Congirus
Congirus is a web-based platform for managing academic congresses, bringing submissions, peer review, event operations, and reporting together.
What Congirus is
Congirus is a web-based platform for managing academic congresses, bringing submissions, peer review, event operations, and reporting together. Organizers can update event website pages, images, and content without code. Its Abstract Pool consolidates submissions for online review, evaluation, and approval, while the Workshop Module covers workshop content, registration, schedules, and resources. The platform also supports event registration, participant messaging, and online credit and debit card payments through its Virtual POS; the home page says a separate payment gateway is not needed. Smart Reporting provides real-time views of participant behavior, finances, sessions, and abstract outcomes. Organizers can generate personalized print-ready name badges, allow audience-only attendance, and compile sessions, abstracts, or full-text papers into a formatted congress book. Congirus is paid, with pricing available on request, and the site invites visitors to request a demo, described as free on its Corporate page. The company states it has 10 years of experience.
Good
- Online abstract review and approval workflows
- Website content can be updated without code
- Virtual POS accepts credit and debit cards
- Creates badges and formatted congress books
Watch out
- Paid product with pricing available on request
- No third-party integrations are named
Who it suits
Congirus suits academic congress organizers managing participants, speakers, submissions, workshops, and event operations. It may also suit teams that need congress publishing, payment, and reporting tools in one platform.
Verdict
Congirus covers a wide range of academic event tasks, from abstract workflows and workshops to payments and publishing. Organizers should request pricing and a demo to assess fit.
The facts
Each one read from Congirus's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Abstract review
- The Abstract Pool consolidates submissions and supports online peer review, evaluation, and approval workflows.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Abstract workflow
- The Abstract Pool consolidates submissions and supports online peer review, evaluation, and approval.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Badges and attendance
- The Name Badge module generates print-ready personalized badges, and the Listener/Participant module lets organizers enable audience-only attendance.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker describes an integrated Virtual POS but does not name third-party integrations on the pages reviewed.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker presents Congirus as a tool for congress and academic event organizers managing participants, speakers, submissions, and event operations.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Messaging
- Participants can message administrators through the platform, and incoming requests appear in the admin panel in real time.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Payments
- The Virtual POS module accepts online credit and debit card payments, and the home page says no separate payment gateway is needed.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Pricing and demo
- The reviewed maker pages show no plan prices and invite visitors to request a demo, described on the Corporate page as free.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Product
- Congirus is a digital congress management platform for academic organizations, combining abstract submission and tracking with peer review, scheduling, registration, and reporting.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Publishing
- The Book Publishing module can compile sessions, abstracts, or full-text academic papers into a formatted congress book.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Reporting
- Smart Reporting provides real-time analysis of participant behavior, finances, session statistics, and abstract evaluation outcomes.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security
- The maker describes its website management platform as built on high security and performance standards and says the Virtual POS uses advanced security protocols.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site links to a support portal and lists contact details including an email address and phone number.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Website management
- The Website Management module lets organizers update event website content, images, and pages without writing code.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Workshops
- The Workshop module manages workshop content, participant registrations, scheduling, and resources from one platform.checked 9 Oct 2026
The company
- Company experience
- The Corporate page states that Congirus has 10 years of experience.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Konya, Turkeychecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Pricing and trial
- The pages reviewed publish no plan prices or trial terms; the site invites visitors to request a demo, including a free demo on its Corporate page.checked 4 Oct 2026
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