Pricing

Pay only when your conference actually works.

No setup fees. No annual contracts. No per-seat licensing. Submission-Only conferences pay $5 per accepted paper after the event runs. Registration-based conferences share a small percentage of revenue, calculated net of Stripe's processing fee.

Free during pilot — every account starts with full access.

Submission-Only

Pay only when papers are accepted. Free until you publish decisions.

$5/ accepted paper

Net-30 invoice after the conference

Full peer-review workflow
PC member management & assignment
Camera-ready, copyright, and revisions
Free conference website
Free social & networking app

Best for

Workshops and conferences that don’t need paid registration on Airballoon.

Registration

Free peer review when registration is on. Submission fees waived.

3.7%+ $1.79 / registration

Per-transaction split via Stripe Connect

Everything in Submission-Only
Online registration & ticketing
Stripe payments — global cards, ACH, wallets
Multiple ticket types & early-bird pricing
Exemption codes for invited speakers
Submission fees waived ($5 / paper → $0)

Best for

Conferences charging attendees and willing to share a small percentage.

Full Platform

The whole stack: review + registration + presentation + social.

5.7%+ $1.79 / registration

Per-transaction split via Stripe Connect

Everything in Registration
Schedule, sessions, and tracks
Bring your own Zoom
Recording uploads & on-demand playback
Live attendee experience
AI-assisted reviewer matching

Adds a 2% Presentation premium on top of Registration. First 5 conferences to activate Full Platform get the 2% waived (launch promotion).

Best for

Academic and professional conferences running everything on one platform.

How it works

Net-based fees, transparent math.

Our percentage is calculated after Stripe deducts their processing fee — not before. Both sides absorb Stripe's cost in proportion to what they take, instead of the conference paying it all.

Want to model a different ticket price? The math scales linearly — try it on any registration size.

Example: $200 registration on the Registration plan

Attendee pays: $200.00
Stripe processing (~2.9% + $0.30): −$6.10
Net before Airballoon: $193.90
Airballoon (3.7% of net + $1.79): −$8.96
Conference receives: $184.94

Stripe's rate varies by country and payment method; this example uses the US-card base of 2.9% + $0.30. Stripe charges additional fees for international cards (+1.5%), manually entered cards (+0.5%), and currency conversion (+1%). See Stripe's pricing for exact rates.

FAQ

Common questions

No. There’s never been a setup fee, and there isn’t one now. Submission-Only is billed Net-30 after your conference; Registration and Full Platform are per-transaction.

Start free. Pay only when it works.

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