EasyChair Alternative
Galoá is the EasyChair alternative that preserves your science.
Galoá handles the full conference lifecycle: submissions, peer review, registration, certificates, and programme. It publishes your proceedings automatically, with DOI, ISSN, and open access, to a repository where 2.7 million researchers look for science every month.
213,725
Papers published
2.7M
Researchers visiting / month
4 TB
Data served monthly
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Why conference organizers look for alternatives
The free tier isn't really free
EasyChair is freemium. The basic submission workflow is free, but the features most events actually need (advanced programme management, higher submission volumes, priority support) live behind EasyChair Pro's paid tiers. Many organizers discover this mid-event.
The proceedings go nowhere
EasyChair's EPiC Series publishes conference papers, but it is a low traffic archive, not a discovery platform. Papers don't receive DOIs, don't carry ISSN credentials, and aren't integrated with ORCID. The work gets published and then quietly disappears.
It's a submission tool, not an event platform
EasyChair handles paper submissions and reviews. Registrations, certificates, attendee communications, and programme publication require separate tools. That means separate logins, separate data, and a fragmented experience for both organisers and participants.
The interface has barely changed in twenty years
EasyChair's interface reflects the era it was designed in. For authors submitting papers, reviewers evaluating work, and organisers managing everything, the friction adds up. A dated tool signals a dated standard. Your event deserves better.
Galoá vs EasyChair
A direct comparison across the dimensions that matter most to conference organisers.
| Feature | Galoá + Proceedings.Science | EasyChair |
|---|---|---|
| Submissions & peer review | Included | Included |
| Registrations | Included | Not included |
| Certificates | Included | Not included |
| Proceedings repository | Proceedings.Science (2.7M visitors/month) | EPiC Series (low traffic, limited discovery) |
| DOI assignment | Via Crossref (Sponsoring Member since 2015) | Not included |
| ISSN for proceedings | Included | Not included |
| ORCID integration | Automatic (Institutional Member) | Not included |
| Open-access publishing | All papers, permanently | Partial (EPiC Series only) |
| Pricing | All-inclusive | Freemium (paid tiers) |
A repository researchers actually visit
EasyChair's EPiC Series exists. Researchers rarely find it. Proceedings.Science receives 2.7 million unique visitors every month: researchers who arrive looking for papers in their field. When your proceedings publish here, they enter a live discovery ecosystem, not an archive.
4 TB of papers downloaded every month. That's the difference between publishing and being read.
Academic credentials that travel with the paper
EasyChair does not assign DOIs. Without a DOI, a paper cannot be cited with a permanent identifier. It depends on a URL that may or may not exist in ten years. Galoá assigns DOIs via Crossref, where we have been a Sponsoring Member since 2015. Every paper gets a permanent, globally resolvable identifier.
Your proceedings also receive an ISSN, the same credential as a peer reviewed journal volume. Author attribution is handled automatically through our ORCID Institutional Membership, connecting each paper to verified researcher profiles without manual work from your committee.
One platform for the full event lifecycle
EasyChair is a submissions and review tool. For registrations, you need a separate platform. For certificates, another. For the event programme, another still. Each integration is a potential point of failure, and each new tool adds administrative overhead.
Galoá handles the complete event lifecycle in a single platform: call for papers, peer review, author notifications, registrations, certificates, programme publication, and proceedings. Everything connected, nothing fragmented.
An honest assessment
EasyChair remains deeply embedded in computer science and logic communities. If your event's reviewers expect EasyChair accounts, and proceedings discoverability or academic credentials are not a priority, switching introduces friction without immediate benefit.
Galoá is the right choice if proceedings permanence matters: if the papers your event produces are meant to be found, cited, and built upon. It is also the right choice if you are tired of assembling five tools to run one event.
What conference organizers say
"When we needed to modernize the proceedings platform for our event with a rich history, Galoá delivered. Their solution not only preserved the Forum's historical impact but enhanced its reach. Our proceedings now add to the event's legacy, ensuring each contribution continues to inspire future discussions."
Amália Neide Covic
UNIFESP
"Galoá simplifies all the processes and helps to control all the work without losing any step. I recommend it to all organizers of congresses, seminars, or any other type of academic activity."
Mónica Fontana
Complutense University of Madrid
Common questions
What happens to my past EasyChair conferences when I switch?
Galoá offers migration support for past conferences, so your full event history moves with you. Everything organised in one place, properly indexed and visible. If your organisation runs multiple events over the years, you can also create a dedicated institutional repository on Proceedings.Science to aggregate your complete scientific output in one permanent, branded home.
Can I keep using EasyChair for reviews while publishing proceedings here?
You can, but you'd lose the automatic publishing integration. Galoá's value compounds when the full event runs on the platform: submissions, reviews, and proceedings connected in one workflow without manual handoffs.
Is DOI assignment included in the Galoá price?
DOI assignment via Crossref is an additional service, priced per event. ISSN and ORCID integration are included. Contact us to discuss the right package for your event's scale.
What scientific fields does Galoá serve?
Galoá serves conferences across all scientific disciplines: life sciences, social sciences, engineering, humanities, and interdisciplinary fields. The 213,725 papers on Proceedings.Science span a broad range of knowledge areas, and the platform is not limited to any single community.
Your event's papers deserve to be found.
Join the institutions that trust Proceedings.Science to preserve and disseminate their conference papers: indexed, citable, and accessible to 2.7 million researchers every month.