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VERDICT

Should I use FastDemocracy?

Unlimited legislative bill tracking, searchable voting records, analytics and more to help you stay informed during and after the legislative session. - fastdemocracy.com

Depends. Buy if you are an advocacy or government-relations team tracking bills across multiple states and need hearing alerts and vote records. Skip if you casually follow a handful of bills — free alternatives cover that without a contract.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~12 public sources; no pricing page or security page found, so price and support claims are unverified.

Ratings

  • Value for moneyNo pricing evidence in sources
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence in sources
  • Security posture

Pricing

Professional

Not published in reviewed sources

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • Advocacy orgs tracking many state bills
  • Government relations teams
  • Coalitions sharing public bill lists
  • Researchers needing legislator vote records

Not for

  • Casual followers of a few bills
  • Buyers requiring published pricing upfront
  • Orgs needing published security or compliance docs
  • Occasional one-state trackers — free DIY works

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Professional-tier gating: expect an upsell for hearings and transcript AI

medium

No published pricing; competitor USLege offering contract buyouts implies annual contracts

medium

No security page found — request security documentation before procurement

low

Android app weakly rated; iOS rating unverified in sources

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Tracks bills in Congress and all 50 states with real-time alerts
  • Vote Scorecard shows how any legislator voted on a bill
  • Hearing calendar with alerts for committee hearings of interest
  • Transcript AI summarizes meetings, searches transcripts, creates video clips
  • Public shared bill lists; used by ACLU of West Virginia

Cons

  • Android app rated just 3.2/5 by 23 users
  • Hearings and transcript features gated behind Professional tier
  • No public pricing found on reviewed pages
  • No security page found

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/20/2026 - 11 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x5review x4security x1news x1

Key stats

  • Ease of use: 3/5

    Rating

  • Not published in reviewed sources

    Starting price

  • 11

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money. No pricing evidence in sources
  • Ease of use: 3/5. 3.2/5 Google Play rating; 'simple' is marketing
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Hearings, transcripts, vote scorecards, 50-state coverage
  • Support quality. No support evidence in sources
  • Security posture: 2/5. Security page not found in sources
  • 3.2/5 Google Play rating 23 ratings
  • Yes Free tier Hearings and transcripts gated to Professional
  • Congress + all 50 states Coverage Federal, state, local per Arch Grants
  • Not published Public pricing No pricing page in reviewed sources

Pricing

Professional

Not published in reviewed sources

  • Committee hearings calendar and alerts
  • Transcript AI: summaries, search, video clips
  • Unlimited bill tracking across states and Congress

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

evidence is thin: one visible user comment is positive, ACLU of West Virginia publicly runs its bill tracker on the product, and the Android app scores 3.2/5.

Alternatives

Compare FastDemocracy with each alternative.

  • DIY: state legislature sites + Google Alerts

    Free approach for a handful of bills in one state.

Companies that use it

  • ACLU of West Virginia⁷
Full analysis

Based on ~12 public sources; no pricing page or security page found, so price and support claims are unverified.

Capable multi-state bill tracker for advocacy and gov-relations teams; no public pricing, paywalled pro features, weak app rating.

Methodology

Based on ~12 public sources; no pricing page or security page found, so price and support claims are unverified.

Sources

  1. FastDemocracy homepagefastdemocracy.com
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  9. Legistorm buyer's guideinfo.legistorm.com
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