When Good Grants stops keeping up
Reporting lives outside the system
Dashboards don't answer the questions leadership and funding bodies are actually asking. Every request means exports, manual analysis, and reformatting before you can respond.
Review processes are hard to defend
Without weighted scoring, conflict of interest controls, or structured assessment pathways, demonstrating fairness and consistency under scrutiny is difficult.
Governance gaps surface at the worst time
Audit requests, ministerial inquiries, or funding body reviews expose missing records, inconsistent decisions, and process gaps you can't easily fill.
Contracts and payments happen outside the platform
Funding agreements, variations, and payment tracking live in separate systems or document folders, creating manual reconciliation work and gaps in your audit trail.
OmniStar Grants: Built for accountability and scale
Reporting that answers the questions that matter
Interactive dashboards, temporal analysis, and geospatial visualisations give grant managers and leadership a real-time view of portfolio performance — without exporting a single spreadsheet.
Applications by month
Applications by program
Approval rate by program
Applications – drill down
Structured assessment you can stand behind
Weighted scoring, conflict of interest controls, and collaborative review tools embed fairness and consistency into every funding decision.
Governance and audit-readiness built in
OmniStar Grants adapts to your organisation's specific workflows, forms, and approval requirements, with ongoing support from dedicated grants management specialists who understand your context.
Application submitted
Status updated from ‘Submitted’ to ‘Eligible’
Assessment panel review created
Status updated from ‘Eligible’ to ‘In review’
Data updated
Integrated contracts and payments
Integrated contracts and payments
Generate templated funding agreements, track variations, monitor compliance, and manage payments — all within the platform.
OmniStar Grants vs Good Grants comparison
See how OmniStar Grants empowers you with advanced capabilities across the complete grant lifecycle.
Category | Feature | OmniStar Grants | Good Grants |
Capacity and Scalability | Unlimited applications, grants programs, rounds, forms, workflows, reports, dashboards, submissions, etc. | Yes | Partial 10k applications; forms limited by plan |
Workflow and Automation | Drag‑drop workflow designer | Yes 185+ steps, conditional logic | Partial Action flow; drag and drop not specified |
Status change automation | Yes | Yes | |
Task and data automation | Yes Task creation, data create/update/delete | Partial Automatic reviewer assignment and notifications | |
Form Builder (SmartForms) | SmartForm Designer (Form Builder) | Yes | Yes |
Conditional pages/sections | Yes | Partial Conditional fields; pages and sections not specified | |
Formula fields, form pre‑population, autosave | Yes | Partial Formulas and autosave; pre-population not specified | |
On‑screen signature, input masking (phone number, currency, etc) | Yes | Partial Contract signing; input masking not specified | |
Excel, Word, PDF and XML output documents | Yes | Partial PDF and spreadsheet exports | |
Grants Opportunity | Program budgeting and forecasting, single/multi-stage round, round documents and materials, configurable rounds and stages | Yes | Yes |
Portfolio and program definition | Yes | Partial Opportunities and categories only | |
Round notifications and reminders | Yes | Yes | |
Reviews and Assessment | Conflict‑of‑Interest, review assignment and individual reviews | Yes | Yes |
Reviewer non-disclosure agreements | Yes | Yes | |
Weighted scoring and collaborative reviews | Yes | Yes | |
Bulk reviews | Yes | Partial Bulk reviewer assignment | |
Application, document, milestone and form reviews | Yes | Partial Application reviews | |
Meetings and Panels | Meeting attendees and RSVP, meeting pack PDF generation | Yes | Not stated |
Online meeting collaboration and access | Yes | Partial Zoom integration | |
Meeting agenda and minutes generation | Yes | Not stated | |
Outcome and decision recording | Yes | Yes | |
Decision and Approval | Digital multi‑stage, bulk approvals, assign decision, linked and quorum approvals | Yes | Partial Multi-stage review and action flow; quorum not specified |
Contracting and Variations | Templated and tokenised funding agreement, funding agreement and schedules, agreement sharing and notification, status tracking, agreement compliance | Yes | Yes |
Finance and Payments | Financial system (FMIS) integration | Yes | Partial Xero via marketplace; other systems via API |
Named finance system integrations: SAP, PeopleSoft, Unit4, Sage, Finance One, MYOB, QuickBooks, SunSystems, Business Central, Xero | Yes | Partial Xero; Intuit via Zapier or Make | |
Export approved payments and import payment confirmation | Yes | Yes | |
PO tracking, partial payments | Yes | Partial Tranche payments; PO tracking not specified | |
Monitoring and Reporting | Interactive dashboards and reports | Yes Custom dashboards and reports with role-based access | Yes |
In-platform drag and drop dashboard and report designer | Yes | Not stated | |
Impact reporting | Yes | Partial Grantee KPI and impact reports | |
Temporal data | Yes | Not stated | |
Geospatial visualisations | Yes | Not stated | |
Scheduled Reports | Yes | Not stated | |
Compliance and Security | ISO 27001 certification | Yes | Yes |
IRAP assessed | Yes | Not stated | |
SSO, MFA, audit logs | Yes | Partial SSO is an add on; audit log is Enterprise only | |
Native configurable password policy and password blacklist | Yes | Partial 12 character minimum enforced | |
