EDAS
EDAS is hosted web software for managing conference, workshop, and journal workflows from submission through review and registration.
What EDAS is
EDAS is hosted web software for managing conference, workshop, and journal workflows from submission through review and registration. It supports discussion and decisions, copyright, travel grants, proceedings, programs, schedules, and badges. Organizers can configure review stages, use blind review, and accept mixed submission types. Conference webpages can be hosted with configurable templates and menus without extra hosting cost. PDF checks cover page, margin, font, and structure requirements, while similarity checking is available through docoloc or iThenticate/CrossCheck. EDAS supports IEEE electronic copyright submission and can create Zoom meetings by session or track with attendee-specific sign-in URLs. Virtual-event tools include video uploads, discussion groups, time-zone schedules, and links to Zoom, WebEx, or similar services. It runs in standard browsers with no installation.
Good
- Manages submission through proceedings
- Blind review and custom stages
- Built-in PDF and similarity checks
- Hosts conference webpages
- No installation required
Watch out
- No free plan is listed
- Several services have separate per-use fees
Who it suits
It suits conference and journal organizers, authors, reviewers, technical program committees, and attendees. It is especially relevant to teams coordinating submissions, reviews, schedules, and event administration online.
Verdict
EDAS covers the administrative path from papers and reviews to registration, schedules, and virtual events. Its hosted browser access and configurable workflow fit organizers seeking one conference-management system.
Plans and prices
From EDAS's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Similarity checking (non-IEEE conferences) | $1, paid once | No charge for IEEE-sponsored conferences using iThenticate · $1 for each paper checked |
| Online proceedings preparation | $1, paid once | Per accepted paper; minimum charges apply · $1 per accepted paper; $100 minimum if with IEEE Xplore; $200 minimum alone |
| IEEE Xplore content preparation and upload | $1, paid once | Per proceedings paper · $1 for each paper in the proceedings; $100 minimum |
| Travel grants | $5, paid once | No fee when EDAS is used for paper processing · $5 for each application if EDAS is not used for paper processing |
| Paper processing | $6, paid once | Independent of number of tracks and sub-conferences · $6 each for first 200 counted papers, $5 each for others ($60 minimum) |
| Attendee registration and other payment processing | $6, paid once | Applies to attendee registration, overlength charges, and paper application fees using EDAS merchant or wire transfer account · 6% of collected amount; 3% of registration refunds |
| PDF repair | $10, paid once | For IEEE/ACM compliance; charged if more than 2% of papers need repair · $10 for each PDF repair requested |
The facts
Each one read from EDAS's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Conference websites
- EDAS can host conference webpages using configurable templates and a menu system at no extra hosting cost.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Hosted service
- EDAS is a hosted and supported service accessed through standard web browsers, with no software installation required.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Infrastructure
- EDAS says it runs on Amazon AWS services including EC2 with load balancing, RDS, Route53, SES, SNS, SQS, and IAM.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- EDAS supports IEEE electronic copyright submission and can create Zoom meetings by session or track with attendee-specific sign-in URLs.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- EDAS is used by conference and journal organizers, authors, reviewers, technical program committee members, and attendees.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Lifecycle tools
- EDAS supports submission and review, discussion and decisions, registration, copyright, travel grants, proceedings, programs, and badges.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Paper checks
- EDAS can check PDFs for conference page, margin, font, and structure requirements and offers similarity checking through docoloc or iThenticate/CrossCheck.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Payment security
- EDAS says registration, page-charge, and service payments are processed via Stripe, encrypted, and handled according to PCI/DSS requirements.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- EDAS says it does not sell, rent, or lease personal information and shares paper, registration, and review information with conference chairs and configured parties.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- EDAS manages paper submission, review, and registration for conferences, workshops, and journals.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- EDAS provides built-in help for authors, reviewers, TPC members, and chairs, and directs technical support requests to the Help function or [email protected].checked 7 Oct 2026
- Virtual events
- EDAS supports video uploads, paper and session discussion groups, attendee time-zone schedules, and links to Zoom, WebEx, or similar services.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Leonia, New Jersey, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
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