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CoCounsel Alternatives for Case Law Research on a Solo Budget
CoCounsel is the Thomson Reuters AI assistant that absorbed Casetext after the standalone product was shut down on March 31, 2025. It is capable, but Thomson Reuters shows CoCounsel Legal pricing only inside a two step configurator on its plans page, for new customers at firms of 1 to 10 attorneys, and sends larger firms and existing customers to a sales rep. It is typically bought as an add-on bundled with a Westlaw subscription, which is priced online from 107.25 dollars per month for Westlaw Edge on one state up to 447.85 for Westlaw Advantage on all states plus federal, on a three year term for one attorney, so that content cost sits underneath the AI: Westlaw Advantage with CoCounsel Essentials runs 415.35 dollars a month for a single circuit and 519.35 for all states plus federal on the same term. Many former Casetext users were moved onto that pricing and started looking for something they could actually afford. CaseSearch is the CoCounsel alternative for solos and small firms: ask a legal question in plain English and get on-point precedents with plain-language holdings and a still-good-law signal, self-serve and transparently priced from 24 dollars per month, with no Westlaw contract and no sales call. If you need the full Thomson Reuters drafting and review suite, CoCounsel is the deep option; if you mainly need fast, cited case law research you can trust, start here.
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CaseSearch vs CoCounsel
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| Feature | CaseSearch | CoCounsel |
|---|---|---|
| Plain-English question search | ||
| Cited cases with plain-language holdings | ||
| Still-good-law treatment signal | ||
| Transparent public pricing | Configurator, then sales quote | |
| Self-serve signup, no sales call | - | |
| Independent, not bundled into an enterprise suite | Bundled with Westlaw | |
| Built for solos and small firms | Mixed, into enterprise | |
| Entry price | From 24 dollars per month | Not published; quote only |
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CoCounsel compared with the alternatives, September 2026
Published prices only. Where a vendor does not publish a number we say so rather than estimating one. Checked between August 30 and September 1, 2026.
| Tool | Published price | What it is | Where it wins |
|---|---|---|---|
| CoCounsel | From $415.35 a month as Westlaw Advantage with CoCounsel Essentials (one attorney, single circuit, 3 year term). CoCounsel Legal priced in a two step online configurator. | The Thomson Reuters agentic AI suite that absorbed Casetext | Depth of drafting, review and agentic workflows on Westlaw content |
| CaseSearch | $24 Solo and $54 Firm | Focused plain-English case law research with cited holdings | Lowest published entry price for the research job alone, no sales call |
| Westlaw Advantage | 288.60 single circuit, 447.85 all states plus federal, 3 year term, up to 10 attorneys | The research platform CoCounsel is sold on top of | KeyCite, headnotes and the deepest secondary library |
| Lexis+ self-serve tiers | 114 to 432 dollars per attorney per month, 1 to 3 attorneys | Research plus Shepard's, sold online at small firm scale | A name-brand citator a solo can buy in a browser |
| Lexis+ with Protege | 495 to 595 dollars per attorney per month on 3 years, 1 to 3 attorneys, on a store version in testing since October 2026; pricing on request on the older page and for 4 or more | The LexisNexis generative AI tier, layered on a full Lexis+ seat | Shepard's validation inside the AI answer |
| Harvey | Not published. harvey.ai/pricing returns HTTP 404. | Enterprise agentic legal AI, demo only, reported 25 seat floor | Firmwide agents and bulk document work at large firm scale |
| Paxton AI | 499 dollars per user per month, or 2,999 per year, 7-day trial | Broad AI legal assistant with a published price | Publishing a real number for a full suite when the incumbents will not |
| vLex Fastcase | Free through 80-plus bar associations; vlex.com/pricing returns 404 | Broad case law library, citing lists, no treatment flags | Coverage at no cost for any bar member |
Harvey is quote only, CoCounsel shows a price only inside Thomson Reuters' online configurator, and Lexis+ with Protege showed no price until LexisNexis began testing a store version in October 2026 that prices it for firms of one to three attorneys. Prices you have to dig for are still the clearest pattern in legal AI pricing right now. Confirm any figure against your own order form before you sign. CaseSearch is a research tool, not legal advice.
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