What is Submittable?

Submittable is web-based grant management and corporate social responsibility (CSR) software for running application programs: forms, review, awards, payments and reporting. The vendor also lists employee giving and volunteering tools, scholarships and fellowships, and an API.

Who it's for

The vendor says it serves nonprofits, foundations, government, corporations and universities that run grant, scholarship, award or CSR programs. It is program software for organizations that collect and review applications, not a donor CRM or fundraising tool.

Pros & cons

Strengths

The nonprofit page lists a drag-and-drop form builder with custom form logic, multi-stage review workflows, reviewer anonymization tools, bulk emails, and budget tracking with fund disbursement.
The vendor says it can duplicate a program for a new cycle and report across multiple programs, with charts and dashboards for sharing progress.
The security page says Submittable has a yearly third-party SOC 2 Type 2 audit and a yearly third-party HIPAA audit, and says it complies with FERPA for student education records.
The security page says database data is encrypted at rest with AES-256, stored in AWS US East (N. Virginia) across multiple availability zones, with 35 days of automated backups and SAML single sign-on supported.
The security page says card data is not stored or processed directly; it relies on Stripe, which it describes as PCI Service Provider Level 1 certified.
A 2024 press article says AI features include Form Auto Fill, Smart Import (parses uploaded W-2s into form fields) and an AI Assistant that generates forms in English, Spanish, German and French. The vendor's AI principles page says users can choose whether to use AI and that human control is maintained.

Limitations

The main pricing page publishes no prices: it lists a CSR platform, grant and application management, and Enterprise, each quoted through sales. It lists no nonprofit pricing or discount, and the nonprofit page says cost varies and to contact sales.
The only public price found is a separate Basic plan page: $119 a month or $999 a year, limited to 3 team seats, 300 submissions a year, 1 project and 300 form fields, and without form logic, additional forms or custom and multi-stage review.
The CLMP partner plan ($39 a month or $290 a year) is open only to CLMP members. The vendor's page also disagrees with itself: the FAQ says annual plans include more seats and submissions, while the comparison tables list both as unrestricted.
Funds distribution, custom branding, custom integrations, project management services and premium support are listed under Enterprise, which has no public price.
The pages read do not say whether applicant or customer content is used to train AI models. The security page is silent on AI, and the AI principles page says data is kept private, secure and not shared but gives no training terms. Data is hosted in the US East region.

Plans and pricing

Basic: $999 a year billed annually, or $119 monthly. 3 team seats, 300 submissions a year, 1 project, 300 form fields; no form logic, additional forms or multi-stage review. Listed on a separate Basic plan page.
CLMP member plan: $290 a year billed annually, or $39 monthly. Only for CLMP members; 6 projects, 5 form fields, the vendor lists seats and submissions as unrestricted; Help Center support only.
Grant & Application Management: Contact sales. Form builder, application portal, automated and multi-stage review, financial tracking, fraud prevention and reporting. Price not published.
CSR Platform: Contact sales. Employee giving, volunteering, corporate grants and community investment, impact reporting. Price not published.
Enterprise: Contact sales. Adds funds distribution, custom branding, custom integrations, project management and professional services, and premium support.

Prices were read from the vendor's Basic and CLMP plan pages; the main pricing page shows no amounts and sends visitors to sales. No free plan or nonprofit discount is listed on the pages read, and the amounts are in US dollars. Confirm on the live pricing page, since the Basic page is not linked from the main pricing page and a 2022 third-party article described different tier names (Starter, Pro, Enterprise).

Details checked October 2026 against the vendor's own pages. Prices and limits change, so confirm before you buy. Official pricing page ↗

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