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Submittable

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What is Submittable?

Submittable offers tools to launch, measure, and grow social impact programs, locally and globally. From grants and scholarships to awards and CSR programs, Submittable partners with users to make a difference. The vendor states Submittable has supported over 95,000 social…

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Recent Reviews

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8 out of 10
March 01, 2024
Incentivized
Grant management: application submission and stage management, providing technical assistance, tracking reporting documents and forms, …
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Two thumbs up!

9 out of 10
February 22, 2024
Incentivized
We use Submittable as an applicant platform for our grants program. it helps keeps the applications in an easy and clear folder and allows …
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Choose Submittable!

9 out of 10
February 19, 2024
Incentivized
We use Submittable for scholarships, volunteer applications, and youth program planning. It supports scoring equitably and inclusively. It …
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Positive Experience.

10 out of 10
February 19, 2024
Incentivized
We use Submittable to run our sub-grants program, all the way from eligibility screenings and applications to quarterly and final progress …
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Verified User
Administrator in Other
Financial Services Company, 51-200 employees
Verified User
Administrator in Other
Government Administration Company, 51-200 employees
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Pricing

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Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $10,000 per year
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Product Details

What is Submittable?

Submittable offers tools to launch, manage, measure and grow social impact programs, locally and globally. From grants and CSR to awards and scholarship programs, the platform is designed to make workflows smarter and more efficient. Users can report on success, distribute funds, prevent fraud and learn for the future—Submittable grows alongside programs.

Submittable boasts users from major foundations and corporations to governments, higher education, and more, and the vendor states they have accepted over 25 million applications to date.

Submittable Features

  • Supported: Grantmaking
  • Supported: Grant Management
  • Supported: Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Supported: Employee Engagement
  • Supported: Employee Volunteering
  • Supported: Employee Giving
  • Supported: Employee Give and Match
  • Supported: Fraud Prevention
  • Supported: Government Grantmaking
  • Supported: Funds Distribution
  • Supported: Impact Reporting
  • Supported: Mobile Access
  • Supported: Grant Application Management
  • Supported: Administrative Reporting
  • Supported: Alerts/Notifications
  • Supported: API
  • Supported: Applicant Tracking
  • Supported: Budgeting/Forecasting
  • Supported: Compliance Management
  • Supported: Customizable Branding
  • Supported: Customizable Fields
  • Supported: Customizable Forms
  • Supported: Customizable Reports
  • Supported: Customizable Templates
  • Supported: Workflow Management
  • Supported: Third Party Integrations
  • Supported: Role-Based Permissions
  • Supported: Payment Tracking
  • Supported: Impact Measurement
  • Supported: Grant Discovery
  • Supported: Grant Award Tracking
  • Supported: Forms Management
  • Supported: Financial Reporting
  • Supported: Email Reminders
  • Supported: Document Management
  • Supported: Deadline Management
  • Supported: Collaboration Tools
  • Supported: Data Import/Export
  • Supported: Deadline Management
  • Supported: Credit Card Processing
  • Supported: Data Visualization
  • Supported: Audit Management
  • Supported: Multi-Currency
  • Supported: SSL Security
  • Supported: Single Sign On
  • Supported: Applicant Portal
  • Supported: Volunteer Recruiting
  • Supported: Scheduling

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Submittable Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

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Frequently Asked Questions

Submittable offers tools to launch, measure, and grow social impact programs, locally and globally. From grants and scholarships to awards and CSR programs, Submittable partners with users to make a difference. The vendor states Submittable has supported over 95,000 social impact programs, receiving nearly 20 million applications, and that teams save an average of 12 hours per week and launch in an average of 14 days.

Submittable starts at $10000.

Blackbaud Grantmaking, SurveyMonkey Apply, and WizeHive Zengine are common alternatives for Submittable.

Reviewers rate Implementation Rating highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of Submittable are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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January 25, 2023

Submittable makes grant management easy!

