Looking for an Evalato alternative? Start with the right questions.
AwardScience is an AI-native award platform with contractual hosting in the EU, US or Asia-Pacific, email, SMS and WhatsApp built in, and AI that drafts the programme while your people make every decision.
Why award teams look for an alternative
Award programmes increasingly cross borders. Entrants apply in more than one language, judges sit in different time zones, and legal teams want to know exactly where entry data is stored. Choosing a platform is partly a question of where it can run and how it reaches people.
The other is judging at scale. When a panel reviews hundreds of entries, organisers need to see quickly where scores disagree and where entries look alike, before results go out.
Compare them side by side
Software changes constantly, so rather than describe someone else’s product, here is what AwardScience does and what to verify with any vendor on your shortlist.
| What to compare | AwardScience | Evalato |
|---|---|---|
| Setting up a programme | Describe the programme in plain language and AI drafts the workflow, forms and campaign site for your team to review and adjust. | Ask how a new programme is created from scratch, and how much of it your own team can do unaided. |
| Entries in several languages | AI translation is available across the platform and, like every AI feature, can be switched off per programme. | Ask how entries in other languages are handled, for applicants and for judges. |
| Judging at scale | AI proposes a score with written reasoning, an anomaly view ranks entries by panel disagreement, and look-alike entries are flagged. Every submitted score is the judge’s own. | Ask how panel disagreements and duplicate entries are surfaced when volume is high. |
| Reaching entrants and judges | Email, SMS and WhatsApp built in, with a template editor, delivery tracking and automated reminders until the next stage is complete. | Ask which channels are supported as standard, and whether reminders run themselves across time zones. |
| Data residency and AI training | Hosting in the EU, US or Asia-Pacific, fixed by contract, with recovery in the same geography. Customer data is never used to train any AI model. | Ask which hosting regions are offered, whether the choice is contractual, where backups are held, and get the AI training position in writing. |
| Evidence and audit | A time-stamped audit log of every action, form version history, access-control visibility and an AI usage ledger, all exportable. | Ask to see the audit log itself, not a description of it. |
Eight questions worth asking any vendor
- Where exactly will our data live? Ask for the region in the contract, and where recovery runs.
- How are entries in other languages handled? Ask to see an entry in a second language reach a judge.
- Can your team change the workflow mid-cycle, without the vendor? Ask to watch it happen live.
- What does the AI actually do, and who decides? A proposed score with visible reasoning is very different from an automated outcome.
- Is our data used to train AI models? Get the answer in writing, in the contract.
- How do reminders reach judges who ignore email? Ask which channels are included and whether reminders repeat automatically.
- What does the audit trail show? Who scored what, when, against which form version, and who had access.
- What does it cost when entries spike? Ask what happens if you exceed a tier mid-round.
Where AwardScience is different
Two things stand out in practice. The hosting region is a contractual commitment rather than a default, which matters to legal and procurement teams across Asia-Pacific and Europe. And people stay accountable for every decision affecting an entrant, with the record to prove it.
See it working in the video library, check the controls in the Trust Center, or read our Responsible AI commitments.
Switching: frequently asked questions
Can we move historic entries across?
Yes. Historic data can be imported, and AwardScience exports your data in full at any time so you are never locked in.
Can we run one programme on each platform first?
Yes, and we recommend it. Run a smaller award on AwardScience alongside your existing tool for a cycle before committing.
Can we choose where our data is hosted?
Yes. Choose the EU, the US or Asia-Pacific, fixed by contract, with recovery in the same geography.
Do we need developers?
No. Forms, stages, roles, judging rounds and the public site are all configured without code.
Book a live demo and we will build a stage of your actual programme during the call.