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Submittable vs OpenWater Comparison (2026)

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Submittable

OpenWater

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.

OpenWater streamlines program management with its end-to-end solution for accepting and reviewing applications, awards, grants, scholarships, proposals, and abstracts.

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

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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

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

No videos yet

Pricing

Starting from

No pricing info

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

5100

Per year

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.8

407

327

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

90%

would recommend this app

4.6

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

86%

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.”

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.”

Leila M.

Senior Program Manager

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

Margo S.

Director of Creative Strategies and Arts-Based Initiatives

Pros

“What I like most about OpenWater is the strong customer support and the flexibility to customize the system to fit our specific conference needs.”

Jenna K.

Education Systems Manager

“This level of support and flexibility has been especially valuable in adapting the platform to our conference workflows and requirements.”

Jenna K.

Education Systems Manager

“Judges are now able to enter all of their scores and we can use OpenWater to calculate and weight things as needed versus having to do all of this manually before!”

Danielle A.

AVP

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.”

Maggie M.

Program Manager

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

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.”

Barby B.

Communications

Cons

“As a result, we rely on a separate system to manage these connected data points, which creates a duplicative and time-consuming workflow.”

Jenna K.

Education Systems Manager

“There have been several times where my team has needed to set something up and it isn't in a place that we would think it would be in. ”

Danielle A.

AVP

“It lacks the ability to have more customizable features. ”

Brandi T.

Undergraduate Research and Training Programs Manager