Submittable vs SmarterSelect - Scholarship Application Management System

Submittable and SmarterSelect - Scholarship Application Management System 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.

Depends

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you run many scholarship or grant programs and will verify current security practices in writing.

Submittable versus SmarterSelect - Scholarship Application Management System
Compare	Submittable	SmarterSelect - Scholarship Application Management System
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Grantmakers and CSR teams	Non-profits running many scholarship programs
Who it's not for	Anyone needing a basic form or contact list	Small clubs giving one annual award . a spreadsheet wins
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^⁹	One serious public incident: 1.5TB unsecured in 2021; no newer public findings in sources reviewed.¹⁴
Support quality	'Excellent customer service' per Software Advice reviewers	No support evidence in reviewed sources
Public sentiment	Organizations praise the workflow tooling and support, while writers and small magazines complain about fees and some feature limits.^²	Independent roundups call it cost-effective and well-suited to non-profits, foundations, and schools, but reviewed sources contain no verbatim user quotes.¹⁶
Biggest gotcha	Costs scale badly for small journals; CLMP discount only for qualifying literary orgs.	2021 breach: 1.5TB left unsecured; acknowledged only after repeated UpGuard warnings. Verify current posture in writing.¹⁴