CharityIQ vs Undercroft
Undercroft builds bespoke, self-hosted AI for charities with the budget for it. CharityIQ gives most of the same grounded, audited AI as a self-serve product from £49/month — live today, no implementation project.
Choose CharityIQ if
Choose CharityIQ if you want grounded AI, audit trails and SORP 2026 support you can switch on today, at a price a small charity can actually afford.
Choose Undercroft if
Choose Undercroft if you are a larger or risk-sensitive organisation that needs bespoke, self-hosted AI and has the budget and timeline for a tailored build.
CharityIQ vs Undercroft, side by side
| Criteria | CharityIQ | Undercroft |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | £49/mo · free Grant Finder forever | Bespoke — pricing on request |
| Free option | Yes — Grant Finder, free forever | No public free option |
| Core focus | Grants, compliance & impact for UK charities (£25k–£500k) | Bespoke, self-hosted AI agents; governance & audit |
| AI grounded in your charity’s data | Yes — cites every source | Yes — governance/audit-led (bespoke build) |
| Audit trail on every output | Yes | Yes — strong governance focus |
| Charity Commission & SORP 2026 | Yes — annual return + Trustees’ Report drafting | SORP compliance agent (bespoke) |
| UK grant matching | Yes — 360Giving, GrantNav, funder feeds | Grant Scout agent (bespoke) |
| Impact measurement | Yes — theory of change + funder reports | Impact Reporter agent (bespoke) |
| Self-serve, public pricing | Yes | No — bespoke setup |
Undercroft’s bespoke build runs into the thousands and takes weeks to set up. CharityIQ gives you the same grounded AI, audit trail and SORP 2026 support for £49/month — live today, no implementation project.
Try CharityIQ freeFrequently asked
Cost and speed, without giving up the things that matter. CharityIQ gives you grounded AI, audit trails and SORP 2026 support for £49/month, self-serve, working the same day — where Undercroft is a bespoke build priced for much larger budgets and set up over weeks.
Undercroft doesn’t publish pricing (as of May 2026) — it’s a bespoke setup plus a monthly fee, which implies larger budgets. CharityIQ publishes its pricing: £49–£349/month, with a free Grant Finder forever.
Yes — audit trails and human approval are core to both, so either is defensible to trustees and funders. The difference is access: CharityIQ gives you that out of the box, self-serve, from £49/month.
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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