Your volunteers show up. Your app shouldn't slow them down.
Activate is the canvassing app for political campaigns — free to start, no credit card. One QR code invites your team. One swipe logs every door. One live dashboard shows your whole ground game. Rally your team toward victory — today!
Built for first campaigns, volunteer-led teams, and growing field programs.
You watch the ground game fill in — live.
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See your entire ground game in real time.
While your team is knocking doors, you're watching the board fill in. Completion rates, response breakdowns, and team activity — all updating live, in real time. No more waiting for end-of-day reports. Course-correct while it still matters.
How It Works
Integrate real voter data and get started. From zero to canvassing in under 5 minutes.
Create Your Campaign
Enter your candidate name, election dates, and talking points. Your campaign hub is live instantly.
Invite with a QR Code
Share one QR code or link. Canvassers scan, sign up, and join your team in seconds — no app store required.
Canvass with Live Sync
Canvassers swipe through voter assignments, log responses, and submit feedback. You watch the dashboard update in real time.
Perfect for races like yours
Real field tools for campaigns priced out of enterprise platforms.
Made for wherever your campaign starts…
The tools to organize, measure, and reach every voter
Swipe Canvassing
Mobile-first interface designed for thumbs. Yes / No / Skip / Not Home — one tap each.
QR Code Invites
Onboard your whole team with one scan. No app store, no friction — just point, scan, and start.
Smart Distribution
Auto-assign voters to canvassers based on workload. No double-knocks, no missed streets.
Integrate Real Voter Data
Import real voter data. Protected by AES-256 encryption at rest. Your data, your control.
Multi-Language
English and Spanish, complete on every screen. Your team canvasses in the language they know best.
Your first hour with Activate
A realistic first hour — from signup to doors knocked.
A vision ten years in the making.
Daniel saw what was missing in the canvassing space — a tool that was actually fun to use, simple to get started with, and freely available to any campaign that needed it. For nearly a decade, he held onto a clear vision: canvassing software should empower volunteers, not slow them down.
That vision became Activate — a canvassing app, free to start, built to strengthen democracy from the ground up. We believe every candidate, regardless of budget or background, deserves the tools to connect with their community and earn every vote. No credit card required. No gatekeeping. Just show up and organize.
Read Daniel's story
Canvass with confidence
- Large, thumb-friendly buttons — no squinting in the sun
- Clear voter info at a glance — name, age, address, phone
- Submit and move to the next assignment in seconds
Price comparison
Estimate the Credits for your campaign.
Estimate secure data setup, first-touch SMS reach, and field-tool savings before you sign up. Start free, then buy the credits that match your plan.
Adjust the voter universe in 500-record steps.
1,000 messages
Estimate the share of your list receiving one first-touch text. Follow-ups happen inside the app.
Core savings before SMS
Up to 84%
Save $1.6K on platform access and secure data setup
| Campaign details | Comparison scenario | Activate |
|---|---|---|
| Platform access | $891 | $0 |
| Data setup | $1.0K | $300 |
| Core subtotal | $1.9K | $300 |
SMS add-on
$142.151,000 first-touch messages, about 1,400 segments at 5 cents each, plus $72.15 for carrier setup.
Before any available balance, this plan estimates $442.15; the first checkout package covering that amount is 450 Credits. Your actual purchase depends on your balance, and unused Credits remain in your account.
Estimate for 10,000 records and 1,000 SMS messages, before your available Credit balance is applied. Bring-your-own-list estimates include a small planning allowance for preparation. The actual amount depends on processing and is quoted after your file is prepared. Official package sizes and fees require an actual quote. The comparison assumes $99 per person per month; this is an illustrative paid scenario, not a market average. Free and lower-priced alternatives exist.
No Hassle, only Hustle.
Start free. Canvass today.
Core canvassing is free — no credit card, no subscriptions, no per-seat fees. Optional data and SMS use Credits you see before you confirm.
Field guides
Practical, party-neutral writing on canvassing, volunteers, and the numbers a field program runs on.
How to Get the Illinois Voter File: What Only Your Committee Can Do
Illinois releases voter data only to registered political committees, candidate committees included, and its 2025 application keeps the signature, the affidavit, the payment, and the decryption password with the committee itself; this walks through that process, the $25 to $500 area pricing, and the file formats worth choosing.
How to Get the South Carolina Voter File: Who Can Buy It, and What It Costs
South Carolina sells voter lists only to registered South Carolina voters, and prices them on a sliding per-record scale that puts a school-district list near $200 and caps the statewide file at $2,500; this covers who places the order, how the portal works, and what the state use restriction actually prohibits.
Bring Your Own List: Make a Voter File Import-Ready Before You Upload
A pre-upload readiness pass for a bring-your-own voter list: what a usable file looks like, where to get one when there is none, and the checks for provenance, minimization, normalization, deduplication, suppression, access, validation, and retention that decide whether the canvass built on it holds up.
Ready to activate your campaign?
Your volunteers are waiting. Give them the tool they deserve — and watch your ground game come alive. Toward Victory!