Buyer’s guides to conference abstract management software

Sourced, dated answers to the questions a program committee actually asks: what the software costs, what to ask a vendor, and how the mechanics work.

• What does conference abstract management software cost? The nine published prices (draft, under review)Of twenty-four abstract management and conference program vendors assessed against their own websites, nine publish a price. Here they are, with what each covers, assessed 20 August 2026.
• What to ask your abstract management vendor: fifteen questions and why each one mattersA buyer’s checklist for scientific societies choosing conference program software — fifteen questions on pricing, blind review, deadline chasing, scheduling, speaker files, AI and data export, with what a good answer sounds like.

See also the documentation — the full operations manual and the product catalog with every setting and its default.