AwardSpring
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you run many scholarships or funds at a college, university, or education foundation.
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Comparison
AwardSpring vs Submittable
AwardSpring 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 | AwardSpring | Submittable |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Colleges & universities | Grantmakers and CSR teams |
| Who it's not for | Small nonprofits awarding a few scholarships a year | Anyone needing a basic form or contact list |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁵ | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. |
| Support quality | Customer stories repeatedly praise fast support | 'Excellent customer service' per Software Advice reviewers |
| Public sentiment | G2, Capterra, and SoftwareAdvice reviewers rate it highly, with testimonials repeatedly praising responsive customer support.⁸ | Organizations praise the workflow tooling and support, while writers and small magazines complain about fees and some feature limits. |
| Biggest gotcha | No public pricing; expect a sales-negotiated institutional contract.³ | Costs scale badly for small journals; CLMP discount only for qualifying literary orgs. |
Pick AwardSpring when
- Colleges & universities
- Education foundations
- Offices managing many funds
- Institutions replacing paper application piles
When AwardSpring is not a fit
- Small nonprofits awarding a few scholarships a year
- Anyone needing transparent, published pricing
- Corporate award or grant programs outside education
- Teams without IT help . SSO setup requires admin work
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
- AwardSpring homepageawardspring.comofficial
- AwardSpring platform overviewawardspring.comofficial
- AwardSpring contact pageawardspring.comofficial
- AwardSpring service descriptionawardspring.comofficial
- AwardSpring security pageawardspring.comsecurity
- Microsoft Entra SSO tutoriallearn.microsoft.comsecurity
- G2 reviewsg2.comreview
- Capterra reviewscapterra.comreview
- SoftwareAdvice profilesoftwareadvice.comreview
- SoftwareWorld reviewssoftwareworld.coreview
- SmarterSelect best-9 roundupinfo.smarterselect.comreview
- Chaffey College helpdesk articlehelpdesk.chaffey.edunews
- Kingsborough CUNY pagekbcc.cuny.edunews
- McMaster registrar pageregistrar.mcmaster.canews
- Rhode Island College customer storyawardspring.comofficial
- Mensa Foundation customer storyawardspring.comofficial