Speechwire Tournament Services

Name

Speechwire Tournament Services

Legal name

SpeechWire Tournament Services

Website

https://speechwire.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Forensics Tournament Management Software

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (711310)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Speech & Debate Judging, Tabulation & Tournament Services (EDAMAOAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Abstract, Speaker & Session Management Systems (THAHAFAI)

Keywords

• Forensics tournament software
• Tournament registration platform
• Debate tabulation software
• Speech tournament management
• Electronic judging ballots

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Per-Tournament Service Fees: SpeechWire charges on a per-tournament basis. Tournament managers pay for each tournament they run using the service. Prices are non-negotiable and services are provided on a one-off, per-tournament basis with no long-term contracts required.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SpeechWire is a web-based forensics tournament management platform that allows coaches and tournament managers to register entries, schedule rounds, tabulate results, and post results for debate tournaments, speech tournaments (individual events), and congress tournaments. The service is delivered on a per-tournament basis and includes online registration, automated scheduling, results tabulation, results posting, electronic judging ballots, student accounts, live online draw events, and asynchronous tournament support, all included at no extra charge.

Product overview

SpeechWire Tournament Services is a single, unified web-based platform for managing competitive speech and debate forensics tournaments. The core product encompasses tournament registration, scheduling, tabulation, and results posting for debate, speech (individual events), and congress formats. The platform includes integrated modules for online tournament participation (live.speechwire.com), tournament management and tabulation (manage.speechwire.com), electronic judging ballots, student accounts, coach account management, live online draw events for extemporaneous and impromptu speaking, and asynchronous tournament support. All features are provided as part of the per-tournament service model with no additional charges for individual features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• live.speechwire.com: Online tournament platform for students and judges to participate in live synchronous tournaments

Products and services

• SpeechWire Tournament Services Web-based forensics tournament platform for speech, debate, and congress tournaments that handles online registration, automated scheduling, tabulation, and results posting. Sold on a per-tournament basis to coaches and tournament managers across the United States.
• Online Tournaments (live.speechwire.com)

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, supporting and strategic.

• Amazon Web ServicescoreTechnology or IntegrationAWS provides DNS services for SpeechWire's web infrastructure. AWS is a core cloud infrastructure provider.
• Campaign MonitorsupportingTechnology or IntegrationCampaign Monitor handles email updates to tournament managers and coaches regarding tournaments.
• Facebook/MetasupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerFacebook/Meta is used for tournament postings and sharing results with the community.
• Gmail by GooglesupportingTechnology or IntegrationGmail is used for email communications and support to users.
• GoDaddysupportingTechnology or IntegrationGoDaddy provides DNS and domain name services for SpeechWire.
• Mandrill by MailChimpsupportingTechnology or IntegrationMandrill handles transactional email and alerts before and during tournaments.
• National Association for Urban Debate Leagues (NAUDL)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerNAUDL shares participation data and results of member schools. NAUDL is a key partner in the urban debate community.
• National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNSDA shares participation data and results of member schools. NSDA Campus virtual tournament platform is fully integrated with SpeechWire. This is a core strategic partnership for the speech and debate community.
• TwiliocoreTechnology or IntegrationTwilio provides SMS/text transactional messaging and alerts before and during tournaments.
• Twitter/XsupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerTwitter/X is used for tournament postings and sharing results.
• VultrcoreTechnology or IntegrationVultr provides web hosting services for SpeechWire's platform.
• YaatlystrategicTechnology or IntegrationYaatly is a virtual tournament platform integrated with SpeechWire for synchronous tournaments. SpeechWire exports speech schematics and debate pairings directly to Yaatly.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Active Network / ACTIVE Network: ACTIVE Network is a broad incumbent in event registration, ticketing, and activity management for sports, camps, and extracurricular programs. While not purpose-built for forensics, schools could substitute or supplement SpeechWire with ACTIVE's general-purpose tournament and registration tooling.
• Eventbrite: Eventbrite is a broad-incumbent event registration and ticketing platform that schools could use for the registration component of a tournament. It lacks speech/debate-specific scheduling and tabulation, but its scale and brand make it a potential partial substitute at the entry-level.
• Jumbula: Jumbula is an online registration and program management platform for after-school activities, camps, and enrichment programs. It overlaps with SpeechWire at the registration-and-payment layer but lacks forensics-specific tabulation and rule customization.

Direct peers

• NSDA Campus: NSDA Campus is the National Speech and Debate Association's virtual tournament platform for synchronous video competition rooms. While currently integrated with SpeechWire for e-balloting, it overlaps on virtual tournament delivery and could expand into adjacent functionality, making it both a partner and competitive threat.
• Yaatly: Yaatly is a virtual video tournament platform oriented to speech and debate with direct integration to SpeechWire for pairings and schematics. It overlaps on synchronous virtual round delivery and competes for the same tournament-manager budget.
• Tabroom.com: Tabroom.com is the most direct competitor to SpeechWire, providing web-based tournament registration, scheduling, and tabulation specifically for U.S. high school speech and debate tournaments. It serves the same coach/tournament-manager persona with overlapping feature scope and similar per-tournament economics.

Emerging players

• Debate.org / National Forensic League affiliates: Online debate and speech platforms host some competition-management-adjacent functionality and represent an emerging digital channel for forensics communities, partially overlapping with SpeechWire's tournament organizer use cases.
• Pretest Testing / Forensics Case Management Tools: Smaller case-evidence and prep tools serving competitive debaters overlap thematically with the SpeechWire workflow but address the preparation stage rather than tournament management itself. They are tangential competitors for the same coaches' attention and budgets.
• ForensicTournament Software (various small vendors): Multiple smaller regional and school-district-internal tools provide tournament registration, scheduling, and tabulation functionality for speech and debate. These emerging players often serve a single state or league and compete on price or local customization against SpeechWire's national footprint.

Others

• Music For All (BOA / WMEA-affiliated systems): Music competition organizers (marching band, jazz, orchestra festivals) face similar tournament-management challenges and represent a logical adjacent vertical. SpeechWire's founder has already developed sister services for music and similar verticals, putting these adjacent tournament operators in the same product-category peer set.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SpeechWire
• Facebookfacebook.com/speechwire
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/speechwire-tournament-services

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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