Overview
What is NationBuilder?
NationBuilder is a content management software offering from NationBuilder.
NationBuilder: very useful if it has the features your org needs
Apalling customer suppotr
Despite its limitations, NationBuilder is still the best all-around package for organizations that want to connect with and grow their audience
NationBuilder Review
A great way to build a community
Pricing
Starter
$35.00
Pro
$159.00
Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Product Demos
FieldEdge for NationBuilder App Demo | Groundforce Digital
Product Details
- About
- Tech Details
What is NationBuilder?
NationBuilder Video
NationBuilder Technical Details
Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | No |
Comparisons
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Reviews and Ratings
(11)Community Insights
- Business Problems Solved
- Recommendations
NationBuilder serves as a versatile tool for managing relationships and contacts, particularly in the context of fundraising. Users have found it valuable for establishing online presence and engaging supporters, thanks to its integration with Twitter and Facebook that seamlessly incorporates followers into automated workflows. Additionally, NationBuilder aids in campaign sites and the expansion of mailing lists for political organizations. Its user-friendly interface enables users to easily handle websites, communications, and donor information without relying on technical expertise. The tagging feature allows for personalized stakeholder interaction by assigning attributes and interests to individuals in the database. While some users have encountered challenges with basic search functionality and security certificate issues, NationBuilder has proven effective for organizing events, fostering grassroots movements, targeted contact lists, stakeholder management, community engagement, voter contact, website deployment, digital campaigns, and constructing campaign websites. Despite its limitations, users express a willingness to collaborate with NationBuilder towards software improvement.
Users commonly recommend the following improvements for NationBuilder:
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Prioritize requirements and create user guides. Users suggest prioritizing requirements and creating easy-to-use guides for different user profiles. This would help users navigate the platform more effectively and ensure that their most important needs are met.
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Take advantage of training opportunities. Users advise taking advantage of trainings offered by NationBuilder to unlock the full potential of the platform. This would enable users to make the most out of its features and functionalities.
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Conduct a trial period for integration and functionality. Users recommend conducting a trial period to ensure seamless integration and functionality with NationBuilder. This allows users to evaluate whether the platform meets their specific needs before committing to it.
These recommendations address the need for better guidance in using NationBuilder, maximizing its potential through training, and ensuring smooth integration during the evaluation process.
Reviews
(1-4 of 4)NationBuilder: very useful if it has the features your org needs
- Store contact information
- Process online donations securely and accurately
- There is no grants management capability
- It's hard to track which communications a particular user has interacted with.
- CRM
- Website host
- Donation processing
- I'm not sure
- Salesforce Lightning Platform (formerly Salesforce App Cloud)
- Provides an excellent framework for quickly building scaleable websites that are easy to edit
- The low learning curve for managing a people database, segmenting groups, and targeting influencers based on intelligent insights
- Scales well as your organization grows
- WYSIWYG editor is basic without the ability to customize and add custom fields. This is especially evident when compared to WordPress
- Donation functionality does not support fingerprint payments
- Email templates are difficult to customize compared to Constant Contact and MailChimp
- The NationBuilder ecosystem is a well-connected, supportive bunch and it has been great to be a part of that
- Most inquiring clients are already aware of NationBuilder's benefits and know what they want to accomplish. This saves time during the on-boarding process
- NationBuilder's sales team is undereducated about the platform and I have received feedback from clients that they are sharks/difficult to work with. This is a big problem and I have lost business from it
NationBuilder Review
- Great platform for managing website, social media, and donations in a single dashboard.
- Some particularly helpful features includes turf maps for walking door to door.
- I really appreciate the included voter files.
- Some of the native integrations are limited.
- Advanced plugin support, similar to Wordpress, would make this a very powerful competitor.
- Admin navigation and functionality is not the most intuitive.
- NationBuilder is very affordable, making it easy to provide a return.
- We see a great ROI based on the simple fact that so much data can be accessed and analyzed from a single platform.
- webElect
A great way to build a community
- NationBuilder is great for fundraising. You can send an email blast and see how much money it raised. You can publish a petition and have it lead to a donate page. With the higher level plans you can easily allow new members to join and pay for membership through your site.
- Petitions, surveys, and other forms of engagement. NationBuilder provides a number of ways to interact with supporters. It's very easy to set up a survey or petition, and you're able to capture the data of participants.
- Social sharing. NationBuilder makes it simple for supporters to share your pages, petitions, blog posts, etc., by providing share links on every page. They also allow you to edit the default text for sharing.
- NationBuilder lacks the ability to create a message board.
- NationBuilder needs to add threaded comments so you can respond to people who comment on your page.
- NationBuilder needs to make it easier to offer tiered memberships.
- We've raised a lot of money through emails, petitions, and donations.
- We've increased our membership.
- We've improved our ability to mobilize membership.
- i-360 and Voter Gravity