
Congress Plus Advocacy
Congress Plus Advocacy is a paid web-based legislative action center from The Soft Edge, founded in 1990.
What Congress Plus Advocacy is
Congress Plus Advocacy is a paid web-based legislative action center from The Soft Edge, founded in 1990. Organizations can embed it in their own websites, use a hosted standalone page, or launch individual action pages. Campaigns may support email, phone calls, social media, petitions, regulatory comments, letters to the editor, or combinations of channels. Targeting can use vote position, bill cosponsorship, committee membership, custom lists, and other criteria. Mobile-friendly email and text messaging, magic links that prefill advocate information, and A/B testing support outreach. Organizations can share legislation, a legislator directory, candidate information, and voter-registration tools. Event mode includes a real-time activity map, while custom keywords can deliver calls to action by text. Listed integrations include Salesforce, Zapier, X, DonorPerfect, Bloomerang, iMIS, NationBuilder, Nimble, and NetForum. FTP hosting is available for automatic membership-file uploads. Pricing depends on package and contact database size; custom work or certain integrations may add fees.
Good
- Supports multi-channel action campaigns
- Offers targeted legislative messaging
- Includes petitions and regulatory comments
- Provides SMS messaging and magic links
- Lists many integrations
Watch out
- Paid web product
- Pricing depends on package and database size
- Custom work or integrations may add fees
Who it suits
It suits trade associations, nonprofits, advocacy groups, coalitions, corporations, law firms, and government agencies engaging policymakers. It is intended for federal, state, and local advocacy campaigns.
Verdict
Congress Plus Advocacy provides configurable campaign pages, targeting, messaging, event tools, and integrations for policymaker outreach. Organizations should request package details and clarify any extra integration or custom-work charges.
Plans and prices
From Congress Plus Advocacy's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Congress Plus Advocacy | Priced on request | Pricing depends on package and contact database size; contact the vendor for details |
The facts
Each one read from Congress Plus Advocacy's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Access
- The action center can be embedded in an organization’s website, deployed as a standalone hosted page, or launched as individual action pages.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Advocate resources
- Organizations can share relevant legislation, provide a legislator directory, and offer candidate information and voter registration tools.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Campaigns
- Campaign types include email, phone calls, social media, petitions, regulatory comments, letters to the editor, and multi-channel actions.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Email and text
- The platform supports mobile-friendly email and text messages, magic links that pre-fill advocate information, and A/B testing.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Event tools
- Event mode includes a real-time activity map, and advocates can text a custom keyword to receive a call to action on their phone.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integration options
- The vendor says it can explore additional integrations based on client needs and offers FTP hosting for automatic membership-file uploads.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The vendor lists Salesforce, Zapier, X, DonorPerfect, Bloomerang, iMIS, NationBuilder, Nimble, and NetForum integrations.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The vendor says it serves trade associations, nonprofits, advocacy groups, coalitions, corporations, law firms, and government agencies engaging policymakers at federal, state, and local levels.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Pricing basis
- Congress Plus pricing is standardized and depends on the selected package and the size of the contact database; additional fees may apply for custom work or certain integrations.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Congress Plus Advocacy is a customizable legislative action center that helps organizations mobilize supporters to contact lawmakers.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- Support is available by phone and email during business hours, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET, excluding holidays.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Targeting
- Messages can be targeted by vote position, bill cosponsorship, committee membership, custom lists, and other criteria.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Training
- The vendor offers pre-recorded trainings, tutorials, written guides, and live training sessions upon request with a few days’ notice.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1990checked 28 Sep 2026
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