Honest comparison

Bothy vs. GrantHub

Last updated May 2026 · Reading time ~7 minutes

If you're here, you probably already know: GrantHub by Foundant sunsets January 31, 2026. This is the side-by-side comparison we'd want if we were in your seat — including the places where GrantHub was honestly better.

The migration deadline

GrantHub is being discontinued on January 31, 2026. After that, the platform is unavailable. If you don't move your data before then, you lose it.

Foundant is concentrating on the grantmaker (funder) side of the market. The grantseeker side — that's you — is the part being retired. Foundant's announcement

The TL;DR

You don't need to spend more. Coach House 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 stage-aware suggestions
Funder contact log (past touches)	Workarounds via notes	Yes — first-class feature
Reporting tracker (post-award)	Limited	Yes — deadlines + workspace links + templates
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)	30 pilot orgs · early SaaS access
Years in market	10+ years	Pilot 2026
Migration support from GrantHub	N/A	Free data migration + setup fee waived

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 honest read:

· It has a much bigger funder discovery database (genuinely useful)
· It runs $159 – $499/month — a 60–400% increase from GrantHub baseline
· Their sales team has publicly stated they're focusing on larger nonprofits and don't want small-nonprofit accounts

If you have >10 active applications a year, 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 and they explicitly aren't.

Full vendor 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

Reserve your migration slot. We'll reach out before the GrantHub sunset date with a concrete plan tailored to your data.