--- description: Review of SmarterSelect Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: SmarterSelect | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Grant Management Software](/directory/644/grant-management/software) > [SmarterSelect](/software/51341/smarterselect) # SmarterSelect Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/51341/smarterselect Page: 1 / 10\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/51341/smarterselect?page=2) > Award More. Work Less. Smarter Select is an online application management system designed to help businesses build and share application forms with their respondents. It offers tools to create and share online forms and collect, analyze and evaluate responses. Links to forms can be embedded into websites or added to custom applications or shared via emails. Smarter Select offers rule-based customization tools that help to set application deadlines, configure evaluation criteria, design scoring methodology and more. Forms come with dynamic workflows that change the sequence of questions based on previous responses submitted by users. Form developers can use standard maths formulas as well as design their own custom formulas to calculate respondents' scores. A wide array of reports along with custom charts are available to view and analyze results. Smarter Select is used across various industries including education, healthcare, association and government. The solution offers an annual subscription package that includes customer support via phone, email and web. > > Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 227 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 227 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 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 - Activity Tracking - Alerts/Notifications - Applicant Portal - Applicant Tracking - Application Management - Audit Management - CRM - Commenting/Notes - Communication Management - Compliance Management - Customisable Forms - Customisable Questions - Customisable Reports - Customisable Templates - Customizable Fields - Data Import/Export - Deadline Management - Document Review - Electronic Payments - Electronic Submission ## Integrations (1 total) - Zapier ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Chat ## Category - [Grant Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/644/grant-management/software) ## Related Categories - [Grant Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/644/grant-management/software) - [Charity Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4280/nonprofit/software) - [Scholarship Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4373/scholarship-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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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\! ----- ### "Switched from emailed applications to SmarterSelect - saved us a ton of time\!" — 4.0/5 > **Laura** | *16 November 2017* | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Soooo streamlined\! I love that I can customize the application to meet my needs. Students say it's a much better process on their end, and I get better results because the parameters of the app require them to upload certain file types, require answers to some questions, and flag if they miss any questions. A huge time saver on the administrative time for me - and there are reports I can pull throughout the application period to keep my finger on the pulse of things. Plus, my evaluators can quickly review the apps and rank them without needing to open and download lots of files - and again, easy to pull reports. Huge timesaver and brings us into the 21st century\! > > **Cons**: The learning curve is there - it takes a while to get the knack of things. And setting up the application and revising it to be exactly what you want can be cumbersome. There's not a great way to test the application other than creating "fake" applications to ensure everything works smoothly. That said - it works very well for our needs and allows me to process more apps in less time with much less frustration for both me and our candidates\! ----- ### "Submitting a help request" — 4.0/5 > **Victoria** | *14 November 2018* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I did receive an answer fairly quickly. I don't know why I can't get to the next page of this review. > > **Cons**: It was difficult to find the help feature > > Generally the product works fairly smoothly. I wish there was an easier way to find a student than clicking on applicants and ALL applicants have to appear before I can search for the one applicant I need. If there are many applicants, the process takes several minutes. ----- ### "Beyond excellent, especially for a beginner\!" — 5.0/5 > **Olivia** | *16 November 2017* | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: SmarterSelect is so easy to use. If I can't figure something out by simply trying different things, I can quickly and easily find helpful tutorials in the library. If something is so hard that I still can't figure it out-- which I don't recall ever happening-- customer support is super fast and responsive when i put a ticket it. > > **Cons**: I wish I could archive deleted programs so that I don't have to sort through them, without losing the applications completely. I would just like to move the ones I know I will probably never need again out of the "disabled" section and only keep the ones from the past year or two in that section. ----- ### "My daily go to" — 5.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *6 September 2022* | Nonprofit Organisation Management | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: How easy it is to pull up reports and customize data > > **Cons**: Unable to search a single person across multiple grant applications. > > We use SmarterSelect for our grants and scholarships. 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