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Submittable vs Grant Lifecycle Manager Comparison (2026)

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Submittable

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Grant Lifecycle Manager

Overview

Submittable is the modern grant management platform empowering organizations with powerful, user-friendly tools for seamless program administration. Purpose-built for organizations of all types—from corporations and foundations to nonprofits and government agencies.

Foundant for Grantmakers is a grant lifecycle manager (GLM) system that serves a wide variety of funder organizations offering a user configurable workflow

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

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No pricing info

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

9900

Per year

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.8

407

5

4

3

2

1

327

72

6

2

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
90%
would recommend this app

4.9

52

5

4

3

2

1

46

5

1

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
91%
would recommend this app

Pros

“The platform makes it significantly easier and faster for our team to create new projects, track submissions, and manage workflows.”
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Margo S.

Director of Creative Strategies and Arts-Based Initiatives

“Submittable representatives were extremely thorough and helpful in guiding us in how to create an application (in our case, for a Fellowship program) in Submittable and use different kinds of forms within the platform.”
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Leila M.

Senior Program Manager

“Submittable also provides improved data access and reporting tools that help us evaluate impact and make stronger decisions.”
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Margo S.

Director of Creative Strategies and Arts-Based Initiatives

Pros

“I think every nonprofit in DE knows about it.”
KS

Kelly S.

Grants and Scholarship Coordinator

“We are a very small foundation, all of us multi-task, and Grant Lifecycle Manager helps us maximize our time communicating and tracking grantees and processes.”
SC

Susan C.

Grants Manager

“Since I'm only going through the processes every few months, it's easy to forget the steps when I'm approving grants.”
AT

Allison T.

Community Outreach

Cons

“The messaging component can glitch, as I've sent messages to people who did not get them sent to their inbox, and vice versa. Since I communicate with applicants primarily through messages, it can be frustrating to find that messages were not delivered.”
MM

Maggie M.

Program Manager

“It is difficult to identify a time and this causes missing submissions sometimes.”
AK

Akif K.

Electrical-Electronics Engineer

“We've found the email's generated by Submittable have formatting issues and are often blocked by anti-spam software, so there have been some deliverability issues and some problems with reading the system-generated emails.”
BB

Barby B.

Communications

Cons

“Very few updates, system bugs happened often.”
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Julia K.

Fund Development Manager

“Sometimes it isn't intuitive when working with reports.”
BF

Britta F.

Grants & Operations Manager

“The ability to design reports is limited.”
AN

Amy N.

Grants Program Manager

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  • Last review5 days ago
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  • Last review6 months ago

