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Should I use LegiScan?

Bringing People to the Process - legiscan.com

· 1 month ago

Buy it if you're a journalist, researcher, or small policy team needing cheap US bill tracking with a solid API. Skip it if you want enterprise advocacy workflows, AI summaries, or vendor support.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 30+ public sources; many Reddit and review snippets were truncated, so direct user quotes were unavailable.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo direct usability evidence in sources
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo support evidence found
  • Security posture

Pricing

Free (registration required)

Public monitoring

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
API / Push subscriptionPaid tiers (see API price list)

Best for

  • Journalists & academic researchers
  • Small policy teams on a budget
  • Developers needing a legislative API
  • Librarians & civic watchdogs

Not for

  • Enterprise gov-relations teams wanting AI briefings and CRM workflows
  • Advocacy shops needing lobbying or grassroots tooling
  • Anyone tracking non-US legislation — coverage is US-only
  • Buyers who need vendor support, SLAs, or security documentation

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Real-time Push API is paid; expect limits on the free tier

medium

Vendor is tiny ($416K funding); don't expect enterprise support or SLAs

medium

No security page; terms make you solely responsible for your use

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free public tracking of Congress and all 50 state legislatures
  • Ranked best free/low-cost legislative tracker in a 2026 roundup
  • Official Microsoft Power Automate connector plus n8n workflow recipes
  • Robust API; one newsroom project pulled over a million bills
  • Bulk CSV datasets available for all states

Cons

  • Tiny vendor (~$416K funding) means thin staffing and support
  • No public security page — transparency gap
  • Real-time Push API requires a paid subscription
  • Data-first; rivals market AI summaries and polish it lacks

Sources & method

- 12 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed; the site publishes no security page.

official x4review x5security x1news x2

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • Free (registration required)

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Repeatedly ranked best free/low-cost tracker
  • Ease of use. No direct usability evidence in sources
  • Feature depth: 4/5. All 50 states + Congress, full-text search, datasets, API
  • Support quality. No support evidence found
  • Security posture: 2/5. No public security page found
  • 5/5 G2 rating per FiscalNote's 2026 roundup
  • 1M+ Bill coverage bills pulled via API by one newsroom project
  • Yes Free tier free registration for public tracking
  • $416.2K Funding Crunchbase, this year — very small vendor

Pricing

Public monitoring

Free (registration required)

  • Bill tracking and alerts
  • Full-text search
  • Federal + 50-state coverage

API / Push subscription

Paid tiers (see API price list)

  • REST API access
  • Push API for real-time data
  • Bulk datasets

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed; the site publishes no security page.

What users say

Reddit threads and a library-review column treat LegiScan as the standard free/low-cost US legislative tracker, though available snippets are truncated.

Companies that use it

  • azcentral newsroom data project⁹
Full analysis

Based on 30+ public sources; many Reddit and review snippets were truncated, so direct user quotes were unavailable.

Cheap, deep US bill-tracking with a strong API. Great for researchers and devs; enterprise teams need FiscalNote/Quorum.

Methodology

Based on 30+ public sources; many Reddit and review snippets were truncated, so direct user quotes were unavailable.

Read how a report is made.

Sources

  1. LegiScan — official sitelegiscan.com
    official
  2. LegiScan API price listlegiscan.com
    official
  3. LegiScan security pagelegiscan.com
    security
  4. 2026 Best Legislative Tracking Software (FiscalNote)fiscalnote.com
    review
  5. Internet Reviews — College & Research Libraries Newscrln.acrl.org
    review
  6. LegiScan Power Automate connector (Microsoft)learn.microsoft.com
    official
  7. api-evangelist/legiscan (Push API is paid)github.com
    official
  8. LegiScan — Crunchbase profilecrunchbase.com
    news
  9. Downloading one million pieces of legislation from LegiScaninvestigate.ai
    news
  10. What's the deal with LegiScan? — Reddit r/opendatareddit.com
    review
  11. LegiScan Alternative — Apoge AI comparisonapog.ai
    review
  12. Free & low-cost legal research guide — NYLSlibguides.nyls.edu
    review

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