Solidarity Tech vs. GetThru

GetThru offers two products: ThruText for P2P texting and ThruTalk for predictive dialing. PAYGO SMS costs 3.5 cents per segment, MMS costs 6 cents per message, and dialing costs 4.5 cents per dial with no connected minute charges. Lower per-segment rates are available with volume commitments. All plans require a $300 one-time setup fee (credited once the account reaches $5,000 in spending). GetThru also offers managed texting services where their team sends texts for you at an additional 5 cents per message. Free unlimited incoming messages, cell phone number validation, and technical support are included with all plans. The platform was built by Bernie 2016 veterans and has been used by over 2,000 organizations.

Solidarity Tech is an all-in-one organizing CRM starting at $39/month with no setup fee. Phone banking with power and predictive dialers, P2P texting, broadcast texting, email campaigns with A/B testing, event management with multi-shift and recurring events, a full website builder with custom domains, and donation pages are all integrated. Our Professional plan includes texts at 1.4 cents per segment, calls at 3 cents per minute, unlimited team members with no per-seat fees, AI call transcriptions and summaries, live call coaching, and a native mobile field app for iOS and Android. Contact assignment, custom assessment levels, and Wall Chart visualization help you develop leaders and track relationships across 92 languages.

On per-segment cost, GetThru's PAYGO SMS rate is 3.5 cents per segment compared to Solidarity Tech's 1.4 cents (Professional plan). For 100,000 single-segment texts, that is $3,500 with GetThru (plus the $300 setup fee) versus $1,400 with Solidarity Tech, a 2.5x difference. The second difference is scope: GetThru gives you communication tools with strong VAN integration, while Solidarity Tech gives you a complete organizing platform where everything is integrated in one system.

GetThru's ThruText and ThruTalk are proven tools with a strong track record in progressive politics. Free unlimited technical support and strategic guidance are included with every plan. The managed texting service (at an additional 5 cents per message) lets organizations outsource campaign execution to experienced professionals. If you need standalone communication tools that scale to millions of contacts during peak campaign season, GetThru has served over 2,000 organizations.

But GetThru is a communication vendor, not an organizing platform. There is no CRM for tracking supporter relationships over time. You cannot assign contacts to team members who own those relationships. There are no custom assessment levels or leadership development tools like Wall Chart. There is no website builder. There is no event management. There are no email campaigns. There are no multi-channel automation workflows. There are no integrated donation or fundraising pages. There is no mobile field app. There is no 92-language multilingual support.

For organizations that need an integrated system where calls, texts, events, emails, forms, and donations all connect to one contact record with relationship tracking and automated follow-ups, Solidarity Tech provides that infrastructure at a lower per-segment cost.