How Eventship's Hackathon Pack compares to Devpost for running an in-person hackathon: registration, teams, projects, judging and winners.
Devpost is where hackathons get found. It has the largest builder community in the category, permanent project galleries and portfolios, criteria scoring, custom submission questions, managed prize payouts, and SSO with SOC 2 for internal programs. If you need reach for a public online hackathon, or an enterprise innovation program, Devpost is the stronger choice. Eventship is built for the hackathon as an in-person event. Registration, paid tickets, check-in and introductions sit in the same place as teams, projects, judging and the winners page, for a published $300 per event. If your hackathon happens in a room and a small team runs it, that is us.
Pricing comparison
Eventship pricing
The Hackathon Pack is $300 per event, paid once, on every plan including Free. It includes Teams, projects and judging, at any size and length. Registration costs nothing on free tickets. Paid tickets carry 3% (0% on Business) plus Stripe processing. Teams on their own, for a workshop, are $50 per event.
Devpost pricing
Student hackathons run free. Public hackathons start with a demo booking, and Devpost for Teams, its private and internal product, is an annual subscription priced by seats through sales. No prices are published for either, or for its managed services tiers.
Feature comparison: Eventship vs Devpost
Feature
Eventship
Devpost
Pricing
Published price for organizers
Price per hackathon
$300, any size or length
Quote after a demo
Free for student hackathons
Fee on paid tickets
3% (0% on Business)
Not published
Registration & the event
Participant registration
Paid tickets
Not published
Custom registration questions
Not published
Application approval
Devpost for Teams
Waitlist with automatic promotion
Not published
QR code check-in
Not published
Badge design and printing
Design on every plan, printing on Pro
Not published
Event schedule
Not published
Table numbers for judging
Announcements to participants
Teams
Team formation on the platform
Captain shares a team code
Team leader invites by link
Team size limit
Devpost for Teams
Looking for teammates list
Devpost for Teams
Organizer can arrange teams
Add, move and remove people
Not published
Attendee introductions before the event
Two AI intros per guest, with the reason
Not published
Projects
Project links, video and images
Code, demo and video links, up to 5 images
Links, video demo and images
Built with technologies
Custom submission questions
Entered without a separate Submit step
Entered once title and description are in
Draft until submitted
Projects lock at a deadline
Project editor in the mobile app
Not published
Judging & winners
Judges need an account to judge
No, a private link
Yes, a Devpost account
How judges score
Each judge ranks a top 3
Criteria scored 1 to 5
Per-criterion scoring
Judge comments
Projects shared out across judges
Automatic, worked out for you
Not published
Judging progress and reminders
Prize categories
Categories, one judge pick each
Multiple prizes, incl. sponsor prizes
Audience voting
One vote per account, attendees or anyone
Signed-in voters, one vote per project
Organizer chooses the winners
Public project gallery and pages
Published with the winners, or when audience voting opens
Permanent gallery
Builder portfolio across hackathons
Winner emails
Prize payout handling
Managed service
Platform
Builder community to promote your hackathon
Eventship event discovery
6M+ builders (Devpost figure)
Native iOS & Android apps
Not published
CSV export of projects
MCP server for AI assistants
Every plan
Not published
SSO
Devpost for Teams
SOC 2
SOC 2 and ISO 27001
Devpost figures last reviewed in November 2026. Competitor pricing and features change.
Where hosts hit limits with Devpost
The limitations hosts run into most often, and how Eventship handles each one.
We could not put a number in the budget without booking a demo first.
Eventship fix: The Hackathon Pack is $300 per event, on the pricing page, on every plan including Free. It does not change with the number of participants or days. Paid tickets carry 3% (0% on Business) plus Stripe processing, and free tickets carry nothing.
Tickets, check-in and the guest list lived in one tool, and teams, projects and judging in another.
Eventship fix: On Eventship the hackathon is the event. People register or buy a ticket, are checked in by QR code, form teams, enter their project and are judged on the same event page, and the winners are published there too.
A team that did the work and missed the final Submit click lost its entry.
Eventship fix: Eventship has no Submit step. A project is entered as soon as it has a title and a description, it saves as the team types, and whatever is saved at the deadline is what counts.
Every judge had to create an account before they could start.
Eventship fix: An Eventship judge gets a private link by email and judges without signing in or installing anything. Each judge is given a fair share of the projects automatically, never their own team's.
Frequently asked questions
Is Eventship a good alternative to Devpost?+
For in-person hackathons, yes. Eventship runs registration, paid tickets, check-in, teams, projects, judging and the winners page for one event, for $300. Devpost remains stronger for reach into its builder community, online hackathons, builder portfolios that carry across hackathons, criteria scoring and custom submission questions, managed prize payouts, and enterprise programs that need SSO and SOC 2.
How much does Eventship cost for a hackathon compared with Devpost?+
Eventship publishes its price: the Hackathon Pack is $300 per event on any plan, including Free, plus 3% on paid tickets (0% on Business) and Stripe processing. Devpost runs student hackathons free, and quotes public hackathons and Devpost for Teams through a demo or a sales conversation, so a direct comparison needs a Devpost quote.
How does judging work on each platform?+
Devpost judges rate each project against your criteria on a 1 to 5 scale, can leave comments, and need a Devpost account. Eventship judges open a private link, read the projects they were given and rank their top 3, worth 3, 2 and 1 points, with one pick for each extra category. On both platforms the organizer chooses the winners. Eventship does not score per criterion or collect judge comments.
Can the audience vote on projects?+
Yes, on both. Devpost voters sign in and can vote once for each project they like. On Eventship each signed-in account has one vote per event, open to attendees only or to anyone with the link, and it can run beside judges or instead of them. The organizer sees the counts and still picks the winners.
Do projects stay public after the hackathon?+
Yes. Devpost keeps a permanent gallery and lets builders keep projects in a portfolio across hackathons. Eventship publishes every project that was in judging, with a page for each one, on your event page when you publish the winners, or earlier when audience voting opens. Eventship has no portfolio that follows a builder across hackathons.
Can I run a student hackathon on Eventship?+
Yes, at the same $300 per event. Eventship has no student discount on the Pack, while Devpost runs student hackathons for free. What Eventship adds for a student event is registration, check-in, teams and judging in one place, and a looking-for-a-team list for people who arrive alone.
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