GrantSeeker.io Pricing: Which Plan is Best for You?

Navigating the maze of pricing plans for grant management software can be a real headache, especially when every dollar counts for your nonprofit.

With tight budgets and valuable resources on the line, choosing the right pricing plan is essential. In this guide, we’ll simplify the choices for you, breaking down GrantSeeker.io's pricing plans and highlighting the features that matter most.

We’ll also stack them up against Instrumentl to show you why it might be the better alternative.

By the end, you’ll be able to decide which plan offers the best bang for your buck, helping your nonprofit thrive without stretching your budget thin.

Let’s dive in!

GrantSeeker.io offers a range of pricing plans designed to cater to the varying needs and budgets of nonprofits.

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Here’s a quick breakdown of the available plans:

• Community Plan: Price: $0
• Premium Plan: Price: $14.99/month
• Prospecting Plan: $39.99/month
• Enterprise Plan: Price: $209/month

We’ll dive deeper into what’s offered with each of the tiers a little later in the article.

GrantSeeker.io offers a suite of features designed to streamline the grant management process for nonprofits. Here are some common standout features across all plans and how they can enhance your grant-seeking and grant-management efforts:

• Unified Grant Management: GrantSeeker.io allows you to centralize all of your grant information, funders, and tasks in one platform. This eliminates the chaos of managing multiple spreadsheets, making it easier for grant professionals to access up-to-date information and collaborate effectively.‍
• Unlimited Users and Tasks: You can have unlimited users and tasks across all plans, without accruing additional costs. This facilitates team collaboration by enabling every team member to participate in the grant management process, ensuring no opportunity is missed due to user limitations.‍
• Custom Fields and Advanced Reporting: GrantSeeker.io provides customizable fields and advanced reporting tools to track specific metrics and generate detailed reports. This allows grant professionals to tailor the platform to their unique needs and present comprehensive reports to stakeholders to better showcase their grant programs' impact.‍
• Calendar and Email Integration: Syncs grant-related tasks and deadlines with Google Calendar and sends automated email reminders. This ensures you and your team stay organized and never miss a deadline or task.

These features collectively enhance the efficiency, organization, and effectiveness of grant professionals, allowing them to focus more on crafting successful grant applications and less on administrative tasks.

However, while GrantSeeker.io offers some prospecting abilities, they are not its primary focus and are not very robust. This project management tool is primarily designed to help you organize and track your grants.

In this section, we’re going to take a deeper dive into the different pricing tiers offered by GrantSeeker.io. Let’s explore what each tier has to offer.

Community Plan (Free Forever)

Price: $0

Features:

• Unlimited Grants Management: Track and manage an unlimited number of grants, requests, and payments, ensuring all your grant-related activities are organized in one place.
• Unlimited Tasks: Assign and track an unlimited number of tasks, helping your team stay on top of deadlines and responsibilities.
• Unlimited Funder Tracking: Keep track of all your funders, including their details and interactions, to build and maintain strong relationships.
• Impact Tracking: Monitor and share the impact of your grants with funders and stakeholders, demonstrating the effectiveness of your programs.

In terms of support, the Community Plan gets you access to community support and basic resources.

Be aware—this plan does not include advanced features like program budgeting, custom fields, or advanced reporting tools.

Premium Plan

Price: $14.99/month (billed annually)

Features:

• Includes Community Plan Features: All features from the Community Plan are included.
• Program Budgeting: Allocate and visualize grant awards across different programs, helping you measure performance against goals.
• Advanced Excel Exports: Export data in advanced Excel formats for deeper analysis and reporting.
• Advanced Data Visualizations: Utilize data visualization tools to gain insights into your grant management process.
• Google Drive Integration: Link documents directly from Google Drive, ensuring easy access and collaboration.
• Calendar integration: Sync tasks and deadlines with your calendar to stay organized and avoid missing deadlines.
• Custom Fields: Add custom fields to track specific data points relevant to your organization.
• Interactive Grant Timelines: Visualize the timeline of your grants from inception to completion.

The Premium Plan gets you access to priority customer support for quicker issues resolution.

As an FYI: this plan does not include features exclusive to the Prospecting or Enterprise plans.

Prospecting Plan

Price: $39.99/month

Features:

• Includes Premium Plan Features: All Premium Plan features are included.
• Advanced Funder Search: Search for potential funders using advanced criteria to find the best matches for your organization.
• Funder Contribution Reports: Access detailed reports on funder contributions to understand their giving patterns.
• Organization Details: View comprehensive details about potential funders, including their funding history and priorities.
• Bookmarking, Notes, and Prioritization: Save and organize potential funders, add notes, and prioritize them for follow-up.

The Prospecting Plan gives you access to enhanced customer support for assistance with the platform’s prospecting tools.

This plan is ideal for organizations looking to expand their funding sources, but it lacks some of the advanced features of the Enterprise Plan.

Enterprise Plan

Price: $209/month

Features:

• Includes Prospecting Plan Features: Includes all features from the Prospecting Plan.
• Task Templates and Checklists: Create standardized task templates and checklists to streamline your grant management processes.
• Custom Pipeline Stages: Customize the stages of your grant pipeline to fit your organization’s workflow.
• Accounting-based Budgets: Manage budgets based on accounting principles for better financial tracking.
• Account Security and Health Monitoring: Monitor the security and health of your account to prevent issues.
• VIP Support: Receive VIP support, including migration assistance for existing accounts.

