Free tools to score, price and time your hackathon

Six new tools, free to use. Organizers can score how good their hackathon listing looks to participants and sponsors, see what comparable events actually award in prizes, and check a date before committing to it. Sponsors can weigh up whether an event is worth backing. Hackers can find events that suit them, or check whether one is worth a weekend.

Every number comes from the hackathons we already track, so you get real comparisons rather than a rule of thumb: what similar events pay out, how far ahead they announce, how many people they draw. Each answer becomes its own shareable report. A free account gets you three runs a day on each tool.