Conference Flow vs Conference Alerts
Conference Alerts lists conferences. Conference Flow helps organisers grow them.
Conference Alerts is useful for basic academic conference discovery. Conference Flow goes further: rich event pages, CFP deadlines, promotion, ticketing, attendee reminders, analytics, and organiser tools — all built for conferences.
Conference Alerts is a directory. Conference Flow is a conference growth platform.
| Conference Flow | Conference Alerts | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Discovery, promotion, ticketing & attendee engagement | Browsing conference listings |
| Ticketing | Built in with Stripe | Not included |
| Event pages | Agenda, speakers, venue, reviews, tickets, CFP links | Basic listing |
| Promotion | Bold listings, ad boxes, banners, email blasts, spotlight | Premium listings and banner ads |
| Attendee tools | Save events, reminders, calendar export, planner | Browse and search |
| Organiser tools | Dashboard, analytics, broadcasts, scanning, payouts | Basic listing management |
| Free listing | Yes | Yes |
A directory gets attention. A platform converts it.
Conference Alerts can help your event appear in a list. Conference Flow helps turn that attention into measurable action: saved events, reminder signups, ticket sales, email engagement, agenda views, and attendee registrations.
The organiser journey
Directory-only approach
- 1Submit listing to a directory
- 2Send people to a separate website
- 3Use separate registration software
- 4Manually promote deadlines
- 5Track engagement elsewhere
- 6Email attendees from another tool
Conference Flow approach
- 1List or claim your conference
- 2Add agenda, speakers, CFP, tickets & venue
- 3Promote through topic/country hubs and email
- 4Sell tickets through Stripe
- 5Track registrations and engagement
- 6Send reminders and updates from one place
What Conference Flow adds beyond a listing
Built-in ticketing
Sell tickets directly from your event page with Stripe. No separate registration tool required. Transparent pricing: 5% + $1.29 per paid ticket, no buyer-side fees. Free to list. Pay only when you promote or sell paid tickets.
Richer conference pages
Show speakers, tracks, agenda, venue, CFP deadlines, reviews, and registration in one place — not just a title, dates, and a paragraph of text.
Promotion beyond a static listing
Use bold listings, ad placements, homepage visibility, banners, and email blasts to reach a focused conference audience. Conference Alerts offers premium listings and banner ads, but Conference Flow gives you a wider range of promotion tools designed for conference organisers.
Attendee engagement
Let researchers save events, export calendar dates, receive email reminders, and return when registration opens or deadlines approach. A directory listing can't do this.
Organiser dashboard
Track interest, registrations, payouts, broadcasts, and event performance from one place — instead of stitching together separate analytics, email, and ticketing tools.
From listing to registration channel
Conference Alerts can help someone discover a conference. Conference Flow helps them discover it, save it, receive reminders, view the agenda, trust the organiser, buy a ticket, and return later for event details.
When Conference Alerts is useful
Use Conference Alerts if you want:
- Basic directory presence
- A simple conference listing with minimal setup
- Broad academic browsing exposure from an established database
- Email alerts by topic and region for researchers
But if you want to promote, sell tickets, communicate with attendees, and manage the public-facing conference experience, Conference Flow gives you a more complete organiser toolkit.
Turn your conference listing into a registration channel.
List your conference free, add speakers and CFP deadlines, promote to researchers, and sell tickets from one professional page.
List your conference for free
Create a professional conference page, promote to a focused audience, and sell tickets — all from one place.