A complete judging platform for competitions & contests

Collect, score, and decide with our comprehensive judging software.

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What makes Harness different?

Custom review workflow to fit your contest or competition needs.

Custom review criteria

Evaluate based on the criteria that matters most.

Multiple review stages

Run a single or multi-round review process to identify the top submissions.

Low or high touch with judges

Participating as a judge is so easy you don't need to communicate with judges, but if you want to, we have you covered, right in the platform!

Built-in communication with judges and applicants

1:1 or batch messages

Forget BCC copy/paste emailing. Easily message a single person or everyone - applicants and judges right from your dashboard

Communicate via chat or email

Don't worry about messages getting through, we send emails and platform-based chat simultaneously

Organizations have trusted Harness's judging system for:

Social impact contests

Grants

Accelerator application

Incubator screening

Awards

Pitch contests

Harness scales up or down based on your needs.

Simplicity with depth

Whether you have 10 participants a year or 10,000, Harness is designed with 'simple but robust' in mind to give you the best tools for your use case, regardless of your programs size.

Service on-demand

Use Harness's simple design yourself or have a customer support expert as an extension of your team to help with training and implementation so you don't waste any time.

Major Features

Online forms

Easily drag and drop to build a form that fits your needs exactly, with dozens of question types such as radio lists, text fields, and dropdown menus.

Shareable reviews

Share feedback from multiple rounds and/or reviewers directly with applicants to guide them.

Anonymous submissions

Hide applicant information such as name and email to preserve anonymity and reduce reviewer bias.

File uploads

Accept uploaded files from submitters such as PDFs or word documents to collect all the information you need for your review process.

Review workflow

Customize your multi-round review process and add the specific stages you need, such as a final review or a stage for candidates on a wait list.

Automatic and manual team assignments

Automatically or manually assign submissions to judges to streamline the assignment process.

Search & archive

Filter and organize submissions based on a variety of criteria. Keep submitter information at your fingertips and store completed submissions for later use.

Reports and data exports

Run reports for deep analysis and sharing with relevant parties. Enjoy batch export for greater efficiency.

Dashboards

Quickly view your submission and review progress across all forms. Filter specific forms and date ranges to see submissions by label, total number received, and more.

Simple & advanced reviews

Review submissions with a custom rubric for reviewers to fill out with qualitative and quantitative data.

Branded portal

Create a portal that looks and feels like your organization, from color to layout. Add your unique, brand image above custom guidelines and submission details.

Permission levels

Control the amount of visibility your platform users have with varying permission levels.

10x

community engagement

50%

cost reduction

See Rhonda's story

"Overall with respect to saving time running our programs, collecting data to report on metrics, and giving our students a great experience, Harness is incredibly helpful."

mentor & member signups

Centralized

mentor reporting

See Tanya's story

"There's no better tool for helping our students network and for managing our mentorship program."

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ROI expectation

"Leadership loved the results of the initiative and they’re excited about doing more. The Harness team has been great to work with."
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10 hours

saved per cycle

50%

increase in submissions

See Adeeba's story

Trione Seed Grant

"Harness helped us increase our submissions by close to 50%. In addition, Harness enables me and our reviewers to save nearly 10 hours per cycle"

20%

Cost reduction

Programs supported

"Harness stands out not only for its exceptional customer support but also for its responsiveness in making product adjustments based on our feedback.