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Submittable vs RQ Platform Comparison (2026)

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RQ Platform

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.

RQ Platform helps schools, foundations, and associations run scholarship programs from application to award. Collect applications and e-references, score candidates in multi-phase reviews, and track recipient follow-ups with RQ SmartTracker™.

  • 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

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No pricing info

  • 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

4.7

43

5

4

3

2

1

31

11

1

0

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
93%
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

“It streamlined our application intake, reviewer assignments, and compliance tracking with customizable forms and intuitive dashboards, saving significant time during peak cycles.”
BO

Brian O.

Ag. Senior Information Scientist

“In a perfect world, there are a few formatting features that could be enhanced, but these are minor considerations when compared to the platform’s overall functionality, ease of use, and value.”
PJ

Peter J.

Bursary Committee Secretary

“RhythmQ has transformed a cumbersome paper-based process into one that is efficient, transparent, and easy to manage.”
PJ

Peter J.

Bursary Committee Secretary

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

“The platform is not intuitive and there is still not a usable database.”
MB

Michelle B.

Director, Psychological Services

“Some of the functionality (follow up) is not included in our initial set up but at an additional cost.”
JM

Julia M.

Director of Communications

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  • Last review10 days ago
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  • Last review10 days ago

Key features

  • Total features180
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • AI-based Matching
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Action Item Tracking
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Address Validation
  • Administrative Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Analytics
  • Applicant Portal
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • 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
  • Calendar Sync
  • Campaign Analytics
  • Campaign Management
  • Career Development
  • Categorization/Grouping
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Committee Management
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Conditional Logic
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Contact Management
  • Content Library
  • Contract/License Management
  • Contribution Tracking
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Curriculum Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboards & Reporting
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • 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
  • Drag-and-drop Form Builder
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Dues Management
  • Electronic Forms
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Electronic Submission
  • Email
  • Email Management
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Reminders
  • Email Templates
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Recognition
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Entrant Management
  • Entry Fee Processing
  • Entry Management
  • Event Management
  • Event Scheduling
  • Expense Tracking
  • Faculty/Staff Management
  • Feedback Management
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Government
  • For Grantmakers
  • For Higher Education
  • For Marketers
  • For Nonprofits
  • For Schools
  • Form Building
  • Forms Creation & Design
  • Forms Management
  • Fraud Detection
  • Fund Accounting
  • Fundraising Campaign Management
  • Fundraising Campaign Tracking
  • Fundraising Management
  • Gamification
  • Gift Matching Management
  • Goal Management
  • Grant Allocations
  • Grant Application Management
  • Grant Award Tracking
  • Grant Discovery
  • Grant Management
  • Group Management
  • ID Scanning
  • Impact Management
  • Impact Measurement
  • Integrations
  • Interview Management
  • Judging Management
  • KYC Compliance
  • Labeling
  • Landing Pages
  • Landing Pages/Web Forms
  • Lead Capture
  • Lead Generation
  • Learning Management
  • Live Chat
  • Media Library
  • Member Database
  • Member Directory
  • Membership Management
  • Mentor/Coach Matching
  • Mentoring Program Management
  • Messaging
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Giving
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multiple Authentication Methods
  • Offboarding
  • Onboarding
  • Online Forms
  • Online Giving
  • Online Payments
  • Participant Profiles
  • Password Management
  • Payment Processing
  • Payment Tracking
  • Performance Metrics
  • Personalization
  • Polls/Voting
  • Preview Functionality
  • Program Evaluation
  • Progress Tracking
  • Promotions Management
  • Ratings/Reviews
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Receipt Management
  • Recommendations
  • Recurring Giving
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Registration Management
  • Relief Fund Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Requirements Management
  • Response Validation
  • Reviewer Management
  • Reviewer Portal
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SSL Security
  • Scheduling
  • Scoring
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Self Service Portal
  • Single Sign On
  • Skills Assessment
  • Skills Contests (Photo, Essay, Design, etc)
  • Social Marketing
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Promotion
  • Status Tracking
  • Student Management
  • Summary Reports
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Task Management
  • Template Management
  • Text
