The best ProgramChair alternatives

Backstage suits organizers planning in-person, virtual, or hybrid events.

Fourwaves may suit universities, scientific societies, and research networks organizing academic conferences.

pretalx suits conference and festival organizers handling submissions, reviews, speakers, schedules, and public event pages.

BagEvent suits international organizers running professional conferences, corporate programs, and trade shows who need registration and on-site…

Sessionize may suit organizers of in-person or online events who need to manage speaker submissions and schedules.

Indico may suit organizations that need event workflows alongside room booking, including companies, research institutes, and universities.

It is aimed at professional associations, regulatory bodies, learning-focused organizations, and multi-chapter groups.

ConfTool suits organizers of academic and other conferences, workshops, and seminars, whether on-site or virtual.

Sched suits organizers of conferences, conventions, festivals, seminars, and school events who need attendee agendas and schedule management.

GetSpot suits organizers of recurring, fee-based sports meetups who need capacity limits, waitlists and member management.

PragmaPlanner suits organizers scheduling complex conferences, interview days, summits, and hybrid programs.

Callboard suits event organizers who need a self-hosted workflow for submissions, reviewer scoring, speakers, and schedule publication.

It suits conference organizers who need self-hosted tools for calls for papers, reviews, scheduling, speaker tasks, and event communications.

It suits organizers running in-person or hybrid events who need attendee, session, and speaker management.