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What "monitoring period" means for CampaignBrief pricing
CampaignBrief pricing is based on a defined Active Campaign Monitoring Period — a fixed number of months ending on or before your election date — not the full legal or FEC definition of an "election cycle," which can span 2 to 6 years depending on office.
Local Race
Up to 6 months · single election event
State / Regional
Up to 9 months · single election event
Congressional
Up to 12 months · single election event
Post-election wind-down
30 days included · then new engagement
Races with both a primary and a general election require an expanded monitoring period. Contact us for primary+general pricing. Extensions beyond the included period are available at a monthly rate.
Local Race
City council, county office, school board, local ballot
$5,000
/ monitoring period
+ $1,500 setup fee
Best for
City council, county office, school board, local ballot initiative
- Daily command brief
- 10 watchlists
- Phrase convergence radar
- Rumor Watch
- Hype vs. movement scoring
- Evidence room
- PDF exports
Most Popular
State / Regional
Legislature, competitive mayor, county executive, regional ballot
$15,000
/ monitoring period
+ $5,000 setup fee
Best for
State legislature, competitive mayor, county executive, regional ballot measure
- Everything in Local Race
- Plus
- 25 watchlists
- Opponent message tracking
- Public actor / influence map
- PAC mention tracking
- Weekly analyst-reviewed brief
- Money + Message alignment
Congressional
U.S. House, competitive primaries, high-spend campaigns
$50,000
/ monitoring period
+ $10,000 setup fee
Best for
U.S. House, competitive primaries, high-spend campaigns
- Everything in State / Regional
- Plus
- Multiple regions / media markets
- 50+ watchlists
- Meta / Google ad library tracking
- Phrase convergence across ads, news, social, podcasts, TV
- Rapid alerts for Escalating/Crisis signals only — not generic mention alerts
- Weekly war-room memo
- Human-reviewed narrative scoring
Consultant / Agency / PAC
Multi-race consultants, PACs, public affairs firms
Custom
Best for
Multi-race consultants, PACs, public affairs firms
- Multi-client dashboard
- White-label reports
- Multiple races
- Custom dashboards
- Custom source sets
- Analyst support
- Priority data ingestion
- Firm-branded PDF exports
Off-Cycle Watch
Between-election narrative monitoring. Stay ahead of the story before the race begins.
$750
/ month
- Keyword and phrase watchlist
- Weekly narrative summary
- Rumor Watch monitoring
- Money + public actor tracking
- Activates to full cycle tier when race is live
Highest ROI
PAC Annual Retainer
Ongoing intelligence for PACs, issue advocacy groups, and 527s across multiple races and issues.
$3,500
– $7,500 / month
- Multi-issue and multi-race monitoring
- Phrase convergence across all active issues
- Influence map and actor tracking
- Monthly analyst-reviewed intelligence memo
- Evidence room with PAC spend overlays
- Custom source sets per issue
Consultant Multi-Race
One dashboard, 5–15 active races. For political consulting firms and public affairs practices.
$2,500
– $5,000 / month
- Multi-race client dashboard
- Up to 15 active races
- Per-race command briefs
- Firm-branded PDF exports
- White-label report option
- Priority data ingestion and alerts
Not included by default. Activated per client per engagement. A buyer cannot claim premium feeds are included unless explicitly listed in the applicable order form.
| Data Source |
Per Monitoring Period |
Per Month (MRR) |
Notes |
| X / Twitter API |
+$400 |
+$50/mo |
Public posts, keyword search, real-time volume |
| Podcast Transcripts |
+$1,200 |
+$150/mo |
Transcript search across 3M+ podcasts via licensed API |
| Broadcast TV Captions |
+$600 |
+$75/mo |
Local and cable TV caption monitoring via licensed archive |
| State Campaign Finance |
+$500 |
+$60/mo |
State-level filings not available in OpenFEC |
| Local News Database |
+$800 |
+$100/mo |
Hyperlocal and regional press not indexed by Google News |
| Influencer Watchlist |
+$300 |
+$40/mo |
Tracked amplifiers: bloggers, podcasters, local influencers |
Rapid Response
Crisis Narrative Sprint
$7,500 – $25,000 / 72 hours
When a damaging narrative is already moving and your campaign needs immediate clarity. Available as a standalone engagement — no ongoing subscription required.
Rapid scan across news, social, ads, and podcasts
Narrative timeline — origin, spread, velocity
Phrase convergence report
Public actor map
Evidence packet (timestamped, sourced)
Hype vs. real movement assessment
Staff awareness memo
Request Private Access
CampaignBrief is available by application. Tell us about your race and we'll confirm access within 48 hours.
What CampaignBrief does and does not do. CampaignBrief provides public-source monitoring, evidence organization, and analytic summaries for campaign operations awareness. It does not create campaign communications, target voters, impersonate individuals, generate synthetic media, determine legal compliance, or replace legal review. All narrative analysis is based on publicly available sources; users are responsible for verifying information before acting on it.