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Launch, manage, and measure your social impact programs

Last updated: January 2025

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Submittable - 2025 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

What is Submittable?

Submittable powers you with tools to launch, manage, measure, and grow your social impact programs, locally and globally. From employee giving, volunteering, and corporate social responsibility programs to grants, awards and scholarships, we partner with you so you can start making a difference, fast.

The start-to-finish platform makes your workflow smarter and more efficient, leading to better decisions and bigger impact. Easily report on success, and learn for the future—Submittable is flexible and powerful enough to grow alongside your programs.

Submittable has the tools you need for your social impact programs, from community investment to employee engagement.

For community impact programs:

Launch: Launch quickly and collect applications through an accessible, intuitive online portal.

Manage: Automate tasks and coordinate with your team and applicants with versatile tools. Evaluate fairly, from anywhere, and make great decisions as a team.

Measure: Using Impact and Advanced reporting tools, drill deeper into your data while aggregating qualitative and quantitative data from program beneficiaries to tell the whole story of your impact.

Grow: Understand your impact through data and customer stories and use this to expand your program's reach year over year.

For employee engagement:

Launch: Find the causes and opportunities that really matter to your employees through open and honest conversations. Build volunteer events and giving campaigns directly in the product that align with the values of your organization and employees.

Manage: Form strong bonds with your ERGs and democratize the processes so everyone’s voice is heard. Give ERG leaders and other employees the ability to create opportunities on their own, expanding the platform's power.

Measure: Easily track the number of opportunities that your employees can participate in and how many employees are participating.

Grow: Continue to facilitate democratization with your organization to drive participation and ROI.

Submittable has powered over 145,000 social impact programs, receiving nearly 25 million applications. Teams save an average of 3.4 hours per week per admin and 2.6 hours per week per reviewer, and over half of Submittable customers launch in 14 days or less—no wonder 95% of customers report they are happy with Submittable.

Benefits of using Submittable

Run your entire program, from start to finish, on Submittable’s all-in-one platform.

Easy to use for everybody:
Make it easy to do good with a modern, intuitive platform. Submittable’s drag-and drop form builder is easy for everyone to understand—no code or tech expertise required. Administrators, reviewers, applicants, and employees all benefit. Two-thirds of Submittable customers say the platform is easy or very easy to use.

All your programs in one centralized platform:
Submittable’s complete suite of social impact products makes it easier to manage all your programs through one system. Submittable’s Give and Volunteer products are built within the same ecosystem, allowing for seamless integration and collaboration between the products. And Submittable’s Grants Management tool simplifies and improves processes for everyone involved in carrying out your mission. Reducing administrative work and increasing your impact with grantmaking and community investment programs that are efficient, flexible, and simple to manage and report on. Submittable even delivers funds.

Create a positive and equitable experience for applicants and employees. Submittable’s ease of use benefits your applicants and employees as well. They’ll benefit from accessible, equitable platforms offering tools that help them be successful, including auto-save and mobile-friendliness. Plus, with just the click or two of a button, employees can sign-up to participate in volunteering and giving opportunities. 95% of grant applicants say they would recommend Submittable to grantmakers.

Move quickly, be responsive and agile: With Submittable, you can launch your social impact programs within days or weeks, not months. Whether you’re building your grant-making process or launching volunteering and giving opportunities, you can get started fast with the confidence that as you learn what is working best, it’s easy to make changes that go into effect in real time. It all helps you be authentic and responsive in your communities as needs and priorities evolve.

Democratize your employee engagement: Give your employees and ERG leaders the ability to find and create impactful volunteer events and giving opportunities that resonate throughout your organization. Democratizing the process frees up your time as the CSR leader and offers employees the opportunity to participate more in making sure programs align with their values.

Up your program integrity: Submittable’s sophisticated fraud prevention tools mean that you can ensure funds go to those who deserve them. And with end to end reporting and audit-preparedness, you can ensure that you’ll fulfill your compliance needs.

Automate tasks and save time: It all helps you save time. Submittable alleviates tedious administrative and time-wasting tasks, from start to finish. Administrators save on average 3.4 hours of work per week per admin, and reviewers save 2.6 hours per week per reviewer. As your programs scale, so do your time savings—Submittable’s automated reviewing capabilities mean you can leave tasks such as document verification to AI. Claim back your time so you can focus on your mission.

