Nominations, judging, sponsors, guest logistics, catering, and ceremony production — in one platform built specifically for awards.
Nominations in one file. Scores in another. Guest lists, sponsors, dietary requirements scattered across spreadsheets, forms, and email threads. Nothing reconciles. Nothing's the single source of truth.
You only spot the problem when it's too late. Judging behind schedule. A VIP table double-booked. A sponsor about to churn. By the time the issue surfaces in the next status meeting, you're already in damage-control mode.
Run-of-show on paper. Seating conflicts no one caught. The wrong winner's letter goes out. What should be the high point of the year becomes a logistics nightmare instead of a celebration.
Conversations with prospects sit in inboxes. Renewal dates pass without a chase. Proposals built from scratch every time, half of them never sent. The pipeline you think you have isn't the pipeline you actually have, and the difference is six figures.
Tickets sold, sponsors signed, suppliers booked — all tracked in different places by different people. No single view of cash in versus cash out. You find out you've run an event at a loss three weeks after the lights went down.
The event went well. Three months later, half the sponsor invoices still haven't gone out. Suppliers chase you for payment while your own debtors sit untouched. Working capital tied up because no system tells anyone what's owed and to whom.
Accolade replaces your entire tool stack with a single platform built specifically for awards and ceremonies.
| Name | Org | Table | RSVP | Diet | VIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dame Anita K. | Cosgrove Holdings | T12 | ✓ | - | VIP |
| Marcus J. | Westfield Partners | T3 | ✓ | Vegan | VIP |
| Daniel T. | Continental Times | T28 | ◔ | Halal | - |
| Priya D. | Sterling & Co | T15 | ✓ | Veg | VIP |
| Course | Dish | Dietary | Conflicts | Send |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTER | Prawn Cocktail | Standard | 3 SHELLFISH | 19:45 |
| Tomato Gazpacho (alt) | VG GF | CLEAR | 19:45 | |
| MAIN | Lamb Cutlets | Standard | CLEAR | 20:15 |
| DESSERT | Pistachio Baklava | Vegetarian | 14 NUT | 21:00 |
| Time | Cue | Dur. | AV / Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ● 19:30 | Opening Film | 5 min | VT Play + Lights Down |
| ● 19:35 | Host Welcome | 3 min | Autocue + Spotlight |
| ● 19:45 | Awards 1-4 | 20 min | Slides + Walk-on |
| ● 20:05 | VIP Reception | 15 min | Lounge Music |
| ● 20:20 | Special Recognition | 8 min | Video + Applause |
| ● 20:28 | Closing | 5 min | Full Stage Lights |
1 in 6 ceremonies report a scoring or seating error caused by a broken spreadsheet formula. The remediation cost — reissued winners, refunded tickets, reputational damage — runs £10K–£50K per incident. That's not in the calculator above. Accolade catches these at the data layer.
The full platform. Nominations, judging, winners, sponsors, guest logistics, catering, ceremony production, letters, analytics. Everything from first nomination to standing ovation.
Multi-track agendas, speaker management, sponsor sales, ticketing, catering, badge printing, and live check-in. Everything except the awards-specific modules you don't need.
Guest lists with dietary tracking, seating charts, catering with allergen intelligence, supplier management, budgets, day-of timelines, place cards, and communications. The wedding planner's dream tool.
Local charity awards, a university student showcase, or a regional industry honour with a small team. Run the basics for free, no card needed.
Best for: small, low-stakes events. 1 event, 50 guests, 1 user.You've outgrown spreadsheets. You need a guest list that talks to your ticketing, sponsors you can track, and AI that fills the modules for you.
Best for: in-house comms or events teams running one 500-guest event a year.Your awards night sells tables to FTSE companies. You need full sponsor CRM, run-of-show, white-label, your own subdomain, and a named contact who knows your account.
Best for: flagship industry awards, national TV ceremonies, gala events.You run awards on behalf of others. You need to keep four event workspaces clean, white-label everything to your clients, and have a phone number to call on the night.
