Report

Should I Use Roll Call?

rollcall.com·Analyzed 1 hour ago·Based on 6 sources

Covering Capitol Hill Since 1955

Depends

rollcall.com is a free, ad-supported Capitol Hill newspaper, not software — read it free if you follow Congress.

Not software — rollcall.com is free Capitol Hill news (since 1955). The CQ tracking tool is separate and reportedly ~$8k+/yr.

Confidence: Medium

1955

Founded

Covering Capitol Hill since 1955

News site price

Free, ad-supported website

FiscalNote

Owner

CQ and Roll Call are part of FiscalNote

Reported $8k+

CQ Roll Call licenses

Third-party comparison; figure truncated in source

Value for money

Free news site; paid tool costs extra

Pros

Free, long-running Capitol Hill news, published since 1955
Backed by FiscalNote, an established legislative-data company^¹
A paid legislative-tracking platform (CQ Roll Call) exists for serious needs^³

Cons

It is a newspaper and website, not a software product^²
Paid legislative features live at, sold separately^³
No public security page found on the site^⁵

Gotchas

highNo public pricing for CQ Roll Call; third parties report licenses around $8k+ per year.^⁴
mediumEasy to confuse the free news site with CQ Roll Call's paid platform — different products, different websites.^³
mediumCompetitors market cheaper CQ alternatives for small policy shops — a signal it overkills small teams.^⁴
lowNo security page at no disclosures for buyers to verify.^⁵

Best for

Readers who follow Congress daily
Hill staffers wanting free coverage
Policy teams needing headlines, not tools

Not for

Anyone shopping for software — this is a newspaper, not a tool
Small teams wanting legislative tracking; paid CQ licenses reportedly run $8k+
Non-US policy watchers — coverage is Capitol Hill only
Budget buyers lured by the Roll Call name — the paid product is enterprise sales-led

Pricing

Roll Call news site

Capitol Hill news coverage
Ad-supported web access

CQ Roll Call (separate enterprise product)

Reported ~$8k+/yr

Legislative & advocacy tracking
Contact-sales pricing

Security

No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Sources reviewed contain no user reviews of rollcall.com itself; 'roll call' results refer to unrelated cruise, classroom, sushi-restaurant, and policing products.