Quillify vs. Submittable
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 are the one applying for the money.
Submittable is software for funders. Quillify is for the organization applying, from search to submitted proposal.
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 | Submittable | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Permanent. Browsing and keyword search, no card. | None |
| Entry | $0, plans from $99/month | Not published |
| Top published | $750/month | Not published |
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 Submittable does not offer
Built for the applicant
Quillify finds what you are eligible for across 5,000+ grants, 11,000+ contract opportunities, and 480+ lenders. Then it writes the proposal.
Software for the side applying
Submittable appears in several comparison articles about grant-seeking software, though it serves funders. Quillify is built for the organization asking for the money.
$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
Starting 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. Submit where the funder asks. A funder that runs its program on Submittable still takes your application through its own portal.
Still weighing it up? The wider set of alternatives to Submittable, and the whole category in one table.
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Browsing and keyword search are free, and there is no card required.