Best for: production agencies, PR firms, awards-as-a-service operators.See exactly what you get — and what you'll unlock by upgrading.
| Feature | Free | Professional | Enterprise | Agency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usage limits | ||||
| Events per year | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 (+£500/mo each extra) |
| Guests per event | 50 | 500 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Team seats | 1 | 3 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Nominations | 50 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Judges | 3 | 50 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Categories | 5 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Core modules — 6 free, 21 in Pro | ||||
| Dashboard, Categories, Nominations, Judging, Winners, Settings | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Letters & templates | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Guest List + Table Planner (conflict detection) | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Schedule + Tasks | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comms (bulk email, mailmerge) | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Finance + Invoicing | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sponsor Pipeline (basic management) | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ticketing + Stripe checkout | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Catering + allergen tracking | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Suppliers, Analytics, Inventory, Users | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Premium modules — Enterprise unlocks 17 more | ||||
| Sponsor CRM (pipeline, accounts, renewals) | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Outreach Tracker + Proposal Engine | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cashflow aggregation (Sponsors + Tickets + Suppliers) | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Run of Show (cue sheet, AV plot) | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Speakers, Speeches, Travel & Hotels | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Press, Marketing, Power List | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Photo/Video, Accessibility, Content | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Conflict Checker, Automation, Integrations | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multi-event console + cross-event reporting | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Template library + reseller dashboard | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Client read-only access (Agency-as-a-service) | — | — | — | ✓ |
| AI — available today | ||||
| AI Setup Wizard (basic) — generate event scaffold | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI Setup Wizard Pro — populates 21 modules from a description | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI Letter Generator — winner notifications, sponsor thank-yous | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI Table Planner — conflict detection on seating | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI Wizard Pro+ — populates all 38 modules incl. press, speeches, marketing | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI — roadmap (Q3 2026) Sold via Intelligence add-on (+£1,500/mo) on any paid tier | ||||
| AI Sponsor Dossiers — full company profile per prospect | — | ADD-ON | ADD-ON | ADD-ON |
| AI Sponsor Proposal Generation | — | ADD-ON | ADD-ON | ADD-ON |
| AI Press Release + Speech Drafting | — | ADD-ON | ADD-ON | ADD-ON |
| Sponsor Matching Engine (find sponsors backing similar events) | — | ADD-ON | ADD-ON | ADD-ON |
| Live sponsor pricing benchmarks | — | ADD-ON | ADD-ON | ADD-ON |
| Quarterly market intelligence reports | — | ADD-ON | ADD-ON | ADD-ON |
| Branding & white-label | ||||
| Accolade-branded exports | ✓ | — | — | — |
| Your logo on all exports | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom subdomain (yourname.accolade.live) | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full platform white-label | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Agency white-label (rebrand for client view) | — | — | — | ✓ |
| API access & SSO | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support & onboarding — see full SLAs → | ||||
| Help documentation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Email support — support@accolade.live | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Named contact — same person every reply | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Direct line to founder team on event days | — | — | — | ✓ |
| First-reply response time | Best effort | 1 business day | 4 business hours | 1 business hour |
| Onboarding | Self-serve setup wizard | 30-min onboarding call | Half-day setup session | Bespoke onboarding |
| Pricing | ||||
| Monthly | £0 | £495 | £1,750 | £3,500 |
| Annual (save 20%) | £0 | £4,752 | £16,800 | £33,600 |
| START FREE | GET STARTED | GET STARTED | TALK TO SALES | |
The roadmap features above — sold as a single add-on on any paid tier. Unlimited AI sponsor dossiers, AI proposal generation, sponsor matching, live pricing benchmarks, quarterly market intelligence reports. Ships Q3 2026.
Onboarding service to get you live faster — available on all paid plans.
We set up your account, import your data, train your team. Most customers are fully live within 5 working days.
Enterprise is hardcoded to one event per year to keep Agency commercially viable. Need a second event one-off? £500/month per extra. Need to run 4+? Talk to Sales about Agency.
Need more than 2,000 attendees or multiple events? Book a call with Sales →
All the power of Accolade without the awards-specific modules. Same infrastructure, same reliability.
One plan, one payment, 12 months of access. Wedding planners running multiple clients — talk to us about Planner pricing.
Accolade handles the complexity behind the scenes — every nomination, every score, every guest, every cue — so you can focus on the moments your audience remembers for a lifetime.
Join the organisers who stopped fighting their tools and started running world-class ceremonies.