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Crafted Call vs Judgify
Judgify is an awards management system for corporate awards, contests and academic abstracts, with configurable entry forms, multi-round judging, public voting and branded landing pages. Crafted Call is built for galleries and art prizes, and carries accepted work on into exhibitions, labels, sales, memberships, classes and event tickets.
Judgify facts and pricing verified October 9, 2026 against the primary sources cited below.
The Quick Decision
Choose Crafted Call When
Galleries, art centers and councils whose prize becomes an exhibition, and that also sell memberships, run classes and ticket events, so one artist record and one set of money reports covers the year.
Choose Judgify when
Organizations running corporate or professional awards with many categories and judging rounds, that want public voting, their own payment gateway in their own currency, and vendor-run onboarding and support, and that stay under 500 entries a program or are ready to negotiate an Enterprise contract.
Judgify documents the awards fundamentals well: per-category entry limits and prices, early-bird fees, judging rounds with abstention, public voting and Excel exports. Its public pages stop at results and branding. Crafted Call runs the same entry and jury stage, then carries accepted work into exhibition pages, wall labels and check-in, artwork sales with commission and artist payouts, and the memberships, classes and events around the show.
Side by Side: Crafted Call vs Judgify
Judgify cells quote documented capabilities and published prices, not assumptions from a feature grid. Crafted Call cells link to the feature pages that back them.
| Capability | Crafted Call | Judgify |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | $0 Pay as you go plus 4 flat monthly plans ($19–$99/mo). Crafted Call pricing | A free tier, a per-program plan and a yearly plan, each capped at 500 submissions per program, plus a 3.5% fee on paid entries; larger programs are quote-only. |
| Cost to run one call | $0 to publish on every plan; $1.00 USD per completed application on Pay as you go, less with a subscription. Crafted Call pricing | $699/call. |
| Per-entry charges | $1.00 USD down to $0.25 USD per completed application, by plan, whatever the entry fee. A free-entry call carries the same charge, and you can have artists cover it at checkout instead. Crafted Call pricing | Not published. |
| Jurying and rounds | Scored rounds with rubrics, juror assignment, recusal, and redistribution. Juror and round counts scale by plan, up to unlimited on Premier. Jury & Review | Custom judging rounds with judges assigned per round, judging groups, per-category scorecards with their own score formulas, and abstention for conflicts of interest. Pro plans allow five private rounds and one public voting round; Enterprise is unlimited. |
| Blind review | Redaction hides the artist fields you choose, per round, and juror preview shows staff exactly what jurors will see. Jury & Review | Judgify's judging page describes rounds, scorecards, abstention and an option to let judges see each other's scores; anonymized or blind judging is not described. |
| Artist portfolios | Artists keep reusable portfolios and hosted profile pages. Accepted work can be entered into future calls without re-uploading. Artist Portfolios | Entrants sign in to submit and can download their own entries as PDFs; a reusable portfolio that follows an artist across programs is not described. |
| Entry fees and payments | Stripe checkout for entry fees, artwork sales, tickets, and memberships, with artist payouts and 1099 tooling. Artist Payouts | Entry fees in more than 27 currencies through the organizer's own payment gateway, with per-category and early-bird prices, promo codes and member/non-member fees; a 3.5% Judgify fee applies to paid entries. |
| Exports and portability | CSV exports on paid plans for submissions, artists, payments, and financial reports, plus an API with webhooks on higher plans. API & Webhooks | Entrant and submission lists export to Excel, entrants can download their entries as PDFs, and changes after submission are tracked in an audit log. Bulk file download and data import are Enterprise features. |
| Publishing accepted work | Accepted pieces publish to hosted exhibition pages and online galleries, with artwork detail pages and inquiry capture. Exhibitions & Sales | Branded program landing pages and public voting rounds are described; a hosted exhibition of accepted work is not. |
| Labels, catalogs, and intake | Print-ready wall labels and a branded exhibition catalog PDF, both generated from artwork data on every plan, plus QR-assisted check-in and checkout with condition notes. Exhibitions & Sales | Wall labels, artwork check-in and finalist delivery are not described on Judgify's public pages. |
| Exhibition operations | Floor plans and wall layouts, installation planning, condition reports, and sales during the show. Gallery Spaces | Judgify's public pages cover entry, judging, scoring and results; artwork sales, commission and artist payouts after a prize are not described. |
