How is Blue Utopia different from NationBuilder?
Summary Beyond the fact that both serve the political, advocacy, and nonprofit segments, there are a lot of differences between NationBuilder and BlueUtopia. The most significant being that NationBuilder serves Republicans and has built partnerships with Republican national organizations. BlueUtopia serves Democrats and Progressives only. NationBuilder's tools are more focused on the 'online' side of organizing and lack robust tools for traditional fundraising and compliance reporting. If these are important, it means you will need a completely different system for these functions, adding considerable time and expense.
Key Differences
Friendly pricing
NationBuider seems inexpensive to start but most organizations quickly find they are paying way more than they anticipated. By driving up your record count and pushing their clients to premium packages, NB forces most clients to upgrade to much more expensive and larger packages. Our approach is much simpler and more in keeping with our mission of helping Democratic and Progressive campaigns.
Dem / Progressive only
We serve Democrats and Progressives only. Every dollar we earn goes back into the product to build competitive advantage in our collective goal of building a better more inclusive, more progressive world. NB, in contrast, serves any side. That includes proudly boasting their role in helping to elect Donald Trump in 2016.
Complete Toolset for Campaigns
NationBuilder has limited finance tracking and doesn't have any tools for compliance reporting, which means you need yet another system to prepare and file compliance reports. This adds another layer of work, data sync, and cost to your organization.
Easy Migration
We've made migrating from NationBuilder easy and painless. We help you prepare and migrate all of your data, waive any custom technical fees, and even waive monthly fees if you're buried in a long term contract.
Pricing Comparison
At first glance, it would appear that BlueUtopia and NationBuilder have very similar pricing. However, NationBuilder continuously pulls clients into higher priced packages by the way they count records and push basic features into premium packages. BlueUtopia's approach is the opposite. It's simple and scalable. We offer packages to help you get hat you need without paying for what you don't but never bury features into 'premium' packages.
BlueUtopia $125
(per month with 10K Records)
- Supporter Management (CRM)
- Email Marketing
- Fundraising
- Advocacy Forms
- Reporting and Analytics
- Social Integration
- Compliance Reporting Integration
NationBuilder $575
(per month with 10K Records)
- Supporter Management (CRM)
- Email Marketing
- Fundraising
- Advocacy Forms
- Reporting and Analytics
- Social Integration
Compliance Reporting Integration
What do clients have to say about us?
Blue Utopia is easy to use, especially with the ActBlue sync. Their affordable pricing allowed us to file timely and accurate FEC reports while keeping our operations budget low. And their customer service is top notch. I would strongly recommend BlueUtopia to any campaign or organization!
Technology platform for Democrats and Progressives.
The BlueUtopia System has all the tools and integrations you need to organize, communicate with, and fundraising from your supporters and prospects.
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