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LegiScan vs FiscalNote

LegiScan lands on Worth it, and FiscalNote lands on Depends.

FiscalNote

fiscalnote.com

Depends
Confidence: Medium

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.

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LegiScan versus FiscalNote
CompareLegiScanFiscalNote
VerdictWorth itDepends
Best forJournalists & academic researchersGlobal enterprise government-affairs teams
Who it's not forEnterprise gov-relations teams wanting AI briefings and CRM workflowsSmall teams tracking a handful of bills
PrivacyNo known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed; the site publishes no security page.³No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.
Support qualityNo support evidence foundNo direct support-quality evidence found
Public sentimentReddit threads and a library-review column treat LegiScan as the standard free/low-cost US legislative tracker, though available snippets are truncated.10Employee 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.
Biggest gotchaReal-time Push API is paid; expect limits on the free tier⁷Going-concern warning means multi-year contracts carry real vendor-viability risk14

Pick LegiScan when

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

When LegiScan is not a fit

  • 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

Pick FiscalNote when

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

When FiscalNote is not a fit

  • 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

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
  13. FiscalNote official sitefiscalnote.com
    official
  14. FiscalNote 10-Q: loss and going-concern riskstocktitan.net
    news
  15. Wikipedia: delisted March 25, 2026en.wikipedia.org
    news
  16. Reddit: NYSE notice of delistingreddit.com
    news