What are the alternatives to Pivot-RP?

For universities, the main standalone alternative is GrantForward; suite-based options are Cayuse Fund Finder and InfoEd SPIN; Atom Grants is an AI-native option. For past-award analysis rather than open calls, Dimensions or SciVal Funding.

Can I move my saved Pivot searches to a new tool?

Not automatically. Universities that switched told researchers to export or record their saved searches and recreate them in the new system.

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Pivot-RP alternatives for universities (2026)

Clarivate's Pivot-RP is still sold and supported. But several universities published notices in 2025-2026 about leaving it, and their reasons are useful for anyone up for renewal.

Documented switches

Institution	Change	Detail
UC Davis	Pivot to GrantForward	Effective August 1, 2026; Pivot access no longer available	Source
University of Arkansas	Pivot to GrantForward	GrantForward "will replace the similar service known as Pivot"	Source
University of New Mexico	Pivot (trialed GrantForward)	Trial started December 15, 2025, extended to January 31, 2026	Source
Kansas State University	Adopted Atom Grants	Institutional membership announced August 24, 2026	Source
MSK Library	Cancelled Pivot-COS	206 unique users the prior year; pointed users to SciVal Funding	Source

Only switches confirmed on the institution's own page, checked October 12, 2026.

The options

Tool	What it is	Coverage (vendor-reported)	AI features	Pricing
GrantForward GrantForward (independent; started as a University of Illinois spin-out)	Funding opportunity database	21,000+ sponsors, 84,000+ funding opportunities, 7,000+ pre-solicitations, 2.5M+ funded grants	Personalized recommendations from researcher profiles	Institutional subscription. GrantForward says price is set by institution size: total population and annual research expenditures. Free trial available.
Cayuse Fund Finder Cayuse	Funding opportunity database inside a research administration suite	35,000+ active funding opportunities worth $155B+, plus conference calls for papers	Cayuse describes AI features in Fund Finder; details vary by release	Institutional license; price not published
InfoEd SPIN InfoEd Global	Funding opportunity database inside a research administration suite	Not verified from a current vendor source	No AI features found in public sources	Institutional license; price not published
Atom Grants Atom Grants	AI-native funding discovery	Vendor does not publish a count	AI-native search and matching; universities describe AI-extracted requirements and alerts	Institutional membership; price not published
Dimensions Digital Science	Research intelligence (awarded grants linked to publications, patents, trials)	Awarded grants and linked research outputs (past awards, not open calls)	AI summaries and natural-language search features	Free tier for individuals; institutional tiers not publicly priced

Vendor figures as published on vendor sites, checked October 12, 2026. Coverage is measured differently by each vendor, so don't compare the numbers directly.

Questions

What are the alternatives to Pivot-RP?: For universities, the main standalone alternative is GrantForward; suite-based options are Cayuse Fund Finder and InfoEd SPIN; Atom Grants is an AI-native option. For past-award analysis rather than open calls, Dimensions or SciVal Funding.
Can I move my saved Pivot searches to a new tool?: Not automatically. Universities that switched told researchers to export or record their saved searches and recreate them in the new system.