# 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 appreciate the **ease of use** in Submittable, finding the platform intuitive and stress-free for submissions. (10 reviews) - Users benefit from the **exceptionally user-friendly** platform of Submittable, enhancing their experience in managing submissions and reviews. (5 reviews) - Users praise the **ease of data access for reporting** , facilitating efficient workflows and informed decision-making. (4 reviews) - Users highlight the **excellent customer support** from Submittable, which is responsive, supportive, and solutions-oriented. (3 reviews) - Users appreciate the **customization features** of Submittable, enhancing the overall experience for applicants and reviewers. (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 the **reporting tools limited** , making detailed data analysis challenging and requiring frequent adjustments. (5 reviews) - Users find the **pricing can become steep** , making it challenging for small nonprofits to maintain subscriptions. (2 reviews) - Users find the lack of **public forms** limiting, wishing for more flexibility and additional integrations with other platforms. (2 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. And the CSR activities more smoother to perform and maintain. ### 11. Streamlined Submission Management Made Easy **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Azeez A. | Director of Programs and Projects, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 24, 2025 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Submittable makes it easy to collect, manage, and review submissions in one place. Its intuitive interface, customizable forms, and collaborative review features simplify complex workflows and save time for both applicants and administrators. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** While the platform is very functional, some advanced customization options require extra effort or support from the Submittable team. Reporting features could be more flexible, and the pricing can become steep for larger programs or growing teams. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Submittable helps streamline the entire grant and application process by centralizing submissions, automating reviews, and enabling better team collaboration. It eliminates the need for manual tracking via spreadsheets or email chains, which has saved us time, reduced errors, and improved the experience for both reviewers and applicants. ### 12. Bright Funds by Submittable **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Philanthropy | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 27, 2025 **What do you like best about Submittable?** The easy sign-up process and intuitive user friendly features. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** Not applicable at this time. I am still learning the software. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Submittable is helping to provide a solution for an employee engagement program. ### 13. Perfect platform for company wide corporate philanthropy initiatives **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jackie J. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 03, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Bright Funds has been the perfect fit for our company. The platform is easy for employees to engage with, offers countless ways to engage employees through a variety of volunteering and fundraising initiatives and provides great insite into impact and outcomes for our comanywide initiatives. The Bright Funds team is outstanding about answering questions and ensuring we are maximizing product features. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** There is nothing we dislike about Bright Funds. It truly meets our needs for our corporate giving initiaitves. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Bright Funds has allowed us to easily implement matching gifts, paid volunteer time and community grants management. We can successfully launch fundriaisng campaigns, organize volunteer events and manage our entire grant process in the plaform. Additonally, we can easily see our impact and engagement through the trackig tools offered throught the admin portal. ### 14. Easy platform for employers! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 25, 2025 **What do you like best about Submittable?** We love how easy it was to set up this platform and integrate with our HRIS. So easy to use! **What do you dislike about Submittable?** There's nothing I dislike about the platform or team. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Allowing employees to make donations that the company can match with ease and agility. ### 15. Easy to use for both staff and applicants **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Government Administration | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 23, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** 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 projects up and running is easy, and it's easy to adjust for quality **What do you dislike about Submittable?** The few things I have complained about have been updated, like not being able to see applications in draft to support applicant orgs better, that was just updated recently. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Previously any grant applicant or RFQ applicant had to submit a paper application and attachments, often in multiple duplications so that every reviewer had a copy. We are making it easier for applicants and reviewers; cutting down printed materials significantly. As a grant manager, Submittable makes my job easier from the beginning to the end of the funding. The data management across programs has been a game changer as well! ### 16. Great service **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matthew S. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 21, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Easy to keep track of submissions and an excellent customer service team. Super-responsive when we've had issues **What do you dislike about Submittable?** The ability to run reports has been a challenge, despite the massive integration of our entire back catalog of stuff **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Makes the online application process easier for more people to access. We're a state agency, and Submittable has created a home for all of our submission material. The ability for clients to edit their applications has been a great feature, as well. ### 17. Good customer service available **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** B. Lynn G. | Manuscript Consultant & Managing Editor, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 28, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** 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. