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Mobilize is the events management and volunteer recruitment platform that connects mission-driven organizations and supporters.

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Pros:

I like that it integrates really well with NGP VAN/EveryAction.

Cons:

Nothing about this product was bad or difficult in any way.

Mobilize ratings

Average score

Ease of Use
4.6
Customer Service
4.9
Features
4.4
Value for Money
4.7

Likelihood to recommend

9.2/10

Mobilize has an overall rating of 4.8 out 5 stars based on 16 user reviews on Capterra.

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Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Retail, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Powerful Interconnection Software

5.0 3 years ago

Pros:

Mobilize helps my team and I be on the same page in our work environment, which needs to respond to changes in our local sphere multiple times a day. The team helping us migrate our existing workflow from Slack was also extremely helpful and the service they provided was top-notch.

Cons:

Probably the fact that it is paid, considering there are some alternatives out there that are cheaper or free of charge. However, with the features that Mobilize provides, it was a no-brainer for us to invest in it, and our productivity has increased tenfold.

Jessalyn
Digital Director in US
Political Organization, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

A volunteer-first tool that works at any scale

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: MobilizeAmerica is the only off-the-shelf tool in the game that puts volunteers first and designs an experience that I'm proud to point people to -- I think of them as a partner in community organizing, as leaders who are focused on not only making my organization successful, but in getting more people engaged in important work.

Pros:

I love the MobilizeAmerica tools so much that it's tough to narrow down all the reasons, but it ultimately boils down to these key points: - The tool is super easy to use for everyone involved -- whether that's a community organizer, a digital strategist, or a first-time volunteer - They create a holistic experience for volunteers that goes beyond searching for and signing up for events -- and they're always thinking about how to optimize that experience so that it's both easy/fun for the volunteer, and maximizes their conversions, re-shifts, etc. - They're always working to improve their tools, are super responsive to customer feedback, and keep users in the loop on their roadmap so we can grow and scale together

Cons:

The only drawback to the MobilizeAmerica software is that it's not super conducive to outside-the-box uses -- e.g. if you want to harness their features for your own slightly different purposes other than what it's built for, it's almost too customized to do that successfully.

Bonterra Response

5 years ago

Thanks for the review, Jessalyn!

Julien
Digital Strategist in US
Political Organization, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

MobilizeAmerica Review

4.0 5 years ago

Pros:

-I love that it's so easy for people to add their organizing events! - Adding your own branding is great - Lots of different organizing events on it

Cons:

- Needs a better way to search through events - Filtering can improve

Bonterra Response

5 years ago

Thanks for the review, Julien! Will share your feedback with our Product and Success teams. Always helpful to hear from a current user!

Sara
Special Assistant & Operations Associate in US
Nonprofit Organization Management, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Mobilize turns online activism into offline actions

4.0 3 years ago

Comments: Overall, I really enjoy Mobilize! It's a great little "niche" platform that fits well in the political nonprofit world. It works side by side with other platforms such as NGP VAN/EveryAction and GetThru as some examples. It even attracts volunteers in a virtual or distributed organizing environment.

Pros:

I like that it integrates really well with NGP VAN/EveryAction. These two platforms go hand in hand in recruiting volunteers for shifts, analyzing metrics such as retention, engagement and flake rate, & cleaning up the data on the backend.

Cons:

I wish Mobilize had more product codes to line up with its integration to NGP VAN. Having to double check the data and re-upload in an excel sheet and become fairly tedious after a while to ensure quality control. Also, I wish customer support was automated or they created a better support or help page for new users.

Brittany
Senior Brand Director in US
Political Organization, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Mobilize Review

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: Gamechanger for our organization.

Pros:

Ease of use. Multiple departments can easily use this tool to accomplish their goals.

Cons:

Search functionality on the backend. Ability to search promoted organizations by not promoted, state, and type would be super helpful. Ability to add fundraising events via actblue api -- or even mobilize ticketed fundraising events system.

Bonterra Response

5 years ago

Thanks for the great review, Brittany. Appreciate the ideas for new product capabilitiesthey're on our roadmap!

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Civic & Social Organization, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Mobilize: the Essential Event Management Tool

5.0 10 months ago

Comments: Very easy to use and overall effective at creating and managing events. Allowed us to broaden our outreach and grow out network online and offline.

Pros:

Mobilize allows us to publish all of the event work we are doing in certain geographies to a wide network of individuals as well as to notify our existing subscriber base.

Cons:

Setting up events is easy to do, however, there is not an option to save an event in the draft stage prior to launching the event. The closest available option is to set the event to private and publish it prior to launching the event to the wider public.

Bonterra Response

10 months ago

Hello, thank you for taking the time to review us! It's excellent to hear that Mobilize has had a positive impact on your event management and networking efforts. I will be sure to forward on your feedback regarding saving drafts of your events. We genuinely appreciate you choosing Mobilize to support your work.

