NGP VAN (Bonterra) is the dominant Democratic campaign stack — voter file, field organizing, fundraising CRM, and compliance modules for your committee. Pachand does not replace that stack. It answers a different question: what changed on the FEC for the committees in your race?
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Capability
NGP VAN
Pachand
Built on public FEC data
Voter contact & field organizing
Fundraising CRM for your committee
Compliance filing for your committee
Watchlist-scoped opponent filing alerts
Email + Slack alert delivery
Receipts & cash-on-hand deltas
Donor geography at ZIP level only
Opponent cash scoreboard
Independent expenditure tracking
FEC command desk (map, ledger, digest)
When to use each
- NGP VAN — run your campaign: donors, volunteers, compliance for your committee, field programs.
- Pachand — monitor the race: opponent filings, cash scoreboard, donor ZIP geography, IE panel, Slack alerts.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is the best NGP VAN alternative for FEC opponent tracking?
- NGP VAN is a broad Democratic campaign platform — CRM, field, fundraising, and compliance for your own committee. Pachand is not an NGP VAN replacement. It is an NGP VAN alternative only for the operative job of monitoring opponents on public FEC data: filing alerts, cash comparisons, and aggregate donor ZIP maps.
- Does Pachand replace NGP VAN?
- No. Campaigns that use NGP VAN for voter contact, fundraising, and compliance should keep it. Pachand adds opponent and outside-group monitoring on public FEC filings — a workflow NGP VAN was not built to optimize.
- Is Pachand only for Democratic campaigns?
- No. Pachand is party-neutral FEC filing intelligence. NGP VAN is Democratic-party-aligned campaign software; the comparison is about job function, not party affiliation.