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time Tracking
  • User Onboarding
  • Visual Analytics
  • Volunteer Management
  • Volunteer Recruiting
  • Web Forms
  • Website Management
  • White Label
  • Workflow Automation
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features152
  • ACH Payment Processing
  • AI-based Matching
  • AI/Machine Learning
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting
  • Accounting Integration
  • Action Item Tracking
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Ad hoc Reporting
  • Address Validation
  • Administrative Reporting
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Analytics
  • Applicant Portal
  • Applicant Tracking
  • Application Management
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • 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
  • Calendar Sync
  • Campaign Analytics
  • Campaign Management
  • Career Development
  • Categorization/Grouping
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Committee Management
  • Communication Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Conditional Logic
  • Configurable Workflow
  • Contact Management
  • Content Library
  • Contract/License Management
  • Contribution Tracking
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Curriculum Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Questions
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboards & Reporting
  • Data Capture and Transfer
  • 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
  • Drag-and-drop Form Builder
  • Due Date Tracking
  • Dues Management
  • Electronic Forms
  • Electronic Payments
  • Electronic Signature
  • Electronic Submission
  • Email
  • Email Management
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Reminders
  • Email Templates
  • Employee Database
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Profiles
  • Employee Recognition
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Entrant Management
  • Entry Fee Processing
  • Entry Management
  • Event Management
  • Event Scheduling
  • Expense Tracking
  • Faculty/Staff Management
  • Feedback Management
  • Financial Management
  • Financial Reporting
  • For Government
  • For Grantmakers
  • For Higher Education
  • For Marketers
  • For Nonprofits
  • For Schools
  • Form Building
  • Forms Creation & Design
  • Forms Management
  • Fraud Detection
  • Fund Accounting
  • Fundraising Campaign Management
  • Fundraising Campaign Tracking
  • Fundraising Management
  • Gamification
  • Gift Matching Management
  • Goal Management
  • Grant Allocations
  • Grant Application Management
  • Grant Award Tracking
  • Grant Discovery
  • Grant Management
  • Group Management
  • ID Scanning
  • Impact Management
  • Impact Measurement
  • Integrations
  • Interview Management
  • Judging Management
  • KYC Compliance
  • Labeling
  • Landing Pages
  • Landing Pages/Web Forms
  • Lead Capture
  • Lead Generation
  • Learning Management
  • Live Chat
  • Media Library
  • Member Database
  • Member Directory
  • Membership Management
  • Mentor/Coach Matching
  • Mentoring Program Management
  • Messaging
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Giving
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Multi-Currency
  • Multiple Authentication Methods
  • Offboarding
  • Onboarding
  • Online Forms
  • Online Giving
  • Online Payments
  • Participant Profiles
  • Password Management
  • Payment Processing
  • Payment Tracking
  • Performance Metrics
  • Personalization
  • Polls/Voting
  • Preview Functionality
  • Program Evaluation
  • Progress Tracking
  • Promotions Management
  • Ratings/Reviews
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Receipt Management
  • Recommendations
  • Recurring Giving
  • Recurring/Subscription Billing
  • Registration Management
  • Relief Fund Management
  • Reminders
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reporting/Project Tracking
  • Requirements Management
  • Response Validation
  • Reviewer Management
  • Reviewer Portal
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SSL Security
  • Scheduling
  • Scoring
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Self Service Portal
  • Single Sign On
  • Skills Assessment
  • Skills Contests (Photo, Essay, Design, etc)
  • Social Marketing
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Promotion
  • Status Tracking
  • Student Management
  • Summary Reports
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Task Management
  • Template Management
  • Text
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Time Tracking
  • User Onboarding
  • Visual Analytics
  • Volunteer Management
  • Volunteer Recruiting
  • Web Forms
  • Website Management
  • White Label
  • Workflow Automation
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations16
  • ActiveCampaign
  • Airtable
  • Association Anywhere
  • Bloomerang
  • Dynamics 365
  • Fonteva for Associations
  • Higher Logic Vanilla
  • HubSpot CRM
  • Invoice Ninja
  • Jira
  • Keap
  • Mailjet
  • MemberClicks
  • MemberSuite
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Nimble
  • Nimble AMS
  • Notion
  • PayPal Checkout
  • PayPal Payments
  • Sage Payments
  • Salesforce Platform
  • Slack
  • Stripe Payments
  • Trello
  • Twilio
  • WildApricot
  • WordPress
  • YourMembership
  • Zapier
  • Zoho CRM
  • iMIS
  • re:Members
  • Total integrations20
  • ActiveCampaign
  • Airtable
  • Association Anywhere
  • Bloomerang
  • Dynamics 365
  • Fonteva for Associations
  • Higher Logic Vanilla
  • HubSpot CRM
  • Invoice Ninja
  • Jira
  • Keap
  • Mailjet
  • MemberClicks
  • MemberSuite
  • Microsoft Entra ID
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Nimble
  • Nimble AMS
  • Notion
  • PayPal Checkout
  • PayPal Payments
  • Sage Payments
  • Salesforce Platform
  • Slack
  • Stripe Payments
  • Trello
  • Twilio
  • WildApricot
  • WordPress
  • YourMembership
  • Zapier
  • Zoho CRM
  • iMIS
  • re:Members