Quillify vs. Velora
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 a city, a business, a researcher, or a tribe as well as a nonprofit.
Velora’s pages are written for nonprofits. Quillify serves every kind of applicant and shows contracts and lenders beside grants.
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 | Velora | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Permanent. Browsing and keyword search, no card. | Free grant directory. 14-day trial of Grant Management. |
| Entry | $0, plans from $99/month | $89/month for Grant Management, unlimited users |
| Top published | $750/month | $89/month for Grant Management; other products through sales |
| 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 |
| Velora | $0 for 1, $89 for 3 | Finds grants, Writes proposals, Manages the award |
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 Velora does not offer
Built for more than nonprofits
Quillify serves small businesses, researchers, tribal governments, and cities as well as nonprofits, each with the funding that fits them. Velora’s pages are written for nonprofits.
Contracts and lenders in the same search
Quillify carries 11,000+ open government contract opportunities and 480+ community lenders beside grants and foundations. When a contract or loan fits better, you see it in the same search.
Who funds your peers
Name your peers and Quillify shows the funders backing them that haven’t backed you yet, across 129,000+ foundations with the 20,000+ that accept applications flagged. Paste your board list and it checks every name against foundation officers and trustees.
Post-award dates from your award letter
Hand Quillify an award letter and it puts the reporting schedule, the closeout window, and prior-approval changes on your calendar.
You can start at zero
Quillify starts free with pay as you go. Unused plan credits roll over for a full 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 Velora 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.