--- description: Review of ActBlue Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice New Zealand. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: ActBlue | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice NZ --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Political Campaign Software](/directory/4148/political-campaign/software) > [ActBlue](/software/89683/actblue) # ActBlue Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/89683/actblue Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/89683/actblue?page=2) > Trusted by grassroots organizations, ActBlue is a free online fundraising solution that utilizes a single-click payment system and customizable branded forms to create online donation pages. With ActBlue's payment system, ActBlue Express Lane, organizations can easily embed links to fundraising emails, enabling higher conversion rates. For ongoing support, ActBlue provides a customer service team that handles all donation questions and issues. ActBlue provides an unlimited number of forms that can be branded to match any fundraising cause within minutes. All contribution forms are designed to be mobile responsive for any mobile fundraising campaign. In order to optimize forms for the highest conversions, built-in A/B tools are available for every contribution form. For ticket events, organizations can easily set ticket prices, add event details, and access guest lists for every form. ActBlue can integrate with major CRM platforms and real-time data integration providers. > > Verdict: Rated **2.6/5** by 38 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **2.6/5** | 38 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 3.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 1.7/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 2.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 2.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 30% | (3/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: ActBlue - **Location**: Somerville, US - **Founded**: 2004 ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate - **Pricing Details**: Flat rate of 3.95% on each contribution received. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: United States ## Features - CRM - Campaign Analytics - Campaign Management - Contribution Tracking - Customisable Branding - Customisable Forms - Dashboard - Donation Tracking - Donor Discovery - Donor Management - Donor Targeting - Electronic Payments - Event Calendar - Event Management - For Democrats - For Nonprofits - Forms Management - Fundraising Management - Member Database - Membership Management ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Knowledge Base ## Category - [Political Campaign Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4148/political-campaign/software) ## Related Categories - [Political Campaign Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4148/political-campaign/software) - [Fundraising Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/1543/online-fundraising-platforms/software) - [Donation Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/418/crm-software/software) - [Charity Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/directory/4280/nonprofit/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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It makes it less awkward. > > **Cons**: This is personal, but our organization took time to set up Actblue because the current board did not know if we were registered as 501c4 or c3 and that was required to begin. > > Raise funds for club organization. ----- ### "ActBlue Good Donation Site" — 5.0/5 > **Janis** | *21 July 2024* | Primary/Secondary Education | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I accidentally typed in wrong \#s ($100 difference\!\!) Contacted ActBlue \& they immediately edited to correct amt\! > > **Cons**: You have to be very careful not to check recurring donation. Also, on this review form I think “retired” should be one of the job choices. I was able to add it later but your stats would be better if you knew the number of retired donors. > > Positive. Any issues resolved immediately. ----- ### "You cannot trust these people." — 1.0/5 > **Sue** | *20 June 2019* | Accounting | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: Ease of you in doing donations. That is pretty much it. > > **Cons**: My experience has been that ACTBLUE is unethical in their practice of getting on-line donations for candidates. My husband was very ill and not thinking clearly. He wanted to donate money to a candidate during last years elections. Because he was not clearly I was checking our credit card charges routinely and noticed repeated charges by ACTBLUE in ever increasing amounts. I talked to my husband who was not clear on things but was adamant that he did not do donations as frequently and as in large amounts as were being charged against our card. I reached out to ACTBLUE via email and phone in an effort to explain the situation going on with my husband and ask them to delete him from their mailing list. They repeatedly promised to do so and for a few months we would be fine. Then again I would see more and more charges in higher and higher amounts. At that point my husband was so ill he was hardly out of bed much less approving these amounts. I finally had to send ACTBLUE a threatening letter which included the me having power of attorney over my husband's affairs. I also told them that if they did this one more time I would go to Senator Lindsay Grahams office (I live in SC) and explain that ACTBLUE was actively abusing the elderly and disabled, and that I imagined Senator's Graham's office might find that interesting. That I am a lifelong democrat but my primarily was to protect my family. That did seem to stop it. > > I would NEVER donate money to a candidate via this organization. ----- ### "Easy ro start, easy to make it monthly, easy to stop, easy to contribute optional tips or not." — 5.0/5 > **Andrea** | *14 January 2022* | Civic & Social Organisation | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy ro start, easy to make it monthly, easy to stop, easy to contribute optional tips or not. Easy to keep records required to demonstrate that all donors are eligible and not foreign nationals or otherwise ineligible. > > **Cons**: All the features that I use work perfectly. No complaints. > > I have been donating through this platform for years, one time donations, repeated donations, and tips ----- ### "Non-existent customer support for correcting errors" — 4.0/5 > **Michael** | *14 November 2020* | Law Practice | Recommendation rating: 1.0/10 > > **Pros**: Ease of use. Very easy to make donations > > **Cons**: They have absolutely the worst record I've ever encountered in correcting charging errors. On two occasions their system doubled my donation and I let it go the first time because it was small, but the second time I went to their website and logged in and wrote THREE TIMES asking to have it corrected. NO ONE responded. Considering the algorithms available to financial websites today, there is no excuse for this double billing. They should have an automatic response whenever this happens and ask the donor if that was what they intended. Instead, they make inadvertent double billings EASY to happen and then WON'T CORRECT IT even when you complain\! What is going on with these people? > > I have been using them for as long as they have been around and this is the first year that I have had this problem. Are they getting too big to focus on customer complaints? If they are making what I think they are making, they need to hire people to respond and take care of these issues. ----- Page: 1 / 3\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/89683/actblue?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.nz/software/89683/actblue) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data