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 subsid.ai

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

GDPR alternative

subsid.ai

Finn GlasCo-Founder + Engineering

·May 15, 2026·

1 min read

GDPR isn't a checkbox - it's a posture. If you're moving off subsid.ai 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

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.

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 subsid.ai sits on each of these is the rest of this page.

Grants vs subsid.ai: GDPR comparison

	Ours Grants	Theirs subsid.ai
Forschungszulage drafting
ZIM drafting
EXIST Gründerstipendium structured editor
EXIST Forschungstransfer Phase I + II
IGP / KMU innovativ / BMBF Verbund / Horizon / ERC
Free tier with AI generation
Section-structured editor (LaTeX-backed)
Cross-programme reuse of chapters
Bilingual EN + DE		DE only
Hosted in Germany

When to pick which

Pick Grants when

Your funding stack includes EXIST or EXIST Forschungstransfer or anything outside the Forschungszulage / ZIM pair.

You want a workspace that carries your text from one application to the next, not a one-shot generator.

You need EU programme support (Horizon, ERC, MSCA, NSF).

You want English + German parallel drafting (international team or bilingual reviewer pool).

Pick subsid.ai when

Your only funding instruments are Forschungszulage and/or ZIM, with no plan to apply elsewhere.

You want a first draft generated fast and you're comfortable heavy-editing AI output.

You don't need a long-term workspace or cross-programme text reuse.

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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