Quillify vs Granted AI
Full-lifecycle positioning at a low price point, aimed at federal and research grants.
Below is what Quillify does that they do not, what they are good at, and the prices side by side. Every figure about Granted AI was read off their own pages, and every figure about us is generated from what we actually charge, so both are checkable rather than claimed.
Every price and claim about Granted AI was read off their own live pages on 6 August 2026. Vendors in this category ship weekly, so check before you decide anything expensive.
What Quillify does that Granted AI does not
- Contracts and lenders in the same search
- 7,900+ open government contract opportunities and 480+ community lenders alongside 3,700+ grants. For a company the contract is frequently the larger and more winnable opportunity, and it is invisible in a grants-only tool.
- Who will actually read you
- Seven in ten private foundations fund only organizations they have already chosen. We publish the 19,000+ that accept applications, free, so the week goes to the shorter list.
- Checkable claims
- Their widely-ranking article is titled as having tested tools on real NIH, NSF and SBIR proposals and contains no methodology, success rates or test data anywhere in it. Every figure on our comparison pages carries a date and a source, which is the standard we would want held against us.
What Granted AI is good at
Stated accurately, because a comparison that pretends a real product is bad is worth nothing to you and we would rather you could check every line of this.
- Price against the incumbents
- $29 a month, with a free tier that does not ask for a card. Against Instrumentl's $299 that is a different order of spending, and for an organization testing whether software helps at all it removes the reason to hesitate.
- They describe the whole lifecycle
- Discovery through drafting, with funder-review simulation and compliance monitoring in their own description of the product. That is a wider stated scope than most tools at this price.
Price, side by side
| Quillify | Granted AI | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | $0, plans from $99/month | $29/month |
| Top published | $750/month | $89/month professional |
| Free tier | Permanent. Browsing and keyword search, no card. | Yes, no card required |
Our figures come from the product's own pricing constants at build time, so this table cannot drift from what we actually charge. Theirs was read on 6 August 2026. Our full price list, including what every action costs.
Which one you want
Quillify, if any of this is you
You need contracts or lenders as well as grants, you want to know which funders accept applications before you write, or you want an assistant that holds your pipeline instead of a tool you drive one prompt at a time.
Still weighing it up? The wider set of alternatives to Granted AI, with prices, and the whole category in one table.
The cheapest way to decide is to look.
Browsing and keyword search are free, and there is no card required.