HighWire Press
We turn 30 this year✨ Celebrate with us 30 years of building a community of scholarly publishers.
Est 1995|Valuation $22.4M
We turn 30 this year✨ Celebrate with us 30 years of building a community of scholarly publishers.
Published Jun 25, 2026
| Starting Price | Not publicly listed (negotiated) | Not publicly listed on product page; procurement records may show specific contract fees in particular cases | Published per-submission and annual pricing available from the vendor (volume discounts sometimes offered) |
| Best For | Publishers requiring a configurable, integrated publishing platform with hosting, submission, IAM, and analytics modules | Publishers seeking a widely adopted editorial workflow with broad ecosystem familiarity | Small to mid-size journals seeking transparent pricing and a simpler onboarding path |
| Key Strength | Integrated hosting, identity, and workflow offerings with domain specialization in scholarly publishing | Broad adoption and a large installed base; many editorial staff are experienced with the product | Transparent pricing and faster time-to-value for simpler workflows |
| Key Weakness | Limited publicly available pricing and limited independent review footprint; potential for higher implementation complexity | Pricing opacity and enterprise complexity; vendor lock-in considerations | Per-submission pricing may be costly at scale; may lack the enterprise hosting and IAM breadth of larger vendors |
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Market share and adoption signals in this report are indicative and should be validated using third-party market research reports or publisher surveys for procurement-level decisions.