Quorum and FiscalNote alternatives for small law firms, with published prices

Short answer: Quorum and FiscalNote are built for government affairs teams that act on legislation: lobbying, grassroots campaigns, stakeholder management. If your practice advises on legislation, you are quoting for a suite when you need a tracker and an update. The alternatives below publish their prices. For a firm that sends clients a written update, start with LawSignals; for a firm that writes its own, Plural or LegiScan.

Prices are the vendors’ published figures, checked on 12 October 2026.

What Quorum and FiscalNote are for

Quorum is a public affairs platform sold by module: federal, state and local tracking, grassroots advocacy, stakeholder management, PAC and compliance, and international coverage.

FiscalNote combines legislative and regulatory tracking with policy analysis and news, and sells mainly to large corporate and government affairs teams.

Both are strong products. Both publish no prices: you get a quote, an annual contract and a sales process. That is reasonable for a twenty-person government relations department. For a solo practitioner or a five-lawyer firm it means paying for modules you will not open, and waiting on a sales cycle to find out what it costs.

The question that picks the alternative

Do you act on legislation, or advise on it?

• Act on it (lobby, run campaigns, manage legislator relationships): you need a suite. Stay with Quorum or FiscalNote and negotiate the modules.
• Advise on it, and someone has to write the update clients read: you need a tool that writes, not just one that finds. That is LawSignals.
• Advise on it, and an associate writes the update: you need a good database. Plural, LegiScan or BillTrack50, by budget and seats.

The alternatives at a glance

1. LawSignals: for practices that advise clients on changing law

LawSignals tracks all 50 states, DC and Congress, organised into curated Trackers by practice area: AI legislation, data privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, children’s online safety and cannabis. Bills are matched on meaning, not keywords.

The part that replaces the most work: each Tracker publishes a written monthly report, what moved, where and why it matters, laid out as a document you can forward. On the Practice Group plan, $499 a month for all six areas and up to five people, the reports carry your firm’s name and logo, so the update you send clients is yours.

• Price: Starter $49 a month (one practice area), Practitioner $199 (three), Practice Group $499 (all six). Annual billing saves 20%. 14-day trial.
• What it does not do: no lobbying, grassroots or stakeholder tools; no topics outside the six; Regulatory Watch is the Federal Register only, not state agencies. Tracker scopes are model-drafted and not attorney-reviewed, so the report is an input to your advice, not a substitute for it.

Read a published report or start a 14-day trial.

2. Plural: a self-serve database

Plural covers Congress, all 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico. Essential, $59 a month or $609 a year, is one seat with unlimited tracking, saved searches and alerts, and no AI summaries. Professional, $5,000 a year, adds AI summaries, version comparison, hearings and team collaboration.

Choose it if an associate writes your updates and wants the best search interface on a budget you can see in advance.

3. BillTrack50: many people, one account

$1,000 per state per year, or $5,000 a year for all 50 states and Congress, with unlimited users on every paid plan. Regulation tracking is a separate subscription. 30-day trial, no card.

Choose it if the whole firm, or a client’s team, needs logins.

4. LegiScan: the lowest-cost paid tracking

Basic tracking is free with an account. GAITS Pro is priced per state: $100 a year for one state or Congress, $3,000 a year for all 50 states and Congress, plus $100 a year for each extra user. Fees are annual and not prorated.

Choose it if you watch a handful of states and want the cheapest dependable feed. More in LegiScan alternatives.

5. Congress.gov and state sites: free

Free and authoritative, one jurisdiction per site, keyword search everywhere. Fine for federal-only work on known bills; see how to set up Congress.gov alerts.

If you still want a Quorum or FiscalNote quote

Ask these before you sign:

1. Which modules am I paying for, and which will I use? Price only the tracking you need.
2. Per-seat or per-organisation pricing, and what happens when we add a lawyer?
3. What does renewal look like? Annual enterprise contracts often renew at a different number.
4. Can I see the output a client would receive? If the answer is a dashboard login, the update is still yours to write.

The bottom line

Quorum and FiscalNote are the right tools for teams that move legislation. For a practice that explains it, compare the published prices above, then compare what each produces at the end of the month. See a LawSignals report, check every price in our pricing guide, and start the 14-day trial if it fits.