# What are the best hackathon software platforms for teams of 2–10 employees improving operational efficiency?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For teams of 2–10 employees comparing <a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/hackathon-software">hackathon software</a> to improve operational efficiency, the strongest review evidence in the supplied data comes from Untap and HackerEarth. Both have direct reviews from organizations in this size range discussing easier event management, communication, judging, and submissions.</p><ul>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/untap/reviews"><strong>Untap</strong></a><strong>:</strong> Small-team reviewers praise centralized scoring, filtering, communications, customizable workflows, and responsive support. One reviewer says it helped replace scattered feedback with one structured process.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/hackerearth-for-developers/reviews"><strong>HackerEarth for Developers</strong></a><strong>:</strong> Reviewers from 2–10 employee organizations highlight easy registration, straightforward submissions, smooth internal event management, and helpful support when issues arise.</li>
</ul><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">The difference is mostly in workflow. Untap appears stronger when a small team needs to coordinate judges, evaluations, communications, and submissions from one place. HackerEarth gets stronger feedback around running technical hackathons where participant registration and project submissions need to stay simple.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">There are also trade-offs in the reviews. One small-team Untap reviewer notes that very large idea sets can slow performance and that some integrations may require custom work. Another says first-time administration could be simpler, although support helped them through setup.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For a team with only a handful of people running the program, I’d pay particular attention to how much manual coordination the platform removes. Registration and submissions matter, but so do judge management, participant emails, scoring transparency, and how often the team has to contact support to complete routine tasks.</p><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">For small teams running hackathons, where does the most operational work happen today: collecting submissions, coordinating judges, communicating with participants, or consolidating scores after the event?</p>

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## Comments
### Comment 1

&lt;p&gt;Something worth asking beyond day-of operations is how these handle a hackathon spanning multiple time zones with judges reviewing asynchronously. Does scoring stay coordinated when judges aren&#39;t all evaluating at once, or does that introduce its own kind of chaos?&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: 11 days ago
- Author title: Marketing Executive





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