# ProposalCentral Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about ProposalCentral Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Grant Management products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/173373/proposalCENTRAL --- # ProposalCentral Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 13, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. Independent research methodology Capterra’s researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology. 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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/how-we-ensure-transparency/) [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) ProposalCentral ## What is ProposalCentral? ProposalCentral is the market leading grants management platform used by research funding organizations of all sizes. ProposalCentral streamlines the entire grants management process from application to award, enabling grant makers to make smarter investment decisions that elevate funding ROI. In addition, it comes with integrated reporting and visualization tools -- so you can track and communicate the impact of your funding long after the award. Learn more! We'd love to speak with you! ## What is ProposalCentral used for? [Grant Management](https://www.capterra.com/grant-management-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 13 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Starting price $0.01 Per User, Per Year Free trial not available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for ProposalCentral?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=http://www.altum.com&name=ProposalCentral) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### ProposalCentral 4.2 (13) VS. [4.6 (73)](https://www.capterra.com/p/140294/OpenWater-Awards/reviews/) Starting Price $0.01 Per User, Per Year Starting Price $5100 Per Year Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 3.8 (13) Ease Of Use 4.2 (73) Value For Money 4.2 (9) Value For Money 4.3 (64) Customer Service 4.8 (12) Customer Service 4.9 (70) ## ProposalCentral alternatives [4.3 (680)](https://www.capterra.com/p/76/Intacct/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 87% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.8 (398)](https://www.capterra.com/p/158382/Submittable/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 98% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [4.7 (37)](https://www.capterra.com/p/232111/RQ-Awards/reviews/) Starting price $1275.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 97% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars Highest Rated [4.9 (52)](https://www.capterra.com/p/122147/Grant-Lifecycle-Manager/reviews/) Starting price $9900.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 98% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/173373/proposalCENTRAL/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Approval Process Control 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Manage the process of evaluating documents or requests submitted for approval Due Date Tracking 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Ability to identify, sort on and alert participating parties about the approaching date by which action has to be taken Financial Reporting 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Generate reports to assess the financial performance of an organization Grant Application Management 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Track and manage the status of grant applications Grant Award Tracking 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Track grant submission requirements, deadlines, and financial documentation for awarded grants Grant Discovery 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Automatically search funding sources and alert uses when grant opportunities arise ProposalCentral 22 features Alerts or notifications of various types such as pop-up messages, sounds, banners, or badges Manage the process of evaluating documents or requests submitted for approval Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier Configure existing workflows to meet your organization's needs Track, store, and access client contracts or licenses Ability to identify, sort on and alert participating parties about the approaching date by which action has to be taken Reminders sent via email Generate reports to assess the financial performance of an organization Software designed for grantmakers Software designed for grantseekers Track and manage the status of grant applications Track grant submission requirements, deadlines, and financial documentation for awarded grants Automatically search funding sources and alert uses when grant opportunities arise Collect data to measure/track the positive impact an organization, nonprofit, or program has on social, environmental, or other groups. Track sent and received payments, invoices, and bills. Generate quotes or estimates for customers Timed notification for any upcoming task, deadline, appointment, or activity Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns Search and filter data across systems to locate required information by entering keywords or certain criteria Track the status over time for a request, process, asset, or transaction Create, design and manage workflows for repetitive tasks Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 4.1 (13) 4.1 Based on 13 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.2 (9) Basic $0.01 Per User,Per Year Value for money 4.2 (9) 4.2 Based on 9 reviews Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.8 (12) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.8 (12) 4.8 Based on 12 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.2 Based on 13 reviews Filter by rating 5(5) 4(6) 3(2) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent RE Rob E. Support Analyst Information Technology and Services ### "The Best Grants Management Platform" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 September 6, 2023 ProposalCentral is a must have tool for all grant funding organizations. The platform streamlines the grant funding process and empowers your agency to pull data needed at the click of a button. Easily track ROI and all research data across the life cycle of a grant and beyond. Pros ProposalCentral is an intuitive and easy to use system, while still providing the funders with all the features they need to succeed. With monthly product deployments, the system is constantly changing to accommodate the most up to date technology and needs for grant funding agencies. The customer support is top notch and is available at the click of a button. The analytics available through the system allow for easy dashboarding and reporting on the most commonly asked questions, as well as allowing the user to dive deep into custom reporting if necessary, all while having the customer support backing. Cons ProposalCentral does have monthly product releases and constantly are implementing better technologies and features. Sometimes this comes with a slight learning curve to learn the new features. