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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Grants: the GDPR-friendly alternative to ChatGPT / generic LLMs

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

GDPR alternative

EXIST

ChatGPT

Finn GlasCo-Founder + Engineering

·January 22, 2026·

1 min read

GDPR isn't a checkbox - it's a posture. If you're moving off ChatGPT / generic LLMs 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

ChatGPT is unmatched at getting something on the page when you are blank. It is also unmistakably ChatGPT - reviewers spot the cadence in two paragraphs, the safety-rounded conclusions, the "moreover, furthermore" connective tissue. Grants carries the missing context: PTJ language conventions, EXIST review criteria, common rejection reasons (no academic anchor, innovation threshold not met, no LoIs from customers). Use ChatGPT to start; use us to finish.

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 ChatGPT / generic LLMs sits on each of these is the rest of this page.

Grants vs ChatGPT / generic LLMs: GDPR comparison

	Ours Grants	Theirs ChatGPT / generic LLMs
Knows what PTJ reads for
Knows EXIST review criteria
Generic-tone detection feedback
Free for unlimited drafts
Hosted in Germany / no US training
Strong at translating EN ↔ DE	Adequate

When to pick which

Pick Grants when

You're past the blank-page stage and ready for criteria-aligned editing.

EU/German data residency is required.

Pick ChatGPT / generic LLMs when

You have not started yet and need bulk text to react against.

You only need one or two passages translated, not the whole application reviewed.

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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