Cloud Awards & SaaS Awards

Recognizing and celebrating innovation in cloud-based solutions as a service

The Cloud Awards. The SaaS Awards. Both awards programs aim to celebrate excellence and innovation in the scope of cloud-based “solutions as a service”. Organizations of any size, any vertical, and any area of the world may apply for recognition as a Cloud or SaaS Award winner or nominee. The Cloud Awards program is one of the longest-standing and most influential platforms for organizations to gain recognition for their cloud-based offerings, celebrating success since 2011. The Software-as-a-Service Awards program concludes before the end of May, while the Cloud Awards program concludes before the end of October. Typically this will be on the penultimate (second-to-last) Friday of the month. Extensions, if given, will incur a late-entry fee.

Eligibility

1. The Cloud Awards and the SaaS Awards are open to organizations of any size and geographical location. Categories are subject to addition or change, at the judge’s discretion. Each category may include a number of runners-up, also at the judges’ discretion.
2. In the event of a suitably high volume of applications, or of entries of a suitable high standard, the judges may decide to award for any or all categories one winner for the US and one for outside the US. In the event of particularly strong showings from different regions, the judges may select one winner for the US, one from the EMEA (UK, Europe, Middle East, and Asia) region, and one winner from Australia and New Zealand, leaving three possible winners of each category.
3. Entries are invited from both client organizations and commercial cloud service/services providers/SaaS providers. Entries can be made independently, or as joint client/supplier submissions.
4. There is no strict eligibility period for entries. However, any pertinent activities during the 18 months preceding the closing date should be highlighted in your awards application.
5. When entries are submitted on behalf of clients by agencies or other parties, client sign-off is assumed. Once the entry has been submitted, no refund will be given if any issues arise concerning client sign-off.
6. Entries must be submitted using the official entry form for that specific category and uploaded, along with the relevant entry fee, on the website. Entries will not be accepted by any other means, and all questions on the specific entry form must be answered.
7. Services, initiatives, and projects may be entered into more than one category as appropriate. For fees, please see above. The unlimited categories option is not applicable across both the Cloud Awards and SaaS Awards; if you wish to enter both, you will be required to process two fees. Similarly, if you are, for instance, a PR firm submitting on behalf of multiple organizations you will have to process them separately. Please note that different products/services/initiatives, even if submitted on behalf of the same organization, will incur a discrete set of costs.
8. If insufficient details are given on any application, entrants may be eliminated from the judging. Similarly, submissions given in a document format different from that stipulated on the submissions form may be eliminated from judging.
9. The judges reserve the right to re-categorize entries if, in their opinion, another category would be more appropriate. However, they cannot be expected to routinely sort incorrectly submitted entries.
10. Please pay attention to the website header for details of submissions deadlines. If a global extension is given, this will also be displayed prominently on the site and in email communications we have with you. Once payment is submitted, entries are confirmed and non-refundable. Payments must be cleared within one week of the closing date. Once payment has been received, entry/ies will be passed for review to the judges.
11. Any entry may be withdrawn for any reason up until 12 noon one week before the initial closing date upon written request to the organizers; however, any entry fees are non-refundable.
12. The judges’ decisions are absolute and final, and no correspondence will be entered into regarding decisions.
13. Winners may be expected to take part in post-award promotional activities.
14. For the Cloud Awards, winners will typically be announced by the end of February the following year. For the SaaS Awards, winners will be notified by the end of September of the same year. Typically responses are given significantly ahead of this time.
15. Although every care is taken to mail out winners’ trophies with the correct address, the Cloud & SaaS Awards team cannot be held responsible for trophies lost in the mail. Please note that winning organizations outside of the USA are currently ineligible to receive a physical trophy, until such time that we have located an appropriate supplier.
16. The Awards team reserves the right to modify these terms at any time.

Benefits

The benefits of winning a Cloud Award or SaaS Award may be obvious. But you don’t have to be the final winner of a Cloud or SaaS Awards category for participation to be worthwhile. It can still be tough to make the shortlist, but there are significant benefits if you do.

Shortlisted candidates receive:

• Pro-forma press release to help promote your success
• Shortlist logo and materials for your marketing collateral, in print and online
• Coverage opportunities in the international press (we also issue press releases at both shortlisting and winners’ stages)

Plus, we publish an article all about your organization:

• The full article of your choice was published on the highly-ranked Cloud & SaaS Awards website, edited by our editorial team (1,000-2,500 words)
• Link to your organization’s website on the article
• Promotion of your article on social media#

Application Process

For Downloading the Form CLICK HERE

For more Interesting Content and other Opportunities Visit and Follow/Like Us On Facebook,Twitter,LinkedIn, and Instagram