CivicCA vs Quorum

CivicCA is board and meeting management software for government agencies, covering agenda preparation, live meeting operations, minutes, public portals, and open-meeting compliance. Its agenda builder supports drag-and-drop sections and items, automatic numbering, packet creation, autosave, and keyboard shortcuts. A clerk-controlled console manages agenda navigation, votes, motions, public speakers, and meeting records; members can vote from tablets. The service also supports session links for remote voting and conflict declarations, along with public speaker registration and eComment.

CivicCA can draft minutes from transcripts with speaker attribution and recorded votes for clerk review. Other AI functions listed include summaries, plain-language rewriting, conversational Q&A, and transcription with speaker diarization. The maker says relevant data goes to Anthropic for text analysis and AssemblyAI for transcription, and is not used to train AI models. It says the software checks 51 state and local open-meeting frameworks when an agenda is published. Integrations include Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Laserfiche, YouTube, SentraCheck, and Municode. The product is available on web, iOS, and Android. A 14-day trial is listed; plan prices are presented at purchase or quoted through sales.

Quorum is a private portal for nonprofit formation and board governance. Its California edition provides a 27-step launch checklist across five stages, with plain-language guidance and links to agency and IRS filing pages. Boards can record motions with live vote tallies or emailed results; approved motions can automatically send documents for signature. The portal includes meetings, compliance tracking, document libraries, templates, deadline reminders, and e-signatures. Quorum names DocuSeal, Zoom, Google Calendar, and email providers as connected services. It works on the web and installs as a browser app on iPhone, iPad, and Android; Chrome and Edge support computer installation. Users may create an organization and explore every screen without a card, but changes and board invitations require payment. Starter costs $49 a month (billed $49/month or $490/year — 2 months free) for up to seven board members. Growth costs $149 a month; Scale costs $299 a month.