AI-native · live hearing video · true 50-state + federal · $250 single / $499 all · stable + SOC 2
FiscalNote is a large, established public-affairs platform with broad coverage on paper, and it owns CQ Roll Call. USLege is the modern, AI-native alternative built for the way teams work now: live searchable hearing video across the vast majority of states, full transcripts, true 50-state plus federal coverage, transparent pricing, and a stable, founder-led platform you can standardize on.
A factual comparison of where the two platforms land today. FiscalNote has genuinely broad coverage; the differences below are the ones teams tell us decide the switch.
| Capability | USLege | FiscalNote |
|---|---|---|
| AI foundation | AI-native from day one, built around your workflow | AI features added on top of a large legacy public-affairs stack |
| Live hearing video | Live searchable hearing video across the vast majority of states, tied to the bill and the moment it is discussed | No live hearing video |
| Transcripts | Full transcripts across 50 states plus federal, searchable to the sentence and linked to the bill | Document and alert coverage without hearing transcripts tied to the video |
| Coverage | True 50-state plus federal, with live hearing video across the vast majority of states | Broad on paper: federal, 50 states, local, and 80-plus countries, including CQ Roll Call |
| Pricing | Transparent and published: $250/mo for one state, $499/mo for all states | Quote-only, custom enterprise pricing with no public rates |
| Pace of shipping | Fast-shipping, with customer feedback acted on in real time | Longer enterprise roadmap cycles on a legacy platform |
| Platform stability and trust | Founder-led, stable, and SOC 2, with a dedicated account manager and unlimited training | Large public company; standard enterprise support tiers |
FiscalNote is a large, long-established platform that has added AI features on top of a legacy public-affairs stack. USLege was built AI-native from day one, so intelligence runs through the whole product rather than sitting beside it. That is why questions about bills, hearings, and sponsors come back answered from live legislative data, and why we ship improvements fast with your feedback acted on in real time.
FiscalNote gives you documents, alerts, and analysis across broad coverage. USLege adds what it does not: live searchable hearing video across the vast majority of states, linked to the bill and jumpable to the exact moment a member speaks, with full transcripts across 50 states plus federal. You watch the testimony instead of reconstructing it from notes.
FiscalNote is quote-only, so you negotiate before you ever see a number. USLege is $250 a month for a single state and $499 a month for all states, published on the page. Just as important, USLege is founder-led, stable, and SOC 2, so standardizing on it is a decision you can make with confidence for the long term.
We had the broad coverage FiscalNote is known for, but the tool did not move at our pace and we could never see a straight price. With USLege the video is right there next to the bill, it answers questions from live data, the price is on the page, and it keeps shipping. It de-risked our whole stack.
Watch live hearing video next to the bill, ask questions from live legislative data, and read your price off the page, all on a stable platform you can standardize on. If you are still under contract with FiscalNote or CQ, ask about the contract buyout.