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BrainHive writes you a bank-ready business plan for €600-1,500. Grants is a workspace built for grant applications - a different document, a different reviewer.

BrainHive is a Hofheim-based consulting firm with offices in London and Munich. They write customised business plans in 4-21 days for €600-1,500 (standard), more for complex projects. The output is bank-ready and good - if you're applying for a Hausbank loan, a Gründungszuschuss from the Arbeitsagentur, or a generic landlord/customer-pitch business plan, BrainHive's product fits. Grants does a different job: it produces grant applications - EXIST Ideenpapier, IGP project description, KMU innovativ Skizze, Horizon EIC narrative - which use different chapter structures, different reviewer criteria, and different evidence standards than a bank business plan. PTJ reviewers want Innovationshöhe with citations to the state of the art; a bank wants a payback calculation. A great BrainHive plan still needs translation before it lands in EASY-Online.
Free plan, no credit card. We host in Germany. You can export and delete everything self-serve.
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| Ours Grants | Theirs BrainHive Consulting | |
|---|---|---|
Bank-loan-ready business plan (Hausbank, KfW) | ||
Gründungszuschuss / Arbeitsagentur format | ||
EXIST Ideenpapier (chapter-structured, PTJ-ready) | ||
IGP / KMU innovativ / BMBF Skizze workflow | ||
Horizon EIC + ERC narrative structure | ||
Pricing model | Software subscription | €600-1,500 per document |
Founders write themselves (learning + control) | ||
Delivery time | Open whenever you want | 4-21 days |
Bilingual EN + DE editor |