Run one issue with us.
Free.
No municipality signs a $2,500/mo contract with a v0.1.0 product they’ve never seen work. We know that. The pilot exists so both sides can make an informed decision.
What one issue usually costs
The reference class we're replacing — a firm running a series of town halls, surveys, and a report.
Free-looking, but access-biased and low-fidelity. The consensus signal is not extractable.
A working artifact (the LRD) at the end, and a clear decision point about whether to continue.
Our price framing for the recurring tier: one issue with us costs less than one town-hall series. At $2,500/mo, the Municipal tier runs unlimited issues for less than the cost of a single consultant engagement.
Included / not included
INCLUDED
- ◇One issue of your choice, run end-to-end (framing → interviews → LRD)
- ◇Setup of the AI mediator for that issue and your local context (interviews are English-only today)
- ◇A pre-deployment consent + records-law addendum tailored to your jurisdiction
- ◇The published LRD and its full version history, hosted on civicfilament.org and exportable
- ◇A 45-minute readout with your engagement lead + one other stakeholder
- ◇A written retrospective on what the LRD says and what a next step could look like
NOT INCLUDED
- ◇A recurring engagement schedule (that's the Municipal tier)
- ◇Multi-issue quotas (that's Municipal)
- ◇Custom integrations, SSO, dedicated hosting (Enterprise conversation)
- ◇A commitment on your side to buy anything after the pilot
Good pilot candidates
- ◇You have a live-ish issue where you actually don’t know what residents want.
- ◇You’re able to promote the interview link through channels residents already use — nothing is published until at least 10 residents have taken part.
- ◇You have someone internally who can sign a Data Handling Addendum.
- ◇Not a good fit: you need FedRAMP-authorized hosting today.
- ◇Not a good fit: the “issue” is fundamentally a ballot question where a nuanced LRD wouldn’t be actionable.
- ◇Not a good fit: you need the pilot completed before Q1 close (setup takes ~2 weeks).
Sends a pilot inquiry via our contact form. We’ll reply with a short intake (~5 questions) and, if it’s a fit, propose a start date.