START Conference Manager
No phone app
5.5No. 18 of 29
in Event Abstract Management Software
in Event Abstract Management Software
- Recognised40% of the score20
- Phone app26% of the score0
- Documented20% of the score90
- Free plan14% of the score0
- Free plan
- No
- Runs on
- self-hosted, Web
Summary
START Conference Manager is ranked #18 of 29 in event abstract management software on Samsung Mobile US Press. It runs on Self-hosted, Web. There is no free plan.
START Conference Manager plans and pricing
All plansSingle-event license Not published Price supplied after contacting developers one year's meeting of a conference or workshop · free support and upgrades during license softconf.com · 1 Oct 2026
Multiple-use license Not published Price supplied after contacting developers several meetings or conferences · progressively discounted per-use pricing · free support and upgrades during license softconf.com · 1 Oct 2026
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- Free plan
- Nosoftconf.com
- Submission types
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- Review workflow
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- Scoring tools
- Yessoftconf.com
- Blind review
- Yessoftconf.com
- Author revisions
- Yessoftconf.com
- Poster handling
- Yessoftconf.com
- Publishing tools
- Yessoftconf.com
Facts
- Purpose
- START V2 is an integrated web-based system for managing peer-reviewed conferences.softconf.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Workflow automation
- Each step of the conference process is fully automated through a single-panel interface.softconf.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Configurable roles
- The system provides configurable views and policy controls for authors, reviewers, committee members, track coordinators, and program chairs.softconf.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Submission formats
- Administrators can allow PDF, Postscript, MS Word, RTF, PowerPoint, and plain-text submissions, with optional document conversion.softconf.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Review assignment
- START can generate draft reviewer assignments using reviewer bids and quotas, which administrators can manually adjust.softconf.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Multi-track management
- The system supports multiple tracks and hierarchical reviewing with semi-autonomous track-manager consoles.softconf.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Review forms
- Administrators can configure review forms with unlimited criteria and custom quantitative or qualitative scoring ranges.softconf.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Committee discussions
- Optional per-paper and committee-wide message boards can forward postings by email.softconf.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- START can run on a customer server or be hosted remotely at softconf.com or another provider.softconf.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Hosted operations
- Softconf-hosted installations include installation, maintenance, backups, automatic upgrades, unlimited support, and possible customizations.softconf.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Support
- Customer support provides step-by-step help, email ticketing through OTRS, request history, and public, customer, and conference-management FAQs.softconf.com · 1 Oct 2026
- Author updates
- Authors can refine an existing submission up to the deadline without creating a new submission.softconf.com · 1 Oct 2026
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Sources
- softconf.com/about/· checked 1 Oct 2026
- softconf.com/about/index.php/start/administration-vi· checked 1 Oct 2026
- softconf.com/about/index.php/hosting-options· checked 1 Oct 2026
- softconf.com/about/index.php/support-at-softconf· checked 1 Oct 2026
- softconf.com/about/index.php/start/author-view· checked 1 Oct 2026
- softconf.com/about/index.php/ordering· checked 1 Oct 2026