Key features

  • Total features180
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Address Validation
  • Administrative Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Applicant Portal
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Assignment Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Autofill
  • Awards Management
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Biometrics
  • Blind Judging
  • Budget Control
  • Budget Management
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Campaign Analytics
  • Campaign Management
  • Categorization/Grouping
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Contact Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Contribution Tracking
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Data Verification
  • Data Visualization
  • Deadline Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Donation Disbursement Management
  • Donation Management
  • Donation Matching
  • Donation Tracking
  • Donor Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Electronic Forms
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Electronic Submission
  • Email Management
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Reminders
  • Email Templates
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Recognition
  • Entrant Management
  • Entry Fee Processing
  • Entry Management
  • Event Management
  • Event Scheduling
  • Expense Tracking
  • Feedback Management
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Government
  • For Grantmakers
  • For Higher Education
  • For Marketers
  • For Nonprofits
  • For Schools
  • Forms Creation & Design
  • Forms Management
  • Fraud Detection
  • Fund Accounting
  • Fundraising Campaign Management
  • Fundraising Campaign Tracking
  • Fundraising Management
  • Gamification
  • Gift Matching Management
  • Grant Application Management
  • Grant Award Tracking
  • Grant Discovery
  • Grant Management
  • Group Management
  • ID Scanning
  • Impact Management
  • Impact Measurement
  • Judging Management
  • KYC Compliance
  • Labeling
  • Landing Pages/Web Forms
  • Lead Generation
  • Media Library
  • Member Database
  • Member Directory
  • Membership Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Giving
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multiple Authentication Methods
  • Offboarding
  • Onboarding
  • Online Forms
  • Online Giving
  • Online Payments
  • Password Management
  • Payment Processing
  • Payment Tracking
  • Performance Metrics
  • Personalization
  • Polls/Voting
  • Preview Functionality
  • Progress Tracking
  • Promotions Management
  • Ratings/Reviews
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Receipt Management
  • Recommendations
  • Recurring Giving
  • Registration Management
  • Relief Fund Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Requirements Management
  • Reviewer Management
  • Reviewer Portal
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SSL Security
  • Scheduling
  • Scoring
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Self Service Portal
  • Single Sign On
  • Skills Contests (Photo, Essay, Design, etc)
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Promotion
  • Status Tracking
  • Summary Reports
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Template Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time Tracking
  • User Onboarding
  • Visual Analytics
  • Volunteer Management
  • Volunteer Recruiting
  • Web Forms
  • White Label
  • Workflow Automation
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features38
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Address Validation
  • Administrative Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Applicant Portal
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Approval Process Control
  • Assignment Management
  • Attendance Tracking
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Autofill
  • Awards Management
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Biometrics
  • Blind Judging
  • Budget Control
  • Budget Management
  • Budgeting/Forecasting
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Campaign Analytics
  • Campaign Management
  • Categorization/Grouping
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Contact Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Contribution Tracking
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Security
  • Data Verification
  • Data Visualization
  • Deadline Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Donation Disbursement Management
  • Donation Management
  • Donation Matching
  • Donation Tracking
  • Donor Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Electronic Forms
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Electronic Submission
  • Email Management
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Reminders
  • Email Templates
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Recognition
  • Entrant Management
  • Entry Fee Processing
  • Entry Management
  • Event Management
  • Event Scheduling
  • Expense Tracking
  • Feedback Management
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Government
  • For Grantmakers
  • For Higher Education
  • For Marketers
  • For Nonprofits
  • For Schools
  • Forms Creation & Design
  • Forms Management
  • Fraud Detection
  • Fund Accounting
  • Fundraising Campaign Management
  • Fundraising Campaign Tracking
  • Fundraising Management
  • Gamification
  • Gift Matching Management
  • Grant Application Management
  • Grant Award Tracking
  • Grant Discovery
  • Grant Management
  • Group Management
  • ID Scanning
  • Impact Management
  • Impact Measurement
  • Judging Management
  • KYC Compliance
  • Labeling
  • Landing Pages/Web Forms
  • Lead Generation
  • Media Library
  • Member Database
  • Member Directory
  • Membership Management
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Giving
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multiple Authentication Methods
  • Offboarding
  • Onboarding
  • Online Forms
  • Online Giving
  • Online Payments
  • Password Management
  • Payment Processing
  • Payment Tracking
  • Performance Metrics
  • Personalization
  • Polls/Voting
  • Preview Functionality
  • Progress Tracking
  • Promotions Management
  • Ratings/Reviews
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Receipt Management
  • Recommendations
  • Recurring Giving
  • Registration Management
  • Relief Fund Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Requirements Management
  • Reviewer Management
  • Reviewer Portal
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SSL Security
  • Scheduling
  • Scoring
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Self Service Portal
  • Single Sign On
  • Skills Contests (Photo, Essay, Design, etc)
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Promotion
  • Status Tracking
  • Summary Reports
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Template Management
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time Tracking
  • User Onboarding
  • Visual Analytics
  • Volunteer Management
  • Volunteer Recruiting
  • Web Forms
  • White Label
  • Workflow Automation
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations18
  • ActiveCampaign
  • Airtable
  • Bloomerang
  • Dynamics 365
  • Google Drive
  • Google Sheets
  • Invoice Ninja
  • Jira
  • Mailjet
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Word
  • Notion
  • Salesforce Platform
  • Slack
  • Trello
  • Twilio
  • WordPress
  • Zapier
  • Total integrations1
  • ActiveCampaign
  • Airtable
  • Bloomerang
  • Dynamics 365
  • Google Drive
  • Google Sheets
  • Invoice Ninja
  • Jira
  • Mailjet
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Word
  • Notion
  • Salesforce Platform
  • Slack
  • Trello
  • Twilio
  • WordPress
  • Zapier