Access to premium support services ensures comprehensive assistance with the Enterprise Plan. This plan also includes all advanced features, making it ideal for large organizations with complex grant management needs.

GrantSeeker.io is a reliable tool for grant management, offering robust features for tracking and managing grants. However, its limited prospecting capabilities mean it may not fully support the entire grant lifecycle, from identifying active grants to securing and managing funding.

For organizations seeking a comprehensive solution that can match you to good-fit funding opportunities and support your post-award needs, exploring an alternative solution could be beneficial.

We might be biased, but we believe that Instrumentl is the most comprehensive and advanced fundraising tool available today. Instrumentl streamlines the entire grant lifecycle, allowing you to prospect, track, and manage grants within one easy-to-use tool.

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Let’s look at some of the features that help Instrumentl stand out from other tools on the market.

Smart Grant Matching

Instrumentl’s smart matching algorithm matches grant professionals with active funding opportunities that fit their unique needs. Sounds great, right?

It’s pretty simple: you input a few details about your nonprofit, such as location, mission, and funding requirements, and Instrumentl analyzes its database to curate a personalized list of good-fit matches for you.

With over 400,000 funders, 15,000+ live RFPs, and 150+ new opportunities added weekly in its database, Instrumentl offers a comprehensive and constantly-updated resource for finding grant opportunities tailored to your needs.

Here’s the best part—as new funders and opportunities are added, Instrumentl delivers weekly updates to your inbox!

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This customized approach ensures that you are focusing only on grants with the potential to yield a high return-on-investment (ROI), which means you aren’t wasting time on opportunities that aren’t a good fit.

I’m not the only one that loves Instrumentl’s comprehensive approach to all things grants. Check out what Dan Prinzing, Project Manager on the construction of the new Wassmuth Center for Human Rights, had to say:
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“The thing that initially attracted me to Instrumentl is mining that field of possibilities. Instead of wasting time on preliminary research, I can focus on the actual grant writing. What a tremendous trade-off! I would much rather have time to write the grant proposal than to search for it."--Dan Prinzing.

Foundation Profiles and Advanced Funder Insights

Instrumentl provides comprehensive foundation profiles that help grant professionals quickly identify foundations whose interests align with their mission, making it easier to create targeted proposals.

These detailed funder insights include:

• Average giving
• Number of grants awarded
• Past grantees
• Geographic focus
• Openness to new grantees
• Giving by NTEE code

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This data, sourced from funders' 990 forms, is presented in easy-to-read snapshots. These insights help grant professionals quickly evaluate a funder’s history and suitability without having to sift through hundreds of pages of 990 forms, which makes it easier to narrow down and pursue the best-fit funding opportunities for your organization.

Recipient Profiles/Reverse Search

Instrumentl’s recipient profiles and reverse search features allow users to look up nonprofits similar to theirs and see who has awarded them funding in the past.

This reverse search enables users to identify funders who have supported organizations similar in size, location, or mission, making adding relevant funders to their prospect list easier.

For example, when you view the recipient profile of the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula, you can see their past awards—check out the image below.

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Grant Tracking and Submissions

Instrumentl provides a comprehensive and user-friendly platform for managing the entire grant lifecycle—including grant tracking and submissions.

• Integrated tracking: This feature manages every stage of the grant process in one unified platform, from discovery to submission and reporting.
• Automatic Deadline Alerts: Sends reminders for upcoming deadlines, ensuring no important dates are missed.
• Centralized Document Management: Users can store all grant-related documents in a single location, making it easy to access and organize necessary files. 
• Collaboration Tools: Instrumentl supports team collaboration, allowing multiple users to work on grant proposals simultaneously, assign tasks, and stay updated on progress.

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CEO and Lead Grant Writer Arnisha Johnson shares:
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“I have found that Instrumentl’s calendar is the most organized tracker I’ve seen. It lays out all of the information regarding the grant opportunity in a calendar/monthly layout.”--Arnisha Johnson.

These advanced tracking features make Instrumentl highly efficient for managing multiple grants, streamlining your processes and enhancing coordination among your entire team.

Check out this rave review from Gail K, below:

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CRM and Calendar Integrations

CRM and calendar integrations are essential for efficient grant management. They enable nonprofits to streamline communication, track donor interactions, and ensure timely submissions and follow-up.

Instrumentl’s advanced integration capabilities include:

• Comprehensive CRM Integrations: integrates seamlessly with popular CRM platforms, such as Raiser’s Edge NXT and Salesforce, enhancing donor and grant tracking.
• Calendar Sync: Syncs with Outlook, Google Calendar, and iCal, ensuring all team members stay informed about deadlines and other important dates.
• Customizable Views: Users can tailor their calendar views by project, task type, and grant owner, providing a clear and organized schedule.

These CRM and calendar integrations offer a seamless and efficient grant management experience.

In this article, we’ve taken a close look at GrantSeeker.io’s pricing plans and features to help you determine which plan is best suited for your nonprofit.

However, if you’re interested in a more comprehensive solution that can support you throughout the entire grant lifecycle, consider checking out Instrumentl.

Instrumentl’s platform can support you seamlessly from grant prospecting to post-award management. Sign up for a 14-day free trial to explore its features and see how it can help your nonprofit secure more funding.