ActionKit

6.5easy start · #5 of 28
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ActionKit is ranked #5 of 28 in advocacy software on The Geeks Club. It runs on API, Web.

Compared on advocacy software

Petition tools: Yes
Legislator outreach: Yes
Action campaigns: Yes
Grassroots organizing: Yes
Advocacy analytics: Yes
SMS messaging: Yes

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The record

Product: ActionKit is advocacy, fundraising, and online organizing software for progressive organizations and campaigns.
Campaign tools: The platform supports petitions, letters, surveys, calls, fundraising campaigns, and action alert emails.
Email: Email tools include personalization, segmented targeting, A/B testing, scheduled mailings, and list hygiene tools.
Fundraising: ActionKit supports one-time and recurring donations, micro-targeted asks, and donation management.
Advocacy: Users can direct letters and calls to state or federal U.S. legislators or custom targets, and deliver signatures through email, petition drop tools, or the Communicating with Congress API.
Events: Event tools support staff- and user-hosted events, event recruitment, maps, reminders, and reporting.
Analytics: The platform includes built-in reports, a point-and-click query builder, and direct SQL access for custom analysis.
Integrations: The maker lists donation processors and services including Braintree, Authorize.net, PayFlow Pro, ACH, PayPal, ActBlue, Salesforce, Mobile Commons, Relay, Mobilize America, and ControlShift.
API: ActionKit’s web services APIs provide access to data and support creating pages, submitting user actions, and sending after-action emails from applications.
Security: The maker says donation traffic is encrypted and that, when using Braintree, credit card details do not touch ActionKit servers; it also offers optional filtering for potentially fraudulent donations.
Privacy: The maker describes multilingual privacy tools for implementing a GDPR compliance plan.
Support: Bug reports, questions, and feature requests go directly to the team that develops ActionKit, and the subscription includes the whole platform and responsive support.
Eligibility: ActionKit is available only to progressive organizations and campaigns, and the maker says it is one product with no lower-priced limited-functionality option.
Maker: ActionKit says it is built by We Also Walk Dogs, which it says was founded in 1998 by Patrick Michael Kane.

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

Best Advocacy Software in 2026#5 of 28

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actionkit.com/learn_more.html· checked 2 Oct 2026
actionkit.com· checked 2 Oct 2026
actionkit.com/about_us.html· checked 2 Oct 2026
act.actionkit.com/docs/manual/releases.html· checked 3 Oct 2026