Congressio vs Oxford Abstracts

Congressio brings conference submissions, peer review, decisions, scheduling, and attendee registration into one platform. Its drag-and-drop form builder supports conditional logic, uploads, and co-author invitations, while review tools include automatic reviewer assignment, deadlines, conflict-of-interest detection, and double-blind review. Organizers can publish a public program with attendee agendas and iCal or PDF exports. Ticket sales through Stripe support tiers, discounts, add-ons, VAT invoices, and refunds. QR passes can be stored in Apple and Google Wallet and scanned at check-in, with zones controlled by ticket tier or capacity. Virtual-event tools include live and on-demand streaming, recordings, e-posters, Q&A, and polls. Congressio also describes ORCID, institutional single sign-on, API keys, and webhooks for integrations. It says data is kept in the European Union and card details are handled by Stripe. The free plan allows one active event, 100 submissions, and three team seats. Standard costs $49 a month; a 14-day trial is listed.

Oxford Abstracts is web software for managing academic conference submissions, reviews, decisions, and events. Organisers can build customized submission forms, assign reviewers by category or group, and track reviewer progress while reviewers’ changes save automatically. Scheduled emails can be tailored for reviewers and submitters. The free Basic plan includes unlimited submissions, review and decisions, event ticketing, reviewer tracking, customizable forms, and emails. The Abstract Management plan costs $890/event and adds custom emails, fully customizable forms, detailed reports, instant abstract books, and optional add-ons. The Conference plan costs $2,290/event and adds a live conference platform, program builder, attendee networking, on-demand and live content, and an interactive poster gallery. Ticketing integrates with Stripe and PayPal. Online programs are accessible from any device. Oxford Abstracts lists onboarding support, free video calls, tutorials, and a knowledge base. It is headquartered in Acharacle, United Kingdom, and hosts data on UK-based Amazon Web Services servers.