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Submittable's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Submittable users:

Grant Application Management
Grant Award Tracking
Customizable Questions
Customizable Fields
Customizable Forms
Forms Creation & Design

All Submittable features

Features rating:

Contact Management
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Document Management
Electronic Signature
Entrant Management
Entry Management
Forms Management
Mobile Access
Payment Processing
Application Management
Applicant Tracking
Process/Workflow Automation
Reporting & Statistics
Search/Filter
SSL Security
Activity Tracking
Surveys & Feedback
Volunteer Management
For Nonprofits
Approval Process Control
Applicant Portal
Access Controls/Permissions
Drag & Drop
Collaboration Tools
Email Reminders
Registration Management
Real-Time Data
Reviewer Management
Electronic Payments
Reporting/Analytics
Landing Pages/Web Forms
Member Database
Credit Card Processing
Financial Reporting
Judging Management
Scoring
Third-Party Integrations
Contract/License Management
Impact Measurement
Donor Management
Compliance Management
Payment Tracking
Grant Discovery
Ratings/Reviews
Promotions Management
Real-Time Reporting
API
Polls/Voting
Real-Time Analytics
Personalization
Performance Metrics
Assignment Management
Online Payments
Online Giving
Multi-Currency
Multi-Channel Communication
Monitoring
Mobile Giving
Audit Management
Membership Management
Member Directory
Lead Generation
Workflow Management
White Label
Web Forms
Volunteer Recruiting
Visual Analytics
Time Tracking
Accounting Integration
Summary Reports
Status Tracking
Ad hoc Reporting
Social Promotion
Social Media Integration
Skills Contests (Photo, Essay, Design, etc)
Single Sign On
Self Service Portal
Administrative Reporting
Scheduling
Role-Based Permissions
Reviewer Portal
Requirements Management
Reporting/Project Tracking
Alerts/Notifications
Reminders
Relief Fund Management
Recurring Giving
Recommendations
Real-Time Updates
Employee Database
Email Templates
Email Management
Electronic Submission
Biometrics
Electronic Forms
Due Date Tracking
Donation Tracking
Donation Matching
Donation Management
Donation Disbursement Management
Document Storage
Document Review
Blind Judging
Deadline Management
Data Visualization
Budget Control
Budget Management
Customizable Reports
Customizable Branding
Contribution Tracking
Calendar Management
Configurable Workflow
Compliance Tracking
Communication Management
Commenting/Notes
Categorization/Grouping
Campaign Management
Labeling
Impact Management
ID Scanning
Group Management
Grant Management
Gift Matching Management
Fundraising Management
Fundraising Campaign Tracking
Fundraising Campaign Management
Fund Accounting
Fraud Detection
Audit Trail
For Schools
Autofill
For Marketers
For Higher Education
For Grantmakers
For Government
Financial Management
Feedback Management
Expense Tracking
Event Scheduling
Event Management
Awards Management
Entry Fee Processing
Billing & Invoicing
Employee Profiles
Employee Engagement

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Integration rating: 3.0 (1)

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Submittable support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk
Phone Support
Knowledge Base
Chat
24/7 (Live rep)
FAQs/Forum

Training options

Webinars
In Person
Live Online
Documentation
Videos

Submittable reviews

Overall rating

4.7

/5

166

Positive reviews

96

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8.97/10
Rating distribution

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3

2

1

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1

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Pros
It's a nice one-stop-shop for my submission materials and nice to be able to check the status of various submissions in the same place.
Excellent customer service and support. Very responsive to all my questions and those of applicants.
There are so many functionalities that are useful and I'm certain I'm only using a small portion of all that's available. I highly recommend this software as a solution for tracking submissions.
Cons
Do I miss handling over and over sections of the application and loosing track when interrupted in the process when a click of a mouse brings me right back.
Do I miss being burdened by attempts to streamline or simplify a labor intensive process only to discover all the benefits of using Submittable.
I wish that the software pinged the various outlets using it when they haven't marked your application as "Rejected. It's annoying to see the submissions sitting there as "Pending" forever and ever.

Submittable FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Submittable offer?

Submittable has the following pricing plans:
Pricing model: Subscription

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Q. Who are the typical users of Submittable?

Submittable has the following typical customers:
Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Public Administrations, Small Business


Q. What languages does Submittable support?

Submittable supports the following languages:
English, Spanish


Q. Does Submittable support mobile devices?

Submittable supports the following devices:
Android, iPad, iPhone


Q. Does Submittable offer an API?

Yes, Submittable has an API available for use.


Q. What other apps does Submittable integrate with?

Submittable integrates with the following applications:
Zapier, Gmail, Google Drive, WordPress, Slack, Mailchimp, Salesforce Platform


Q. What level of support does Submittable offer?

Submittable offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, Phone Support, Knowledge Base, Chat, 24/7 (Live rep), FAQs/Forum

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