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Should I use FiscalNote?

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· 1 month ago

Large government-affairs teams needing deep legislative coverage, advocacy tools, and APIs can still get value — but demand short contract terms given the NYSE delisting and going-concern warning. Small teams, budget buyers, and anyone wanting published pricing should pick Quorum, LegiStorm, or USLege instead.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~30 public sources; several review snippets truncated, so ratings depth is limited.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo usable usability evidence found
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo direct support-quality evidence found
  • Security posture

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • Global enterprise government-affairs teams
  • Associations tracking US federal and state legislation
  • Orgs needing grassroots advocacy (VoterVoice)
  • Teams wanting policy data via API

Not for

  • Small teams tracking a handful of bills
  • Buyers needing transparent, self-serve pricing
  • Anyone signing multi-year deals without vendor-viability tolerance
  • Startups wanting simple alerts — massive overkill

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Going-concern warning means multi-year contracts carry real vendor-viability risk

medium

No published pricing; expect sales-negotiated contracts and quote-based deals

medium

CQ and VoterVoice users are being migrated to PolicyNote; expect workflow disruption

medium

Switching away looks painful — competitors advertise 'no migration' as their pitch

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Broad suite under one roof: PolicyNote, CQ, Roll Call, VoterVoice
  • Enterprise-grade customers: 3M and Astellas case studies published
  • PolicyNote API offered for custom integrations
  • Used by CFTC per federal privacy impact assessment
  • G2 reviewers report better policy management

Cons

  • Delisted from NYSE as of March 2026
  • 10-Q flags going-concern risk alongside sharp losses
  • Competitor-published analysis claims customers are leaving
  • Only 20% of employees would recommend the company
  • Pricing hidden; page pushes visitors toward sales demos

Sources & method

- 18 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x4review x8security x2news x4

Key stats

  • Value for money: 2/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 18

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 2/5. Going-concern filing; pricing gated behind demos
  • Ease of use. No usable usability evidence found
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Broad suite: CQ, Roll Call, VoterVoice, APIs, dashboards
  • Support quality. No direct support-quality evidence found
  • Security posture: 3/5. No public breaches found; SEC flags generic data risks
  • 3.3/5 RepVue product rating sales rep reviews
  • 20% Employees who'd recommend Glassdoor reviews
  • Delisted NYSE listing delisted March 25, 2026
  • $160M Growth financing raised December 2020

Pricing

Not disclosed

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Employee reviews are bleak (20% would recommend, ~2/5 overall) while sales reps rate the product 3.3/5 and enterprise customers report policy-management gains.

“FiscalNote is fast growing and innovative company”
Indeed employee review

Alternatives

Compare FiscalNote with each alternative.

  • Quorum

    Head-to-head rival; publishes comparison claiming FiscalNote churn

  • LegiStorm

    Self-serve congressional data for public-affairs teams

  • USLege

    AI-native legislative tracking, pitched as cheaper FiscalNote alternative

  • Bloomberg Government

    Established government-intelligence suite for policy teams

Companies that use it

  • 3M14
  • Astellas
  • Susan G. Komen
  • Hagerty Consulting
  • CFTC15
Full analysis

Based on ~30 public sources; several review snippets truncated, so ratings depth is limited.

Deep enterprise policy platform, but delisting and going-concern warnings make multi-year deals risky; small teams should look elsewhere.

Methodology

Based on ~30 public sources; several review snippets truncated, so ratings depth is limited.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. FiscalNote official sitefiscalnote.com
    official
  2. FiscalNote 10-Q: loss and going-concern riskstocktitan.net
    news
  3. Wikipedia: delisted March 25, 2026en.wikipedia.org
    news
  4. Reddit: NYSE notice of delistingreddit.com
    news
  5. Quorum vs. FiscalNote comparisonquorum.us
    review
  6. LegiStorm vs. FiscalNoteinfo.legistorm.com
    review
  7. USLege vs. FiscalNoteuslege.ai
    review
  8. Apogee: FiscalNote migration pitchapog.ai
    review
  9. G2: FiscalNote reviewsg2.com
    review
  10. Glassdoor: FiscalNote employee reviewsglassdoor.com
    review
  11. Indeed: FiscalNote employee reviewsindeed.com
    review
  12. RepVue: FiscalNote product ratingrepvue.com
    review
  13. BusinessWire: PolicyNote adoption, brand lineupbusinesswire.com
    news
  14. 3M case studyfiscalnote.com
    official
  15. CFTC privacy impact assessmentcftc.gov
    official
  16. SEC annual report (risk factors)sec.gov
    security
  17. UpGuard vendor security ratingupguard.com
    security
  18. PolicyNote plans pagefiscalnote.com
    official

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