Compare SmarterSelect and Foundant - Oct 2022

Shlomi Lavi

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - SmarterSelect or Foundant?

SmarterSelect is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Foundant, and Foundant is rated higher (80/100) than SmarterSelect (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:

SmarterSelect Vs. Foundant for Grantmakers

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...

Foundant for Grantmakers: Completely cloud based, which allows users to access the system when and where they need access, and from all major web browsers. Built to be user configurable, so you control how your grant process workflow works. Which means you’re never stuck paying or waiting for one of our consultants to set up or make changes to your workflow, forms, or repo...

Who is more expensive? SmarterSelect or Foundant for Grantmakers?

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 SmarterSelect and Foundant for Grantmakers.

SmarterSelect price starts at $1,000 per year , On a scale between 1 to 10 SmarterSelect is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of Grant Management software. Foundant for Grantmakers price starts at $75 per month , When comparing Foundant for Grantmakers to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Grant Management software cost.

Bottom line: SmarterSelect is more expensive than Foundant for Grantmakers.

Which software includes more/better features?

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

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

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

Target customer size

SmarterSelect's typical customers include: Start up, Small business, Medium business, Large business, and Foundant for Grantmakers's target customer size include: Start up, Small business, Medium business, Large business.