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Submittable Overview

What is Submittable?

Submittable powers you with tools to launch, manage, measure and grow your social impact programs, locally and globally. From grants and CSR to awards and scholarship programs, we partner with you so you can start making a difference, fast. The start-to-finish platform makes your workflow smarter and more efficient, leading to better decisions and bigger impact. Easily report on success, distribute funds, prevent fraud and learn for the future—Submittable is flexible and powerful enough to grow alongside your programs. Submittable is used by more than 11 thousand organizations, from major foundations and corporations to governments, higher education, and more, and has accepted over 25 million applications to date.

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Submittable is a highly flexible submission management and collaboration system for grants, film festivals, contests, scholarships, publishing, and more.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Corporations, government, foundations, non-profits, and organizations of any size, anywhere in the world. Power your community investment and employee engagement programs with Submittable.

Submittable has powered over 145,000 social impact programs, receiving nearly 25 million applications. Teams save an average of 3.4 hours per week per admin and 2.6 hours per week per reviewer, and over half of Submittable customers launch in 14 days or less—no wonder 95% of customers report they are happy with Submittable.


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Year Founded
2010
HQ Location
Missoula, MT
Twitter
@submittable
24,715 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
228 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

Submittable is a cloud-based submission management platform designed to streamline the process of accepting, reviewing, and managing submissions for various organizations. It caters to businesses, nonprofits, and educational institutions, offering tools for application management, grant submissions, content curation, and more. With features such as customizable forms, collaborative review workflows, and analytics, Submittable aims to enhance efficiency in managing submissions and improve the overall experience for both submitters and reviewers. For more information, visit their website at [submittable.com](https://www.submittable.com).


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B. Lynn G.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Good customer service available"
Submittable keeps track of the submissions to Writer Advice's Contests. Their people have been very helpful when I couldn't get things to work.
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Verified UserMid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
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"Easy to use for workflows!"
I like the ease of building forms, and building workflows. Being able to plan and structure step-by-step processes for work is extremely helpful wh...
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"Easy to use for both staff and applicants"
The back end is very intuitive and easy to adjust as needs arise. Help for grantmakers and applicants is responsive and easy to find. Getting proje...
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Submittable Demo - Collect grant applications
Submittable's intuitive form builder provides you with the tools to create custom forms to gather the information you need from applicants.
Submittable Demo - Review with ease
Collaborate with reviewers and stakeholders and keep all application materials and communications in one place.
Submittable Demo - Report on your success
Advanced reporting tools allow you to manage data, create graphs, and report on metrics to relevant stakeholders.
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Verified User in Higher Education
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Submittable?

The platform is flexible! Create your own forms and review forms on the back-end. Really nice for abstract management. The export feature is helpful. Easy to sign up and very few complaint about how to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

The pricing restructure screwed our organization. We pay for a few months/year. Now in order to have custom forms we need to sign a pro-rated annual contract. Please allow custom forms in the regular tier-pricing. Now we are essentially held hostage. We can't have blind reviews without signing a contract. The annual contract is now forcing us to buy service we don't need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?

The platform is solid for abstract submission. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Performing Arts
UP
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: G2 invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Submittable?

Submittable can instantaneously assign plays at random to each reader participating in our multi-step process, a task that used to require weeks of tedious work from our artistic staff. For our applicants, Submittable affords them the opportunity to review and revisit and change their applications. (With our previous platform, LiteraryManager.org, applicants couldn't go back or change their information or materials without compromising the integrity of our anonymous review process). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

There have been some kinks to iron out as we have grown used to the new system, but we have benefitted from prompt user support from the Submittable team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use Submittable to manage our open submission process for new plays, which is used by at least 700 playwrights each year. We also use it for our readers of submissions, which makes this process much more efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Olivia R.
OR
Board Member
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Submittable?

The format is so intuitive, and easy to use. I love the ability to analyze information, score/rank. I also like the ability to have guidance that reviewers can view on the right-hand size to see side-by-size with the actual submission. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

On the home / landing page, a user sees all the submissions for the entire host organization. If I have 3 or 4 RPFs being collected on the system, I have to see them all and filter before getting to the ones I need Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Submittable:

Use the side-by-side feature to allow reviewers to see guidance / context / background information alongside the actual submission. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are managing RFP submissions by 3rd parties or grant applications. Submittable allows for users even external to the organization and it keeps content confidential. It also is able to run reports and averages and score applications, which we used to do manually! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kendra S.
KS
Assoc. Director and Writer - Communications/Marketing
Primary/Secondary Education
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Submittable?