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** I've had some trouble setting up new contests without help, since technology isn't my strength, but I've gotten some good help. I miss the newsletter that listed our contests. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Not sure this applies. FYI, I still use it for submissions to our writing contests, but that wasn't an option. ### 18. Submittable is a very user-friendly program that makes my job much easier **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Carrie A. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Submittable is very user-friendly. The learning curve is very short and most anyone can master the program quickly. Additionally, the team at Submittable is always making improvements and listening to customer feedback. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** There are some minor limitations and annoyances. For instance when you open a document in an application then close the document, you are placed back at the top of the application instead of maintaining the spot your were in the application ... it's annoying to have to scroll back down each time. However, this is minor. All and all I love it. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Submittable is providing an easy, efficient platform allowing us to have the majority of our information in one place and allowing our applicants to easily apply. Submittable makes my job easier! ### 19. Our Go-To Product for Applications **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Philanthropy | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 27, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** There is a lot of customization available for our Submittable projects which allow us to gather data and ask questions that will lead us to developing better programs for our applicants. It is also easy to navigate as a new user. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** There is a need for a more configured CRM and the lack of one really adds time to our workteam as we use a third-party software to coordinate with Submittable to get the information collection we need. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Submittable is used for our applicants to submit their requests for funding through our grant opportunities. Internally, we can review and adapt our applications to best-fit the organizations we are working with. Submittable takes out the organization load that comes along with one-by-one application requests and allows us to categorize and project manage various applications at one time. We use this product for all our applications and also for data gathering. ### 20. Outstanding Tool for Grants **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Emily L. | Vice President of Marketing & Programs, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 11, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Submittable helps us keep all of our reviews organized, keeps our team on track, and helps us manage multi-million dollar grants to distribute them to minority small business owners throughout the United States. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** It can be tough sometimes if you have multiple projects going... because you can't assign reviewers access to only one project. Your reviewers can see all of the projects and all of the data, which isn't great if you're contracting out reviews. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Submittable is the only platform out there that can truly manage a grant from the beginning to the end without headaches and disorganization. We are so grateful for this program and it has saved us literally thousands of hours. ### 21. Submittable has streamlined our internal processes for managing grants. **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Government Administration | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Submittable provides a central hub where all documents and communications can be tracked and shared amongst team members. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** Submittable does not currently have all of the abilities that we need it to but we are confident in being able to work with what we have and Submittable's ability to constantly add new features. One big dislike is that our organization (NMDA) shares one account with multiple grant programs so the single email is not effective for notifying when things have been submitted. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Submittable for us is solving the email/inbox clog that happens when every applicant and subreciepent is emailing everything to multiple people. It helps us to stay organized and ensure we are not "dropping the ball" on any step in the process. We are also able to customize our application in a way that makes sense for us. For example, for annual and final reporting, rather than using the USDA templates which previously had no character limits in the forms but then in the online platform we had to input the information into, there are character limits, so then we would have to determine which parts of the information was essential about their product which created more time and energy to reporting. ### 22. Grant Management made Easy! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Staci B. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Submittable is easy to navigate while managing several grant applications, files, and funding modules. It is easy to use, accessible to multiple people on a team or within an organization. Keeps things organized and can be integrated with DocuSign. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** I dislike that when creating a Project the form fields are standard and there is not the ability to create non traditional fields or unique fields that would be beneficial to specifics of our grant applications. Limited modification options. Also there is not an integration to Quickbooks. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Managing multi year grants and integrating with DocuSign. ### 23. Great product and and even better support **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rita N. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 13, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** First, out client success manager, Rhi Hood is awesome. She is highly response to our needs and always has something to offer our team. The platform is user friendly both on the donor's side as well as the administrator's side. Our team also likes the collaborative culture of the BrightFunds team. