Honest comparison

Bothy vs. GrantHub

If you're here, you probably already know: GrantHub by Foundant sunset on January 31, 2026. Months later, plenty of orgs are still working from whatever CSV they exported in time. This is the side-by-side we'd want if we were in your seat — including the places where GrantHub was honestly better.

Last updated May 21, 2026 · Reading time ~7 minutes

The deadline has passed

GrantHub was discontinued on January 31, 2026. Since then, the platform has been unavailable. If your team migrated before then, you're probably comparing options now. If you didn't, you're working from whatever CSV export you took — or rebuilding from notes. Either way, we can help.

Foundant concentrated on the grantmaker (funder) side of the market. The grantseeker side — that was you — got retired. Foundant's announcement

The TL;DR

You don't need to spend more. Bothy Solo at $99/mo is at or below typical GrantHub pricing.
You can get features GrantHub didn't have — stewardship tasks, funder profile aggregation, post-award reporting hub, lapsed-funder alerts.
You give up tenure.GrantHub had 10 years and a thousand+ customer logos. We're newer. That's real.
You don't get a 10,000-funder database.Neither did GrantHub. If you're looking for that, see our notes on Instrumentl below.

Feature-by-feature

Best-effort comparison based on GrantHub's public documentation and our customers' reports. = does it well, = does it with caveats, = doesn't do it.

Capability	GrantHub	Bothy
Status	Sunset Jan 31, 2026	Active, accepting customers
Starting price	$59 – $129/mo (historical)	$99/mo (Solo)
Grant pipeline tracking	Yes	Yes — scoring + drag-drop stages
Funder profile (aggregated view per funder)	Limited	Yes — full per-funder history
Stewardship task management	No	Yes — including AI stewardship plans you can save as tasks
Funder contact log (past touches)	Workarounds via notes	Yes — first-class feature
Reporting tracker (post-award)	Limited — date + file + status	Reporting workspace — timeline + 24-component checklist + role owners
Board-ready report	Basic reporting + exports	One-click board packet — health tiles, pipeline by stage, deadlines, editable commentary, print-ready
Award-letter requirements ingestion	No — award PDF sits in storage	Yes — guided structured form generates timeline + checklist
Renewal cultivation arc on submission	No	Yes — thank-you, site visit, mid-cycle touch, renewal LOI auto-created
Email deadline reminders	Yes	Yes — 7/3/1 day cadence
Calendar (ICS) export	Yes	Yes — deadlines + tasks + reports
Built-in funder database	No	No — curated research instead
Curated opportunity research at signup	Not offered	Yes (Pro + Premium tiers)
AI-drafted reports	No	Coming Q3 2026 (Premium tier)
Mobile-friendly	Limited	Yes — pilot dashboards mobile-tested
Number of customers using it	~1,000+ (historical)	42 pilot orgs · early SaaS access
Years in market	10+ years	Pilot 2026
Migration support from GrantHub	N/A	Free data migration + setup fee waived
Multi-user with live presence	Multi-user, no live presence	Multi-user + real-time presence + per-action audit trail
Sign-in	Email + password	Google sign-in + magic-link fallback (no passwords to rotate)
Role-based access (owner/admin/editor/viewer)	Limited	Yes — last-owner protection enforced at the database
Soft-delete + one-click restore	No — deleted is deleted	Yes — restore any grant/task/report from the Activity tab
Public status page	No	Yes — bothy.so/status (live DB probe)

Status
GHSunset Jan 31, 2026BothyActive, accepting customers
Starting price
GH$59 – $129/mo (historical)Bothy$99/mo (Solo)
Grant pipeline tracking
GHYesBothyYes — scoring + drag-drop stages
Funder profile (aggregated view per funder)
GHLimitedBothyYes — full per-funder history
Stewardship task management
GHNoBothyYes — including AI stewardship plans you can save as tasks
Funder contact log (past touches)
GHWorkarounds via notesBothyYes — first-class feature
Reporting tracker (post-award)
GHLimited — date + file + statusBothyReporting workspace — timeline + 24-component checklist + role owners
Board-ready report
GHBasic reporting + exportsBothyOne-click board packet — health tiles, pipeline by stage, deadlines, editable commentary, print-ready
Award-letter requirements ingestion
GHNo — award PDF sits in storageBothyYes — guided structured form generates timeline + checklist
Renewal cultivation arc on submission
GHNoBothyYes — thank-you, site visit, mid-cycle touch, renewal LOI auto-created
Email deadline reminders
GHYesBothyYes — 7/3/1 day cadence
Calendar (ICS) export
GHYesBothyYes — deadlines + tasks + reports
Built-in funder database
GHNoBothyNo — curated research instead
Curated opportunity research at signup
GHNot offeredBothyYes (Pro + Premium tiers)
AI-drafted reports
GHNoBothyComing Q3 2026 (Premium tier)
Mobile-friendly
GHLimitedBothyYes — pilot dashboards mobile-tested
Number of customers using it
GH~1,000+ (historical)Bothy42 pilot orgs · early SaaS access
Years in market
GH10+ yearsBothyPilot 2026
Migration support from GrantHub
GHN/ABothyFree data migration + setup fee waived
Multi-user with live presence
GHMulti-user, no live presenceBothyMulti-user + real-time presence + per-action audit trail
Sign-in
GHEmail + passwordBothyGoogle sign-in + magic-link fallback (no passwords to rotate)
Role-based access (owner/admin/editor/viewer)
GHLimitedBothyYes — last-owner protection enforced at the database
Soft-delete + one-click restore
GHNo — deleted is deletedBothyYes — restore any grant/task/report from the Activity tab
Public status page
GHNoBothyYes — bothy.so/status (live DB probe)

Where GrantHub was honestly better

Tenure matters. GrantHub built up institutional knowledge in the segment over 10+ years, and a lot of nonprofits picked up workflows specifically shaped to its UI. If you have a team that knows GrantHub cold, the transition cost is real — even if the destination is better.

We're not going to pretend otherwise. Our pitch is: we'll absorb the migration cost (free data migration + setup fee waived), and we'll be patient while your team finds their new flow.

Where we think we're honestly better

GrantHub treated grant tracking as a pipeline problem. We treat it as a relationship problem. A grant is a moment in a multi-year relationship — and the workflow we built reflects that:

· Funder profile view aggregates every grant, task, report, and contact-log entry against one funder
· Stewardship tasks live alongside the grant, not in a separate tool
· Lapsed-funder alerts flag funded relationships you haven't touched in 90+ days
· Funder contact log records every email, call, meeting — past + future in one place

These are the features GrantHub users most often built workarounds for. We built them in.

If you also looked at Instrumentl

Instrumentl is what comes up most often in GrantHub-replacement searches. The short read:

· It has a much bigger funder discovery database (genuinely useful)
· It starts at $349/month — a 230% increase from GrantHub baseline
· It's built for larger orgs with dedicated grants managers and 20+ applications a year

If you have a dedicated grants manager and budget to match, Instrumentl is a real option. If you're a small-to-mid org running a leaner operation, we're built for you.

Full side-by-side: Bothy vs. Instrumentl →

Vendor-level market analysis: our research page or directly to The Grant Management Software Market in 2026 .

Our offer for GrantHub orphans

Show us a GrantHub invoice — any year.

Free data migration from a GrantHub CSV export
$1,500 Pro setup fee waived
First 60 days free on Solo or Pro
Match your prior GrantHub subscription length for the annual discount

We're still onboarding orphaned GrantHub customers months after the sunset. Drop your email and the data you have — we'll come back with a concrete plan.