Compare Grants and SmarterSelect - Feb 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Grants or SmarterSelect?

SmarterSelect is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Grants, and SmarterSelect is rated with the same score (77/100) as Grants (77/100).

Looking for the right Grant Management solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Grants Network Vs. SmarterSelect

Grants Network: eCivis is part of GTY Technology Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: GTYH) ("GTY"). GTY is a leading public sector SaaS company which offers a cloud-based suite of solutions for North American state and local governments. On February 19 2019, GTY announced the closing of its previously announced business combination between GTY and six companies that are leadin...

SmarterSelect: Over 1,000,000 people across the world have used SmarterSelect to create, manage, analyze, apply for, and evaluate online applications. Whatever the size of your organization, and whether you’re a private foundation, community foundation, association, educational institution, or corporation, SmarterSelect has solutions that will meet your online ap...

Who is more expensive? Grants Network or SmarterSelect?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Grant Management software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Grants Network and SmarterSelect.

Grants Network accurate pricing info is available upon request (they don't share it publicly), however , On a scale between 1 to 10 Grants Network is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Grant Management software. SmarterSelect price starts at $1,000 per year , When comparing SmarterSelect to its competitors, the software is rated 6 - similar to the average Grant Management software cost.

Bottom line: Grants Network cost is around the same cost of SmarterSelect.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Grants Vs. SmarterSelect based on some of the most important and required Grant Management features.

Grants Network: We are still working to collect the list of features for Grants Network.

SmarterSelect: We are still working to collect the list of features for SmarterSelect.

Target customer size

Grants Network's typical customers include: Start up, Small business, and SmarterSelect's target customer size include: Start up, Small business, Medium business, Large business.