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** I wish BrightFunds offered a some features that we requested, such as a poll on the front end volunteer activities so we could ask our folks about t-shirt sizes, food orders, etc. On the Admin side, it would be great to be able to project anticipate totals for recurring payroll deductions for each quarter and the year. Our company like to track was actually given - and what amount has been committed or pledged. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** BrightFunds allows us to faciltitate employee giving and volunteer in one simple platform - and it allows us to easily track and measure the success of our community engagement efforts. Our emplyoees love it because it is user-freindly. Our team gets very few to almost no complaints about the site. BrightsFunds allows my team to focus on the work, rather than managing issues associated with online giving and volunteering. ### 24. Submittable has revolutionized how we administer our programs. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jesse K. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 05, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** I like that Submittable is easy to use, has a simple end-user design, and makes creating our forms simple. We transferred from a fillable-pdf form to Submittable from one cycle to the next with no problems and additional users, with no extra work on our part or extra stress. Everyone from the team has been very receptive and helpful, and I imagine we will continue to use the product for a long time. We are already exploring ways to integrate it into more of what we do. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** I would say that, at this time, there are few hurdles with the platform, though I could personally go for a bit more customization or a deeper toolset when creating questions/branches in a form. I've got a lot of experience with coding, however, so I imagine this doesn't come up for most users. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Submittable gives us an easy link to point to, rather than having to distribute files, and it solves a lot of technical hurdles by not requiring us to be subject matter experts. It creates what we perceive to be an equitable platform for all our applicants, and it simplifies our review process by keeping everything in one place - less room for human error. I think the best review for the platform comes from one of our review committee members. An octogenarian, you wouldn't expect him to be all that quick or familiar with online platforms, but he wrote me an unsolicited email saying, "Thank you for moving [our grant program] to the Submittable platform. It’s much easier to navigate than what we’ve used in the past." You can't beat that! ### 25. Outstanding platform, outstanding team **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ariella A. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 11, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Truly everything. The platform is so user-friendly for administrators, reviewers, and submitters. Gold help support team is there for everything I need. Truly outstanding! **What do you dislike about Submittable?** I would like there to be more/easier customization options, in addition to potential translation features for international users. Honestly, it's been really great so far. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** I don't think we could run this grant program without Submittable. Having such a powerful and user-friendly tool makes accepting, reviewing, and managing applications easy and possible. ### 26. Easy to use for workflows! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Government Administration | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 28, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** 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 when training team members and ensuring nothing gets missed. I also like how easy it is to build in tables. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** One thing I've always wanted from the workflows, is the ability to auto-assign different stages in a workflow based on whoever was assigned on a previous stage. From conversations I've had with Submittable, I found that that is not possible. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** It provides an easy way to have online applications. ### 27. Excellent support via email **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Emily T. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 14, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Bright Funds support helped me get a small nonprofit on the IRS list and also on my company's approved list of nonprofits. Extremely helpful! **What do you dislike about Submittable?** It could be better if there was a section in FAQ for what to do if a nonprofit is not in the list of approved nonprofits. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helping me support a nonprofit that I am passionate about. ### 28. The agent I spoke with was exceedingly helpful. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Chris L. | Customer Service Agent, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 28, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** The process was relatively simple and the agent was friendly that assisted me. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** When trying to submit my application the screen was not sized properly on your end, making it where the application butten was hidden. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** I requested assistance due to a natural disaster in my area. ### 29. Great platform **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Environmental Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Submittable really streamlines our application and selection processes, and also helps give our program a professional look. The form builders are super easy to use. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** The limited reporting features on the basic subscription are a pain - it would be very helpful to be able to export data from reference forms without paying thousands more. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** It's solving the problem of my limited hours that I can spend working across the several programs I manage - Submittable helps save time that I'd otherwise spend downloading and organizing applications for review. ### 30. Submittable is a powerful tool that streamlines our award management process. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Publishing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 03, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** We love the "open editing" feature and the use of email templates to simplify and automate different review processes. The "randomize assignments" feature is also incredibly useful. