The Complete Hackathon
Management Platform
Stop spending 40+ hours on logistics. Launch professional hackathons in 30 minutes with instant participation, automatic results, and freedom to mentor teams instead of managing spreadsheets.
14-day money-back guarantee • Self-service available • Expert support included
Stop Wrestling with Fragmented Tools
Hackathon organizers spend 30+ hours stitching together fragmented systems for each event. The result? Participant frustration, manual work, and voting results no one trusts.
7+ Disconnected Tools
Juggling Google Forms, Spreadsheets, Typeform, Slack, and Airtable wastes hours on context switching and data entry.
Account Creation Friction
Forcing participants to create yet another account kills participation rates before your event even starts.
Manual Vote Counting
Spending hours on spreadsheet formulas that break under pressure, risking errors in results everyone questions.
30+ Hours of Setup
What should take minutes requires days of setup, testing, and coordination across multiple platforms.
Results Nobody Trusts
Manual tallying and opaque processes lead to complaints about fairness and doubts about accuracy.
Admin Work Over Mentorship
Spending energy on logistics instead of inspiring innovation, mentoring teams, and building community.
Where Innovation Happens
From corporate team sprints to university competitions, community events to partner challenges. Your hackathon, your rules, your scale.
Corporate Innovation
Drive breakthrough ideas across your organization. From small team sprints to company-wide innovation weeks.
- Quarterly innovation programs
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Executive-ready insights
- Culture building
University & Student Events
Empower student innovation and learning. From computer science hackathons to inter-university competitions.
- Student coding competitions
- Capstone project showcases
- Club-organized hackathons
- Educational discounts available
Community Hackathons
Build thriving developer communities. From local meetup competitions to nonprofit social good events.
- Multi-day coding competitions
- Open-source sprints
- Local developer challenges
- Social impact hackathons
Partner Ecosystems
Engage your developer community and API partners. From developer relations events to partner innovation challenges.
- API partner challenges
- Ecosystem expansion
- Integration showcases
- Developer relations events
One Platform, Zero Friction
Everything you need to run professional hackathons. Purpose-built features that work together seamlessly.
Flexible Competition Configuration
Configure multiple competition types in minutes. Set up Overall competitions for grand prizes, Track competitions for categories (AI, Web3, etc.), and Challenge competitions for optional sponsor awards. Define prizes, awards, and criteria with full control over your event structure.
- Overall, Track, and Challenge competition types
- Fully customizable award and prize structures
- Prize money and detailed prize descriptions
- Multi-winner support for team competitions
- Custom competition eligibility via submission forms
- Flexible award assignment workflow
Build Custom Forms in Minutes
Create registration, submission, survey, and anonymous forms with drag-and-drop simplicity. Everything flows directly into your CRM instead of spreadsheets. Share via link or QR code—no participant accounts required.
- 4 form types: registration, submission, survey, anonymous
- 10+ field types with smart validation
- Detailed response overview and analytics page
- Allow participants to edit submissions
- Share via link or QR code (no login required)
- All responses tracked in CRM, not spreadsheets
Centralized Participant Management
Manage all participants and submissions in one place. Track team composition, competition assignments, and participant history with full audit trails. Sortable data tables and advanced filtering make managing hundreds of participants effortless.
- Searchable participant database with filters
- Submission timeline and activity tracking
- Team member assignment and management
- Competition enrollment tracking
- Detailed participant and submission pages
- Complete audit trail of all changes
Participant & Judge Voting Built-In
Run participant-only, judge-only, or hybrid voting with fully customizable scoring criteria. Lightning-fast mobile-responsive interface designed for busy voters to participate in seconds. Share via link or QR code to maximize participation. Track voting progress in real-time with participation analytics.
- Participant-only, judge-only, or hybrid voting modes
- Fully customizable judging criteria
- Judge & participant voting via link or QR code (no login)
- Mobile-optimized for voting in seconds
- Real-time voting progress and participation tracking
- Automated vote tallying with participant/judge breakdowns
Live Results Dashboard
See results update in real-time as votes come in. View ranked submissions with detailed voting breakdowns (judge vs participant scores). Assign winners to awards with one click, add judge notes, and track multi-winner awards. Export complete results for executive presentations.
- Live leaderboard with automatic ranking
- Detailed voting breakdowns per submission
- Judge vs participant vote aggregation
- One-click winner assignment to awards
- Judge notes and tie-break reasoning
- CSV export with voting statistics and rankings
Launch in 30 Minutes
From 40+ hours of logistics to 30 minutes of setup. One platform replaces spreadsheets, forms, and voting tools. Reliable results you can trust, professional events that look great.
Configure Your Event
Create competitions (Overall, Track, Challenge), define awards and prizes, set up custom registration forms with conditional logic. Smart defaults accelerate setup.
Set Up Voting
Choose participant-only, judge-only, or hybrid voting. Add judges, define custom scoring criteria, and configure access controls.
Launch & Share
Share QR code or link. Participants join instantly without accounts. Judges receive unique access tokens. Maximum participation, zero barriers.
Manage Submissions
Track participants in real-time, manage team assignments, monitor submissions as they arrive. Centralized CRM keeps everything organized.
Voting & Results
Judges score projects using custom criteria. Participants vote via link or QR code. Live results dashboard calculates rankings automatically with judge/participant breakdowns.
Announce Winners
Assign winners to awards with one click. Add judge notes, handle multi-winner awards, export complete results for executive presentations. Done.
Most organizers complete setup in under 30 minutes
Built for In-Person Hackathons
Purpose-built for hackathon organizers at companies, universities, and communities. Launch professional events in 30 minutes with built-in registration, team submissions, judging, and transparent live results.
One Platform, Not Seven
Registration, submissions, judging, and results in one place—no more juggling spreadsheets and disconnected tools
Results You Can Trust
Automatic calculations, real-time updates, transparent scoring—no more spreadsheet formulas breaking during live ceremonies
High Participation Rates
Employees join instantly via QR code or link—no signup barriers, no passwords, no friction
Focus on Impact, Not Admin
Launch in 30 minutes instead of spending 40+ hours on logistics: mentor teams, build culture, inspire innovation
Professional & Polished
Mobile-responsive design, custom branding, executive-ready analytics—look great to leadership and participants
Built-In CRM
Track participants with full audit trail - see every update and action
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about HackHQ features and capabilities. Have more questions? Contact our team for personalized guidance.
Ready to Stop Spending 40+ Hours on Logistics?
Launch professional hackathons where results calculate automatically and you focus on mentoring teams—not managing spreadsheets.
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