| Recurring calls | Duplicate any call or save it as a template. Each year keeps its own submissions, decisions, and reporting. Calls for Art | Clone a previous event or award program and its settings instead of starting from scratch. |
| Grants and non-art programs | Not the focus. Crafted Call is purpose-built for visual-arts calls; broad application platforms fit generic grant programs better. | Positioned as an end-to-end awards management system for awards, contests, academic conferences and abstracts across corporate, nonprofit, education and creative sectors. |
| Memberships | Membership tiers with recurring dues, renewals, and rosters, included from Core. Member discounts on entry fees apply automatically, and a call can be limited to members. Memberships | A member versus non-member entry fee can be configured; membership billing, renewals or member benefits are not described. |
| Events and ticketing | Ticketed and RSVP events for openings, talks, and classes, with member and early-bird prices, promo codes, check-in, waitlists, and attendance reporting. Included from Studio. Events & Ticketing | Not publicly documented. |
| Studio and space rentals | Rental agreements, charges, and occupancy reporting for studios, walls, and display cases. Space Rentals | Not publicly documented. |
| Email marketing | Newsletters with segments and delivery status on every paid plan; automations and campaign analytics through the Marketing Hub. Marketing Hub | Not publicly documented. |
| Your website | A hosted, branded gallery site with calls, exhibitions, artists, shop, and events pages, plus WordPress embeds. Organization Website | Not publicly documented. |
| Admin assistant | Frida drafts calls, answers questions, and works through gallery admin with your approval at every step. Frida | Not publicly documented. |
"Not publicly documented" means the vendor does not publish that capability or number on the pages we cite. It describes their public documentation, not proof of absence. Competitor cells summarize Judgify's public pages; every citation is listed under Sources below.
Published Pricing, Both Sides
Judgify
- A free tier, a per-program plan and a yearly plan, each capped at 500 submissions per program, plus a 3.5% fee on paid entries; larger programs are quote-only.
- Annual or renewal price: $2,399/yr.
- Per call: $699/call.
- Judgify's Pro plan is USD 699 per program and Pro Unlimited is USD 2,399 a year; both cap at 500 submissions per program and add an onboarding fee whose amount is not published. A 3.5% Judgify fee applies to paid entries. Enterprise, with unlimited submissions, video transcoding and white label, is quote-only.
Pricing as of · sourced from Judgify primary pricing source
Crafted Call
- Pay as you go: $0/mo and $0 to publish a call. A flat $1.00 USD platform charge per completed application, paid by the organization on a monthly invoice or by each artist at checkout.
- Paid plans: $19–$99/mo (Core, Studio, Gallery, Premier) with $0 to publish and a lower charge per application, down to $0.25 USD on Premier.
- Sales commission when artwork sells through the platform: 4% down to 1% by plan.
- Everything is free to set up and explore on Pay as you go; you only pay when applications complete, or from the first month of a paid plan.
These are our current published prices, the same numbers you will find on our pricing page and at checkout.
Looking for a Judgify alternative?
The usual reasons to look for a Judgify alternative are the 500-submission cap on every published plan, the 3.5% fee on paid entries on top of gateway charges, and an entrant page that stops at the submit button. A regional art prize with a thousand entries is an Enterprise quote on Judgify. On Crafted Call it is a flat charge per completed application, with the exhibition, labels, sales and payouts in the same system as the entries.
Migration Reality
Judgify exports entrant and submission lists to Excel and entries as PDFs; bulk file download and data import are Enterprise features, so confirm what your plan can export before setting a date. There is no self-serve Judgify importer, so start from an export of a closed program, map artists, entries, categories and payment status against a sample, and switch between prize cycles rather than mid-judging.
A vendor export proves data portability; it does not guarantee that every field, attachment, status, or historical event maps one-to-one.
In use at Mosaic Art Collective
Mosaic Art Collective in Manchester, NH runs its calls, jury review, exhibitions and artwork sales on Crafted Call.
- calls hosted
- 40calls hosted
- submissions reviewed
- 1,706submissions reviewed
- members in their artist community
- 382members in their artist community
Sources and Review Date
Pricing and capability facts verified October 9, 2026. Product details can change, so confirm the final scope and quote before buying.
Crafted Call vs Judgify: common questions
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