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** There are a few features that I'd love to see added to Submittable in the future. I'd love it if the search filters were a little more robust. It would be incredibly useful to be able to create our own tiers that different screeners and readers belong to and to be able to search for all assignments ready to be assigned or currently assigned to a given tier. I would also love to be able to sort by submissions that have been rated by the reader currently assigned to it. Currently, the filter for completed review pulls all results that have been read/rated by anyone as opposed to results that have been rated only by those currently assigned to them. It would also be more convenient to be able to request refunds independently via Submittable instead of submitting a request to billing via email. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Our award has grown past the size that our team could comfortably manage without the assistance of some kind of software. Submittable is fulfilling that need for us and it also allows our readers to read remotely for the award. The amount of manuscripts that we are able to process with Submittable is far more than what we could do manually. We also appreciate that Submittable's platform is more convenient for many in the digital world we live in, which encourages our submitters to find and submit to us, expanding our reach to a broader audience. ### 31. Submittable: Great ROI with MINOR pitfalls **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jeffery C. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 13, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Submittable is user-friendly. it's easy to build new forms. We are able to utilize it for several different programs that have various application needs. Compared to the cost of other platforms that provide similar services, Submittable is the way to go. Yes, some frills have an additional cost, but overall it was the best return on investment that we found when looking for a paperless system. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** Having been a customer for several years, they recently took away the ability for the "owner" to amend things within the application. While I understand there can be very good reasons for this, I can't even re-send a request for a reference letter to be sent-in or a reference form to be completed. I'm dependent on the applicant to do that. I also can no longer see the email the reference request has been sent to...sounds very small, but over the years I have seen several transposed letters in email addresses. What was once a quick fix for me is now something that I can't even tell may be wrong. I know these sound fairly insignifcant, but they have affected the flow of work to some degree...and, if these are the worst things I have to complain about, it must be a pretty good platform. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** After years of working with paper application forms -- and making multiple copies for committee member reviews, we looked for an online platform that would improve our process that was affordable for our needs. We are a community health system with a very robust employee scholarship program, a competitive high school fellowship program, and a priceless employee (crisis) assistance program. However, we aren't talking thousands of entries per year (we're in a rural setting), so we needed a platform that "fit." Submittable was, and IS, that platform. On the backside of things, it's been very easy to train committee members to do reviews. I have literally been able to sit down with a 70-year-plus volunteer board member, and train them to do a multiple response application review in 15 minutes or less. I am able to make a quick review of the necessary components and then, in a couple of clicks, assign an application (or multiple applications) to the entire committee group. No more copies to make and/or distribute. My committee members can do their reviews from anywhere they have an internet connection -- so there's no scheduling meetings. I am able to design review forms that provide a numerical score for each reviewer, as well as an average for the group. This allows me to determine my awardees by finding a natural "cutline" in the scores and working from there. It's no longer dependent on "I like this one..." and then they can't articulate why. I can see the why in the tabulation of their review. (The point system is not visible to the reviewer. They make their selection on merit not on favoritism.) ### 32. Great way to digitize your application process **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Steffanie B. | Compliance Manager, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 11, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Submittable enables staff to view any application - this is helpful when staff are out of the office, anyone can access the file to provide assistance. The program has also enabled people who live throughout our large county to be able to apply online 24 hours per day. Submittable staff are very helpful and responsive when we have an issue. Finally, the variety of reports that are available to build is helpful when reporting grant administrators, etc. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** A few wishes that I have for Submittable: 1. We are required to keep paper files for the time being. Submittable forms don't print that great and our paper files look messy. We also would like to have paper applications for those who are not comfortable applying online - we've had to build our own paper applications because printing it from Submittable is nearly impossible to make look good. 2. It would be nice if we could make changes/corrections to an application after it has been submitted. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has enabled us to digitize our application process - those in need can apply 24 hours per day whether our office is open or not. It has enabled us to build a database that staff can easily access in order to quickly assist those in need. ### 33. Highly Recommend Submittable for your grant review needs **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Brooke D. | Manager of Cultural Programs, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Easy to use and we can see all attchments in the review screen without having to toggle between different documents. The system is user friendly - it's easy to build out guidelines and review documents. Additionally the Submittable team's customer service is TOP NOTCH! **What do you dislike about Submittable?