PublicInput

publicinput.com

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What PublicInput is

PublicInput is web-based community engagement and public meeting software for state and local government agencies and their partners. It gives residents a central place for surveys, comments, documents, meetings, and other participation. People can join through online hubs, virtual or hybrid meetings, text messages, email, social media, and embeddable widgets. Staff tools include AI comment analysis, equity mapping with Census demographics, live polling, and cross-channel comment collection. Meeting workflows cover agenda building, speaker management, agenda-linked comments, AI-assisted minutes, and audit trails. The unified speaker queue supports up to 250 phone-in speakers. PublicInput lists hybrid integrations with Zoom and Microsoft Teams, while engagement plans name Accela and ESRI. The service is delivered as SaaS with automatic updates and no complex installation. Listed controls include WCAG 2.1 accessibility compliance, ISO 27001/27018 and NIST 800 Series alignment, U.S. cloud hosting, and customizable permissions. Pricing is available by request and no free plan is listed.

Who it suits

It suits state and local government teams and partner organizations managing public feedback, constituent records, and meetings. Municipal IT groups can use its SaaS delivery and configurable permissions.

Good to know, and what to watch

Central hub for surveys, comments, documents, and meetings
Supports virtual, hybrid, text, email, and social channels
Includes AI comment analysis and equity mapping
Meeting tools include agendas, speakers, minutes, and audit trails
Lists WCAG 2.1 and ISO/NIST alignment

Pricing is available only on request
No free plan is listed
Speaker queue supports up to 250 phone-in speakers

Plans

Every plan and price

Engage

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Engage Plus

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Listen

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Meetings Advanced

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Pricing on request

The verdict

PublicInput combines multichannel engagement with structured public-meeting workflows. Government teams get analysis, accessibility, integrations, and SaaS delivery, with pricing supplied on request.

What the maker publishes

Analysis: Its engagement tools include AI comment analysis, equity mapping with Census demographics, live polling, and collection of comments across channels. source
Engagement hub: The platform gives communities a central hub for surveys, comment submissions, documents, meetings, and other engagement. source
Headquarters: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States source
Hosting: PublicInput describes its software as SaaS, with no complex installations, automatic updates, and scalability across teams and departments. source
Integrations: The Meetings product lists hybrid integration with Zoom and Microsoft Teams, and the engagement plan page names Accela and ESRI as external system integrations. source
Intended users: The company describes its product as serving state and local government agencies and their partners. source
Meeting workflow: Meetings features include agenda building, speaker management, AI-assisted minutes, agenda-linked comments, and audit trails. source
Notable limit: The Meetings page says its unified speaker queue supports up to 250 phone-in speakers. source
Participation channels: Residents can participate through online hubs, virtual or hybrid meetings, text messaging, email, social media, and embeddable widgets. source
Pricing: The listed engagement and meeting plans direct prospective customers to request pricing; no plan amount is displayed on those pages. source
Purpose: PublicInput provides community engagement and public meeting software for state and local government agencies and those who work with them. source
Security and accessibility: The engagement page lists ADA accessibility compliance (WCAG 2.1), ISO 27001/27018 and NIST 800 Series alignment, U.S. cloud hosting, and customizable permissions. source
Support: The Meetings page says plans can include service-level agreements and support suited to municipal IT requirements. source

Checked against the maker's pages on 7 Oct 2026.