LobbyScape vs FiscalNote
A Florida-deep alternative to
FiscalNote
FiscalNote is a national legislative + regulatory intelligence platform with broad AI features. For Florida specifically, depth beats breadth.
The honest TL;DR
FiscalNote knows a little about everywhere. LobbyScape knows a lot about Florida.
FiscalNote's pitch is broad: every state legislature, Congress, regulatory agencies, international policy, broad-spectrum AI on top of all of it. For multinational corporations and Fortune-500 government affairs offices that track activity across dozens of jurisdictions, the breadth is the whole point.
For a Florida-focused practice, that breadth comes at a cost: depth. FiscalNote's Florida coverage is solid bill metadata; it isn't Florida committee hearing transcripts with Florida Channel video jumps, it isn't the conference offer/counteroffer trail, it isn't GAA proviso parsing, it isn't a lobbyist-registration-aware view of every principal. LobbyScape is all of that — at a fraction of FiscalNote's enterprise price.
Side by side
LobbyScape vs FiscalNote — feature by feature
Feature listings are based on public product documentation and direct customer feedback. If you spot something we got wrong about FiscalNote, let us know — we'll update.
Why Florida-focused teams pick us
Why Florida teams pick LobbyScape over FiscalNote
Florida-grade transcripts
FiscalNote's coverage of state-level committee hearings is thin compared to what we do for Florida specifically. Every Florida hearing transcribed. Click any word to jump to that timestamp in the Florida Channel video. Set keyword triggers for hearings you couldn't attend. This isn't a state-by-state feature parity story — it's a specialist building tools for one state extraordinarily well.
Real budget intelligence, not bill metadata
FiscalNote tracks bills. We track money. Every D-3A appropriation request through House PCB, Senate SPB, conference offers and counteroffers, the enacted GAA, and the Governor's veto pen. The conference chair-to-chair offer trail is the single most important signal in Florida budgeting and no national platform exposes it the way we do.
Priced like a tool you actually use
FiscalNote is widely reported in the $20K+/year range with enterprise procurement cycles. LobbyScape Founding Member pricing starts at $2,500/year for teams (individual plans at reduced rates), all features included. Founding Members lock their rate for life.
Pricing
Published rates, every feature included
Pick the tier that matches your team size. Founding Members lock their rate for life. Everything is included at every tier — no upsells, no premium add-ons.
1–3 users
$2,500
per year
4–10 users
$4,500
per year
11–15 users
$6,500
per year
16–20 users
$8,500
per year
Lobbying as a sole practitioner? Individual plans available at reduced rates — contact us for details.
Common questions
If you're evaluating FiscalNote
We need multi-state coverage. Is LobbyScape enough?
Not on its own. If your work spans many states, you'll keep a national platform. But many of our customers run LobbyScape for Florida (where they have the most billable work) and a lighter, cheaper national tool for surface coverage of other states — for less total cost than a single enterprise platform.
Does FiscalNote have an LobbyScape Intelligence too?
Yes — and theirs is a generalist trained on bills from every jurisdiction. Ours is scoped tightly to Florida: bills, statutes, FAR rules, hearing transcripts, D-3A budget items, and FL lobbyist registrations. When you ask about a Florida appropriation, you get an answer grounded in Florida sources, not a generic state-policy abstraction.
What does the migration off FiscalNote look like?
We handle it. Watchlists, alert rules, saved searches, contact notes, document attachments — we migrate the data, configure your team, and have you running on LobbyScape inside a working session.
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See it on your portfolio
Thirty minutes with us, and you'll see Florida differently.
We'll pull up your bills, your principals, your budget items, and your alerts — live, on a real screen. No deck, no demo data. If FiscalNote is doing everything you need, we'll tell you. Otherwise, we'll show you what you've been missing.