SmartyGrants alternatives
SmartyGrants alternatives for NZ and Australian businesses
SmartyGrants: Quoted privately, as an annual access fee per instance based on yearly grant disbursement.
- check_circleYour data in a database you own
- check_circleOpen source, no lock-in
- check_circleBuilt and run by Enterprise DNA
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What people compare SmartyGrants with
SmartyGrants does not publish its price, and its annual access fee is quoted privately in bands based on how much you give away each year. You may look for an alternative if you want clearer budgeting, records in a database you own, or a system shaped around how your business works.
Yours to own
Grants for Claude Code
The open-source grantmaking management system that is just a database and Claude Code. Built around your business, with your SmartyGrants data brought across.
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How to choose a SmartyGrants alternative
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What drives the bill
Check whether the bill follows your giving, users or another measure. SmartyGrants charges an annual access fee per instance, banded by how much you give away each year, rather than by users or applications. Its price is quoted privately. Enterprise DNA’s owned version has no per-seat plans and costs one setup fee, then a monthly retainer.
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Who owns your records
Ask where your records sit and what it takes to get them out. SmartyGrants offers Excel and Word reports, while its API, OData reporting, metadata export and weekly backup by secure file transfer are listed as extra services. With the owned option, your records sit in a database your business owns.
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Fit with your process
List the fields, checks and approval steps your team needs before choosing. Your grants process may include applications, assessments, conflict declarations, decisions, agreements, payments and acquittals. Enterprise DNA builds your version around how your business runs, so you can consider whether it fits your own rules and the records you need.
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What switching involves
Check which records you can export, what needs mapping and what happens to attachments. SmartyGrants lets you export fields from forms through Excel reports, and lists data migration as an extra service. Enterprise DNA maps your SmartyGrants data across for you. Attachments stay in your records system.
The option that fits
A grants system built for your business
Enterprise DNA builds a version around how your grants work, brings your SmartyGrants data across and runs it for you. Your records sit in a database you own, and you can work with it in plain language, without per-seat plans. You pay one setup fee, then a monthly retainer. If you prefer to manage it yourself, the free version is available to run yourself.
- check Your business owns the database and records.
- check Built around your grants process, fields and checks.
- check One setup fee, then a monthly retainer.
Make it yours
Design your own SmartyGrants replacement
Everything starts from the open-source base. Then it gets your name, the parts you run, your rules and your data from SmartyGrants. Try it here, and we build the real one.
2. What it runs
3. Make it fit
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Answered from your own database
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We build it from the open-source base, bring your SmartyGrants data across and run it for you.
Questions
SmartyGrants alternatives, answered
How much does SmartyGrants cost each year? expand_more
SmartyGrants does not publish its price. It charges an annual access fee per instance, with bands based on how much you give away each year. The public pricing page says price on application, and current rate cards are visible only to logged-in subscribers.
Can we bring our SmartyGrants records across? expand_more
Yes. SmartyGrants lets you export fields from any form through Excel reports. Three reports can bring applications, payments and acquittals across, matched using the application number. Attachments stay in your records system. Enterprise DNA maps the data for you.
Can applicants keep using an online form? expand_more
The free version has no public application form. You can keep using a form already on your website and bring the submissions into your records. Enterprise DNA can also build a branded application form into your version.
Will a new system make our grants process compliant? expand_more
No software makes your process compliant on its own. The owned version can flag gaps in records, such as conflicts, late GrantConnect reporting for Commonwealth grants, overdue reports and payments without a signed agreement. Your team still needs to review and act on those issues.
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