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Submittable

Starting at $10,000 per year
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Overview

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

Nonprofit review

9 out of 10
May 28, 2024
Incentivized
Submittable has been helpful in implementing educator grants and scholarships for the college students within our program. A challenge …
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Use Submittable!

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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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 Demos

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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

Submittable Competitors

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 Availability and Performance and Support 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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Reviews

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May 31, 2024

Good and Solid Platform

Verified User
Administrator in Other
Education Management Company, 1-10 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Submittable to take applications for fellowships and programs. We also use it for processing forms, surveys, and other various RSVPs.
Pros and Cons
  • allows an applicant to save an application that is in process
  • connects recommendations directly to the specific application
  • ease of uploading recommendations for recommenders
  • Would like to see the ability to have management edit an application on the backend, as applicants sometimes make mistakes and want us to fix them.
  • Needs a better way to edit a problem with a recommender's email address on an application. Currently, the only way is to open a submitted application for editing, which is not ideal after the deadline has passed.
Likelihood to Recommend
Manages applications well. Can respond to applicants with messages via the system. Allows applicants to track the progress of their application.
Return on Investment
  • overall time savings
  • better applicant experience
Usability
9
Their recent upgrade to splitting the "project form" and "form" form is not ideal for our workflow. But, I could see why it is useful for others.
Awardee Relationship Building
It does simplify the process for applicants. The new feature where applicants can send requests for recommendations before submission of the application has really helped.
Alternatives Considered
WORLDS better than Wufoo - no contest. Formstack didn't suit our needs.
Other Software Used
Users and Roles
6
Programs, Managing Committee Administration, Finance Office, Administration in general, Fellowships and Grants, applicant tracking.
Support Headcount Required
2
Programs Administration helps the others learn how to use it. The two of us set it up and keep the workflow.
Business Processes Supported
  • Taking of applications
  • Taking and tracking of processing forms for admitted members
  • Ballots and surveys sent to various groups/people/members
  • Having the system attach recommendations to the appropriate application
  • A program that allows applicants to start, stop, and save an application in-progress.
Innovative Uses
  • A better way to take financial information (better and safer)
  • Make surveys anonymous (if necessary)
  • Trying to create a form for "anonymous online reporting," for cases of harassment/discrimination/etc.
Future Planned Uses
  • An anonymous online reporting form for Personnel Policy violations in case they feel threatened to report it non-anonymously. (we do not have an HR office)
  • Send automatic reminders to recommenders who have not submitted by the deadline.
Likelihood to Renew
10
We have used it for many years now. It works well. We are fully invested in the system with MANY forms. It is also user friendly/easy to use. Looking forward to growing with Submittable.
Products Replaced
Yes
Wufoo. It did not allow applicants to start, stop, and save applications in-progress. It also did not allow recommender writers to have their letter attached to the application - we had to go search a form to find the letter then connect it with the application. It took forever and was needless complicated.
Key Differentiators
  • Scalability
  • Ease of Use
  • Other
Having the system automatically send out requests for recommendations, and then having that letter automatically associated with that specific application. This has saved an extraordinary amount of time for administration. It makes things more streamlined, easier to use, less chance for human error, and less steps for applications and administration.
Evaluation Lessons Learned
No change from what we are doing now.
Implementation Details / Implementation Partner
  • Implemented in-house
Implementation Phases
No
Change Management Lessons
Change management was a major issue with the implementation
New people in charge and we wanted a better/more useful system. We we found room in the budget.
Implementation Issues
  • Learning curve. Learning a new system.
Implementation Rating
10
The program is user-friendly. No issues.
Training Types Used
  • No Training
Ease of Submittable Training
Yes and yes.
Product Configurability
9
The configurability is just right for what we need.
Configuration Lessons
No.
UI Customization
Some - we have done small customizations to the interface
Color and logo added to our forms.
Extensibility and Customization
Some - we have added small pieces of custom code
I had our IT person handle the customization.
Additional Customization Considerations
Adding our colors and logo. Nothing fancy.
Support Rating
10
I get responses quickly when I submit a question. And the answers are always prompt and helpful. Their blogs about features also answers a lot of my questions. I rarely need to reach out to support, but when I do, it is a good experience.
Premium Support
We did not. We are a small non-profit. We don't have the money and we have had no issues with the program and their responsiveness/response time.
Bug Resolution
No
Exceptional Examples of Submittable Support
Pre-2019, we had an issue where we hit the maximum number of submissions allowed. I wasn't monitoring it and there was nothing in the program (at the time) to tell me how many submissions we had (easily). This was a problem, and I called, got someone, they fixed it immediately. I told them just to charge the account what they needed to in order to fix the problem (wasn't that expensive). We only had a problem for like an hour after I became aware of the problem. Also, now, it is easier to see if you hit your submission allowance.
Easy Tasks
  • creating a form for use
  • clicking a box to notify relevant people if a form is submitted
Difficult Tasks
  • I have to go to the "Project Form" and "Initial Form" in order to create on full form. It may work for some people, but it's not ideal for how we use it. But, I see the benefits of this system.
Scalability
9
We use it for multiple departments. It works well for a lot of different needs and usages. Adaptable and flexible.
Reliability and Availability
10
No issues.
Performance
10
Things run well. If you are exporting a "larger report," it may take like a minute or two (max). We don't have it integrate with other software.
Systems Integrated With
  • none
Future Integration Plans
  • no plans
Types of Integration
  • File import/export
Integration Lessons Learned
None.
Pre-Sale Experience
10
Easy to work with them. They respond quickly.
Post-Sale Experience
10
Easy to work with. No issues.
Professional Services
10
Very professional.
Key Negotiation Points
We had customization, so we did work with them on our needs.
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
10
All good.
Dealing with Submittable
Just let them know what you need and want. They can help you figure things out.
Upgrade Benefits
  • All the new roll outs are helpful, even if we don't always use them.
Anticipated Benefits from Future Upgrades
  • The new AI feature related to translation of forms.
Future Edition Upgrade Plans
No
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