CONSUL DEMOCRACY vs Your Priorities

CONSUL DEMOCRACY8.9Visit Your Priorities8.5Visit

Higher score CONSUL DEMOCRACY #2 in Citizen Engagement Software 8.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 1 features Try CONSUL DEMOCRACY

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Your Priorities #5 in Citizen Engagement Software 8.5/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 1 features Try Your Priorities

• CONSUL DEMOCRACY fits best

  Communities seeking open-source digital democracy

• Your Priorities fits best

  Teams seeking structured debate and AI moderation

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Side by side

Feature	CONSUL DEMOCRACY 8.9/10 Visit ↗	Your Priorities 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.5
Ranking	#2 in Citizen Engagement Software	#5 in Citizen Engagement Software
Best for	Communities seeking open-source digital democracy	Teams seeking structured debate and AI moderation
Pricing model	Free	Free plan + paid
Starting price	Free plan	$390/mo
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Self-hosted	Cloud, Self-hosted, Mobile
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Community, Docs, Email	Email
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features CONSUL DEMOCRACY 1/1 · Your Priorities 1/1
Participatory budgeting	✓	✓
Specs
Participation methods	debates, citizen proposals, voting, participatory budgeting, collaborative legislation, advanced processes	idea generation, constructive debate, voting and prioritization, surveys and polls, participatory budgeting
Supported languages	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Named integrations	Not checked yet	Google Analytics, Plausible
Accessibility standard	Not_stated	Not_stated
Our review
Pros	Supports debates, proposals, voting, budgeting and collaborative legislation Configurable processes let administrators enable or disable modules Multilingual content, automatic translation and multi-tenancy	Combines idea debate, configurable voting, surveys and participatory budgeting AI tools support moderation, topic analysis and dashboards Offers hosted and Docker self-hosted deployment
Cons	Organizations must implement and operate their own platform Self-hosting calls for internal administration and technical capacity No accessibility standard is stated	Paid hosted plans start at $390 per month Email is the listed support channel Google Analytics and Plausible are the listed integrations
Our verdict	CONSUL DEMOCRACY is configurable, open-source software for public institutions and organizations that want to run online citizen participation. It brings debates, citizen proposals, voting, participatory budgeting, collaborative… Read the review →	Your Priorities is an open-source citizen engagement platform from Citizens Foundation for governments, parliaments and communities. It brings idea generation, constructive debate, voting, surveys and participatory budgeting into… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• CONSUL DEMOCRACY — where it wins

  • Supports debates, proposals, voting, budgeting and collaborative legislation
  • Configurable processes let administrators enable or disable modules
  • Multilingual content, automatic translation and multi-tenancy

  Where it doesn't

  • Organizations must implement and operate their own platform
  • Self-hosting calls for internal administration and technical capacity
  • No accessibility standard is stated

• Your Priorities — where it wins

  • Combines idea debate, configurable voting, surveys and participatory budgeting
  • AI tools support moderation, topic analysis and dashboards
  • Offers hosted and Docker self-hosted deployment

  Where it doesn't

  • Paid hosted plans start at $390 per month
  • Email is the listed support channel
  • Google Analytics and Plausible are the listed integrations

• CONSUL DEMOCRACY8.9/10 · Free plan

  A configurable, self-hosted platform for public participation across multiple civic processes.

  Try CONSUL DEMOCRACYFull verdict →
• Your Priorities8.5/10 · Free plan

  A flexible participation platform for teams that need structured debate and AI moderation.

  Try Your PrioritiesFull verdict →