us further - above and beyond. ----- Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/203404/zealous?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.uk/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