Comparisons
The Great Grantsby vs other grant tools
Honest side-by-side comparisons with the other tools European researchers consider. We will tell you when another tool is the better fit.
Non-profit grant writers and development teams
Grantsby vs Instrumentl
Instrumentl is a US-focused grant discovery platform built for non-profit organisations, foundations, and their development teams. It excels at matching 501(c)(3) organisations to private US foundation funders. The Great Grantsby is built for academic research labs in Europe — with native coverage of ERC, Horizon Europe, NWO, MSCA, DFG, ANR, and other programmes most research PIs actually apply to.
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US university research offices and faculty
Grantsby vs GrantForward
GrantForward is a grant discovery tool for US universities. It combines federal and private funder databases into a searchable catalogue, typically sold as an institutional subscription to research offices. The Great Grantsby is built around European academic funding, sold directly to PIs, and delivered as a weekly digest rather than a search portal.
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Large research universities with institutional subscriptions
Grantsby vs Pivot-RP
Pivot-RP (formerly Pivot, now part of Clarivate / ProQuest) is one of the oldest funding opportunity databases. Universities worldwide subscribe at the institutional level to give faculty access to its searchable catalogue. The Great Grantsby is built for individual researchers who want a curated weekly digest instead of a database to search.
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UK and European university research offices
Grantsby vs Research Professional
Research Professional (part of Clarivate) is a funding opportunity and research policy news service, popular with UK and European university research offices. It is sold as an institutional subscription. The Great Grantsby targets the individual PI with a weekly personalised digest of matched grants.
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Researchers setting keyword alerts manually
Grantsby vs Google Alerts
Google Alerts is free and easy to set up — many researchers use it as their default funding monitor. The trade-off is that it is keyword-based and indiscriminate: you get every page that mentions your keywords, not every page that is actually a grant you are eligible for. The Great Grantsby does the filtering Google cannot do.
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