360Giving
Depends
Confidence: Medium
UK grant funders that want open, comparable grants data adopt it, and it is free.
New check
Comparison
360Giving vs Submittable
360Giving and Submittable both land on Depends.
Submittable
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you run grant programs, contests, or application cycles with real reviewer workflows . 11,000+ organizations do.
| Compare | ||
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | UK grant funders publishing open data | Grantmakers and CSR teams |
| Who it's not for | Funders wanting grant workflow management software | Anyone needing a basic form or contact list |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁷ | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. |
| Support quality | No support evidence found | 'Excellent customer service' per Software Advice reviewers |
| Public sentiment | Adopting funders describe the standard as useful for publishing, but sources contain no independent user reviews.11 | Organizations praise the workflow tooling and support, while writers and small magazines complain about fees and some feature limits.14 |
| Biggest gotcha | Publishing is public by design; check every field before release. | Costs scale badly for small journals; CLMP discount only for qualifying literary orgs. |
Pick 360Giving when
- UK grant funders publishing open data
- Researchers and journalists mapping grants
- Charities scouting funder giving patterns
- Funders benchmarking peer grantmaking
When 360Giving is not a fit
- Funders wanting grant workflow management software
- Non-UK funders
- Organisations keeping grants data private
- Buyers needing support SLAs or enterprise contracts
Pick Submittable when
- Grantmakers and CSR teams
- Lit mags and writing contests
- Government agencies running application cycles
- Teams needing multi-round reviewer workflows
When Submittable is not a fit
- Anyone needing a basic form or contact list
- Small orgs that can't absorb submission and tier fees
- Buyers wanting published, predictable pricing
- Applicants themselves . you pay fees, the platform serves the organization
Sources
official
- Terms - GrantNavgrantnav.threesixtygiving.orgofficial
- Using 360Giving data as a funder360giving.orgofficial
- Before you start - publishing guidance360giving.orgofficial
- Upgraded Data Quality Tool360giving.orgofficial
- 360Giving API terms and conditions360giving.orgofficial
- Security page (none found)360giving.orgsecurity
- Data Protection and Subject Access Request Policies360giving.orgsecurity
- 360 Giving and Funders Together mergefundraising.co.uknews
- 360Giving was deregistered (LinkedIn post)linkedin.comnews
- Diving into 360Giving (funder write-up)williamgrantfoundation.org.ukreview
review
- G2 pros and consg2.comreview
- Software Advice reviewssoftwareadvice.comreview
- What Submittable actually costs a small literary magazinegreensubmissions.comreview