Cayuse Award Management vs GrantsNow

Cayuse Award Management8.9Visit GrantsNow8.6Visit

Higher score Cayuse Award Management #4 in Research Administration Software 8.9/10 Pricing on request ✓ 7 of 7 features Visit Cayuse

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GrantsNow #7 in Research Administration Software 8.6/10 Pricing on request ✓ 7 of 7 features Visit GrantsNow

• Cayuse Award Management fits best

  Institutions managing federal grants and finances

• GrantsNow fits best

  Mature teams managing grants and contracts

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Side by side

Feature	Cayuse Award Management 8.9/10 Visit ↗	GrantsNow 8.6/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.6
Ranking	#4 in Research Administration Software	#7 in Research Administration Software
Best for	Institutions managing federal grants and finances	Mature teams managing grants and contracts
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	Pricing on request
Free plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Phone, Tickets, Community	Email
Integrations	5 integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Cayuse Award Management 7/7 · GrantsNow 7/7
Grant lifecycle	✓	✓
Proposal management	✓	✓
Award management	✓	✓
Compliance workflows	✓	✓
Agreement management	✓	✓
Budget tracking	✓	✓
API access	✓	✓
Our review
Pros	Covers proposal, award, agreement, budget, and effort workflows Supports federal system-to-system submission with validation and autofill Connects ERP, payroll, eRA, and business-intelligence systems via APIs	Covers opportunity search through awards, contracts, and compliance Configurable approvals, costing, ethics, risk, and reporting workflows Integrates with Oracle ERP, Oracle HR and Finance, and DocuSign
Cons	Pricing requires contacting Cayuse sales Its broad workflow scope may exceed smaller teams' needs Implementation depends on integration with institutional systems	Pricing requires a contact-led sales process Web is the listed platform Its broad scope may require substantial configuration
Our verdict	Cayuse Award Management is a cloud-based research administration suite for academic institutions, healthcare organizations, life sciences companies, nonprofits, and government research teams. It connects pre-award and post-award work… Read the review →	GrantsNow is a cloud-based grants administration platform for research institutions, universities, and schools. It covers the grant lifecycle from opportunity search and filtering through proposal creation, full economic costing,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Cayuse Award Management — where it wins

  • Covers proposal, award, agreement, budget, and effort workflows
  • Supports federal system-to-system submission with validation and autofill
  • Connects ERP, payroll, eRA, and business-intelligence systems via APIs

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting Cayuse sales
  • Its broad workflow scope may exceed smaller teams' needs
  • Implementation depends on integration with institutional systems

• GrantsNow — where it wins

  • Covers opportunity search through awards, contracts, and compliance
  • Configurable approvals, costing, ethics, risk, and reporting workflows
  • Integrates with Oracle ERP, Oracle HR and Finance, and DocuSign

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires a contact-led sales process
  • Web is the listed platform
  • Its broad scope may require substantial configuration

• Cayuse Award Management8.9/10 · Pricing on request

  An end-to-end grant administration suite for institutions managing federal funding.

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• GrantsNow8.6/10 · Pricing on request

  A full-lifecycle grants platform for institutions with complex research workflows.

  Visit GrantsNowFull verdict →