Cayuse (SmartGrant) vs. Fluxx Grantmaker

Cayuse (SmartGrant) is well suited for institutions who have multiple grants and projects that need to be organized, tracked, and followed up with. The closing and sorting of projects is also helpful when using this software. Multiple signers also have access to approvals electronically which makes the process more simplified and accessible for all parties involved.

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Grantmaker is well suited for managing grant-making processes and records. It's not a very good tool for CRM. We are currently working with an outside vendor to design a module that will integrate with Grantmaker to help with CRM.

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• Organizes all project information
• Allows for easy approvals from individuals
• Allows for tracking of project from inception to award status

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• Highly configurable for different use cases and easy to customize.
• Instant insight into different job functions can be provided through the unique, customized filtered cards and dashboards for each user.
• Frequent updates of new features that add more value to the product over time and create more efficiencies for staff and grantees.
• Collaborative user base that is eager and willing to share best practices with lots of support from the vendor.
• Friendly staff that is genuinely interested in the funding and nonprofit sectors and how they can make it easier for us to have the community impact we are all trying to achieve.

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• The ability to sort through rfps easier would be helpful
• Being able to include feedback/comments on the process would be helpful for tracking and organizing from parties involved
• Understanding accessibility in a more clear way would be great

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• I would love to see either email or text notifications added to the platforms to remind of upcoming deadlines and tasks.
• Sometimes the data that is pulled into the visuals is not accurate and is a bit glitchy.
• Adding a real time commenting capability, like Slack, would help the team to stay in contact. This is especially important for remote grantwriters, like me.

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I have an assigned rep who is very responsive and is able to answer any questions. Other than that, the technical support has been terrible. I often don't waste time documenting bugs because I know they likely won't get fixed or even followed-up on. Instead, I search for workarounds.

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Cayuse (SmartGrant) has been in place at our institution for a while and we wouldn’t examine using anything else because it has been easy to work with, access, and stay organized with. Cayuse (SmartGrant) is also used for our office of research and is separate from our development software to keep everyone organized.

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Fluxx is not only more intuitive than CyberGrants, its interface is also smoother and easier. Fluxx allows proposers to enter and attach proposal information in a more appealing platform than in CyberGrants. Fluxx also retains more historic data than CyberGrants

Incentivized

• Cayuse (SmartGrant) helps us bring in grants and track the award paperwork
• The award paperwork process and reporting is easily trackable
• Uploading documents like LOIs and proposals are simple

Incentivized

• Better funding for our youth programs
• Successful garnering of unrestricted funds
• Business expansion via better staff funding

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