Cobber vs ControlShift
Cobber
cobberhq.com.au
ControlShift
controlshiftlabs.comSide by side
| Figure | Cobber | ControlShift |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | — |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Advocacy Software | 7.5 (#16) | 7.9 (#9) |
| API | Cobber's help centre lists API documentation in its Developer section. | Developer documentation describes JSONP, webhooks, bulk data, and authenticated REST APIs for connecting ControlShift content and data to external systems. |
| Integrations | Cobber's help pages state that membership types sync to Stripe products for online payment. | The maker lists CRM integrations, Segment, Facebook, Matomo, Google Analytics, Freshchat, Customer.io, Slack, and data warehouse integrations. |
| Privacy | Cobber's privacy policy says its headquarters are in Australia and describes how it collects, uses, secures and discloses personal information. | The maker says it does not own member data and does not share or sell supporters' information. |
| Purpose | Cobber describes itself as an all-in-one CRM for Australian political parties, advocacy groups and campaigns. | ControlShift provides distributed events, local groups, and member-led petitions for organizations. |
| Support | Cobber provides a help centre with 40 articles and 250 answers, covering setup, people, email and SMS, fundraising, memberships, events, websites, administration and developer topics. | The maker offers a help center, developer documentation, email support, and the option to discuss questions on a call. |
Plans
In their own words
Cobber
Cobber is a web and API platform for Australian political parties, advocacy groups, and campaigns. It keeps members, donors, volunteers, and signups in searchable supporter records, then connects those records to hosted forms, email and SMS campaigns, donations, memberships, events, tasks, and automations. Automations can send follow-up messages or assign team tasks after a donation, petition signature, volunteer action, or contact. National, State, and Branch divisions support role-based access by area, while new supporters receive federal, state, and local government area tags. Prospects combines AI and deterministic rankings to identify supporters to call and suggest an ask. Membership types sync to Stripe products. The NationBuilder importer recognizes exports but summarizes historical donations rather than importing each transaction and does not create membership records automatically. Cobber is Sydney-hosted and Australian-built; pricing is available on request.
ControlShift
ControlShift is a platform for progressive organizations and campaigns to coordinate distributed events, local groups, petitions, and supporter-led campaigns. Supporters can create or attend local events from organization templates, while staff review submissions, coach hosts, track activity, and measure results. Members can find nearby groups or organize new ones, with mailing lists and directories for coordination. Petition campaigns can use distributed targets and templated content under organizational moderation and approval. Organizations can approve group leaders and give them communication, event, and campaign tools, including tactics such as petition delivery. The platform supports 15 languages, including Arabic and Hebrew, and runs through web and API access. Integrations include CRMs, Amazon Redshift, SQL databases, Segment, Facebook, Matomo, Google Analytics, Freshchat, and Customer.io. Developer tools include authenticated REST APIs, webhooks, JSONP, and bulk data. Data is stored in a selected AWS US-East or EU-Central region. Pricing is on request.