** The only thing that's challenging is not having a CRM attached to Submittable - sure wish this existed. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** When we end up with viewability issues their customer service team is quick to respond and assist us with solutions. ### 34. Dedicated Customer Service **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Libraries | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Submittable streamlined our Call to Artists application process by eliminating many cumbersome steps, like accessing emails and downloading and uploading images and artist statements. Any needs we had relating to the functions of Submittable, like how to create subroutines or how to add a function, were immediately addressed by their customer service. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** HEIC file type not supported. This is the file type for some iPhones **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Submittable solved the problem of juggling emails and images, saving uploading and downloading to multiple platforms ### 35. Submittable has worked out great for our business! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Conner P. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 14, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** We like that our customers are easily able to submit applications online. It was very simple to build forms and we have several of them. The training provided was wonderful and I felt I had all the tools to succed. Also, the online FAQ's and tutorials have been helpful. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** I wish there were different ways to format questions for instance the address. For our purposes, I had to separate all fields of the address. Also, with selecting the country, it would be easier if United States was placed at the top instead of having to scroll. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** We used to use paper applications and had to ask customers for additional information constantly. We are now going paperless and so far our applicants have not had many problems. If they do, then we are able to solve them easily. ### 36. Submittable Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kaycee N. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** It's incredibly easy for our reviewers to review/score projects **What do you dislike about Submittable?** I would like the ability to upload documents to accompany the project after the project has been submited **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helping distribute funds efficiently. ### 37. Time saver!! **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Angela T. | SEA, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Helped save time with grant applications and reviewing **What do you dislike about Submittable?** Not able to use search bar to search WITHIN the submissions **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Repository for grants, and axillary documentation ### 38. Excellent Product with many adjustable features **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ana C. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 03, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** I like the filters and the tags I can add to the projects which makes is easy to find various projects. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** I don't like how the settings are difficult to locate and changing anything on the site takes forever. Whenever I fix something I can never do it again or show my coworkers because it is so convoluted. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** There wasn't an option that captured well how my compay uses submittable. My company uses it to receive blog submissions and manage it on our platform. ### 39. Exactly what we need for our non-profit poetry press **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alyssa N. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 25, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** We've used Submittable for so long, it was called Submishmash when we first started using it. We have seen Submittable through so many transformations, and each update they do has only enhanced the site and made our lives easier. We have an annual competition that we run through Submittable and it makes it so easy to tag, review, and vote on manuscripts. We can't imagine using anything else. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** There is not much that we dislike. It might be nice to have even more ways of sorting labels (as we use labels a lot), but that is not a negative thing. If the labels stayed the same, it would be absolutely fine, too. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** We used to print out each manuscript (over +1200 of them) and vote on them manually. Using Submittable has saved us so much time and energy that we can't imagine using anything else. ### 40. One system to handle all our submissions **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Writing and Editing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** A very easy to use system for customers and the staff team. Helps save us 100's of staff hours every year. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** Would be great for people to make multiple entries more quickly **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** A easy system for us customers to use and make the management of customer submissions quick and simple ### 41. Efficient and Clear **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Philanthropy | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Submittable is really simple to use. Efficient and extremely clear. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** When reviewing applications there are often small technical issues like if you click on a video to begin watching and try to expand it, it will automatically close the entire video. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Reviewing large quantites of grants efficiently. ### 42. Great product, great support 10/10 **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Government Administration | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 08, 2024 **What do you like best about Submittable?** User-friendly interface (for applicants, staff, and panel members) Advanced reporting capabilities and a number of automated features to reduce staff times. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** Some internal processes aren't intuitive, it doesn't allow ranking in the survey/application form **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Managing the grants and call for artist process ### 43. Perfect for Non-Profit and projects with limited budgets! