PublicInput is web-based community engagement and public meeting software for state and local government agencies and their partners. Its central hub brings together surveys, comment submissions, documents, meetings, and other engagement. Residents can take part through online hubs, virtual or hybrid meetings, text messaging, email, social media, and embedded widgets. Staff can collect comments across channels, run live polls, use AI comment analysis, and map equity with Census demographics. Meeting tools include agenda building, speaker management, agenda-linked comments, AI-assisted minutes, and audit trails; the unified speaker queue supports up to 250 phone-in speakers. Meetings lists hybrid integrations with Zoom and Microsoft Teams, while engagement plans name Accela and ESRI. The engagement page lists WCAG 2.1 accessibility compliance, alignment with ISO 27001/27018 and NIST 800 Series, U.S. cloud hosting, and customizable permissions. PublicInput describes its SaaS as requiring no complex installation and receiving automatic updates. Plans are paid, with pricing on request and no free plan.
Who it is for
PublicInput suits state and local government agencies and partner organizations that gather community input or manage public meetings. It is relevant to teams needing multichannel participation, meeting workflows, or constituent and stakeholder tracking.
What is good
- Residents can participate through multiple channels
- Meeting workflows include agendas and audit trails
- Includes AI comment analysis and live polling
- Customizable permissions are listed
What to know first
- No free plan
- Pricing is available on request
- Speaker queue supports up to 250 phone-in speakers
Verdict
PublicInput combines community engagement channels with tools for planning and documenting public meetings. Its plans require a pricing request, and the unified phone-in speaker queue has a stated 250-person limit.
PublicInput plans and pricing
All plansCompared on public sector CRM software
- Free plan
- No
- Constituent records
- Yes
- Stakeholder tracking
- Yes
- Outreach channels
- multichannel
- Audit trails
- Yes
