Run world-class hackathons effortlessly at scale
Less ops. Better data. Global reach. One place to run your events and fill them with sponsors and top builders.
BuilderBase is the infrastructure for world-class hackathons.
Design your event in minutes.
Set up your event page, application flow, tracks, and sponsor briefs in one place, or even publish a waitlist before you’ve finalized the details.
Run everything in one place.
Run team formation, check-ins, judging, and sponsor challenges from one dashboard, so you can focus on the builders, not the logistics.
Close the loop for everyone.
Give sponsors the ROI data they need to come back, builders a verified profile they can point to, and yourself the insights to run it better next time.
BuilderBase gives us scalable, high-quality distribution into technical communities worldwide. Their combination of operational expertise and measurable ROI data makes it a core part of our developer growth strategy.
Megan, Head of Developer Community at Replit
A hackathon brings an additional dimension to the event. It's fast and intense, things get built in a few hours. We felt the engagement and creativity in the arena. BuilderBase added value and enabled high quality management and execution of the hackathon.
Omid Ekhlasi, CEO, Techarena
At EWOR we're obsessed with finding outlier founders. Nothing surfaces them faster than putting talent in a room and seeing what gets built. BuilderBase is what makes it possible to run these events seamlessly—at speed, at scale, and at the highest level.
Petter Made, Partner at EWOR, Co-founder of SumUp
Here’s what world-class actually looks like.
AI applicantscreening.
Ranks candidates against your ideal profile, pulling from LinkedIn and GitHub. You get a shortlist, not a queue.
MissionControl.
Real-time funnel dashboard across all locations. See who's registered, accepted, checked in, or dropped off, before the event even starts.
Teamformation.
Automated or manual, with skill-matching built in. Participants find collaborators before day one.
Mentor helpdeskqueue.
Participants submit tickets, mentors get assigned and respond. No missed requests, no WhatsApp chaos.
Milestonecheck-ins.
Structured checkpoints that catch drop-off early and gate final submissions. You know who's still in.
Sponsor creditdistribution.
Validated delivery of API keys and credits to the right teams, with allocation tracking. Not a spreadsheet.
Judgingsystem.
Weighted criteria, custom scoring rubrics, multi-round support. Judges only see what's assigned to them.
Post-eventanalytics.
Full outcomes data, exportable. Use it to make your next event better.
Sponsor ROIreports.
Live dashboard with participation data, prototype output, and credit usage per team. The report that justifies doubling the budget.
Works with your existing stack.
BuilderBase connects to the tools you already use to run events, so everything stays in sync, before, during, and after.
Frequently asked questions.
Ready to run your next world-class hackathon on BuilderBase?
Set up tracks, define rules, and open applications. Win your dream sponsors. Everything starts structured.
Manage teams, submissions, and judging in one place. No scattered tools, everything stays in sync.
Submissions and evaluations become structured signals that sponsors, organizers, and builders can actually use.