# Submittable Reviews **Vendor:** Submittable **Category:** [Grant Management Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/grant-management) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 168 ## About Submittable Submittable powers you with tools to launch, manage, measure and grow your grant, giving and volunteering 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, and distributed billions in funding on behalf of customers. ## Submittable Pros & Cons **What users like:** - Users commend Submittable for its **ease of use** , highlighting the intuitive submission process and user-friendly design. (9 reviews) - Users praise the **user-friendly experience** of Submittable, highlighting its clarity and ease for all participants. (5 reviews) - Users value the **robust reporting tools** in Submittable, enhancing decision-making and simplifying project tracking. (4 reviews) - Users commend the **excellent customer support** of Submittable, consistently highlighting their responsiveness and helpfulness. (3 reviews) - Users love the **customization features** of Submittable, enhancing their overall experience for managing submissions and reviews. (3 reviews) - Users love the **ease of setup** with Submittable, finding it simple and intuitive for integration and use. (3 reviews) - Flexibility (2 reviews) - Organization (2 reviews) - Users appreciate the **ease of team collaboration** with Submittable, simplifying workflow management and enhancing training efficiency. (2 reviews) - Users appreciate the **intuitive user interface** of Submittable, making submission management simple and efficient for everyone. (2 reviews) **What users dislike:** - Users find **limited functionality** with Submittable, lacking automated notifications and needing improvements in reporting tools. (5 reviews) - Users find Submittable's pricing to be **steep and challenging for small nonprofits** , impacting budget sustainability and affordability. (2 reviews) - Users desire more **integrations with other platforms** to enhance their experience, especially on lower-fee plans. (1 reviews) ## Submittable Reviews ### 1. Streamlined Processes and Customization, Top-Tier Support **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Heidi B. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 09, 2026 **What do you like best about Submittable?** I love the fact that you can customize the forms at the drop of a hat. If I realize there's an outlier situation, I can quickly customize the form to suit that student's specific need, and then revert to the original form. The autonomy to manage the portal as we see fit without involving IT is extremely helpful and allows us to get things done much quicker. The setup was really easy because it matched our existing process, which made things smoother. I also enjoy the ability to have cross-communication across multiple teams within Submittable, and how it centralizes everything, reducing the random emails that used to clutter my inbox. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** I really don't have any complaints about Submittable. I think if I really had to dig deep and come up with something to gripe about, it would be that I can't use different colored fonts in certain situations, just to make certain aspects of my forms look more digitally appealing. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Submittable centralizes application submissions, eliminating random emails and enabling efficient team collaboration and status tracking. It streamlines our process, allowing form customization without IT support, and replaces spreadsheets and emails, significantly improving our workflow. ### 2. Exceptionally User-Friendly Platform with Outstanding Support **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Margo S. | Creative Strategist, City of New Bedford, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 03, 2025 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Submittable has proven to be an exceptionally user-friendly platform for both our artists and grant applicants, who consistently report that the submission process is clear, intuitive, and stress-free. Our independent review committees appreciate having streamlined access to their assigned applications and find the scoring interface especially helpful, since they can view the full application and rubric side-by-side. The platform makes it significantly easier and faster for our team to create new projects, track submissions, and manage workflows. Customer service is excellent -- responsive, supportive, and solutions-oriented. Submittable also provides improved data access and reporting tools that help us evaluate impact and make stronger decisions. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** Reporting tools, although much better than before, can still feel limited when attempting highly detailed or multi-layered data pulls. Occasionally, updates introduce small changes that require adjustment or retraining for staff. Additionally, affordability can be a challenge for small nonprofits like ours; although the platform is highly effective, the cost can feel difficult to sustain within a modest operating budget. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Submittable streamlines every stage of our grantmaking and artist application process, solving challenges we previously faced with workflow management, reviewer coordination, and applicant experience. It provides a clear, user-friendly submission portal that reduces confusion for applicants and minimizes staff time spent troubleshooting. Our independent review committees benefit from being able to score applications and view rubrics side-by-side, which increases accuracy and consistency. Internally, Submittable centralizes our data, making reporting and analysis significantly easier and faster. Overall, it saves us time, improves clarity, and enhances the experience for applicants, reviewers, and staff alike. ### 3. Incredibly User-Friendly and All-in-One Solution for Non-Profits **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Erika H. | Programs Coordinator , Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 26, 2025 **What do you like best about Submittable?** I used Submittable for a few years at my last organization, and have since got my new employer to start using it. I find it incredibly user friendly (for both admin and front end users) and value the workflow and reporting I can track all in one place! I can quickly and easily put projects together, assign jurors, and analyze results. I really enjoy that everything is kept together for each submission - I do not have to hunt down forms or notes or images; it is a one stop shop from start to finish. I have used this platform for exhibition submissions, grant applications, retail events, and so much more for our non-profit arts organization. The platform is intuitive, even for those who do not consider themselves computer-savvy. Customer support is always great too, they have a wonderful team on staff. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** I struggle to identify downsides. There are a few features I look forward to in the future such as token integration within some form questions, but it really covers my needs well as is. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are using the software to collect and juror submissions for exhibitions, class proposals, grants, and scholarships. The software also has wonderfully easy to use and customizable reporting features that help streamline the review process. ### 4. Easy-to-Use All-in-One Platform with Helpful Customer Support **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Samantha Q. | Program Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 24, 2026 **What do you like best about Submittable?