Meg
Digital Organizing Director in US
Political Organization, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Mobilize America Review

4.0 5 years ago

Pros:

I personally have used Mobilize America across various professional roles but my favorite thing about the tool is the ease of use! It makes people use it with confidence given how user friendly and adaptable it is. The software is also supported by such a strong team of customer support -- the client success team goes our of their way to make their clients feel comfortable and heard and it's really refreshing!

Cons:

No major cons come to mind here -- whenever I discover something that could be improved, I open a dialogue with the team at Mobilize and they are very conducive to hearing the issue and working with me on a way through it.

Jason
Executive Director in US
Political Organization, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Mobilize makes our work possible!

5.0 5 years ago

Pros:

Mobilize is an incredibly intuitive, easy-to-use platform whose ease-of-use empowers literally thousands more volunteers to take action across the country. They are always adding new features without cluttering the user interface. And that's why our organization, Field Team 6, has been able to spread across the country, registering 18,000 progressive voters in 9 battleground states so far.

Cons:

The cost was prohibitive at first for a grassroots startup–so we spoke to the Mobilize team, and they were able to immediately lower it enough to make it accessible!

Bonterra Response

5 years ago

Thanks, Jason! We're so proud to support Field Team 6's mission.

Nora
Voter Engagement Coordinator in US
Nonprofit Organization Management, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Less effort, more signups!

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: Love it! Makes my life so much easier as an admin of a campaign. As a user, I can easily find the perfect volunteer opportunity. This platform rocks.

Pros:

All of the recruitment features - promotions, bring-a-friend, sign up for more shifts, SMS follow up. Mobilize events are so easy to set up and do most of the work for you. You end up doing less work but get more attendance at your event.

Cons:

There is really only one thing that bugs me. When I am filtering for a particular kind of event I have to do extra steps to figure out if I should search with "type" or "tag" or both. For example, if I want to filter just phone banks, but the campaign we are promoting didn't list the event's "type" as a phone bank but DID "tag" it as a phone bank - it is frustrating to figure out if I should filter by type or tags when other campaigns might list the type but not tag it. So I just have to do extra work to figure out how to filter the events - this happened to be as a user, too, before I was an admin on a campaign in Mobilize and figured out how to make it work! Otherwise, Mobilize is really easy to use.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Political Organization, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

A must have for field teams

5.0 6 months ago

Pros:

Ease of setup, quickly share and promote your events. Along with the ability to confirm and follow up with all the contact info is invaluable for a campaign.

Cons:

The cost can be a bit high for smaller organizations, however I think if used well it is worth every penny

Chris
Executive Director in US
Political Organization, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

MobilizeAmerice will improve your campaign!!!

5.0 5 years ago

Pros:

The team at Mobilize America makes everything from purchase to shut as smooth as humanly possible. They help train users, troubleshoot any issues and show results in a digestible way.

Cons:

Nothing about this product was bad or difficult in any way.

Bonterra Response

5 years ago

Thanks so much for your feedback, Chris! We're so glad that Mobilize has helped advance Common Good's mission.

Kassandra
Deputy Organizing Director in US
Political Organization, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Organizing with Mobilize

5.0 5 years ago

Pros:

I like that it makes it easy for people to see what events are near them

Cons:

It can be a little difficult to understand for people just getting familiar with it

Bonterra Response

5 years ago

Thanks for the feedback, Kassandra!

James
Research Associate in US
Research, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Simple to use

4.0 5 years ago

Pros:

It is very easy to add and delete events.

Cons:

I wish I could have more control over the emails and text messages that are sent out to remind people about events.

Bonterra Response

5 years ago

Thanks for the feedback, James! Our product team will add to the roadmap.

Sheamanti
Digital Director in US
Political Organization, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Sheamanti’s Review

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: Love Mobilize, has changed and helped the way we’ve done organizing in our organizations

Pros:

How easy the software is to use and we love the integration to our events website.

Cons:

The onboarding process for county parties. The lack of social meta data flexibility.

Bonterra Response

5 years ago

Thanks, Sheamanti. We appreciate Texas Dems' partnership. Will share your feedback with our Product and Success teams!

Tasha
Crew Leader in US
Health, Wellness & Fitness, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Highly functional

5.0 6 months ago

Pros:

The reminders are extremely helpful. Thank you!!

Cons:

I have nothing negative to add about my experience with Mobilize.

Allie
Campaigns and Elections Specialist in US
Political Organization, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Mobilize is great, and the customer support is even better

5.0 5 years ago

Pros:

Ease of use, customer support, VAN sync!

Cons:

Doesn't have a filtering option to restrict to members only

Bonterra Response

5 years ago

Thanks, Allie! We love working with NEA.