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Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses SmarterSelect? Community foundations, private foundations, education foundations, associations, higher education organizations, corporations, etc. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 227 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: SmarterSelect - **Location**: Dallas, US - **Founded**: 2007 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$2,000.00 - **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Create, Enhance (most popular), and Enterprise levels available. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - Applicant Portal - Applicant Tracking Software - Application Management - CRM Software - Commenting/Notes - Communication Management - Customizable Forms - Document Review - Email Reminders - Forms Management - Grant Management Software - Member Database - Ratings/Reviews - Recommendations - Reminders - Reporting & Statistics - Reviewer Management - Scoring - Single Sign On Software - Status Tracking - White Label ## Integrations (1 total) - Zapier ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base Software - Chat ## Category - [Scholarship Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30809/scholarship-management/software) ## Related Categories - [Scholarship Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30809/scholarship-management/software) - [Grant Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30567/grant-management/software) - [Nonprofit Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30805/nonprofit/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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If there are many applicants, the process takes several minutes. ----- ### "Scholarship Use" — 4.0/5 > **Stephanie** | *September 19, 2018* | Nonprofit Organization Management | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: Software is easily set up, very user friendly on the admin end. From what I hear from applicants the software is easy for them to use as well. > > **Cons**: There have been issues with individuals accidentally creating admin accounts rather than applicant accounts. We have also heard that when information is entered into a given section it cannot be removed by the applicant. ----- ### "Smarter Select Review" — 4.0/5 > **Ashley** | *December 4, 2018* | Nonprofit Organization Management | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: The ease of copying a program to use again next year (with a few date changes, etc.) This is a great benefit and saves the user a lot of time\! > > **Cons**: Sometimes it is difficult to find exactly where to change the wording on a section or page. I have to fumble through this every time but I eventually find the right section to click on to change the information. > > We are using Smarter Select for Scholarship Applications. It is a great system for this which stores all the applications and information for us until we are ready to process them. We have also branched out a little more this last year to use this software to collect the Scholarship Acceptance Forms, too. Very easy to print them (when necessary) and collect all the information we need to process the scholarship checks\! ----- ### "Great value for the money" — 4.0/5 > **Lynnee** | *November 2, 2018* | Nonprofit Organization Management | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Relatively easy to use, prompt customer support, continue to improve the product. > > **Cons**: No phone support in emergencies, we use SS for both grants and scholarships and find that it is too scholarship-centric. I would recommend it more if it had some improvements for grants. > > We are a small company with a small budget and SmarterSelect is perfect for us. It works for our purposes within our budget. It might not be the Cadillac but we can't afford the Cadillac. It was hard not having phone customer support in the beginning but they are very prompt on email support except on weekends. ----- ### "Smarter Select- An excellent choice for scholarship and grants management" — 5.0/5 > **Eileen** | *November 2, 2018* | Nonprofit Organization Management | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: It is user friendly for both applicants and reviewers, and very straight forward for creating applications. > > **Cons**: We have had a few hiccups here and there, but my questions are always answered and problems are always solved within a day, if not hours. > > With Smarter Select, our application and review processes are quick and easy. ----- Page: 1 / 10\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ca/software/140270/smarterselect?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.ca/software/140270/smarterselect) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data