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OmniStar Grants
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
What it is
OmniStar Grants is a web- and API-based platform for managing grants from early planning through award administration and post-award reporting. It serves government agencies, charities, universities, research institutions, and foundations, with funders, applicants, and recipients using the system. Application workflows cover SmartForms, eligibility checks, invitation and multi-stage rounds, collaboration, reviews, scoring, conflict checks, and digital approvals. Award tools include contracts, notifications, milestones, variations, payments, budgets, and document versioning. After awards, teams can manage progress and acquittal reports, outcomes, financial reconciliation, dashboards, reminders, and program closure. Administrators can tailor forms, workflows, templates, dashboards, and reports, and export data. Listed integrations include ABR/ABN, GrantConnect, FMIS, records management, ORCID, Microsoft Teams, Europe PMC, and DocuSign, plus REST APIs and webhooks. OmniStar lists role- and record-based access, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, audit logs, and encryption. Pricing is available on request; subscription pricing is calculated per internal user.
For and against
For
- Manages grants from planning through post-award reporting.
- Includes configurable workflows, templates, and dashboards.
- Offers interactive reporting and data exports.
- Lists integrations, REST APIs, and webhooks.
- Provides multiple listed security controls.
Against
- Pricing is available only on request.
- Subscription pricing is based on internal users.
The verdict
OmniStar Grants covers application review, award administration, and post-award tracking, with configuration and reporting tools for administrators. Organizations considering it will need to request a quote based on internal users.
Who it suits
It suits grantmaking organizations that need application, award, and post-award workflows in one platform. Its intended users include funders, applicants, and recipients at government agencies, charities, universities, research institutions, and foundations.
Plans and prices
OmniStar Grants subscription
Number of internal users · implementation and configuration services available
Read 15 Oct 2026 · omnistar.cloud
On the record
- AI data handling
- Omni AI is disabled until explicitly enabled, requires organisational and individual consent, keeps data in the hosting country and says prompts are not used for model training.omnistar.cloud · read 15 Oct 2026
- API and extensibility
- The product page advertises REST APIs and webhooks, plus bespoke integration work for other enterprise systems.omnistar.cloud · read 15 Oct 2026
- Application intake
- Intake supports invitation-only multi-stage rounds, configurable forms, eligibility checks, collaboration, notifications and reminders.omnistar.cloud · read 15 Oct 2026
- Application workflows
- It supports SmartForms, eligibility checks, invitation and multi-stage rounds, collaboration, structured reviews, scoring, conflict checks, and digital approvals.omnistar.cloud · read 5 Oct 2026
- Award administration
- Award features include contract generation, notifications, milestones, variations, payments, budgeting, and document versioning.omnistar.cloud · read 5 Oct 2026
- Cloud access
- OmniStar describes its platform as cloud-based SaaS accessible on any device and browser.omnistar.cloud · read 5 Oct 2026
- Company founding
- F1 Solutions says three founders established the business in 1996.f1solutions.com.au · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal identity
- The EULA identifies the provider as F1 Solutions Pty Ltd, ACN 072 832 878.omnistar.cloud · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company registration
- Australia's ABN register lists F1 Solutions Pty Limited as an active Australian private company from 1 May 2006 in ACT 2612.abr.business.gov.au · read 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn lists OmniStar as privately held, headquartered in Canberra, with 51–200 employees.au.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Configuration
- Administrators can define fields, validation rules, pages, workflows, business rules, stages and WYSIWYG SmartForms without changing source code.omnistar.cloud · read 15 Oct 2026
- Configuration and reporting
- Administrators can configure forms, workflows, templates, dashboards, and reports, including interactive drill-down reporting and data exports.omnistar.cloud · read 5 Oct 2026
- Contracts and variations
- It can generate contract documents, manage variations, route approvals and retain document versions.omnistar.cloud · read 15 Oct 2026
- Customer consolidation result
- The National Breast Cancer Foundation used OmniStar to replace three separate grants-management systems with one platform.omnistar.cloud · read 15 Oct 2026
- GetApp feature ratings
- GetApp users rate due-date tracking 4.8/5, grant application management 5.0/5, financial reporting 3.5/5 and payment tracking 3.5/5.getapp.com · read 15 Oct 2026
- Hosting
- The service is hosted entirely on Amazon Web Services.omnistar.cloud · read 15 Oct 2026
- Hosting and encryption
- OmniStar says it runs on AWS, encrypts web communications over TLS 1.2 and data at rest with AES-256, and hosts data in Australia or the United States depending on client location and applicable laws.omnistar.cloud · read 5 Oct 2026
- Independent platform availability
- Capterra lists web, Android and iPhone/iPad deployment options and says free trial is unavailable.capterra.com · read 15 Oct 2026
