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Should I use Good Grants?

Grants management software for grantmakers - goodgrants.com

Depends. Buy it if you run recurring, multi-round grant programs with many applicants and reviewers and can absorb roughly AUD 10,700 per year. Small nonprofits or teams managing one simple round should use forms and a spreadsheet instead.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 20+ public sources; many review snippets were truncated, so no verbatim quotes could be extracted.

Ratings

  • Value for moneyNo pricing comparison data in sources
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support reviews found in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

10,700 AUD/year

Premium

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • Funders running open, multi-round grant programs
  • Programs with large reviewer panels
  • Multilingual, international grantmaking
  • Orgs needing SOC 2-grade data handling

Not for

  • Small nonprofits running one simple annual grant — use a form plus spreadsheet
  • Grantseekers hunting for funding; this is software for grantmakers, not applicants
  • Teams wanting a donor or fundraising CRM — grant tools don't do CRM
  • Anyone without roughly 11k AUD annual software budget

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

AI features carry separate per-field pricing; costs can add up.

medium

Only the Premium tier price is public; confirm what lower tiers include.

medium

Guess: volume limits, contract terms and exit fees aren't published — ask before signing.

low

Vendor's own guidance says shared user access needs careful configuration.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Purpose-built for grantmakers, covering pre-award, review and post-award stages.
  • Multilingual support with professionally trained translators.
  • SOC 2 certification cited by the vendor.
  • Publishes a detailed security and data-protection comparison.
  • Active development with regular public product updates.

Cons

  • Premium plan costs 10,700 AUD annually — steep for small nonprofits.
  • Not a CRM; won't track donors or fundraising relationships.
  • Most plan pricing isn't public; sales contact required.

Sources & method

Analyzed 10/02/2026 - 12 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x3review x5security x3news x1

Key stats

  • Ease of use: 4/5

    Rating

  • 10,700 AUD/year

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money. No pricing comparison data in sources
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Reviews and testimonials cite clean, fast UX
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Pre- and post-award, multilingual, AI fields, dashboards
  • Support quality. No support reviews found in sources
  • Security posture: 4/5. SOC 2 cited; publishes security comparison docs
  • 10,700 AUD/yr Premium plan price Annual, per vendor pricing page
  • 4 platforms Review coverage G2, Capterra, SoftwareAdvice, Reddit
  • 122 upvotes Community activity Aug 2026 product update post, r/GoodGrants
  • SOC 2 Security certification Cited in vendor posts

Pricing

Premium

10,700 AUD/year

  • Full grants management platform
  • Feature details not listed in public sources

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Reviews on G2, Capterra and SoftwareAdvice are broadly positive, while Reddit nonprofit threads weigh Good Grants against alternatives like AIMS for grant management.

Alternatives

Compare Good Grants with each alternative.

  • AIMS Grant Management

    Grant management tool Reddit users compare directly with Good Grants.

  • Dapple

    Positions itself explicitly as a Good Grants alternative.

    Good Grants vs Dapple

  • Guess: Submittable

    Broader submissions and grants platform; simpler entry point.

Companies that use it

  • jinnYouity
  • Aktantis (CITADEL project)
  • The Europe Challenge
  • Queen's University (School of Medicine)
Full analysis

Based on 20+ public sources; many review snippets were truncated, so no verbatim quotes could be extracted.

Solid grantmaker platform, but AUD 10,700/yr Premium pricing is overkill unless you run many grant rounds yearly.

Methodology

Based on 20+ public sources; many review snippets were truncated, so no verbatim quotes could be extracted.

Sources

  1. Good Grants homepagegoodgrants.com
    official
  2. Good Grants pricing pagegoodgrants.com
    official
  3. Good Grants product security pagegoodgrants.com
    security
  4. SSL Labs test: goodgrants.comssllabs.com
    security
  5. SOC 2 certification postlinkedin.com
    security
  6. G2 reviews — Good Grantsg2.com
    review
  7. Capterra — Good Grantscapterra.com
    review
  8. SoftwareAdvice — Good Grantssoftwareadvice.com
    review
  9. Reddit r/nonprofit — Good Grants and other grant softwarereddit.com
    review
  10. Reddit r/grants — grant management softwarereddit.com
    review
  11. Reddit r/GoodGrants — August 2026 product updatesreddit.com
    news
  12. AI field pricing help articlehelp.goodgrants.com
    official

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