ConfTool vs ProgramChair
ConfTool
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| Figure | ConfTool | ProgramChair |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 2 |
| Spec score · Event Scheduling Software | 8.1 (#10) | 6.8 (#33) |
| Audience | ConfTool is intended for academic conferences, congresses, workshops, and seminars, including on-site and virtual events. | The product is aimed at academic societies, including organizations with volunteer boards, rotating program chairs, and no technical staff. |
| Purpose | ConfTool supports conference organizers with submissions and reviews, program scheduling, participant registration, administration, and invoicing. | ProgramChair manages academic conferences from submission and peer review through decisions, the program, and proceedings. |
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In their own words
ConfTool
ConfTool is conference management software for academic conferences, congresses, workshops, and seminars, including on-site and virtual events. It supports submissions and reviews, program scheduling, participant registration, administration, and invoicing. With ConfTool Pro, organizers can configure open or blind reviews, optionally use multiple tracks, schedule accepted submissions, and check presenter conflicts. Participants can create personal agendas. Pro registration supports participant groups, time discounts, event options, and admission limits; payments can be handled by bank transfer, PayPal, Stripe, or connections to more than 45 online credit card payment systems. Pro can link sessions and presentations to external virtual-event resources and export data in Excel, Word, CSV, JSON, and XML. ConfTool Standard is free on request for smaller non-commercial events, for up to 150 participants, and requires local installation. Pro is hosted and billed per conference; its fee depends on event requirements and size, and optional modules may cost extra. The maker lists HTTPS access, automatic backups, and role-based access control. Standard comes without support, while Pro includes professional support.
ProgramChair
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