Side by side
| Grant Radar | GrantMatch | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | £29 a month or £290 a year (no VAT is added: Brightbench Ventures Ltd is not VAT-registered) | Free £0; Premium £19.99 a month (monthly or yearly billing). |
| Free option | Free weekly digest: new and closing-soon grants for one profile, top 10, each Monday. No card. | Free plan: search all listed grants and see your matches, filter by sector, location and organisation type, a weekly grant digest and deadline tracking, a shortlist of up to 5 grants, 3 free eligibility checks after the trial. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial on both plans. Cancel before day 14 and you pay nothing. | 14 days of Premium, no card needed and no automatic charge. |
| Where the grants come from | Open grants from the government's Find a Grant service and Innovate UK competitions on the Innovation Funding Service, refreshed daily. Energy-related schemes and grants open only to individuals are left out, and funders that do not list on Find a Grant are not covered. | "1,447 open UK grants checked and updated every week, across 22 sectors." |
| Matching | Per client profile: location, organisation type, sector, keywords and minimum award. | Matches against your organisation profile; Premium checks eligibility against it. |
| Several clients | Unlimited client profiles, each with its own match list. | Not stated on the pricing page; the plans are described for one organisation. |
| Deadlines | Closing-within-30-days list with days left; reminders 14 and 3 days before a matched grant closes. | Free: weekly grant digest and deadline tracking. |
| What you get | Weekly email, a client-matches.csv and a printable PDF brief per client. | Premium: grant briefs exported as PDF, application tracking. |
| Alert timing | Weekly (every Monday), plus deadline reminders. | Premium: personalised email alerts, instant, daily or weekly. |
| Application help | None: Grant Radar lists and matches grants. It does not write or review applications. | Premium: plan your application and get a first draft, review your draft against the grant criteria, a budget template. |
| Who it is for | Accountants, bookkeepers and business advisers with many clients; it also works for a single business. | Organisations finding grants and preparing their own applications. |
Choose GrantMatch if
- You want help planning, drafting and reviewing an application: Grant Radar does not do this.
- You want a larger listed database (they state 1,447 open UK grants) and a free plan.
Choose Grant Radar if
- You advise many clients and want one weekly email with a match list, CSV and PDF brief per client.
- You only need finding and deadlines, not drafting.
Try Grant Radar
£29 a month or £290 a year (no VAT is added: Brightbench Ventures Ltd is not VAT-registered). 14-day free trial on both plans. Cancel before day 14 and you pay nothing. Free weekly digest: new and closing-soon grants for one profile, top 10, each Monday. No card.
Questions people ask
Is Grant Radar cheaper than GrantMatch?
No. GrantMatch: Free £0; Premium £19.99 a month (monthly or yearly billing). Grant Radar: £29 a month or £290 a year (no VAT is added: Brightbench Ventures Ltd is not VAT-registered).
When is GrantMatch the better choice?
You want help planning, drafting and reviewing an application: Grant Radar does not do this. You want a larger listed database (they state 1,447 open UK grants) and a free plan.
When is Grant Radar the better choice?
You advise many clients and want one weekly email with a match list, CSV and PDF brief per client. You only need finding and deadlines, not drafting.
When were these details checked?
On 1 November 2026, from GrantMatch's own page (https://www.grantmatch.co.uk/pricing) and our own pricing. Prices and features change, so check their site before you decide.