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Dods Political Intelligence

Long-established UK political monitoring with consultant analysis and Dods AI, a cited search over its own archive

Featured in: Best AI tools for public affairs in 2026

Visit Dods Political Intelligence Verified Oct 2026 · Next review scheduled Jan 2027

Dods Political Intelligence is a UK political monitoring service built on a long-established political publisher, with a team of political consultants behind the alerts. Its products cover monitoring with tailored alerts, Dods People for political contacts and biographies, Dods Research for on-demand reports, and Dods Signals for digital media intelligence. Dods AI is a search tool that answers questions from Dods' own archive of more than two million curated documents and cites the source of each answer, which the vendor positions against general AI tools that draw on unverified material. Pricing is not published; subscriptions are built around your sector, priorities and team, and the route in is a free trial.

For comms teams: public affairs teams that want analysts as well as software.

Best for

  • • Public affairs teams that want analysts as well as software
  • • Organisations that need citation-backed research on policy history
  • • Larger in-house teams with a monitoring budget

Pricing

Custom pricing, not publicly listed. Subscriptions are built around sector, priorities and team; free trial on request.

Verified 22 October 2026 on Dods' own site. Its pages refer to UK coverage; devolved-parliament coverage is not described on the pages checked, so confirm it in the trial.

Pricing last verified Oct 2026 – check vendor site for current rates.

What works well

  • + Human consultants curate the monitoring, which cuts noise
  • + Dods AI cites its sources and draws only on Dods' own archive
  • + A long track record in UK political information

Watch out for

  • - No published pricing
  • - Devolved coverage is not described on the pages checked
  • - Dods AI answers only from the Dods archive, so it will not see sources Dods does not hold

When to choose this

Choose Dods when you want UK political monitoring curated by people who follow Parliament for a living, and cited AI search over a political archive, and your budget suits a quoted subscription.

Who should look elsewhere

If you want to see a price first, PolicyMogul publishes its plans. If Scottish or Welsh coverage is central to your work, ask Dods to show it in the trial, and compare DeHavilland and Vuelio, which describe devolved coverage on their own sites. A small team following one issue can start with the free official sources.

Key features

  • • UK political monitoring with tailored alerts, curated by political consultants
  • • Dods AI search with cited answers drawn only from the Dods archive
  • • Dods People contact details and biographies for political and policy figures
  • • Dods Research reports and campaign advisory
  • • Dods Signals digital and social media intelligence
  • • Political and stakeholder event diaries

Governance & data

Data inputs Topics and alert preferences; questions asked of Dods AI
Model training & controls Not stated on the pages checked; confirm how Dods AI queries are handled in the contract
Admin, SSO & permissions Account-based access; confirm user roles with the vendor
Audit trail & approvals Not described on the pages checked
Risk notes Cited answers still need checking against the original record before you quote anyone. Confirm the coverage you need, including the devolved parliaments, before signing.

Governance information is based on publicly available vendor documentation. Verify with your vendor before procurement decisions.

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