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ClearGov

Budget cycle management software built for local governments

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About

ClearGov makes Budget Cycle Management software for local governments: capital, personnel, and operational budgeting, a digital budget book, and transparency portals that explain finances to residents. The company reports 2,000+ clients and $540B in managed budgets (company-reported), and its Digital Budget Book has won GFOA awards. Pricing starts around $5,200 per year with no free tier or trial, and the workflows are purpose-built for US local government finance — not private-sector FP&A.

What it can do

  • Capital budgeting
  • Personnel budgeting with scenario planning
  • Operational budgeting and forecasting
  • Digital Budget Book with GFOA award-winning templates
  • Transparency portals for residents
  • AI-powered plain-language financial storytelling
  • Polls, surveys, and SMS-based resident feedback

Setup

  1. Request a demo from ClearGov's public-sector sales team
  2. Connect existing accounting and payroll systems for data import
  3. Configure budget templates for capital, personnel, and operational cycles
  4. Build the digital budget book and transparency pages
  5. Publish the budget book and launch resident engagement tools

Prerequisites

A local government or county agency; existing chart of accounts and budget data to import

Use cases

Build and forecast annual budgets across departmentsPublish interactive digital budget books and transparency portalsGather resident input on finances with polls, surveys, and SMS feedback

Works with

Trust score — 7/10

/10 trustMetrics-checked

Scored 7/10 (metrics tier, metrics-v1). Evidence: 2,000+ clients and $540B managed budgets are company-reported, not independently audited; GFOA-award-winning Digital Budget Book is a genuine credential; Pricing from ~$5,200/yr via Software Advice listing — vendor does not publish pricing; Purpose-built for US local government finance; not general-purpose FP&A. License: Proprietary SaaS — no open-source components.

How the trust score is built

Full methodology →
Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
9.0/10
Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
8.0/10
Openness · license + docs
4.0/10
Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
7.0/10
  • · 2,000+ clients and $540B managed budgets are company-reported, not independently audited
  • · GFOA-award-winning Digital Budget Book is a genuine credential
  • · Pricing from ~$5,200/yr via Software Advice listing — vendor does not publish pricing
  • · Purpose-built for US local government finance; not general-purpose FP&A

Sources

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