Role-based security | Yes | Yes | |
Data encryption at rest and in transit | Yes | Yes | |
Annual independent vulnerability and penetration testing | Yes | Yes | |
Load and performance testing | Yes | Not stated | |
Disaster recovery | Yes | Yes | |
WCAG compliant | Yes | Yes | |
Published vulnerability disclosure policy | Yes | Yes | |
Public system status page | Yes | Yes | |
APIs and Integrations | API documentation | Yes | Yes |
DocuSign integration | Yes | Not stated | |
Microsoft Teams integration | Yes | Yes | |
GrantConnect, ORCID and Google Analytics integrations | Yes | Partial Google Analytics only | |
Europe PMC and ARC integrations | Yes | Not stated | |
Records management system (EDRMS) integration | Yes | Not stated | |
Integration API | Yes | Yes | |
Global Functions | Built-in AI assistance (Omni AI) | Yes | Yes |
Configurable homepage/tiles, favourites/recent | Yes | Partial Home page content and starred applications | |
Multi‑language support | Yes | Yes | |
Mobile access | Yes | Not stated | |
Bulk document download | Yes | Yes | |
In-system document preview | Yes | Partial Audio, image and video preview | |
Data export (Excel, XML, JSON, CSV) | Yes | Partial Excel and CSV only | |
Self-service data import | Yes | Yes | |
Support | 12/5 Support and 24/7 Support | Yes Optional | Partial 24/5; 24/7 not specified |
Dedicated account manager | Yes | Partial Success manager in paid onboarding | |
Interactive Q&A sessions | Yes | Not stated | |
Video tutorials, live webinars, in person training | Yes | Partial Videos and guided tours; webinars not specified | |
Online Wiki, learning hub, knowledge base, page and field level help | Yes | Yes | |
Web, phone and email support | Yes | Partial Email and help centre; phone not specified |
Entries for other vendors are based on their publicly available information as reviewed on 16 October 2026. Entries for OmniStar Grants reflect the product as at that date. Partial means part of the capability is described, or it is offered as an add on or premium service; where more detail is available it is shown in the cell. Not stated means the capability is not described in the vendor's public information. Capabilities change over time and we recommend confirming current capabilities with the vendor.
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Testimonials
The level of ongoing customisation and support gives us peace of mind in our investment. We now have a one-stop solution: streamlined processes, great user experience and transparency.
Cindy Liew
Senior Executive
Sunway University
OmniStar had the ability to combine our three systems into one to make everything easier from an administration perspective but also from an applicant and reviewer perspective.
Samantha Oakes
Director, Research Investment
National Breast Cancer Foundation
We couldn't persist in a paper environment. We were looking for a solution that could cover the pre-award and post-award requirements, and we wanted a system that could do ethics as well.
Laila Simpson
Director of Research Operations
The University of Western Australia
It's very accessible to users and administrators with clear processes to follow. It's also flexible allowing you to build your own forms, which are straightforward, and for which you don't need to understand code.
Anna
Research Development Senior Coordinator
Cancer Council WA
The ability to customise the OOTB functionality of the system to align to our specific grant program processes and framework. Pre-award functionality provides for easy and efficient application submission.
Amanda
Senior Project Officer
Department of Resources
It has made our work so much more effective and efficient, especially as we adapt to a hybrid working model, post-Covid.
Michael
CEO
Soil CRC
Easy integration. Great user experience for grant applicants and for the grant management team. Fantastic support from the OmniStar team - very responsive and end to end complete solution.
Adam
Head of Foundation
Plenty of features to use to manage grants and grant processes.
John
Manager
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Frequently asked questions
OmniStar Grants delivers end-to-end solution for grants management - streamlining workflows and ensuring transparency and accountability across the entire lifecycle.
OmniStar Grants uses subscription-based pricing calculated per internal user. Pricing is tailored to the number of users. Contact us for a detailed quote based on your organisation's needs.
Common indicators include staff maintaining spreadsheets alongside the system, manual processes for contracts or payments, difficulty meeting reporting requirements, or limitations preventing process improvements you want to implement.
OmniStar connects with financial systems, CRM platforms, HRIS software, and other applications through a robust API and a large number of out-of-the-box integrations. Contact us to discuss your specific requirements.
OmniStar's implementation team manages data migration directly, ensuring your existing data, workflows, and configurations transfer securely with validation at each stage.
Discovery workshops map your workflows and data structures. Historical data transfers with validation. Workflow reconfiguration into OmniStar's automation capabilities. Timeline depends on complexity but typically ranges 4-16 weeks for organisations.
OmniStar provides 12/5 support via phone, email, and web, with optional 24/7 coverage. Every customer has a dedicated account manager, and our support team has deep grants management knowledge — not just platform knowledge. We also provide an online knowledge base, video tutorials, live webinars, interactive Q&A sessions, and in-person training options.