Comparison
Action Network pricing and an alternative for field scheduling
An email, texting, and online action tool for progressive groups. Here is what it costs, what it does, and where a field program needs more.
Facts checked October 1, 2026 from Action Network's own site.
How much does Action Network cost?
Action Network publishes its prices. Here they are as listed on its site.
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Petitions, events, forms, and email to people who opted in. No list uploads. |
| Movement | From $15 a month | You pay by how many emails you send. $15 covers the first 12,000 a month. |
| Network | From $125 a month | For groups with chapters. $125 covers the first 50,000 emails a month. |
| Boost add-on | From $450 a month | Adds shift events, where people pick from several shifts. |
| Texting add-on | From $50 a month, plus carrier fees | $10 per 1,000 messages on the Movement plan. |
How it charges: By how many emails you send each month, with a monthly minimum.
Free option: Yes. Free tools for small groups. List uploads and automation need a paid plan.
Source: Action Network pricing page, checked October 1, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Action Network before you buy.
What Action Network does
- Email blasts with automated follow-ups
- Petitions, letters, forms, and surveys
- Events with RSVPs, reminders, and self check-in
- Mass texting and call campaigns as an add-on
- Donation pages and ActBlue sync
- Parent and child groups for networks
Who can use it: Progressive causes only. Its pricing page says it partners only with progressive causes.
Where a field program needs more
These are things a field team needs that we did not find on Action Network's product pages.
- Events with several shifts need the Boost add-on, which starts at $450 a month.
- We did not find walk lists or turf tools on its pricing page.
- We did not find a view of polling sites or a report of who missed shifts.
| Job | Action Network | Capstone Volunteer |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An email, texting, and online action tool for progressive groups. | A shift scheduling tool for a campaign field program. |
| Who can use it | Progressive causes only. Its pricing page says it partners only with progressive causes | Any campaign |
| Price | Published | $99 a month for one campaign, every seat included |
| Volunteer shifts | With the Boost add-on, from $450 a month | Yes, on one grid for every site and time block |
| Tracks who missed a shift | Not listed on its product pages | Yes, across every shift |
| Ranks who to ask for each open shift | Not listed on its product pages | Yes, by ward and by who shows up |
Action Network column: from Action Network's own pages, checked October 1, 2026.
Use them together
Keep Action Network for what it does well. Use Capstone Volunteer for the schedule: who works which shift, at which site, and who came.
Your volunteer list moves over in one spreadsheet upload. Nothing needs to sync.
Schedule the field program next to the tools you already use
- Every shift sits on one grid, from canvass launches to election day.
- The gap panel ranks who to ask by ward and by who shows up.
- Reminders go out the day before, and no-shows are tracked.
The gap panel tells you who to text for each open shift. In a 2020 test with 1,220 volunteers, people asked by text showed up more than 3 times as often as people sent only an email. Read the study.
Start 14 free days, then $99 a month
More ways to pay: card, Cash App, Link, or Amazon Pay.
Nothing is charged for 14 days. We email you 3 days before. Cancel before then and you pay nothing.
Want to talk first? Book a 30-minute call or email me the pricing.
Action Network questions
How much does Action Network cost?
It has free tools. Paid plans start at $15 a month and go up with how many emails you send. Multi-shift events need the Boost add-on, from $450 a month. Checked October 1, 2026.
Does Action Network have a free version?
Yes. Free tools for small groups. List uploads and automation need a paid plan.
Can any campaign use Action Network?
Progressive causes only. Its pricing page says it partners only with progressive causes.
What is a good Action Network alternative for a campaign field program?
If you need to book volunteers into shifts, cover polling sites, and see who shows up, Capstone Volunteer does that for $99 a month. Many campaigns use it next to Action Network.