Open States (by Plural)
Worth it
Confidence: Low
Buy it if you are an individual, student, journalist, or small group needing free legislator and bill lookups.
Comparison
Open States (by Plural) vs FiscalNote
Open States (by Plural) lands on Worth it, and FiscalNote lands on Depends.
FiscalNote
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.
| Compare | Open States (by Plural) | FiscalNote |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Worth it | Depends |
| Best for | Citizens finding their legislators | Global enterprise government-affairs teams |
| Who it's not for | Lobbying firms needing AI bill analysis | Small teams tracking a handful of bills |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.² | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. |
| Support quality | No evidence in sources | No direct support-quality evidence found |
| Public sentiment | No credible user reviews surfaced in reviewed sources; public mentions are mostly marketing citations and forum spam. | 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. |
| Biggest gotcha | Free access depends on its commercial parent Plural; terms could change without notice.⁸ | Going-concern warning means multi-year contracts carry real vendor-viability risk⁹ |
Pick Open States (by Plural) when
- Citizens finding their legislators
- Journalists tracking state bills
- Students and civic nonprofits
- Zero-budget advocacy groups
When Open States (by Plural) is not a fit
- Lobbying firms needing AI bill analysis
- Enterprise government-affairs teams with big budgets
- Compliance teams needing vendor SLAs and support contracts
- Anyone tracking federal rulemaking at scale
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
- Open States . Find Your Legislatorsopenstates.orgofficial
- Open States Security pageopenstates.orgsecurity
- 2026 Best Legislative Tracking Softwarefiscalnote.comnews
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- 8 Best Public Affairs Software Solutions in 2026 (FastDemocracy)info.legistorm.comnews
- State Affairs Raises $70 Millionprnewswire.comnews
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- FiscalNote 10-Q: loss and going-concern riskstocktitan.netnews
- Wikipedia: delisted March 25, 2026en.wikipedia.orgnews
- Reddit: NYSE notice of delistingreddit.comnews
- Quorum vs. FiscalNote comparisonquorum.usreview
- LegiStorm vs. FiscalNoteinfo.legistorm.comreview
- USLege vs. FiscalNoteuslege.aireview
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- G2: FiscalNote reviewsg2.comreview