SurveyMonkey
by SurveyMonkeySurveyMonkey suits individuals or teams creating surveys, forms, or quizzes and reviewing response data.
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Best Scholarship Management Software 2026
Facts read 20 Sep 2026 – 10 Oct 2026
From collecting applications through reviewing candidates and administering awards, scholarship management software addresses several stages of scholarship work. Compare applicant portals and form builders with reviewer scoring and workflow automation to see how the options support application and evaluation tasks. Grant workflows and award administration add further dimensions, while free-plan availability and paid-from pricing help frame cost. SurveyMonkey, Scholarship Commons, and GO SGO are among the entries shown, alongside Blackbaud Financial Edge NXT and Ellucian Advising. Consider which stages your organization needs to manage and use the listed capabilities to assess how each option may fit those workflows.
The standings: top 10
| Name | In a line | Record score | Price from | Runs on | Facts read |
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| 01 SurveyMonkey | SurveyMonkey suits individuals or teams creating surveys, forms, or quizzes and reviewing response data. | 5.5 | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, API | 27 Sep 2026 |
| 02 SmarterSelect | 4.6 | $2,000 a year | Web, API | 30 Sep 2026 | |
| 03 Optimy | Optimy suits corporations, foundations, and public institutions coordinating grant or CSR programs. | 4.5 | €1 a year | Web, API | 29 Sep 2026 |
| 04 Common Grant Application | It suits grantmakers and scholarship providers that need configurable forms, review workflows, and award administration in a browser. | 4.3 | $175 a month | Web | 29 Sep 2026 |
| 05 BrightAccess | BrightAccess is aimed at private and community foundations, corporate CSR teams, government organizations, and educational institutions managing scholarship programs. | 4.2 | Free plan | Web, API | 10 Oct 2026 |
| 06 Scholarship Commons | It suits students, reviewers, and recommenders seeking an online scholarship workflow, as well as organizations that operate scholarship programs. | 4.2 | Free plan | Web | 30 Sep 2026 |
| 07 Award Force | It suits organizations managing award programs, prizes, or competitions that need entry collection, judging, and reporting tools. | 4.1 | $3,250 a year | Web, API | 29 Sep 2026 |
| 08 Awardmatic | 4.1 | $1,495 a year | Web | 1 Oct 2026 | |
| 09 OpenWater | OpenWater suits associations, foundations, and higher education institutions managing application and review cycles. | 4.1 | — | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web | 8 Oct 2026 |
| 10 RQ Platform | 3.9 | $2,500 a year | Web, API | 30 Sep 2026 |
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SmarterSelect
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Optimy
Optimy suits corporations, foundations, and public institutions coordinating grant or CSR programs.
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Common Grant Application
It suits grantmakers and scholarship providers that need configurable forms, review workflows, and award administration in a browser.
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BrightAccess
BrightAccess is aimed at private and community foundations, corporate CSR teams, government organizations, and educational institutions managing scholarship programs.
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Scholarship Commons
Web Free plan Record4.2 Visit It suits students, reviewers, and recommenders seeking an online scholarship workflow, as well as organizations that operate scholarship programs.
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Award Force
WebAPI $3,250 a year Record4.1 Visit It suits organizations managing award programs, prizes, or competitions that need entry collection, judging, and reporting tools.
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OpenWater
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb — Record4.1 Visit OpenWater suits associations, foundations, and higher education institutions managing application and review cycles.
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Electronic Form Solutions
Web — Record3.7 Visit EFS suits organizations that collect applications and coordinate reviews for grants, scholarships, or other programs.
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Reviewr
WebAPI — Record3.7 Visit Reviewr suits nonprofits, foundations, associations, government, corporations, and academic organizations running application-based programs.
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CommunityForce
Web — Record3.6 Visit It may suit federal or state agencies, universities, foundations, nonprofits, and research institutions managing funding programs.
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GO SGO
Web — Record3.6 Visit GO SGO is aimed at scholarship granting organizations, as well as donors, schools, and parents involved in tax credit scholarship funding.
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SmartSimple Cloud for Scholarship Management
WebAPI — Record3.6 Visit The product is presented for foundations and higher education institutions administering scholarships, financial aid, and bursary programs.
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AwardSpring
WebAPI — Record3.5 Visit AwardSpring is designed for higher education offices handling scholarships, advancement, enrollment management, or finance.
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CATALYST
Web — Record3.5 Visit CATALYST is designed for organizations running awards, grant, or scholarship programs, and for their program managers, applicants, reviewers, and judges.
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Kaleidoscope
Web — Record2.2 Visit It suits scholarship program teams that need to manage applications, reviewer scoring, and program workflows online.
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