Solidarity Tech vs. Mobilize

Mobilize is a volunteer event management and recruitment platform, now part of the Bonterra (NGP VAN/EveryAction) family. They offer a limited free starter account where five team members can host up to 5 events or online actions (up to 50 signups or 500 petition signatures). Beyond that, Mobilize does not publish pricing. There is no pricing page on their website. You have to schedule a demo with their sales team to learn what it costs.

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. Every plan and price is published on our website. Contact assignment, custom assessment levels, and Wall Chart visualization help you develop leaders and track relationships across 92 languages.

These are fundamentally different products. Mobilize manages events and recruits volunteers. Solidarity Tech is a complete organizing platform where events are one part of a larger system that includes calling, texting, email, CRM, website building, automations, and donation processing. Mobilize's standout feature is the mobilize.us portal: a network of organizations where supporters can discover volunteer opportunities across multiple groups. That network effect is genuinely valuable for event recruitment and volunteer acquisition.

Mobilize is the leading event management and volunteer recruitment platform in the progressive space. The mobilize.us network creates a discovery effect where people find your events organically. Automated reminders reduce no-shows. Distributed organizing lets volunteers host their own events. If getting people to show up to events is your primary challenge, Mobilize is genuinely excellent at solving it.

But Mobilize is an event tool, not an organizing platform. You cannot send P2P text messages or broadcast texts. You cannot make phone calls or run a phone bank. You cannot send email campaigns. You cannot build a campaign website. There is no CRM for tracking supporter relationships: no contact assignment, no custom assessment levels, no Wall Chart visualization, no follow-up tasks. There are no multi-channel automation workflows. There is no power or predictive dialer. There is no AI call transcription. There is no native mobile field app for phonebanking and textbanking.

For organizations that want events as part of a unified system where every RSVP, text, call, email, form, and donation connects to one contact record with relationship tracking and automated follow-ups, Solidarity Tech provides that infrastructure.