The first public release of Baraza. Core campaign workflows — contacts, call time, events, and the foundational workspace — are live and available at getbaraza.com.
New import workflow combines multiple-file uploads, flexible field mapping, and data cleanup to help campaigns get started with less preparation.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., October 2026. Baraza has introduced a new import experience designed to simplify how campaigns bring existing data into its campaign management platform. Teams can upload multiple files at once, map differently formatted information to the appropriate fields, and review and clean up records within one workflow.
The update builds on Baraza’s public launch in May, which brought CRM, call time, fundraising, events, and tasks together under one login and one subscription. It addresses a practical barrier to adopting new software: the time and effort required to move data from existing tools.
Built for the data campaigns already have
Campaign information often spans fundraising exports, volunteer spreadsheets, and lists maintained by different staff members. These files may use inconsistent column headings, structures, and formatting, requiring substantial preparation before they can be imported.
Baraza’s new workflow accommodates those differences, reducing the need to restructure every file around a single template.
Multiple files in one workflow
Teams can upload several files together rather than repeat the import process for each one. Field mapping allows users to match incoming information to the appropriate fields and review how it will be organized in Baraza.
Developed by people with campaign experience, the workflow supports bringing in exported data from tools such as NGP and ActBlue, helping teams move existing records into a shared workspace.
Flexible formatting and guided review
The import experience accommodates different data types and file structures. From the initial drag-and-drop upload through the final review, teams can organize incoming information without having to standardize every spreadsheet in advance.
Data cleanup during import
Teams can review and clean up incoming data as part of the import process. Combining these steps reduces the need to move back and forth between spreadsheets and the platform to prepare usable campaign records.
Together, these capabilities address both the speed of importing and the preparation that comes before it.
Making all-in-one campaign software more accessible
Baraza’s approach is to make campaign software capable enough for experienced operations and approachable for first-time users, including teams without a dedicated data specialist.
The new import experience extends that approach to onboarding. Once their information is in Baraza, teams can manage contacts, call time, contributions, events, and tasks in the same platform.
For state legislative races, county and municipal candidates, ballot committees, and supporting organizations, the goal is to reduce setup work and make a connected campaign workspace easier to adopt.
Get started
Campaigns can explore the platform and current pricing at getbaraza.com, or request a demo to see the import workflow and discuss their needs.
About Baraza
Baraza is a campaign intelligence platform for candidates, committees, and organizations. Founded in 2026 by Chandra Chouhan, Pranav Volety, Rohit Singhal, and Aryan Ranjan, the company is based in Champaign, Illinois.
One login for CRM, call time, events, fundraising, and tasks. Available now at getbaraza.com.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill., May 2026 — Baraza today opened its campaign platform to the public, replacing the stack of five or six disconnected tools most campaigns are currently paying for with a single system.
Anyone who has worked a cycle knows the problem. Donors live in one tool, events in another, volunteer shifts in a spreadsheet somebody maintains at midnight. Nothing syncs, so the candidate asks a simple question about where the campaign stands and it takes four people two hours to answer.
Baraza puts all of it in one place, on one login.
"With our new product, you can conduct most of your workflows in one place, with one login, and one subscription," said Pranav Volety, co-founder and Chief Product Officer. "With three clicks you can conduct any major action."
What's in it
CRM
Every contact in one record. Donor history, volunteer shifts, and event attendance attached to the same person instead of scattered across four vendors.
Call Time
Built for how call time actually runs. Ask amounts, live notes, pledge tracking, and a queue the candidate can work from a phone in the back of a car.
Fundraising
Contributions, pledges, and reconciliation in one place, with compliance-ready exports.
Events
RSVPs, check-in, and follow-up that writes back to the contact record automatically.
Tasks and Workspace
The campaign's actual work, visible to the people who need to see it.
Who it's for
Baraza is built for the campaigns that have historically been priced out of good software: state legislative races, county and municipal candidates, ballot committees, and the organizations that support them. The enterprise tools were designed around presidential and statewide budgets, and everyone smaller has been paying for a stripped-down version of somebody else's product.
That is also why the company launched from the Midwest rather than from Washington or the coasts. The races Baraza is built for are the ones happening in counties and statehouses across the middle of the country, and the company would rather build alongside them than at a distance.
Availability and pricing
The platform is available now at getbaraza.com. Current pricing is listed on the site, and campaigns can reach the team directly for committee, nonprofit, and volunteer-run pricing.
About Baraza
Baraza is a campaign intelligence platform for candidates, committees, and organizations. Founded in 2026 by Chandra Chouhan, Pranav Volety, Rohit Singhal, and Aryan Ranjan, the company is based in Champaign, Illinois.
Use workspace roles and invitations, with more team activity history and timestamps.
Improved tag search, interaction date visibility, contact drawers, and calling controls.
Resolved contact import and merge issues, incomplete contact exports, donation drag-and-drop problems, and call-list creation issues.
Product update · v1.00.01
Corrections to contact fields, contribution history, imports, and call-time behavior.
More dependable everyday workflows
Corrected unnecessary contact fields and old segment tags appearing during contact merging.
Resolved import problems affecting campaign files and contribution interaction-history issues.
Corrected call-time behavior for contacts without phone numbers and timers that kept running while paused.
Removed duplicated call results from notes and refined fundraising history and dashboard presentation.
v1.00.00 · Initial public launch · May 2026
The first public release of Baraza. Core campaign workflows — contacts, call time, events, and the foundational workspace — are live and available at getbaraza.com.