--- description: Get detailed information about Zealous usability, features, price, benefits and disadvantages from verified user experiences. Read reviews and discover similar tools on Capterra United Arab Emirates. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Zealous Price, Reviews & Ratings - Capterra United Arab Emirates 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Contest Software](/directory/30801/contest/software) > [Zealous](/software/203404/zealous) # Zealous Canonical: https://www.capterra.ae/software/203404/zealous Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ae/software/203404/zealous?page=2) > Transform contests with Zealous for just $37/month\! Captivate entrants, simplify judging \& boost visibility. Get started for FREE\! > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 59 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Zealous? 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** | 59 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 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**: £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 Software - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Contest Software](https://www.capterra.ae/directory/30801/contest/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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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. ----- ### "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. ----- ### "photo magazine Zealous submissions review" — 4.0/5 > **Rita** | *4 August 2026* | Publishing | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: It's a great tool for working with a lot of submissions and judges. Once set up, it's been helpful to be able to take payments - or not, and review work in one place. > > **Cons**: A few small glitches... (luckily the humans behind the software are lovely and helpful\!) One main issue that would improve my life would be if the sales report info could be merged with the submissions info as a single document/ download. I currently have to combine these 2 documents manually. Additionally, the way that I have to manage the submissions I don't want the judges to see is glitchy/ manual. The way that pricing works is also a little confusing at times. The rates are great - but the way it sometimes gets managed can be tricky. > > Pretty good\! The team behind the software has been really helpful when needed attending to questions and issues quickly is SO important\! ----- ### "DI\_PLOMA AWARDS experience" — 5.0/5 > **Florina** | *21 July 2026* | Nonprofit Organization Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy to use and very intuitive. It was pretty easy to use all the features and we received great support from the team where we got stuck. > > **Cons**: There was a step during the project where we could not go into the public vote without jury vote completed, and that gave us some anxiety, but we received help in managing this. Also with the jury allocation we were having some problems because of the fact that not all jury members entered the platform at the same time. > > Overall the experience was great. No matter the small problems that we got, we received great support, always fast answers and solutions to all the problems. This was a great plus cause we always knew that if we write to you we will receive support in minutes. Great customer support. ----- ### "Awards system review" — 4.0/5 > **Claire** | *2 June 2026* | Nonprofit Organization Management | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: The support given by the team was hugely helpful - it makes such a difference to have access to people\! > > **Cons**: It would be useful to have different judging questions for different categories. 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. ----- Page: 1 / 4\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ae/software/203404/zealous?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.ae/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