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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 publishes no price for it: the CoCounsel plans page lists four plans with no dollar figure and sends every buyer to a View pricing link or a sales rep. It is typically bought as an add-on bundled with a Westlaw subscription, which is published at 256.75 dollars per month for a single circuit and 399.75 for all states plus federal, so that content cost sits underneath whatever the CoCounsel quote turns out to be. 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 39 dollars per month at launch, 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 39 dollars per month at launch, not yet on sale, waitlist open Not published; quote only

Comparison reflects general product positioning and is provided in good faith. Verify current capabilities with each vendor.

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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 Not published. Four plans, no dollar figure, each behind a View pricing link. The Thomson Reuters agentic AI suite that absorbed Casetext Depth of drafting, review and agentic workflows on Westlaw content
Casesearch \$39 Solo and \$89 Firm at launch, not yet on sale, waitlist open Focused plain-English case law research with cited holdings Lowest published entry price for the research job alone, no sales call
Westlaw Advantage 256.75 single circuit, 399.75 all states plus federal, 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 The only name-brand citator a solo can buy in a browser
Lexis+ with Protege Not published, pricing on request at every firm size 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

Every generative AI flagship in this table is quote only, and every product with a published price is a research tool. That is 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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