Fourwaves vs ProgramChair
Fourwaves
fourwaves.comProgramChair
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| Figure | Fourwaves | ProgramChair |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $83.25/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 2 |
| Spec score · Event Scheduling Software | 9.2 (#1) | 6.8 (#33) |
| Audience | The company describes its users as academic and scientific research communities, including universities, scientific societies and research networks. | The product is aimed at academic societies, including organizations with volunteer boards, rotating program chairs, and no technical staff. |
| Peer review | The peer-review module supports reviewer workflows connected to submissions and conference-program decisions. | Reviewers can be matched to proposals by topic or assigned through a proposed balanced allocation, and see anonymised papers. |
| Purpose | Fourwaves manages academic conferences, including abstracts, peer review, registration, event websites, programs and conference apps. | ProgramChair manages academic conferences from submission and peer review through decisions, the program, and proceedings. |
Plans
Fourwaves
- StarterFree
- StarterFree
- Essential$999 a year
- Advanced$2,599 a year
- ProPriced on request
In their own words
Fourwaves
Fourwaves is a conference management service for academic and scientific events, covering abstract submissions, peer review, registration, event websites, programs and attendee apps. Submission forms can support calls for papers and abstracts, and organizers can export abstract books with author indexes. Review workflows offer single- or double-blind processes, reviewer conflict detection and custom scoring grids. Its iOS and Android app includes the event program, personal agenda, participant list and presentation materials, and works offline. An API with organization-specific keys provides endpoints for event, registration, form, submission and session data. The free Starter plan costs nothing and caps yearly submissions at 25. Essential costs $999 a year with a 100-submission limit; Advanced costs $2,599 a year with a 300-submission limit. Each lists a 3% service fee. When a yearly cap is reached, new submissions pause until an upgrade, though existing submissions, registrations and event websites remain accessible. The company describes its audience as research communities, universities, scientific societies and research networks.
ProgramChair
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