OpenConf Editions
OpenConf is available in two editions – Professional and Community. The Professional Edition includes technical support, additional features, and is available with multiple deployment options. A description of the different editions and options appear below, followed by a side-by-side comparison.
Community Edition
The OpenConf Community Edition provides a peer-review system that is suitable for many organizations with a need to keep costs down (it is free!), and that: (1) have their own PHP/MySQL server and (2) are willing to support themselves. The OpenConf Community Edition is subject to the OpenConf License, which you need to accept and abide by in order to use the software. . Note that if you will need the assistance of someone outside your organization to install, develop, or maintain the OpenConf software, or your organization would like to offer such a service to others, an OpenConf Professional License will need to be purchased for each event.
Professional Edition
The OpenConf Professional Edition includes all the features of the Community Edition plus support, additional capabilities (see below), and the flexibility to deploy OpenConf on your own server or use our managed, hosting service.
OpenConf Hosting Service – OpenConf on our servers
When you sign up for the OpenConf Hosting Service, you can focus on putting together the best event possible, without having to worry about installing software, maintaining hardware, patching operating systems, etc. We provide the OpenConf Hosting Service from a state-of-the-art data center, where the network, systems, and environment are monitored 24x7.
Sign Up for the OpenConf Hosting Service
OpenConf Professional License – OpenConf on your server
The OpenConf Professional License is available if you prefer to have OpenConf on your own server or will hire someone to install, customize, or maintain the OpenConf software. There is also the option with the OpenConf Professional License to have one of our technicians install the OpenConf software on your server if you already have Apache, PHP, and MySQL installed and properly configured.
Purchase an OpenConf Professional License
Side-by-Side Comparison
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| File Upload | |
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| Custom Topics | |
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| Assign Reviews (Automated & Manual) | |
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| Advocate (Champion) Support | |
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| Conflict Detection (Automated & Manual) | |
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| At-a-Glance Progress Summary | |
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| Review Scoring | |
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| CSV/XML/XLS Export | |
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| CAPTCHA | |
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| User Login Recovery | |
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| Multilingual Support | |
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| UTF-8 Compliant | |
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| Multiple Submission Types | |
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| Multiple Acceptance Types | |
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| Reviewer Bidding | |
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| Committee Discussion | |
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| Custom Forms | |
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| Multiple File Upload Types | |
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| Online Proceedings | |
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| Online Program | |
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| Author Rebuttals | |
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| Advocate Assign Reviews | |
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| Reviewer File Uploads | |
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| IEEE eCopyright | |
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