Overview
An AI grant-writing workspace with a real free plan. Official pricing lists Starter at $50/month and Pro at $150/month, plus a one-year 50% nonprofit discount for qualifying 501(c)(3) organizations under about $500K operating budget. Docs also describe a Pro+ tier whose public dollar price was not listed on the main pricing page during this check.
Key features
- Official Free: 5 chat messages/day, file imports up to 10 MB, no per-seat fees
- Official Starter $50/month and Pro $150/month
- Official nonprofit discount: $25/month Starter and $75/month Pro for 1 year for 501(c)(3)s under about $500K
- Official docs: canceling moves the account to Free and keeps workspaces
Trial checklist
Start on Free. Load one sanitized past proposal and one public RFP. Record whether 5 messages/day is enough for a weekly cycle, whether exports remain editable, and whether you actually qualify for the 50% nonprofit price before budgeting Starter or Pro.
Pricing
Current official summary: Grantable's official pricing page lists Free at $0 with 5 chat messages/day and file imports up to 10 MB; Starter at $50/month; and Pro at $150/month. Qualifying 501(c)(3) organizations with annual operating budgets under approximately $500,000 get 50% off Starter and Pro for one year ($25/month and $75/month). Official docs also describe a Pro+ tier; a public dollar price for Pro+ was not listed on the main pricing page during this check. An Agency Hub add-on is listed at $300/month.
Open verification questions
- Public dollar price for Pro+ was not listed on the main pricing page during this check.
- Annual versus monthly savings percentage should be read from the live pricing toggle, not archived copy.
- Nonprofit-discount eligibility and Form 990 review are completed by the vendor and may change.
Official pricing page and billing docs checked 2026-08-26. Docs last updated July 30, 2026 describe Free as a real plan and state that canceling moves the account to Free while keeping workspaces. Annual billing is advertised as a savings versus monthly; the public pricing page showed a Save 17% annual toggle, while older docs mentioned 10%. Use the live pricing page at purchase time.
Pricing changes often — verify current plans on the official site before buying. Dated snapshots: Pricing Watch.
Use cases
- First-draft proposal narratives from org documents
- Funder research inside one workspace
- Small-team grant collaboration without per-seat fees
- Trying AI grant help before buying Instrumentl-class software
Pros
- Official pricing page publishes a real free plan, not only a trial
- Official 50% nonprofit discount amounts are public for Starter and Pro
- Official page states no per-seat fees
Cons
- Free plan is limited to 5 chat messages per day and 10 MB file imports
- Nonprofit discount is eligibility-gated and lasts one year unless renewed
- Docs mention Pro+ while the public pricing page emphasizes Free, Starter, and Pro
Who Grantable is for
Grantable is aimed at teams and individuals who need free-first ai grant writing and funder research for small nonprofits. It is designed for nonprofit workflows where output quality, adoption effort, and operating cost all matter. Compare alternatives first if you require self-hosting, unusually deep customization, or tighter policy controls than the official plan provides.
Buying decision
free-first AI grant writing and funder research for small nonprofits is the repeated job you need to improve.
Free plan is limited to 5 chat messages per day and 10 MB file imports.
Run the trial checklist above and verify the current plan limit on the official pricing page.
Verdict
Bottom line: Grantable has an AIToolsEssentials editorial score of 4.3/5. Official pricing page publishes a real free plan, not only a trial. The main trade-off to weigh: free plan is limited to 5 chat messages per day and 10 mb file imports.
Test it against one real task from your workflow this week — that tells you more than any review.
How Grantable compares
Within nonprofit, Grantable goes up against Instrumentl, ElevenLabs, Descript. Its edge is official pricing page publishes a real free plan, not only a trial. Weigh that against the cons above — especially: free plan is limited to 5 chat messages per day and 10 mb file imports — then check our side-by-side comparisons for task-level results before you commit.
How we evaluated
The AIToolsEssentials rating is an editorial score—not an external benchmark. It summarizes job fit, likely output quality, ease of adoption, and operational cost using published product information, benchmark context where the exact model is identifiable, and the repeatable trial checklist above. Benchmarks never determine the final product rating by themselves. See our editorial methodology, evidence ledger, and benchmark evidence policy.
Frequently asked questions
Is Grantable free?
Yes. Official pricing and docs describe a real Free plan with 5 AI messages per day. It is not only a time-limited trial.
How much is the nonprofit discount?
Official pricing and docs checked 2026-08-26 list 50% off Starter and Pro for one year: $25/month and $75/month. Eligibility is 501(c)(3) organizations with annual operating budgets under approximately $500,000, verified with a Form 990.
Does Grantable replace Instrumentl?
Grantable's own pricing page compares itself with Instrumentl and general chat tools. That is vendor positioning. Compare one real RFP in both before cancelling a discovery database.