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Tashia Fouch
Office Administrator
Ingenuity (Non-Profit Organization Management, 11-50 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Our organization uses Submittable to manage our annual grant application, grant reviewing, awarding and reporting processes. It is solely used within our granting department, and it wonderfully accomplishes the task of keeping all of our grant work, applications, documentation, etc. for the grant cycle in one location, and all inter-connected!
Pros and Cons
  • Everything related to any applicant's grant (original application, review process, notifications, all communications, site visits, and reporting) is in a central location and is connected and easily accessible. This is a HUGE timesaver.
  • Submittable's features are time-saving and make grant management easy and convenient, from start to finish. The platform accommodates every stage of the grant cycle, fluidly and intuitively.
  • The only thing Submittable was missing for us was the ability to pre-populate our grant application with a unique 6-digit ID number for each applicant. This was important to us because we match our applicants with a database from the public school district so we have to make sure that each applicant's ID number is accurate. They did not have this functionality, but they were able to provide a reasonable workaround for it.
Likelihood to Recommend
Submittable is well-suited for any size organization that offers grants, scholarships, etc. and need a cohesive way to manage the process. Submittable also does not seek to restrict your granting ability by imposing caps on the number of applicants or the number of user accounts (reviewers, etc.) or even the number of grants. Other providers that we looked at before deciding on Submittable wanted to charge us several thousand dollars more to offer more than one grant annually, but Submittable did not limit us in that regard and does not charge more for additional grants. This was important to us because we are visiting the idea of offering a second (micro) grant annually, and it's great to know that we can do that without having to worry about exorbitant costs/fees, etc.
Return on Investment
  • The Submittable platform has saved us countless hours in legwork, creating databases and spreadsheets for tracking purposes. We haven't had to do any of those things this year. It's a huge timesaver as well, in that it communicates for you. It sends area-specific e-mail communications to everyone involved (applicants, reviewers, site visitors, etc.), and compiles all incoming communications into one mailbox that we can easily go to and get a quick read on incoming comms. So I would say time saved is the most significant positive impact we've seen with using Submittable.
Usability
9
Submittable is pretty easy to use, if you are already somewhat tech-savvy. In some instances, it may not be considered the most user-friendly to those who are not tech-inclined. But it is a great platform that saves a lot of time for grant-making entities and makes reporting and communications extremely efficient and seamless.
Awardee Relationship Building
This remains to be seen at this point. We are rather new to Submittable, so I think we'd be better positioned to answer this after using the platform for a few grant cycles. So far, it seems to be very intuitive for our needs, and our applicants find it very easy to navigate. Our grant reviewers also have no complaints so far on the platform's usability. They have all been able to access the platform easily, see an informative dashboard of what they have specifically been assigned to, and easily click through to their tasks.
Alternatives Considered
We ultimately selected Submittable because of its ease-of-use, and how willing they were to accommodate our "special situations" without charging us a la carte for additional functionality. The others were several thousand dollars more annually, with LESS functionality and fewer features included.
Other Software Used
Users and Roles
3
Operations, Fund Manager(s), Grant Administrator(s)
Support Headcount Required
2
A logistical person who fully understands the software overall and can explain its function and access to others who may need to access it for their specific needs, and a person designated to manage the platform, specifically the annual grant process, from application stage to final grant reporting.
Business Processes Supported
  • Grant management
  • Grant administration and logistics
  • Grant reporting
Innovative Uses
  • E-mail communications
  • Site visit scheduling
Future Planned Uses
  • To manage multiple grant opportunities
  • To offer multi-year grant opportunities on a single application
Likelihood to Renew
10
Submittable has made our grant management so much more streamlined, easy, and way less time-consuming. Compared to our previous platform, the difference is night and day! The functionality built into Submittable is unbeatable.
Products Replaced
Yes
Submittable replaced Wizehive, which we were using to manage our grants for several years. Wizehive was working, but every year we still had to do a nice amount of manual work for the reporting and tracking of our grantees and awards. So we were specifically looking for something with these functions built in, and Submittable met and exceeded that need for us.
Key Differentiators
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
The most important factor was functionality/usability. As a non-profit, price is also very important to us, but we were looking for a platform that would have the features we needed first and foremost.
Evaluation Lessons Learned
I wouldn't change it, because we really went in deep with selection and evaluation prior to choosing Submittable. We wanted to be sure that we were getting exactly what we needed and getting the very best price for it, so we did a lot of legwork and research, then we did alot of engagement with our Submittable reps prior to purchasing the platform. We engaged our executive level team in the process, as well as everyone on the team who would have any level of exposure to Submittable, and got feedback on it from all of them.
Implementation Details / Implementation Partner
  • Implemented in-house
Implementation Phases
No
Implementation Issues
  • None
Implementation Rating
10
I would say, provide Submittable as much detailed information on your planned use of the platform and your desires with the platform as possible, and the implementation will be tailored to accommodate your organization with minimal lag time and issues/problems.
Support Rating
10
NA, I have not had to contact Submittable support as of yet.
Premium Support
No, we did not purchase premium support. We got the basic, because we had received a thorough onboarding for the platform and figured if we ever needed premium support, we could upgrade to it if needed.
Bug Resolution
No
Exceptional Examples of Submittable Support
We've never had to call on support since we started using Submittable, but the support we received during onboarding of the platform was superb! The Submittable team was very thorough in making sure all of our questions were answered and ensuring that we knew how to maximize our use of the platform.
Easy Tasks
  • E-mail communications
  • Form building
  • Reporting
Difficult Tasks
  • None
February 27, 2022

Great for management and applicants.

Verified User
C-Level Executive in Other
Non-profit Organization Management Company, 11-50 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Submittable for our grants and scholarship applications. We also use it for certain programs as well to collect information.
Pros and Cons
  • User friendly.
  • Customer Support/Applicant Support.
  • Easy Set-up/Implementation.
  • Being able to see people's applications that are in-process and not yet submitted.
Likelihood to Recommend
Great for an array of grant processes. Not so great if you have applicants that have lots of backend questions or need lots of help beyond what the customer tech support can provide.
Return on Investment
  • Faster launch times.
  • Overall time savings.
  • Improved applicant experience.
Usability
10
Super easy to use from the applicant side and management side. People of all technical abilities are using it at my firm with no complaints which are rare.
Awardee Relationship Building
Yes, applicants find this platform more accessible and easier to use than our prior one.
Alternatives Considered
Very easy to use, logical, and more affordable.
Users and Roles
4
Grants, allocations, loans, finance
Business Processes Supported
  • Grants
  • Scholarships
  • Loans
Innovative Uses
  • Program storytelling
Future Planned Uses
  • TBD
Likelihood to Renew
8
Love it, but depends on renewal cost. We are a small operation.
Products Replaced
Yes
Apply - too cumbersome and time consuming.
Key Differentiators
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
Very easy to navigate, set-up and use on an ongoing basis.
Evaluation Lessons Learned
NA
Implementation Details / Implementation Partner
  • Implemented in-house
Implementation Phases
Yes
By grant and scholarship area with the team at Submittable
Change Management Lessons
Change management was minimal
Implementation Issues
  • Making the time to set it up
Implementation Rating
9
na
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