We recommend every campaign sign up for FEC Notify — it is free and authoritative. Pachand is for teams that need more than a filing receipt: financial context, team channels, and aggregate donor geography in one place.
Capability
FEC Notify
Pachand
Official FEC source data
Free to use
Alerts scoped to your watchlist
Human-readable filing summaries
Receipts & cash-on-hand deltas
Filing-type intelligence
Slack webhook delivery
Donor ZIP heatmaps
Opponent cash scoreboard
Daily digest (deduplicated)
Command dashboard & GIS export
When to use each
- FEC Notify — baseline filing awareness at zero cost; ideal for treasurers who only need to know a report arrived.
- Pachand — campaign managers, consultants, and research desks that track multiple committees and need deltas, maps, and team alerts without rebuilding spreadsheets.
See also our all comparisons, OpenSecrets alternative comparison, the opponent fundraising guide, or explore filing alerts and donor heatmaps for feature detail, or see pricing.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the best FEC Notify alternative?
- For campaign operatives who need more than a filing receipt, Pachand is a FEC Notify alternative that adds human-readable summaries, receipts and cash-on-hand deltas, Slack delivery, donor ZIP heatmaps, and a command dashboard — on the same public FEC data. Treasurers who only need to know a report arrived can stay on free FEC Notify.
- Is Pachand affiliated with the FEC?
- No. Pachand is an independent product built on public FEC data. FEC Notify is the commission's official free alert service. We recommend every campaign use FEC Notify alongside any operative desk.
- Does Pachand replace FEC Notify?
- No — we recommend keeping FEC Notify. Pachand layers operative-grade summaries, team channels, maps, and scoreboards on top of the same public filings.