SpeakUp
Verified Oct 16, 2026 ActiveMarketplace that matches event organizers with speakers from a claimed 70,000-profile pool, with no bureau commission.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $79/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free Starter covers 1 active event, 3 speaker calls, 30% of the directory with up to 3 filters and 1 direct invite a month. Growth is $79/month (5 events, 20 calls, 100 invites, 5 seats), Professional $179 and Enterprise $399. Annual billing gives two months free. Speakers are billed on a separate price sheet.
Use tool ↗About SpeakUp
SpeakUp is a two-sided marketplace for booking speakers. Organizers post a structured brief - event format, audience, topic, language, budget - and the platform ranks matching profiles from a pool it says holds over 70,000 verified experts across 13 speaking formats, from keynotes and panels to podcast guests, corporate trainers and university lecturers. Organizers can also search the directory with filters, run private speaker calls, manage applications in a pipeline and message candidates in-app; speakers keep a profile and apply to calls. Deals close between the two parties, so no bureau takes a cut. Free iOS and Android apps sit alongside the web app. It is operated by Shelp FZ-LLC in Dubai together with SpeakUp Global Inc. in Delaware.
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 16, 2026
Verified sources
- Product scope: 70,000+ profiles, 13 speaking formats, AI matching, speaker calls, in-app chat, iOS and Android apps; operated by Shelp FZ-LLC (Dubai) and SpeakUp Global Inc. (Delaware)speak-up.pro ↗
- Plan prices and per-tier limits: free Starter, Growth $79, Professional $179, Enterprise $399 per monthspeak-up.pro ↗
Is SpeakUp legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Sep 2, 2024 (2 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC, looked up Sep 15, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Jan 7, 2027Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 16, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 16, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- Shelp FZ-LLC, United Arab EmiratesOur research, card verified Aug 23, 2026
Pros & cons of SpeakUp
SpeakUp does the unglamorous part of event production - turning a brief into a shortlist - and charges for it as software instead of taking a booking commission. Directory size is the vendor's own number and cannot be audited from outside, so treat 70,000 as a claim. The free tier is real but narrow: one active event and 30% of the directory is a demo, not a workflow.
Pros
- Structured brief instead of freeform outreach: format, audience, language and budget go in one form speakers answer against
- Applications, shortlists and chat live in one pipeline rather than across mail and spreadsheets
- Subscription pricing, so cost does not scale with the speaker fee the way a commission does
- Native iOS and Android apps for speakers, not just a web dashboard
Cons
- Free plan exposes only 30% of the directory and caps you at one active event and one direct invite a month
- Headline numbers (70,000 speakers, 100,000 users, 24h to first match) are unaudited vendor marketing
- Team seats are tied to tier - 5 on Growth, 20 on Professional - so a large producer team pushes you up quickly
Best for
- Conference producers sourcing several speakers a quarter
- Journalists and podcasters looking for vetted expert guests
- Teams replacing spreadsheets and email threads with one application pipeline
Not for
- One-off events that need a single keynote and nothing else
- Organizers who want a bureau to handle negotiation and contracting for them
Watch out: The MCP assistant hook, deep analytics and dedicated onboarding only start at the $179 Professional tier.