I am more likely to submit to a publication if it uses submittable. It streamlines the submission process and shows the status of one's submission. It is also a great recordkeeper of past submissions and to gauge trends in where one's work is likely to be accepted. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

Aesthetically, it's nothing special. I also wish that publications were required to provide a response when they pass on work, versus just pushing the work to "complete." Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Submittable:

If you are a publication, this will certainly attract a more diverse pool of writers to submit for your publications. As a freelance writer, you cannot afford not to be using submittable to track your publication submissions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?

As a freelancer, it cuts my recordkeeping in half. I don't need to maintain clumsy spreadsheets with the names of the editor and the date of submission. Submittable keeps it all for me. I've also been introduced to new publications via Submittable and I'm very grateful for that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rachel G.
RG
Project Manager
Media Production
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Submittable?

We switched to using Submittable from a simple Dropbox link sent to our contributors and now there's no more follow up emails of "you forgot to include...". We simply set it up so everything we request is answered in their submission. It is a great platform that anyone (even those who aren't tech-savvy) can figure out, administrators and users alike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

I only with there were a way to "rank" submissions, not just with tags (we predominantly use those for stages of edits and review). If we could perhaps star or heart each submission it would allow us to communicate as an administrative team which submissions or writers we are most impressed with, or are most likely to use in future. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Submittable:

Submittable's ease of use and simplicity make it a great platform for any organization or company receiving submissions from contributors or business partners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?

All of our submissions from contributors across the world all come to one place. Its more streamlined and easy for them to jump in, versus the dozens of emails were we having to send to get contributors set up and followed through after submission on a different platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kendall D.
KD
Professor of English
Higher Education
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
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What do you like best about Submittable?

Managing multiple genres is intuitive and easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

The only thing that I've seen to improve would be reporting of items sold on a form. It's great to be able to add extra items, but complicated forms can be hard to read. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?

Submissions of several genres for a literary magazine with a small staff. Submittable helps us read and track submissions across genres and issues. It also makes the submission process easy for our writers. Submittable has helped our new magazine get noticed, especially on social media and through the Submishmash newsletter. We also use Submittable for subscriptions and single-copy sales. Charging a small fee for submissions allows us unlimited submissions and helps generate some income to publish the journal, while not charging writers more than postage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Allison J.
AJ
Director of Product Marketing
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Submittable?

I appreciate that Submittable was easy to learn and set up was a breeze. I could easily share access with others in my organization, enhancing collaboration. Using this tool saved us a ton of time compared the old way - collecting content via email. Customer support was personal and effective too. Totally worth it! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

I liked everything about our Submittable experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?

The business problem we were solving was user-generated content management for internal marketing campaigns. We collected hundreds of assets over a short period of time AND needed a team to review and rank the assets. Submittable worked beautifully for this. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Writing and Editing
AW
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Submittable?

I never forget to respond to a submission, and they're all in one place. There are also many ways to structure the decision-making process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

I wish it was easier to explain the process to my editors and judges, and I wish we could have a larger team--when we hold contests I need to remove my regular editors to get the judges in, and it's almost more trouble than its worth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Submittable:

It is a really helpful program, and worth the additional expense. If you're trying to simplify the editorial process, certainly consider this program--though it's easier with a stable editorial team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?

I never forget to respond to a submission, and they're all in one place. There are also many ways to structure the decision-making process, which allows us a ton of options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Austin S.
AS
Editor in Chief / Founder
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Submittable?

We use Submittable for all of our submissions from contributors all around the world and it organizes them nicely for us to review. It also allows our editors to access submissions from any place they have an internet connection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

The only problem I have with Submittable is that I am unable to review submissions from the app for the phone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have been using Submittable for almost a year now and it has allowed us to grow our audience as well keep track of submissions for the literary journal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nghi N.
NN
Web and Multimedia Instructional Specialist
Higher Education
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
(Original )Information
What do you like best about Submittable?

Very easy to use. You don't have to be a professional to create forms with Submittable. If you know how to crate form through drag and drop then submittable is perfect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

Downloading application process is a bit tedious. Only the file uploads can be downloaded. The application itself needs to be able to be saved as DOCX or PDF. At the moment, I have to manually copy and paste the application into Word. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?

Can easily create forms and have people submit and upload files into submittable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.