Grants vs subsid.ai for German R&D grants

subsid.ai is a smart, narrow tool: generative AI trained on successful Forschungszulage and ZIM applications that drafts large chunks of your text for you. They claim to handle ~90% of the application. For exactly those two programmes (Forschungszulage + ZIM), if your goal is to ship a first draft fast and you're comfortable editing AI output, the free tier is genuinely useful. Grants is a broader bet: a full bilingual workspace covering EXIST, EXIST Forschungstransfer Phase I + II, IGP, KMU innovativ, BMBF Verbundprojekt, Horizon EIC, MSCA, ERC, NSF, plus 90+ regional competitions. The editor is section-structured rather than chatbot-style; reviewer-language coaching is inline; the 4-week revision window has its own dedicated workflow. Pick subsid.ai if your only grant is Forschungszulage or ZIM and you want a draft quickly. Pick Grants if you have a multi-year, multi-programme funding strategy.