legisla.app

What It Is

Legislatech is a Brazilian public-records and news-clipping monitoring tool developed by teams associated with Volt Data/Núcleo Jornalismo. It focuses on tracking the Brazilian Congress, official gazettes, federal and local government agencies, courts, regulators, and media sources. After users choose keywords, institutions to monitor, and alert frequency, the system runs customized scans and delivers results via email reports or notifications. It is well suited to regulatory, policy, public affairs, and journalistic research use cases.

Core Features and Integrations

The core product covers keyword monitoring, public-document search, tracking of legislative processes and official gazettes, plus Brazilian and international media clipping. The site says it monitors more than 600 information sources, while the English description also mentions scans every 30 minutes. Plans include daily/weekly reports, real-time notifications, data downloads, exclusion lists, favorite terms, private terms, and related capabilities. Higher-tier plans support ChatGPT, while the top tier also supports integrations with Slack, Telegram, Discord, Teams, and Asana. Legislatech AI is an AI search tool for Brazilian federal law, but it is still in an experimental/development stage.

Pricing and Trial

Its pricing tiers are straightforward: Free at R$0; Eleitor at R$9.90/month or R$99/year; Administrador at R$299/month or R$2,999/year; and Legislador at R$999/month or R$9,990/year. The free plan does not require a credit card and is suitable for evaluation. Paid plans progressively add more keywords, more users, real-time notifications, private terms, integrations, and setup services. The site contains both 30-day trial and 45-day trial/refund wording, so the actual policy should be confirmed on the checkout page or with customer support.

Pros and Cons

Its strengths are its vertical focus and high efficiency for collecting Brazilian public-sector information. The free plan is friendly, and the entry-level paid plan is inexpensive. Automated reports and real-time alerts can significantly reduce manual searching. The limitations are also clear: the interface is Portuguese-only, and the core data is tightly tied to Brazil. The materials do not disclose enterprise-grade security certifications, granular permissions, an open API, or an SLA. The terms also state that content is not guaranteed to be fully accurate, timely, or complete.

Who It’s For and Access from China

Legislatech is best suited to law firms, corporate legal/regulatory teams, journalists, researchers, NGOs, and public affairs teams that track the Brazilian market. For Chinese users who need to monitor Chinese policies, regulations, or local public opinion, it is not a direct substitute; domestic legal databases, policy-monitoring tools, or public-opinion monitoring systems would be more appropriate. Access and payment availability from mainland China are not stated, so they should be considered unknown. Given the language, currency, and Brazil-specific data-source limitations, China-based teams should first verify network access, payment methods, and data coverage before adoption.