Comparison
Envolv vs. Civic Champs
Prices and features checked
Civic Champs is the product closest to Envolv in how it charges: both bill by active volunteers and include unlimited admins, though they count them differently (see “What you pay for” below). The other differences are in price, billing terms and features. Civic Champs’ figures come from its own pricing and TechSoup pages.
Monthly price
| Active volunteers | Envolv | Civic Champs (list price) |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | $29 | $74 |
| 250 | $59 | $99 |
| 500 | $89 | $124 |
| 750 | $129 | $149 |
| 1,000 | From $199 | $174 |
Through TechSoup, new U.S. 501(c)(3) customers with budgets under $1M get 50% off a one-year Civic Champs contract: $49.50 a month at 250 active volunteers and $62 at 500, below Envolv’s monthly prices of $59 and $89. Budgets of $1M or more get 10–20% off.
At a glance
- What you pay for
- Envolv: Everyone on file, applicants included, except inactive volunteers and archived records
- Civic Champs: Volunteers active in the past year
- Admins
- Envolv: Unlimited
- Civic Champs: Unlimited
- Billing
- Envolv: Monthly, or annual at about 17% off
- Civic Champs: Annual; quarterly and three-year terms also offered
- Setup fee
- Envolv: None
- Civic Champs: One-time fee, shown as $199 and $399
- Kiosk check-in
- Envolv: Not available — volunteers clock in from their own phones
- Civic Champs: Included
- Importing your records
- Envolv: Done for you, included in every paid band
- Civic Champs: A paid add-on
- Text messages
- Envolv: Not available
- Civic Champs: Text credits, a paid add-on
- Integrations
- Envolv: None
- Civic Champs: Little Green Light included; Blackbaud a paid add-on; Salesforce and DonorPerfect in beta
Where Civic Champs wins
- Kiosk check-in is included at every band. Envolv has no shared check-in station today; volunteers clock in from their own phones.
- Cheaper from 501 to 749 active volunteers ($124 a month against Envolv’s $129) and from 751 to 1,499 ($149–$174 against Envolv’s Enterprise pricing from $199).
- For new U.S. 501(c)(3)s with budgets under $1M, the TechSoup discount halves the first year and puts Civic Champs below Envolv’s monthly price at 26–49 active volunteers and at every size from 101 up.
- More built-in tools: digital waivers, reflections and questionnaires, event management, and integrations with Little Green Light (included) and Blackbaud (add-on).
Where Envolv is different
- Lower list price at every size up to 500 active volunteers — $29 against $74 at 50, and $89 against $124 at 500.
- Monthly billing and no setup fee. Annual billing is optional and about 17% off.
- A white-glove import of your existing records in every paid band; at Civic Champs, data import is an add-on.
- Clinic-shaped records: licenses and certifications with expiry dates and automatic reminders, background-check status, training and the handbook signature, tracked as onboarding stages.
- Shifts limited to a role, phone clock-in with an on-site check, push reminders, and full English and Spanish.
- Archived records are free and never expire.
Switching to Envolv
Every paid band includes a white-glove import of your existing volunteer records.
Try any paid band free for 30 days, no card needed, before you change anything. If you don’t choose a band, the account moves to Free.
Sources
- Civic Champs — Pricing — www.civicchamps.com/pricing
- Civic Champs — TechSoup offer — www.civicchamps.com/techsoup
- FitGap — Civic Champs — us.fitgap.com/products/civic-champs
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