Your Priorities vs Balancing Act

Your Priorities8.5Visit Balancing Act8.0Visit

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

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Balancing Act #8 in Citizen Engagement Software 8.0/10 Free plan · pricing on request Free plan✓ 1 of 1 features Visit Balancing Act

• Your Priorities fits best

  Teams seeking structured debate and AI moderation

• Balancing Act fits best

  Public agencies seeking budgeting and planning input

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Side by side

Feature	Your Priorities 8.5/10 Visit ↗	Balancing Act 8.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.5	8.0
Ranking	#5 in Citizen Engagement Software	#8 in Citizen Engagement Software
Best for	Teams seeking structured debate and AI moderation	Public agencies seeking budgeting and planning input
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$390/mo	—
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted, Mobile	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email	Phone, Email
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Your Priorities 1/1 · Balancing Act 1/1
Participatory budgeting	✓	✓
Specs
Participation methods	idea generation, constructive debate, voting and prioritization, surveys and polls, participatory budgeting	Budget simulations, housing simulations, project selection and ranking, taxpayer receipts, participatory budgeting
Supported languages	Not checked yet	3
Named integrations	Google Analytics, Plausible	Not checked yet
Accessibility standard	Not_stated	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Combines idea debate, configurable voting, surveys and participatory budgeting AI tools support moderation, topic analysis and dashboards Offers hosted and Docker self-hosted deployment	Lets residents adjust spending and revenue to explore budget trade-offs Supports housing simulations and project selection and ranking Provides visual reports and downloadable record-level response data
Cons	Paid hosted plans start at $390 per month Email is the listed support channel Google Analytics and Plausible are the listed integrations	Focuses on budgeting and planning rather than broad consultation Standard pricing requires contacting the vendor The free plan applies only to qualifying government-associated projects
Our verdict	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 →	Balancing Act gives governments and other organizations web-based tools to gather input on budgets, housing plans and project priorities. Residents can adjust spending and revenue choices, estimate where tax dollars go, and rank projects… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• 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

• Balancing Act — where it wins

  • Lets residents adjust spending and revenue to explore budget trade-offs
  • Supports housing simulations and project selection and ranking
  • Provides visual reports and downloadable record-level response data

  Where it doesn't

  • Focuses on budgeting and planning rather than broad consultation
  • Standard pricing requires contacting the vendor
  • The free plan applies only to qualifying government-associated projects

• Your Priorities8.5/10 · Free plan

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

  Try Your PrioritiesFull verdict →
• Balancing Act8.0/10 · Free plan · pricing on request

  A focused tool for budget, housing and participatory budgeting input.

  Visit Balancing ActFull verdict →