AMS (Article Management System) vs Brownbag
AMS (Article Management System)
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| Figure | AMS (Article Management System) | Brownbag |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $18.67/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 2 |
| Spec score · Event Abstract Management Software | 7.8 (#11) | 8.1 (#8) |
| Intended users | The company describes AMS as software for conference and journal chairs, editors, organizers, and institutions running scholarly venues. | The help center describes Brownbag as connecting conferences, papers, and researchers, with separate guides for organizers, reviewers, authors, and attendees. |
| Payments | The platform supports payment tracking, receipts, bank transfer against organizer bank details, and venue-owned online payment. | The site says Premium upgrades use secure payments with Stripe and can be made from the dashboard. |
| Purpose | AMS is a cloud platform for managing academic conferences and journals from calls for papers through peer review and publication. | Brownbag is conference management software for academic research, covering conference pages, submissions, reviews, programs, and registration. |
| Support | Venue subscriptions include support by email throughout the 12-month service term. | The help center offers guides for organizers, reviewers, authors, and attendees. |
Plans
AMS (Article Management System)
- AMS Core$224 a year
- AMS Core Plus$337 a year
- AMS Core Plus & Publishing$599 a year
- CustomPriced on request
In their own words
AMS (Article Management System)
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Brownbag
Brownbag is web-based conference-management software for academic research. It combines public conference pages, calls for papers, submissions, peer review, program planning, email, and analytics. Organizers can build pages with headings, images, tabs, and submission blocks. Submission forms can require fields, define file types and deadlines, and collect co-authors; authors can reuse uploaded details across conferences. Review workflows support internal and external reviewers, custom labels, score tracking, and CSV export. Accepted papers can be arranged into sessions, rooms, and time slots, then published for viewing on any device. Organizers can email authors, reviewers, or attendees and schedule messages. Analytics show views, referrers, and devices without a third-party tag. Brownbag describes a ChatGPT connection for organizer and reviewer tasks while carrying its permissions across. Stripe handles Premium upgrades from the dashboard. A help center provides guides for organizers, reviewers, authors, and attendees. Attendee registration is marked “Coming soon.” The Free plan costs nothing, billed per conference, with organizer views capped at 100 submissions. Premium costs $1,000, paid once and provides unlimited submissions in organizer views.