Onova Earth review
A hybrid event hub pairing team formation and submissions with criteria-based judging.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Onova Earth is a cloud-based hackathon management platform for corporate innovation events, with tools for organizers, judges and participants. Its event hub brings together schedules, live events, booths, recordings and participant links. Participants can browse teams, join one or create one, while organizers manage registration and project submissions. This makes Earth a fit for enterprise teams planning hybrid events where projects need a structured path from team formation to judging.
The event workflow is its clearest strength. Organizers can customize the project submission process, present entries in a project gallery, and configure judging panels with criteria-based scoring and comments. An organizer dashboard provides registration and submission insights, and raw data export supports further analysis. Onova describes Earth as supporting virtual and hybrid hackathons; the product details identify hybrid as an event format, without a complete list of supported formats. Teams that need one event hub connecting participant resources, submissions and evaluation may value this scope. Those seeking a narrowly focused judging tool may find the surrounding event-management features unnecessary.
Earth is presented as a demo-led enterprise product, and its pricing model is contact sales rather than a published plan structure. Buyers should expect to speak with Onova to assess pricing and fit. The listed platform is web, with cloud deployment, so the described product is centered on browser access. Its event hub and judging workflow suit organizations coordinating hybrid corporate events; teams that need transparent self-serve pricing or a different platform setup should compare alternatives before proceeding. The main buying case is the combination of participant coordination, project presentation and criteria-based judging, rather than a broad set of operational capabilities beyond those event tasks.
Onova Earth pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Combines schedules, live events, booths, recordings and participant links
- Supports team browsing, joining and creation, plus configurable submissions
- Judging panels can score against criteria and leave comments
- Where it doesn't
- Pricing requires contacting sales
- Cloud deployment is the listed option
- Listed tools focus on event management, submissions and judging
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