Quillify vs. Candid
How many hours did your last proposal take?
Grant writing software that also finds the funding and manages the award
Quillify is better for you if you want the full proposal written, from first page to budget.
Candid charges $219 a month, and its AI writer covers letters of inquiry. Quillify drafts the full proposal from your own documents and grades it against the announcement.
Free to start, no card. Checked October 21, 2026.
Customer results
Our customers have won $6.6M+ from funders including USDA Rural Business Development Grant, Oklahoma Department of Aerospace & Aeronautics, Texas Semiconductor Fund, OCAST Industry Innovation Initiative. Read the stories
Price, side by side
| Quillify | Candid | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Permanent. Browsing and keyword search, no card. | A free account with limited search and basic profiles |
| Entry | $0, plans from $99/month | $219/month, or from $1,199/year paid annually |
| Top published | $750/month | From $1,699/year |
Our plans and pricing. Every Candid plan, checked October 12, 2026.
| Tool | Price per month and jobs at that price | Jobs it does |
|---|---|---|
| Quillify | $0 for 2, $1 for 3, $99 for 4 | Finds grants, Contracts and lenders, Writes proposals, Manages the award |
| Candid | $0 for 1 | Finds grants |
Find it, write it, manage it: three steps
Find: all the money
Grants, government contracts, and community lenders in one search, with the funders who accept applications flagged.
Write: the whole proposal
Lil’ Q drafts from documents you already have, checks every requirement, and grades the draft before you send it.
Manage: the award
After you win, your award letter becomes a calendar of every report and deadline, and Quillify drafts the reports when they come due.
What you get with Quillify that Candid does not offer
A slow month costs you nothing
Quillify starts free with pay as you go, and unused credits carry over. A quiet month builds capacity for the busy one.
The full proposal, written
Quillify drafts the full proposal from your own documents, revises it in plain language, and grades it against the announcement. Candid’s AI writer covers letters of inquiry.
Contracts and community lenders
Quillify shows 11,000+ open government contract opportunities and 480+ community lenders. Candid covers neither.
From search to submitted application
Quillify carries deadlines, a calendar, monitoring for new matches, assignable requirement checklists, and a record of what you applied for and won. Candid stops at who might fund you.
You can start at zero
Browsing and keyword search on Quillify cost nothing. Candid’s free account limits search and shows basic profiles. Its paid plans start at $219 a month, or $1,199 a year.
Open the rest for the detail.
$300,000 from about four hours of editing
Quillify wrote Grantvest’s application to the OCAST Industry Innovation Initiative, a competitive state program. About four hours of human editing went in before it was filed. It won $300,000. The full story
Switching is three steps
- 1. Start free. Search what you qualify for. No card, no call.
- 2. Upload what you already have. Past proposals, budgets, and reports become the documents Quillify writes from.
- 3. Keep Candid while you try it. Nothing has to move on day one.
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Browsing and keyword search are free, and there is no card required.