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HackathonHost

HackathonHost is white-label hackathon and game jam management software for organizers running hackathons, game jams, demo days, and related competitions. It combines registration, team building, judging, live control, certificates, and analytics in one hosted workspace.

HackathonHost

Overview

HackathonHost is white-label hackathon and game jam management software for organizers running hackathons, game jams, demo days, and related competitions. It brings registration, teambuilding, judging, live control, certificates, and analytics into one workspace for the full event lifecycle.

The platform is presented as self-serve and fully white-label: hosts can set their own app name, logo, and accent colour, while participants see the event under the host’s branding. Pricing is one flat price per published event, with unlimited participants and teams and no recurring subscription.

Core features

Registration and signup controls

Create public registration links with slug-based sharing, custom questions, capacity caps, and duplicate detection across team and individual sign-ups.

Teambuilding board and matching

Let solo participants and teams post to a public board, apply with a role and note, and manage accept/decline responses without exposing contact details.

Scoring and judging workflows

Run judging with weighted criteria, sub-criteria, per-jury weights, and support for jury scoring, public voting, or both.

Live control and projector views

Project countdowns, announcements, event-overview screens, and theme reveals from a live control interface for the day of the event.

Certificates and verification

Generate certificates with QR verification, batch ZIP or multi-page PDF output, and public verification pages for completed events.

Exports and analytics

Export teams, scores, agenda, jury notes, and results, then review registration funnel and scoring distribution in post-event analytics.

Common use cases

  • Weekend hackathons

    Run a weekend hackathon where teams register, submit projects, and are scored with weighted criteria before certificates and exports are generated.

  • Game jams and demo days

    Manage a game jam with public team formation, live countdowns, theme reveals, and a final results reveal on projector screens.

  • University and student competitions

    Coordinate a university or student event that needs branded registration, duplicate detection, team-building support, and post-event reporting.

  • Multi-format event operations

    Operate a hybrid or in-person event with live control, venue-aware event setup, and audience-facing polls or word clouds during the day.

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Covers the main operational steps of a hackathon in one workspace, from registration and team formation through scoring, certificates, exports, and analytics.
  • Supports white-label presentation so hosts can keep their own branding across the participant experience.
  • Includes a free sandboxed sample event with realistic data, which makes the workflow easier to evaluate before purchasing.
  • Offers live control features for the day of the event, including countdowns, announcements, and projector views.
  • Uses flat per-event pricing with no participant caps or per-seat tiers.

Cons

  • The site provides limited detail about external integrations beyond a Resend-based email broadcast flow and an API for event and registration data.
  • Public pricing is simple, but the product still charges per published event rather than offering a recurring subscription or perpetual free use for all events.

FAQ

How does pricing work for an event?

Each published event uses one event credit. Draft events and the pre-filled sample event are free, and the platform states that payment happens inside the app from the host account.

Can I try the platform before running a real event?

Yes. New hosts get a fully pre-filled sample event with teams, themes, jury, scores, criteria, and agenda so they can explore the dashboard before publishing anything.

Does HackathonHost support white-label branding?

Hosts can set an accent colour, upload a logo, and choose an app name. The platform says participants never see HackathonHost branding.

What parts of a hackathon workflow does it cover?

The platform includes public registration links, teambuilding boards, live control, scoring, certificates, exports, and post-event analytics. It is built to cover the event flow from setup through results and wrap-up.

How do hosts get support?

The source describes two-way support tickets for existing hosts, with file attachments and email mirroring, plus a contact form for general questions.

Quick Facts

Category
Hackathon and game jam management software
Platform
Hosted web app
Deployment model
Self-serve, white-label, multi-tenant
Primary users
Hackathon, game jam, demo day, and competition organizers
Source domain
hackathonhost.com
Pricing model
One flat price per published event