** All in one capabilities, including reporting. The software is very easy to use and the customer support has been very helpful over the years. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** We wish there was a notification for when a reviewer finished a review, or an automation for when the deadline for when reviews are due is coming up, there could be an automatic email sent reminding the reviewer. Instead we have to check everyday to and send individual messages. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** We moved from a PDF application to an online application process, which allows for easy review. ### 5. Great Product and always expanding for customer use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 02, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** It streamlines the entire processing of forms. Recommendations can be submitted and they directly associated with the form/application. An applicant can start and stop working on a form, by saving it. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** There is no option for a "public" form, but public forms are a small part of our need. We would rather have people be able to save forms and come back to them later. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Streamlines the request for recommendations. It automatically sends emails to recommenders and attaches them to that specific application/form. Applicants can see when recommendations have been submitted too. Easy to mark and let applicants know applications are complete. Easy messaging to applicants about the status of their application. ### 6. Improves Small Team Comms & Collaboration **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 04, 2025 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Ease of access to data for reporting Efficient communication and collaboration A better experience for applicants Improved administrative workflows Easier and faster to create and launch projects **What do you dislike about Submittable?** Would like more integrations with other platforms We have an older plan to keep a rate that is affordable for our small organization, but wish we could access some of the more advanced features on the higher fee plans. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** The ability to house all application materials – documents, external links, narrative responses – in one window. We use Submittable for application review processes for festivals, grants, and residencies. The platform supports all of the different types of programs well. As a small staff, using Submittable allows us to keep these programs and the communication with applicants streamlined and organized. ### 7. Highly Customizable Scholarship Solution **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Arlene G. | Chief Operations Officer, Non-Profit Organization Management, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 16, 2025 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Submittable is a great out of the box scholarship program. It is customizable in many ways. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** The reporting could be easier. I have talked with them about how it could be made better. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** We use Submittable to accept scholarship applications and track awards. ### 8. Excellent Customer Service, Easy to Setup and Use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 23, 2025 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Submittable has excellent customer service. I've experienced it as an administrator, working with a dedicated Submittable staff member to set up our organization's program (an application for a fellowship) and throughout administration of the program. I always received quick, thorough responses via their chat or email customer service. Often, I could find the answers to my questions in their online library of "how-to" articles. This allowed me to use Submittable effectively and confidently. Their customer service extended to applicants/fellows, meaning that I did not need to answer their questions but, rather, they could contact Submittable and receive a quick, accurate response. I used Submittable daily to create an application and administer the program, throughout the application selection rounds and with the chosen applicants, who became members of the program. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** Submittable reports export only to .csv or Excel files well. They do not export well to PDF in that you cannot modify what information is/is not exported to the PDF. Since applications in Submittable can include personally identifying information or details beyond what you need in the PDF, not being able to modify what is pulled from the platform into the PDF is an issue. Also, the PDF has the Submittable logo at the top, not your organization's, so it cannot be used externally. The ease of integrating Submittable with Adobe Acrobat can therefore be improved. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Submittable made contacting applicants and successful applicants (who became fellows) very easy. It eliminates the need for mailing or marketing lists/bulk emails from Outlook. When I needed to collect additional information from applicants and/or successful applicants (fellows), I was able to create the right type of form in Submittable and email it to an individual user or in bulk to a list of users of my choosing. This also demonstrates how easy it is to create and format emails in Submittable's messaging system. Submittable even allows you to create email templates. I used these for monthly updates to applicants and for periodic update emails to bulk groups of users (e.g., end of application and not selected). ### 9. Customizable, All-in-One Submission Platform **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 10, 2025 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Submittable It allows us to both accept submissions and integrate custom review and scoring and manage reviewers all in the same portal. I love the customization features and the user experience for applicants, reviewers, and administrators. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** I dislike that we can't set a deadline for reference forms to be received. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** My team has used Submittable for 3+ years for grant and scholarship management. We receive approximately 200 applications and coordinate a team of 12 reviewers to award about $100,000 each year. Compared to other platforms I've used, Submittable makes it easier and faster to create projects, improves our administrative workflows, and creates a better experience for applicants. ### 10. Outstanding CSR Products That Deliver Results **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** SUKRITI R. | Associate Software Engineer, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 21, 2025 **What do you like best about Submittable?** The CSR products provided by Submittable **What do you dislike about Submittable?** The support could be better. And the cofigurations could improve **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Making the grant management system much easier than it used to be. 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