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Tarah R. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 05, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Submittable is easy to use, intuitive, and customizable. The customore implementation team was knowledgeable and responded quickly. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** Submittable export reporting features were not available when I used the system, but it may be available now. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** I engaged Submittable services for a non-profit, grant-funded project with a tight timeframe and limited budget. The customer service team provided outstanding support and the system was easy to understand, customizable, and fully met our needs. I highly recommend Submittable! ### 44. Excellent social impact and volunteerism platform solution for CSR professionals. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 11, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Bright Funds is easy to navigate for both the employee and administrator. The realtime quantifiable data you are able to pull is extremely helpful. The account managers are awesome; always helpful and troubleshoot quickly. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** There have been a few features that were lacking, however, the back end team is quick to implement changes. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Bright Funds is our one stop shop for all things volunteerism and giving for our 800+ employees across 43 states. It allows us to centralize all of our opportunities for employees. It also helps with accurate reporting for quarterly and annual reports. ### 45. Excellent Matching Gifts Platform **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Alexis M. | Director of Grants Management, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 11, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Streamlined, user-friendly, and intuitive! **What do you dislike about Submittable?** Distinguishing outside vs matching gifts **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** The process for employee matching gifts. ### 46. It's great for what we need! **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 26, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Submittable is used to house all of our applications and is the reviewing process of our annual cycle. For what we need, it fits us perfectly! I am able to change and update the applications and items on the fly as needed. I can even walk my reviewers through simple technical help myself. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** Some of the updates have reset my settings without my knowledge. I've only found out when something stopped working correctly and had to troubleshoot. Also, not knowing the pricing and setting up the pricing is quite agravating. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** All of the data gathered in the applications is easy to download in a spreadsheet. Which in turn saves me so much time. Everything is completely customizable! Without having to contact anyone else, it saves me time and quite a bit of money. Our review process can take place on the platform as well, and with three reviewers to an application, it can be a bit to handle. ### 47. Workflow for managing prof dev requests **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 26, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** We use it as a workflow for managing prof dev requests. It is helpful to be able to make edits to the application or configuration rather than having to go through local IT. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** We are not able to sort at a more granular level RE: status completion of some of our additional forms. The report export function is also not very intuitive. It offers many options but after much tinkering, they don't produce the desired results. We will likely need to purchase dedicated programming time from Submittable support to get customized report exports that work for is. Also, we have several separate licenses in offices across our larger organization, and it would be great if, taken together, we were able to receive an additional org-level discount based on the total accounts/business we have with Submittable. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** It has provided us a more modern application format with strong workflow, but certain features (like reporting) are still not ideal. ### 48. Robust Platform that Meets our Evolving Needs **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 11, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** Submittable is intuitive and user friendly. I found it easy to navigate and had minimal issues finding solutions to meet our organization's needs. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** The product is pricey for our small nonprofit and we only need the platform for part of the year. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Keeping our submissions organized and professionalized. ### 49. Submittable **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 11, 2023 **What do you like best about Submittable?** I like that everything is accesible and you can keep organized records. **What do you dislike about Submittable?** There is a learning curve to work with Submittable. At first is not that easy. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** Helps us to create a file for each student we have and continue adding forms to the specific students. ### 50. Amazing Platform to Help Contribute Worldwide **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Aaina A. | Customer Success Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** December 04, 2022 **What do you like best about Submittable?** I like how Brightfunds makes it easier for anyone to contribute towards the causes/events happening all over the world through one single platform. In the past two years, I have tried my best to contribute as much as I can :) All thanks to BrightFunds and DigitalOcean **What do you dislike about Submittable?** I find it hard to figure out the listing of a new organisation on Brightfunds. There was an organisation registered in India that is helping a lot of people in different areas, whom I suggested listing their profile on Brightfunds but somehow, the registration process was not easy to explore on our own. One of the employees from BrightFunds did guide me, which was helpful but still trying to figure out on next steps. **What problems is Submittable solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is helping me reach out to the organisation I plan to support through one Single Platform. 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