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Alternatives to SmartSimple Cloud
20 nonprofits tools sit alongside SmartSimple Cloud in this directory. Below is what separates each from SmartSimple Cloud on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 20
- With a free tier
- 4
- Cheaper to start
- -
- SmartSimple Cloud starts at
- On request
Why people look past SmartSimple Cloud
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the SmartSimple Cloud entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for SmartSimple Cloud carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 4 of the 20 alternatives below can be used without paying.
There is only one tier
SmartSimple Cloud publishes a single plan, SmartSimple Cloud at On request. There is no smaller tier to drop to if the fit is wrong or the budget moves.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Application, review and grant management for funders running open calls at volume
Priced and rated the same as SmartSimple Cloud on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
Enterprise-grade donor management system
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to SmartSimple Cloud's 1.
Fundraising software given free to nonprofits, funded by its founders rather than by fees
- Can be used without paying; SmartSimple Cloud cannot.
- Sold on a Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor model rather than quote.
Low-cost grant search across federal, state and private funders, with a paid consultant marketplace alongside
- Can be used without paying; SmartSimple Cloud cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $9/month, where SmartSimple Cloud does not.
- Sold on a Per user per month model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to SmartSimple Cloud's 1.
Open-source association management system for nonprofits
- Can be used without paying; SmartSimple Cloud cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, with paid hosting available model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to SmartSimple Cloud's 1.
Open source constituent relationship management for nonprofits, with no per contact or per donation fee
- Can be used without paying; SmartSimple Cloud cannot.
- Sold on a Open source, no licence fee model rather than quote.
Every SmartSimple Cloud alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SmartSimple Cloud (this page) | On request | Quote | 1 | |
| SubmittableFaster to launch and cheaper for open calls where review volume matters more than bespoke workflow | On request | Quote | 1 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| Blackbaud Raiser's EdgeWhere the organisation is primarily raising money rather than distributing it | On request | Subscription | 2 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| Give Lively | Free | Free to nonprofits, card processing charged by the processor | 1 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| OpenGrants | Free, then $9/month | Per user per month | 2 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| Tendenci | Free | Open source, with paid hosting available | 2 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| CiviCRM | Free | Open source, no licence fee | 1 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| CommCare | $100/month | Per month by mobile user count | 4 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| Foundant Technologies | On request | Quote | 3 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| CharityEngine | On request | Quote | 1 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| Instrumentl | $299/month | Per organisation per month by seat band | 4 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| Fluxx | On request | Quote | 2 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| Sumac | On request | Quote | 1 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| Bonterra | On request | Quote | 3 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| Blackbaud Grantmaking | On request | Quote | 1 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| GrantStation | $199/year | Per organisation per year | 2 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| Keela | On request | Per month by contact count | 1 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| MemberClicks | On request | Quote | 2 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| Fundraise Up | On request | Percentage of each donation | 1 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| Candid | $219/month | Per user per month by tier | 3 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
| Glue Up | On request | Quote | 3 | vs SmartSimple Cloud |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the SmartSimple Cloud badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (4)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Give Lively , Free
- OpenGrants , Free, then $9/month
- Tendenci , Free
- CiviCRM , Free
What you would be giving up
SmartSimple Cloud is most often brought in for a national research council running peer-reviewed funding calls with panel conflict rules and multi-year milestone payments, a private foundation whose grant process differs enough between programmes that packaged software would need four separate instances, a government department that must show a full audit trail of every decision and payment against public funds, a health charity running grants and beneficiary case management in one system with shared contact records. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If SmartSimple Cloud is broadly right and the question is cost, the SmartSimple Cloud pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Nonprofits category lists everything the directory holds, and best nonprofits tools ranks them.
SmartSimple Cloud runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about SmartSimple Cloud alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to SmartSimple Cloud?
- 20 other nonprofits tools are listed in this directory, led by Submittable, Blackbaud Raiser's Edge, Give Lively, OpenGrants. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to SmartSimple Cloud?
- 4 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Give Lively, OpenGrants, Tendenci, CiviCRM.
- Why do people look for an alternative to SmartSimple Cloud?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; there is only one tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from SmartSimple Cloud?
- SmartSimple Cloud is most often brought in for a national research council running peer-reviewed funding calls with panel conflict rules and multi-year milestone payments, a private foundation whose grant process differs enough between programmes that packaged software would need four separate instances, a government department that must show a full audit trail of every decision and payment against public funds, a health charity running grants and beneficiary case management in one system with shared contact records. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to SmartSimple Cloud?
- None of the nonprofits tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these SmartSimple Cloud alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Nonprofits, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare SmartSimple Cloud against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against SmartSimple Cloud covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every nonprofits tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Nonprofits category, 20 tools beside SmartSimple Cloud. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.