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. SH Susan H. Grant Writer Non-Profit Organization Management ### "\[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\] in Customer Service was AWEsome!" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 May 11, 2020 I simply wanted to compliment \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\] in Customer Service (on duty \[SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN\]). He was very knowledgable about how to get around the PDF issue I was having. It is only thanks to his efficiency and attention to my proposal that I was able to submit accurate documentations, and make the deadline!! Pros Am writing only to compliment a Customer Service Rep Cons Am writing only to compliment a Customer Service Rep Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. EZ Emily Z. Development Coordinator Non-Profit Organization Management ### "proposalCENTRAL for grants" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 October 31, 2019 I love that it notifies the person responsible when a deliverable is due. Pros This is a really easy and streamlined way for non-profits to submit grants, grant reports, and expenditures. Cons Sometimes it is confusing to navigate as there are a lot of menus and a lot of options/places you can visit on the site. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. HC Heather C. Science Manager ### "Overall proposalCENTRAL has been a huge improvement over our previous system." 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 March 28, 2018 Pros It does just about everything that we need for managing applications and awarded grants. There is very little that we need to do manually anymore. The report builder is also very helpful. Customer Support consistently responds within an hour or two. Cons It is difficult to remember how to find some of the functions and there are a few more functions that we would like to see. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. HH Hongxia H. Scientific Program Administrator Non-Profit Organization Management ### "I just started using the platform in Feb 2018: review postaward progress and setup two new grants." 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 March 28, 2018 Pros The custom support is absolutely great. They are very patient, professional, and accommodating in helping out. Cons The new grant setup process. I wish I had more control on the platform formats/contents. Instead, I have to contact the customer support to change lots of details. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. TB TRICIA B. Program Manager ### "The customer support is outstanding!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 March 28, 2018 Pros I greatly appreciate the patience, expertise and support of Stefanie Chernyakov, my client support analyst. Also, my reviewers seem very familiar and capable with the software. Cons Grant making is new to me, so I have a steep learning curve. I'm finding the software a bit complicated, but I'm getting more efficient at it all of the time. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. SP Sandra P. Associate, Research & Healthcare Programs Non-Profit Organization Management ### "My experience with PC is positive overall." 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 March 28, 2018 Saving time and paper and manual tasks Pros It has eliminated the need for data entry for our grant competitions and minimized a manual tasks. - it has changed my life :-) Cons I don't like some of its defautls - specially the Head of the Institution defaulting to the financial officer etc Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. LR Leah R. Grants Administrator ### "The program is somewhat not intuitive and requires a lot of training and use to be proficient " 3.0 Overall Rating 3.0 3.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 5/10 March 28, 2018 One big benefit is having a platform to "advertise" our grant opportunity. The biggest benefit though would be having a GMS that is cloud based, making it accessible to all employees anywhere at anytime. Pros I like the functions offered through pC. What makes it different from other grant management software is that it also functions as a platform for applicants to search for grant opportunities and keep all their applications in one place. Cons The actual interface is dated looking and finding certain functions is not very intuitive. As a new user, I found customer support was necessary frequently. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. EH Emily H. Manager, Grants and Programs ### "User friendly, great costumer service, makes review process easy" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 March 28, 2018 Pros Once you go over the system a few times it's pretty self explanatory. It might just be easy because we're a small organization but the data is easy to compile. Cons I'm not always clear about what I can change vs what the grantee has to change, sometimes a small/easy to miss detail can make a huge difference. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. HS Hana s. HSA Research ### "The system functions seems to be repetitive and hard to use." 3.0 Overall Rating 3.0 3.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 1.0 1.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 5/10 March 28, 2018 Pros some aspects of it are simple and very intuitive. It is easy to log on and could be launched from any work station without having to go a server. It is safe and I never had an issue with security. Cons Many 1- Post award is the worst function. Once a user is in that function, there is no way to go back to the main menu. 2- some common sense aspects are missing, for example, looking for applications list, once one has the list there should be a link to the full application instead of going to another function to see that. And figuring out the other function is not an easy task! 3- If one need to extract a section from an application such as the Abstract, there is no way of doing do. Again, I have not been able to figure that out! Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. [View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/173373/proposalCENTRAL/reviews/) ## Top-rated software of 2026 ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox. Independent research methodology Capterra's researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. 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