Can I get a signed DPA / AVV?

Yes. We sign a standard German GDPR DPA (Auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag) on request - reach out from /sales. The text is the standard form most customer DPOs already know, no surprise clauses; we also accept your own paperwork if your legal team prefers their template. Reply time is within a working day. Most teams under 50 seats don't need one (the standard plan terms cover the legal posture); larger setups get a short signed addendum alongside.

How do I export my data?

Account settings → export. Returns a JSON archive containing every record you own, every file you uploaded, and the relevant audit-log entries. No support ticket, no waiting period, no fee. Same export shape works on every plan.

How do I delete my account?

Account settings → delete. Confirms once, then removes records, files, embeddings, and audit-log entries within 30 days. Stripe payment metadata stays as long as German tax law requires it (10 years), in line with §147 AO; everything else is gone.

Who are your subprocessors?

Two: Stripe (payment processing only, transferred under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework) and our transactional mail relay (EU-hosted). Neither sees your records. The full list and what each one is allowed to touch lives at /privacy and /security.

Does Grants use Google Analytics or Meta Pixel?

No. No third-party analytics at all. Device + session metrics live in our own Postgres + Redis. The cookie banner that GA / Meta require doesn't apply because we don't load them - one fewer dialog between a visitor and the page they came for.

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Plain-language privacy notice, standard German GDPR DPA available on request, self-serve export + delete.

GDPR alternative

BrainHive

Business plan

Finn GlasCo-Founder + Engineering

·May 15, 2026·

1 min read

GDPR isn't a checkbox - it's a posture. If you're moving off BrainHive Consulting because their AVV / DPA is opaque, Grants is what a clean alternative looks like: subprocessor list of two (Stripe + mail relay), self-serve export + delete from account settings, and a standard German GDPR DPA on request when your procurement team needs one.

At a glance

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.

GDPR posture

GDPR is a posture, not a checkbox

Three things matter under GDPR for a tool like this: (1) lawful basis for processing, (2) data subject rights (export, delete, port), and (3) the auftragsverarbeitungsvertrag / DPA chain. Grants treats them as engineering invariants, not legal optics. Lawful basis is the contract you sign with us. Subject rights are self-serve from your account settings - no support ticket required. The subprocessor list has two entries (Stripe + mail relay). A standard German GDPR DPA is available on request from /sales whenever your procurement team needs one - we don't charge for it and don't gate it behind a plan tier. Where BrainHive Consulting sits on each of these is the rest of this page.

Grants vs BrainHive Consulting: GDPR comparison

	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

When to pick which

Pick Grants when

Your goal is a public-money grant (EXIST, IGP, KMU innovativ, BMBF, Horizon) - not a bank loan or Gründungszuschuss.

You want to keep the document structure your reviewer expects, with chapters mapped to programme criteria.

You expect to write 2-3+ grant applications across your first 2 years - the workspace pays back when you reuse chapters.

Pick BrainHive Consulting when

Your single deliverable is a bank-loan business plan for a Hausbank or KfW StartGeld application.

You want to delegate the writing entirely for a one-shot document with no follow-on application planned.

Your timeline is 4-21 days and you don't intend to learn the structure yourself.

GDPR questions

What customer data-protection teams typically ask before signing a DPA.

Start with Grants

Free plan, no credit card. We host in Germany. Export + delete are self-serve.

Written by

Finn Glas

Co-Founder + Engineering

Finn is one of the Co-Founders. He owns the engineering side, the infrastructure, and most of the late-night fixes that ship before anyone notices.

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