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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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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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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 Non-Profit Organization Management
AN
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Submittable?

Our organization has been very satisfied with the Submittable grants platform since beginning to utilize it a year ago. The platform is very comprehensive and customizable as well as very user-friendly. The training provided was also very thorough and equipped our team to move forward using the platform with confidence. For our organization, it was also very important to be able to offer the application in multiple languages and Submittable was one of the few platforms that offered this functionality without relying on Google Translate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

We've been very satisfied with all aspects of the platform. Of course, with a high functioning platform, there is also a significant investment involved so that would be the only challenge our organization has encountered as we are still relatively small and must be very mindful about expenses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Submittable provides a robust and easy-to-use way for our organization to receive grant funding requests from innovative nonprofit organizations around the world. It also is a very user-friendly platform for grant reviewers and allows us to streamline the internal review process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I appreciate the ability to assign proposals to our reviewers and for them to see all of the submitted materials for each applicant. I can track who has started to work on their proposal review and they can also see our clarifying correspondence with the applicant in real time. The application building process helps us design an application that makes sense to our grantees and eases their burden in applying. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

As with any software updates, it has taken a while to get use to the new Submittable platform changes but in the end, it is worth it. We can now link forms (for example, a final report form) to an application so everything is one place. I think customer support was overwhelmed with the changeover and it took a while for them to reply for help requests. I wish you can have a more direct help line without paying a premium. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We have really expanded what we use Subnmittable for -- applications for training as well as grants, site visit reports, final reports. The more we use it, the more cost-effective it becomes although the price has jumped up in the past few years. Especially while we are all working remotely, being able to collaborate and review applications online has made the administrative load easier and is also easier for our board/reviewers to get everything they need in one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Seth Lennon W.
SW
Program Officer (Interim)
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Submittable?

Submittable is a perfect platform for enabling a team (working remotely or otherwise) to review applications while sharing reflections and feedback with each other, and ultimately the applicant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

Submittable is not everything under the sun, it does its job well but it is not a complete grants management platform like GIFTS or others. It doesn't try to be everything, and maybe that is ultimately a good thing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We receive numerous applications for philanthropic grants. We use Submittable to receive, store and interface with these applications. It allows our review committee to communicate amongst themselves about the applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
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What do you like best about Submittable?

The options to customize throughout the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

The reporting system could use help and for the company to recognize organizations use it for call for abstracts for events as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Easier to receive applications, for reviewers to leave feedback and to select applicants, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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President - Managing Editor
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Submittable?

Submittable is an excellent tool for accepting submissions for any project. Each submission portal is highly customizable, allowing you to change everything from the title to the submission cap to detailed submission guidelines. It also accepts a variety of file formats, and the screening process is intuitive and collaborative. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

This program can be very expensive. They also recently made changes to how their site and their plans work, so the support pages are frequently outdated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Submittable:

Be honest with the team about your budget when looking into subscriptions - they will most likely be willing and able to work with you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

My team can accept submissions from the nearby or worldwide literary community using Submittable. We can also join specific review teams, which means everyone only sees the submissions they are intended to review. The screening process allows us to leave comments and ratings on everything we review. The thumbs-up/thumbs-down ranking system allows us to see how well a piece is doing, saving us a lot of in-person discussion time. Overall, it makes our process more efficient and more collaborative. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
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What do you like best about Submittable?

My nonprofit used Submittable for running a small grants program and we're very pleased with the results. It was intuitive to use both for us and our grant applicants. I liked that we were able to create a simple landing page for our program within Submittable which made it easy to share with others. The application itself was simple to create using drag and drop field types. Our users had no problems filling out and submitting their applications and receiving notifications about their application status. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

With any powerful platform, there's a learning curve one needs to climb in order to understand and take advantage of all the features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Submittable is allowing us to operate a professional grants program that works well and reflects well on us and our sponsors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
UN
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Submittable?

Easy to see other peoples feedback. I like that I can compare scores. I appreciate the way scoring works as well to create some uniformity across scores. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

Not very intuitive to navigate. Could have a better user experience. I needed a training to understand how to use submittable, it would benefit people to be able to understand the program by exploring on their own. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Submittable:

I would just advise a brief orientation with all folks who are using the software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Trying to review grants and have them easily assigned to different review committee members. Beneficial to have the proposals easily downloadable or viewed in the program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I like the fact that there are many colleagues that are already familiar with the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

Some of the review processes are clunky and convoluted. Wish the submission screens were more user friendly for review purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Submittable is keeping us from having to review applicants in printed form and allowing a larger applicant pool to submit applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I like how easy it is to create a form and create reports. The system is easy to navigate and has made our work much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

Would like more newer/different functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Creating reports and having a streamlined process for traditional award submissions (i.e., paper and email). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
AN
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Submittable?

The platform is user-friendly, and setup was very simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Submittable?

There is a limit on the number of users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Grant management and application in one simple platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.