Mobilize
Mobilize is a web and API platform for mission-driven organizations that manage events and recruit volunteers.
What Mobilize is
Mobilize is a web and API platform for mission-driven organizations that manage events and recruit volunteers. Organizations can create single- or multiple-shift events, set recurring schedules, and host virtual or in-person gatherings, as well as events asking supporters to call legislators’ offices. Volunteer engagement tools include automated email and text messages, post-event surveys, personalized experiences, and event search and discovery. Organizers can recruit volunteer hosts, create customizable event campaigns, reach potential hosts across channels, and set approval processes and permission levels. The platform also supports shift scheduling, volunteer messaging, hours tracking, custom forms, and volunteer self-signup. Mobilize provides real-time event data, CSV export, read and write APIs, and SQL mirrors or database replicas. Its listed integrations include Salesforce, NGP VAN, EveryAction, ActionKit, ActBlue, and others. The service has a free plan and a free trial. The listed Limited starter account costs nothing and covers five team members, the next five events or online actions, and up to 50 signups or 500 petition signatures.
Good
- Supports recurring, virtual, and in-person events
- Automated email and text volunteer messaging
- Includes shift scheduling and hours tracking
- Provides real-time data, CSV export, and APIs
- Listed integrations include Salesforce and NGP VAN
Watch out
- Starter account covers only five team members
- Starter account covers the next five events or actions
- Starter account caps signups at 50
Who it suits
Mobilize suits nonprofits, campaigns, committees, unions, advocacy organizations, and grassroots organizers coordinating events and volunteer participation. Its event tools also fit teams that recruit volunteer hosts or track volunteer hours.
Verdict
Mobilize brings event coordination, volunteer engagement, and reporting tools together for mission-driven groups. The free starter account has defined team, event, and signup limits to consider.
Plans and prices
From Mobilize's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Limited Starter Account | Free | 5 users · 5 events · up to 50 signups or 500 petition signatures |
| Small organizations (TrustRadius listing) | $100 a month | Cloud deployment · starting price |
| Mid-sized organizations | $500 a month | Cloud deployment · starting price |
| Small Organizations | $500 a month | Unlimited virtual and in-person events and opportunities · SMS reminders · donation integrations · data exports · starting at $500/month |
| Large Organizations | $2,000 a month | Unlimited virtual and in-person events and opportunities · SMS reminders · donation integrations · data exports · starting at $2,000/month |
| Large organizations (TrustRadius listing) | $2,000 a month | Cloud deployment · starting price |
The facts
Each one read from Mobilize's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Actions powered
- The homepage reports more than 50 million actions powered since 2018.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Analytics and exports
- The platform provides real-time event data, CSV exports, read and write APIs, and SQL mirrors or database replicas.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API endpoint
- The public API documentation specifies https://api.mobilize.us/v1 as the API entry point and JSON responses with bearer-key authentication for protected routes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API limits
- The API documentation states rate limits of 15 requests per second for GET endpoints and 5 requests per second for POST or PUT endpoints.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API scope
- Documented API resources include organizations, events, timeslots, locations, attendances, images, tags, and enum values, with some write endpoints restricted by support approval.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Audience
- Mobilize describes its customers as nonprofits, campaigns and committees, unions, advocacy organizations, and grassroots organizers.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Automated follow-up
- The platform sends automated email and text reminders, post-event surveys, and personalized volunteer communications.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Developer documentation depth
- The API repository documents request parameters, response schemas, authentication, pagination, rate limiting, staging access, and a dated changelog.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Event creation
- Organizers can create single-shift, recurring, multiple-shift, virtual, and in-person events without technical experience.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Event hosting
- Organizations can recruit volunteers to host events, with customizable event campaigns, host recruitment across channels, and approval processes and permission levels.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Event types
- Organizations can create single-shift, recurring, multiple-shift, virtual, and in-person events, as well as events to call legislators’ offices.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Funding
- Wikipedia reports a $3.75 million Series A raised in January 2020, led by Higher Ground Labs with additional investors including Lowercase Capital and Reid Hoffman.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Help center
- The official Help Center contains role-specific documentation for supporters, volunteer hosts, organizers, and admins plus onboarding and notification guides.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Listed integrations include ActBlue, EveryAction, ActionKit, Blue State Digital, NGP VAN, Intercom, Phone2Action, Movable Ink, Upland Mobile Messaging, Political Data, Inc., OutVote, and Outfox.ai.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Legal entity
- The official site footer identifies the operating entity as MobilizeAmerica, Inc.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Licence
- The reviewed public materials do not state an open-source licence; TrustRadius lists the product as SaaS cloud software.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: Facebook integration
- A G2 reviewer says Facebook Events do not sync directly with Mobilize, requiring duplicate event entry and reducing RSVP capture.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: message customization
- A G2 reviewer reports being unable to customize the thank-you email or add a donation feature in the desired workflow.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: notification volume
- Multiple G2 reviewers complain that frequent automated reminders can bury important administrator messages.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: pricing
- A G2 reviewer lists the lack of a free full-featured plan as a downside compared with free alternatives.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company facts
- LinkedIn lists Mobilize as privately held, founded in 2017, headquartered in New York, and employing 11–50 people.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2017checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- The terms list the provider’s address as 10901 Stonelake Blvd, Suite 199, Austin, TX 78759.checked 7 Oct 2026
Money
- Limit: free-tier support
- TrustRadius lists FAQ, knowledge-base, social, and video support for free users but marks phone, live chat, and email support unavailable on the free tier.checked 15 Oct 2026
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