Solidarity Tech vs. NationBuilder
Compare the all-in-one organizing CRM with built-in dialers against the CMS-first platform. See where each tool excels and which fits your organizing needs.
An honest comparison
Most comparison pages show the company writing them in the best light. NationBuilder has been around longer and has a larger ecosystem of third-party designers and themes. But if your organizing requires power dialers, a native mobile app, or comprehensive multilingual support, here's where each platform delivers.
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Different product architectures
NationBuilder is a CMS-first platform with CRM features and email automation. Solidarity Tech is an organizing CRM with integrated power and predictive dialers, a native mobile field app, and multi-channel automation. Both platforms serve political campaigns with autodistricting and voter contact tools.
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Where each platform excels
NationBuilder has a larger ecosystem of third-party designers and themes. Solidarity Tech excels at phone banking with built-in dialers, P2P texting, multilingual organizing in 92 languages, and relationship-driven campaigns with unlimited team members. Both platforms serve political campaigns and have autodistricting capabilities.
A quick summary
NationBuilder is primarily a CMS platform with a mature website builder and email-only automation. Text messaging is an add-on (US/Canada only). They offer manual call sheets and a click-to-call interface, but no power dialers or predictive dialers. For those, you need third-party tools like CallHub. Mobile field apps require third-party integrations like FieldEdge ($19/mo). Multilingual support is limited to English, Spanish, and French.
Solidarity Tech is built for relationship-driven organizing with integrated phone banking (power and predictive dialers, live call coaching), a native mobile field organizer app, multi-channel automation, and support for 92 languages. On pricing: NationBuilder starts at $34/mo (Starter) and $160/mo (Pro) with contact-based tiers. Solidarity Tech Professional is $199/mo with unlimited team members. Per-text cost matters for high-volume campaigns: we charge 1.4 cents per text segment on Professional plan.
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| Starting price | $39/month | $34/month |
| Text cost (Pro) | 1.4 cents | Tiered packages |
| Power dialer | Built-in | Requires third-party |
| Predictive dialer | Built-in (Pro) | Requires third-party |
| Mobile field app | Native iOS & Android | Third-party ($19+/mo) |
| Live call coaching | Built-in | No |
| Multilingual | 92 languages | Limited (EN/ES/FR) |
| Automation | Email + SMS | Email only |
| Website builder | Full website builder | Full website builder |
| Printable walk sheets | No | Yes (Pro) |
Solidarity ideal customer checklist
Phone banking with dialers is central to your organizing
We have power dialers, predictive dialers, and live call coaching built in. NationBuilder offers manual call sheets and click-to-call, but power and predictive dialers require third-party tools like CallHub.
You organize multilingual communities
We support 92 languages with automatic volunteer-contact matching. NationBuilder offers limited multilingual support (English, Spanish, French via their Momentum theme).
You need a native mobile field app
Our iOS and Android app lets volunteers phonebank, textbank, and canvass. Works offline. NationBuilder requires third-party apps like FieldEdge ($19/mo) or HandyNation.
You want automation beyond email
Our automation combines email and SMS with conditional logic. NationBuilder automation is email-only. SMS automation requires Zapier integration.
Where NationBuilder requires third-party tools
NationBuilder has a large ecosystem of third-party designers and themes. Both platforms offer website building, autodistricting, and serve political campaigns for voter contact. NationBuilder has been around longer and has more theme options from their partner network.
But if your organizing requires power dialers, predictive dialers, a native mobile app, or comprehensive multilingual support, NationBuilder requires third-party integrations. Below are capabilities we provide as integrated infrastructure that they rely on partners to deliver.
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| Power dialer (built-in) | ||
| Predictive dialer (built-in) | ||
| Live call coaching | ||
| Native mobile field app | ||
| 92-language multilingual support | ||
| Multi-channel automation (email + SMS) | ||
| Agent assignment system | ||
| Leadership assessment levels | ||
| Email campaigns | ||
| Text blasts | ||
| Printable walk sheets | ||
| Autodistricting | ||
| Larger theme/designer ecosystem |
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