Honest comparison
Submittable vs Happy Grants
This one needs an honest disambiguation first: Submittable and Happy Grants mostly sit on opposite sides of the table. Submittable is submission-management software for organizations that run grant and CSR programs. Happy Grants serves organizations applying for grants. If you found Submittable while looking for tools to win funding, you were probably looking for something shaped like us.
Submittable is built for
Foundations, corporations, and governments running grant, CSR, and giving programs: collecting applications, managing reviewers, disbursing awards. Enterprise sales process, enterprise pricing.
Happy Grants is built for
The applicants: Canadian nonprofits, charities, and small businesses finding funding, researching funders, and writing applications.
The honest take
- If you run a grant program and need to collect and review applications, Submittable is a strong, widely-used choice and Happy Grants is not a substitute.
- If you apply for grants, Submittable was never built for you. Happy Grants matches your organization against 2,300+ live Canadian opportunities, shows which funders verifiably give to causes like yours, and drafts applications from your own content.
- Plenty of small organizations end up submitting through Submittable portals; Happy Grants’ template reformatting is built to fill exactly those forms faster.
For US organizations
The sides-of-the-table difference holds in the US too. If you are an American grantseeker, Happy Grants gives you today (October 2026): a free public directory of roughly 1,000 live federal opportunities sourced from grants.gov, free AI matching with the reasons shown, and drafting from your own content, with paid plans from CA$39/month (about US$28). US foundation data and state program coverage are expanding now, so if your pipeline is mostly private foundations, pair the free federal directory with a dedicated foundation database for the moment.
See what Happy Grants offers US organizations or browse the free US federal grant directory.
Side by side
| Submittable | Happy Grants | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Grantmakers running programs | Grantseekers winning funding |
| Entry price | Enterprise (talk to sales) | CA$0 free tier · CA$39/mo paid |
| Pricing shown on website | ||
| Find grants to apply for | ||
| AI matching with reasons shown | ||
| Funder giving data (verified filings) | CRA T3010 verified gifts | |
| AI drafting from your own content | ||
| Collect & review applications | ||
| CSR / employee giving programs |
Submittable figures as listed on submittable.com, checked August 2026: no published pricing; the site directs buyers to sales. Check their site for current pricing. Source
Try the difference free
Create a free account and Happy Grants matches your organization against 2,300+ live Canadian grants in about a minute, reasons included. No credit card, no sales call.
Get matched freeSubmittable is a trademark of its respective owner. Happy Grants is not affiliated with or endorsed by Submittable. Comparison reflects publicly available information as of August 2026; tell us at mocha@mochasmindlab.com if anything here is out of date.