CharityIQ vs Plinth
Both are good tools — but they’re built for different jobs. Plinth is a broad, all-in-one platform. CharityIQ goes deep on the work that actually brings money in: grant writing, Charity Commission compliance and impact — with AI grounded in your charity’s own data.
Choose CharityIQ if
Choose CharityIQ if you want the grant, compliance and impact work done properly, with AI that draws on your charity’s own data and cites every source.
Choose Plinth if
Choose Plinth if you mainly need case management, bookings, payments and volunteer tools, and want one broad platform to run operations.
CharityIQ vs Plinth, side by side
| Criteria | CharityIQ | Plinth |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | £49/mo · free Grant Finder forever | Free tier; paid pricing on request |
| Free option | Yes — Grant Finder, free forever | Yes — free tier for small charities |
| Core focus | Grants, compliance & impact for UK charities (£25k–£500k) | All-in-one: case management, bookings, payments, grants, impact |
| AI grounded in your charity’s data | Yes — cites every source | Has an AI grant writer; source-citation less central |
| Audit trail on every output | Yes | Not a stated focus |
| Charity Commission & SORP 2026 | Yes — annual return + Trustees’ Report drafting | General platform; not SORP-specialised |
| UK grant matching | Yes — 360Giving, GrantNav, funder feeds | AI grant writer; funder database less central |
| Impact measurement | Yes — theory of change + funder reports | Yes — impact module |
| Self-serve, public pricing | Yes | Yes (free tier) |
Plinth spreads across a dozen jobs; CharityIQ goes deep on the three that win and keep funding — grants, compliance and impact — with AI grounded in your own data, not a generic add-on. For most small charities, depth where it counts beats breadth you won’t use.
Try CharityIQ freeFrequently asked
Because grants, Charity Commission compliance and impact are where small charities actually need help — and CharityIQ goes deep on all three, grounding every draft in your charity’s own data and citing the sources. Plinth is broader but more generalist; CharityIQ is the specialist for getting funded and staying compliant.
Plinth offers a free tier for small charities and paid plans; specific paid pricing isn’t published publicly (as of May 2026) — check plinth.org.uk. CharityIQ is £49–£349/month with a free Grant Finder forever.
CharityIQ. It is purpose-built for UK grant applications, drafts in your charity’s voice from your verified data, and backs every claim with a citation — so you can trust the output enough to send it. Plinth’s grant writer is one feature inside a much broader platform.
Yes. Every draft is grounded in your real Charity Commission profile, past applications and local statistics, and cites each figure — so there are no invented numbers and nothing to embarrass you in front of a funder.
No — it covers the three jobs that win and keep funding: grant writing, Charity Commission compliance (annual return and SORP 2026) and impact measurement, in one place, instead of stitching together a free bid writer, a spreadsheet and a reminder you forgot to set.
Yes — UK funders, UK regulators, UK pricing and SORP 2026 are built in. It is made by founder Ivan Siyanko, who runs a UK charity, rather than a global tool you have to bend to fit.
Yes. Every output is logged with its sources and waits for human sign-off, so trustees, funders and the Charity Commission can see exactly how each answer was reached.
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