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What do you like best about ActBlue?

This is the premier fundraising tool for campaigns. It's easy to use and everyone knows about it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActBlue?

There is nothing that I dislike at this time. Great user support as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActBlue:

If you are a Democratic campaign, you must use ActBlue for your fundraising Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActBlue solving and how is that benefiting you?

Raising money for political campaigns. Easy to use, great support and metrics, and everyone knows and trusts it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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ActBlue
Year Founded
2004
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Somerville, Massachusetts
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Angie B.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"ActBlue makes getting donations easy!"
ActBlue allows you to reach donors with easily customizable forms and fast setup, and their administrative fee of 3.9% is low compared to many othe...
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2.5 out of 5
"Actblue refuses to send me a CSV list of my donations"
Ease of use, and record of contributions
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"ActBlue facilitates fundraising"
As an individual, I love that I can use the platform to easily give small-dollar donations to any progressive politician or organization out there,...
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10 out of 11 Total Reviews for ActBlue

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10 out of 11 Total Reviews for ActBlue
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10 out of 11 Total Reviews for ActBlue
4.3 out of 5
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Angie B.
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What do you like best about ActBlue?

ActBlue allows you to reach donors with easily customizable forms and fast setup, and their administrative fee of 3.9% is low compared to many other donor platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActBlue?

ActBlue does not provide chat support or total donations for a given period for a donor. In addition, donors must log into their accounts to get a record of their yearly contributions, or I have to do that manually for my organization's donors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActBlue solving and how is that benefiting you?

ActBlue helps my organization with a donor platform that is safe and secure while charging just a minimal fee of 3.9%. Donations come to those who make it easy, and ActBlue does just that! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sara Y.
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What do you like best about ActBlue?

As an individual, I love that I can use the platform to easily give small-dollar donations to any progressive politician or organization out there, and it feels great doing so to help. I am making a difference in my day-to-day, whether that entails contributing one-time or monthly. In the nonprofit space, I also like to use the platform to watch our fundraising efforts and produce quarterly reports based on ActBlue's metrics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActBlue?

I don't particularly appreciate that other companies can get a hold of my information once I donate to their cause or candidate. It's a bit annoying and unexpected at first, but you either get used to it or can unsubscribe from their list. I also wish we could merge multiple accounts without first creating a customer support ticket. I hope to see that ActBlue makes a user-friendly, mobile application for their donors and clients to use one day (without hassle). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActBlue:

There should be an ActBlue app available on mobile devices in order for people to give on the go. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActBlue solving and how is that benefiting you?

ActBlue makes it a more straightforward, streamlined process to donate and fundraise for political action committees, grassroots campaigns, other advocacy-related nonprofits, and social justice organizations. Rather than writing a check or donating via the website, I can do all that and more through this incredible, unique, and cute platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about ActBlue?

Ease of use, and

record of contributions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActBlue?

No response from support. Three times ask for help with only a prepared online response. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActBlue solving and how is that benefiting you?

No Idea. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nina C.
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What do you like best about ActBlue?

ActBlue has an open and uncluttered interface. Easy to get around and find what you need. Changes and across-the-board updates are made clear. Up to the second updates are also very helpful and key. The testing page is very intuitive, and I like that you can run all kinds of tests, from the copy to the smart boost. Automatic traffic allocation is also great! It is also nice to constantly see the flow of money coming in on the main page, as well as the top-performing slugs from a certain day. That way, I can check up on my most recent emails at a glance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActBlue?

When searching for a page on the contribution forms, you can't hit enter to search. Small but can be annoying. Additionally, donation asks and the spacing throughout get tweaked or messed up when saving/publishing/checking the page. The title part of a page could also be easier to edit and change individually without changing the entire styling of the background. It would also be great to have a page to view all active tests instead of having to go to each page and check the results of a test that way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActBlue:

ActBlue is a highly user-friendly and accessible platform. I highly recommend it. The learning curve for getting used to it is not very large, and multiple people will be able to master it fairly quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActBlue solving and how is that benefiting you?

ActBlue is the quickest and easiest way to try multiple donation pages. The testing aspect is a major benefit. It's easy to update and transition pages from quarter to quarter while also optimizing our results. Another benefit is toggling through all of the accounts I have access to, rather than having to log out or go to a completely different page to edit another client. This makes editing and updating for others even easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about ActBlue?

