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JUDICIAL ANALYTICS PRICING
Judge Analytics Software Pricing and Judicial Analytics Tools Compared
What each judge analytics tool costs, which courts it covers, what it actually tells you about your judge, and which part of motion practice it leaves to case law research.
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Judge analytics is sold three ways. The cheapest published route is Lexis+ Essential, which lists Litigation Analytics on judges and courts at $114 per attorney a month on a three year term, for one state. Westlaw Advantage includes Litigation Analytics from $288.60 a month for one attorney on a three year term. Trellis sells state trial court judge analytics for $199.95 a month or $1,999.95 a year, one state per plan. Lex Machina and Bloomberg Law are quote only, and Pre/Dicta prices motion predictions at $1,800 per case on a 50 case annual plan. None of them replaces the binding case law your brief has to cite.
$114
per attorney a month, Lexis+ Essential with Litigation Analytics, 3 year term, one state
$199.95
a month for Trellis Research and Judge Analytics, one state
$288.60
a month for Westlaw Advantage with Litigation Analytics, one attorney, 3 year term
$1,800
per case for a Pre/Dicta motion prediction on a 50 case annual plan
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Judge analytics software compared on published price
Each price was read on the vendor's own pricing page, store or published profile. Where a vendor publishes nothing, the column says so instead of repeating a reseller estimate.
| Tool | Judge data it gives you | Courts | Published price | How you buy it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexis+ Essential | Litigation Analytics insights on judges and courts, inside the research plan | One state, no federal case law | $114 per attorney a month on 3 years, $152 on 1 year | LexisNexis online store, 1 to 3 attorneys |
| Lexis+ Enhanced | The same analytics with federal coverage | One state plus federal | $257 a month on 3 years, $342 on 1 year | LexisNexis online store |
| Westlaw Advantage | Litigation Analytics on judges, courts, attorneys, law firms, damages and case types | Single circuit up to all states plus federal | $288.60 to $447.85 a month on 3 years, $355.20 to $551.20 on 1 year | Thomson Reuters configurator, up to 10 attorneys |
| Trellis | State trial court rulings by judge, motion outcomes, judge bios | One state per plan, 45 states available | $199.95 a month or $1,999.95 a year (Research and Judge Analytics) | Online, 14 day trial |
| Lex Machina | Judge, party, counsel and expert analytics on federal and selected state courts | All 94 federal district courts, 13 courts of appeal, PTAB, enhanced state courts | None published | Demo and quote |
| Bloomberg Law | Litigation Analytics on judges, courts and law firms, bundled with dockets | Federal and state | None published; federal contracts show about $435 to $489 a seat a month | Request form and quote |
| Docket Navigator | Court and judge comparison, motion success and time to milestones in patent and other IP cases | U.S. district courts, ITC and PTAB for patent; trademark, copyright, trade secret, antitrust, securities libraries | $145 a month single user on Patent (sole proprietors only), $600 a month for 4 to 9 users | Online, 30 day trial with a card |
| Pre/Dicta | A prediction of how a specific federal judge will rule on a motion | Federal, plus California state courts | $1,800 per case on a 50 case annual plan | Demo |
| CaseSearch | No judge statistics; finds the binding appellate cases the judge has to follow, with a good-law signal | U.S. Supreme Court, federal circuits, state appellate courts | $49 a month, or $24 billed yearly | Online, one question with no account |
Lexis+ store prices and the Litigation Analytics listing were read on the LexisNexis law firm store in September and October 2026. Westlaw Advantage prices were read in the Thomson Reuters plan configurator on September 18, 2026, and the Litigation Analytics feature on the Westlaw Advantage features page on October 24, 2026. Trellis prices were read on trellis.law in September 2026 and Docket Navigator prices on its pricing page on October 24, 2026. Bloomberg Law figures are from federal contract records on USAspending.gov.
How much does judge analytics software cost?
Between about $114 a month and $1,800 a case, depending on whether you buy it inside a research plan, as a standalone state court tool or as a prediction service. The low end is the research platforms. LexisNexis lists Litigation Analytics, described as insights into judges and courts, in Lexis+ Essential at $114 per attorney a month on a three year term or $152 paid a year at a time. Essential covers one state and no federal case law, so a federal litigator lands on Lexis+ Enhanced at $257 or $342. Westlaw Advantage carries Thomson Reuters' Litigation Analytics from $288.60 a month for one attorney and one circuit on a three year term.
Standalone tools sit in the middle. Trellis charges $199.95 a month or $1,999.95 a year for its Research and Judge Analytics plan, one state per plan, and every search, view, download or print uses one of the plan's 900 annual content views. At the top, Pre/Dicta prices a single motion prediction at $1,800 per case on a 50 case annual plan, which is $90,000 a year. Lex Machina and Bloomberg Law do not publish a price at all.
Inside a research plan
Lexis+ from $114, Westlaw Advantage from $288.60 a month.
Standalone state courts
Trellis at $199.95 a month, one state.
Prediction per case
Pre/Dicta at $1,800 a case, 50 case minimum plan.
Which judge analytics tool fits your practice
Start with the court your cases are in, because coverage decides more than features. If you litigate in state trial courts, the published research platforms say little about a superior court judge who rarely writes published opinions, and that is the gap Trellis was built for: it indexes state trial court dockets and rulings and groups them by judge. If your docket is federal, Westlaw Advantage, Lexis+ Enhanced and Lex Machina all draw on federal district court records, and Lex Machina adds the deepest party, counsel and expert witness data in exchange for a negotiated quote.
