OpenWater Overview

OpenWater revolutionizes the application and review process for awards, scholarships, and grants with its intuitive software platform. It enhances applicant quality and streamlines judging processes. The platform facilitates seamless integration with existing systems, ensuring a cohesive workflow. OpenWater provides robust support and extensive reporting capabilities, enabling organizations to efficiently manage and grow their programs. Trusted by industry leaders, it offers a unique blend of application management and review features that stand out in the advocacy marketing space. Notably, OpenWater boasts a wide array of integrations, allowing for a customizable and scalable solution tailored to specific needs.

Use Cases

Customers recommend Social Media Management, Engagement Management, Workflow Management, as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied with while using OpenWater.

Other use cases:

  • Proposal & Quote Management
  • Campaign Management
  • Contact List Management
  • Communication Management
  • Training & Onboarding
  • Rating And Review Management
  • Collaboration
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Business Priorities

Enhance Customer Relationships and Acquire Customers are the most popular business priorities that customers and associates have achieved using OpenWater.

Other priorities:

  • Increase Sales & Revenue
  • Improve Brand Engagement
  • Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally
  • Improve Visibility
  • Improve ROI
  • Grow Market Share
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OpenWater Use-Cases and Business Priorities: Customer Satisfaction Data

OpenWater works with different mediums / channels such as Website. Promotions. Offline etc.

OpenWater's features include Dashboard, Templates, Personalization, etc. and OpenWater support capabilities include Email Support, 24/7 Support, Chat Support, etc. also OpenWater analytics capabilities include Analytics, and Custom Reports.

Reviews

"...If issues do arise (though not that often!), the immediate customer support and service streamlines our work-flow and save us time and headaches...." Peer review by Skye B., Show Coordinator, Publishing

OpenWater, OSI Affiliate Software, Submittable, Sociabble, MarketBeam, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Advocacy Marketing. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

OpenWater offers application and review software for awards, abstracts, scholarships, and grants. The platform aims to improve applicant quality, impress judges, and expand programs.

Popular Business Setting

for OpenWater

Top Industries

  • Non-Profit Organization Management
  • Education
  • Information Technology and Services

Popular in

  • Small Business
  • Mid Market
  • Enterprise

OpenWater is popular in Non-Profit Organization Management, Education, and Information Technology And Services and is widely used by Small Business, Mid Market, and Enterprise.

OpenWater Customer wins, Customer success stories, Case studies

How does OpenWater address your Social Media Management Challenges?

How can OpenWater enhance your Engagement Management process?

What Are the key features of OpenWater for Workflow Management?

What solutions does OpenWater provide for Proposal & Quote Management?

What makes OpenWater ideal for Campaign Management?

11 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well OpenWater solved their Advocacy Marketing needs. Cuspera uses 1102 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Advocacy Marketing needs.

Sustainable Quality Awards (SQAs) - Non Profit Organization Management

OpenWater Awards helped the Sustainable Quality Awards (SQAs) manage their four award categories with a custom digital reporting solution. SQAs needed to reduce time spent compiling judges’ scores an...d comments and cut down on paper use. OpenWater built a custom report template that automated data collection and formatting, saving time and reducing environmental impact. The new system made reports easy to generate and print, using less paper and ink. SQAs now run a more efficient and eco-friendly awards program.

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Society for Marketing Professional Services - Marketing And Advertising

OpenWater helped the Society for Marketing Professional Services manage over 300 award submissions each year with just one staff member. The platform made it easy to handle 20 categories and up to 14...5 judges. OpenWater’s application and review tools saved time and let the director focus on marketing and expanding programs. The user-friendly interface and flexible reporting were key reasons for choosing OpenWater.

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National Association of The Remodeling Industry - Construction

OpenWater helped the National Association of The Remodeling Industry manage over 900 award submissions across national and chapter programs. The platform let each chapter have its own admin and run l...ocal awards while linking to the national program. OpenWater streamlined the judging and scoring process with 22 rounds and many judges. Reporting features made it easy to track progress. The association chose OpenWater for its ability to handle complex, multi-tiered awards management online.

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Forging Industry Association (FIA)

OpenWater helped the Forging Industry Association (FIA) improve their scholarship management. FIA replaced manual spreadsheets with OpenWater’s online forms. This made the application process faster ...and easier for staff and reviewers. FIA saved money by moving away from a costly legacy platform. The new system reduced manual work and improved data accuracy.

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Boys & Girls Clubs of America - Non Profit Organization Management

OpenWater helped Boys & Girls Clubs of America manage 600 to 700 award submissions with over 400 judges across three rounds. The team reduced administrative work, especially for regional judging. Ope...nWater's reporting tools made it easy to track regional program progress. Staff could quickly export and organize application PDFs. The platform supported multiple programs at once.

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Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

for OpenWater

What is OpenWater used for?

OpenWater is a Advocacy Marketing Software mainly used by its customers to Enhance Customer Relationships and Acquire Customers by Social Media Management, Engagement Management and Workflow Management .

What are the top features of OpenWater?

Dashboard, Templates and Personalization are some of the top features of OpenWater.

Who uses OpenWater?

OpenWater is used by Non-Profit Organization Management, Education and Information Technology And Services among other industries.

What are OpenWater alternatives?

OSI Affiliate Software, Submittable, Sociabble and MarketBeam are popular alternatives for OpenWater.

Where is OpenWater located?

OpenWater is headquartered at 4401 Fairfax Dr, Arlington, Virginia US.
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Peers used OpenWater for social media management and engagement management

OpenWater Features

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FEATURE RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

3.88/5 ★

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Analytics

4.68/5 ★

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Custom Reports

4.10/5 ★

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CAPABILITIES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

3.88/5 ★

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Analytics

4.68/5 ★

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Custom Reports

4.10/5 ★

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OpenWater, Inc. News

Product

OpenWater Mid-Year Product Update: New APIs, Reporting Enhancements, and More

OpenWater has introduced several enhancements to its platform, including new API endpoints for round-based data queries and finance-oriented variables for application reports. These updates improve data accessibility and reporting flexibility. The platform also features improved French translations and bug fixes for smoother operations. A redesigned user interface is set to launch later this year, promising enhanced performance and usability.

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OpenWater, Inc. Profile

Company Name

OpenWater, Inc.

Company Website

https://www.getopenwater.com/

HQ Location

4401 Fairfax Dr, Arlington, Virginia US

Employees

11-50

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Financials

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