I like that for the most part ActBlue is easy to navigate, only requires one log in no matter how many campaigns/pacs you work with, and has solid customer service Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActBlue?

The updates they made to their custom branding the other year. The organization of things and the naming conventions don't make sense and the CSS classes are not descriptive and hard to override. I'd like to be able to customize things further. I understand wanting to make it easier for people not proficient in CSS and HTML to style their pages but they've made the product less robust and harder to use in many ways.

I also wish they had a better way to view ongoing tests. There should be a dashboard to view all active tests instead of having to click through multiple pages Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActBlue:

ActBlue is the gold standard for Democratic fundraising. Yes there is room for improvement, but their product is solid and their customer support is great. Don't be afraid to contact them for help! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActBlue solving and how is that benefiting you?

Actblue gives us a central, trusted system to raise money. It's name recognition is solid so donors know they can trust it to donate money to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ashley F.
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What do you like best about ActBlue?

I love all the data organized and the user-friendly layout that makes it easy for beginners to figure out. It's aesthetically pleasing while also being good at displaying the data that campaigns and groups need to see for analytics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActBlue?

I honestly can't speak to anything that I disliked about Act Blue. It's great, and I haven't used other fundraising software, so I can't speak to additional features they may have that ActBlue doesn't. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActBlue solving and how is that benefiting you?

With ActBlue, we're can easily figure out what content is performing well for our clients and what content isn't doing as well as we hoped it would. A benefit we realized is that ActBlue is up to date with fundraising so, throughout the day, we can see what content is popping off. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about ActBlue?

so easy to use and customize for different clients Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActBlue?

there's not an easy way to see every test you've ever run and there's a lot of customization options we could have that aren't currently supported Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActBlue:

A bank of the tests you have run so you can see results all in one place

Chat feature for quicker support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActBlue solving and how is that benefiting you?

trust worthy & easy platform to raise money on Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about ActBlue?

ActBlue is something that we've used to process our donations for about a year now, and they are so, so helpful. Anytime I need to send them an email, even if it's the dumbest question, they respond in under an hour and with all the information that I could need. Their website is easy to use and very streamlined. I really appreciate the product and it makes my job very easy indeed. Can't recommend them highly enough! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActBlue?

Not too much. Sometimes when I'm trying to find a specific donation, I think it would be helpful to have a more flexible "Search Contributions". For example, when someone only includes one last name when reaching out to us, it can be hard to find them if they signed up on ActBlue with two last names. Other than that, it's great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActBlue solving and how is that benefiting you?

We receive all of our donations and store orders through ActBlue and it has really streamlined the entire process and made it much easier to sort everything. It helps me process any conversation I'm having with users to know exactly when, how much, and how to refund a donation if necessary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about ActBlue?

My experience with ActBlue over the years is primarily in the field of digital/fundraising. I particularly found it helpful for quickly creating landing pages/forms when we needed to turn around content quickly. They are also very good at developing content that is mobile-friendly, which greatly increases conversion rates. They also provide A/B tools which are great for testing emails. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActBlue?

There were a few times when ActBlue customer service/communication could have been better over the years, particularly when the service was down or donors had trouble with their contributions (and I'd need ActBlue to clear up the confusion). I do believe that the organizations has been doing a better job of improving support communication (and pledging to resolve problems on their end) over the years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActBlue:

ActBlue is the standard to use in my industry. Thankfully, they aren't asleep at the wheel. ActBlue is always improving their tools to lead the way in fundraising, and I appreciate that - over the years - they have been responding to feedback from their clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActBlue solving and how is that benefiting you?

ActBlue has always been helpful for meeting fundraising goals, particularly via increasing conversation rates with new lists and appealing for small-dollar donations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about ActBlue?

Great, searchable, centralized online fundraising platform housing thousands of campaigns. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about ActBlue?

Fees sometimes feel a little steep for services provided. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering ActBlue:

Compare pricing/ fee options at other vendors for online political fundraising- but know that if you're not using ActBlue, you're not on the most popular and most trusted platform, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is ActBlue solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's one of the strongest, best-known platforms to use for online fundraising for Dem candidates and progressive PACs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.