Then decide whether you want history or a forecast. Every tool here except Pre/Dicta reports what a judge has done: grant and deny rates on motion types, time to ruling, the cases and lawyers before them. Pre/Dicta models the judge, the parties and counsel to forecast a ruling on a motion you have not filed yet, and it is priced for litigation funders, law departments and large firms rather than for a solo with one hearing next month.
State trial courts
Trellis, one state per plan.
Federal courts
Westlaw Advantage, Lexis+ Enhanced, Lex Machina.
Outcome forecast
Pre/Dicta, per case.
Is judge analytics worth paying for at a small firm?
It pays when a number would change a decision. A grant rate on summary judgment motions before your assigned judge can decide whether you file one, how long a ruling takes affects settlement timing, and knowing a judge has never granted a motion to transfer in a patent case saves a brief. If the analytics only confirm what local counsel already told you, the subscription is a nice dashboard rather than an investment.
For a firm of one to five lawyers, the cheapest sound route is usually the analytics bundled into a research plan you would buy anyway, or a single state Trellis plan if your practice lives in state trial courts. Paying a quote-only vendor for analytics on top of a separate research subscription makes sense once judge data feeds strategy on most of your matters, not one or two a year.
Worth it
High motion volume before the same judges.
Not yet
A few federal matters a year.
Cheapest route
Analytics inside a research plan, or one Trellis state.
What judge analytics does not tell you
A grant rate is not an argument. Judge analytics tells you how often a judge grants a motion; it does not tell you which cases you have to cite to win this one, and the judge decides your motion on binding authority, not on last year's statistics. The brief still needs the Supreme Court, circuit and state appellate decisions that control the issue, and a check that none of them has been reversed or questioned since.
That is the job CaseSearch does. Ask the issue in plain English, for example whether a Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal with prejudice is proper without leave to amend in the Fifth Circuit, and you get the on-point decisions with citations, a plain-language holding and a good-law signal. It does not track judges or index trial court orders, so it pairs with whichever analytics tool you choose rather than replacing it. It costs $49 a month, or $24 a month billed yearly, and you can run one question on this page without an account. The full motion workflow is on our <a href="/ai-for-litigators">AI for litigators</a> page.
Judge analytics
How this judge tends to rule.
CaseSearch
The binding cases the ruling has to follow.
Together
Lexis+ Essential on 3 years plus CaseSearch billed yearly is about $138 a month.
What to ask a judge analytics vendor before you sign
Ask for the analytics on your own assigned judge during the demo, not on the sample judge the sales team prepared, and compare the counts against the docket you can see yourself. Small samples mislead: a judge with eleven rulings on a motion type gives you a percentage that looks precise and is not. Ask how the vendor codes outcomes, because a motion granted in part is counted differently by different tools.
Then pin down scope and term. For Lexis+ and Westlaw, ask whether analytics are in the plan you are quoted or sold as an add-on, since LexisNexis prices Context expert reports separately at $99 a report out of plan. For Trellis, check how many content views a month of motion research uses. For quote-only vendors, get the renewal increase in writing. Our <a href="/lex-machina-pricing">Lex Machina pricing</a> page and <a href="/blog/trellis-law-cost">Trellis cost</a> breakdown cover those two in depth.
Demo
On your own judge, checked against the docket.
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Analytics included or an add-on?
Term
Renewal price in writing.
Frequently asked
Questions litigators ask about judge analytics
How much does judge analytics cost?
Published prices run from $114 per attorney a month for Lexis+ Essential, which lists Litigation Analytics on judges and courts, to $199.95 a month for Trellis judge analytics in one state and $288.60 a month for Westlaw Advantage. Pre/Dicta charges $1,800 per case. Lex Machina and Bloomberg Law are quote only.
Does Westlaw have judge analytics?
Yes. Westlaw Advantage includes Litigation Analytics, which Thomson Reuters describes as data-driven insights on judges, courts, attorneys, law firms, damages and case types. Westlaw Advantage starts at $288.60 a month for one attorney and one circuit on a three year term, or $355.20 on a one year term.
Does Lexis have judge analytics?
Yes. The LexisNexis law firm store lists Litigation Analytics, insights into judges and courts, in Lexis+ Essential at $114 per attorney a month on a three year term. LexisNexis also sells Context, which analyzes the language of a judge's opinions, and Lex Machina, its separate quote-only analytics platform.
What is the best judge analytics software for state courts?
For state trial courts, Trellis is the tool built for the job: it indexes state trial court dockets and rulings by judge in 45 states and sells judge analytics for $199.95 a month or $1,999.95 a year, one state per plan. Federal-first platforms carry far less trial court data.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Lex Machina?
Yes, if you can use bundled analytics. Lexis+ Essential lists Litigation Analytics from $114 a month and Westlaw Advantage from $288.60, both with published prices, while Lex Machina is quote only. For state courts, Trellis at $199.95 a month is the published alternative.
Can judge analytics predict how a judge will rule?
Most tools report history, not predictions: grant rates, time to ruling and past cases. Pre/Dicta is the exception and forecasts motion outcomes before a specific federal judge, claiming 85 percent accuracy on motions to dismiss by its own testing, at $1,800 per case.
Keep reading
Lex Machina pricing
What the LexisNexis analytics platform costs.
Trellis cost
State court research and judge analytics by plan.
Pre/Dicta pricing
The $1,800 per case motion prediction.
Docket Navigator pricing
Patent and IP analytics, every seat band.
Westlaw pricing
Every Westlaw plan and term, priced.
LexisNexis pricing
The four Lexis+ tiers and what each carries.
Bloomberg Law pricing
Real seat prices from federal contracts.
AI for litigators
The litigation research workflow, priced.
CaseSearch pricing
Our published price, with no sales call.
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