Westlaw publishes no pricing — every tier is gated behind 'Contact Sales.' Attorneys report $750-1,000/month for a full solo subscription. The more durable lower-cost paths are a bar-association Fastcase membership, or dropping to Practical Law or Bloomberg Law if you don't need primary case law every day.
| Tool | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Westlaw (full bundle) | $750–1,000+/mo | No public pricing — every tier gated behind 'Contact Sales.' Figure is attorney-reported for a full solo subscription. |
| CoCounsel (Westlaw-bundled AI) | $225–428/mo/attorney | Self-reported by a small-firm practitioner; not vendor-confirmed, since Westlaw publishes no price list. |
| Fastcase | Bar-association bundled | No direct-purchase price; free through 80+ state and local bar memberships. Being acquired by Clio; Casemaker has merged into Fastcase and no longer exists as a separate product. |
| Paxton.ai | $499/user/mo | Named as a cheap escape hatch in 2024 at $99/mo; has since repriced roughly 5x. |
“I have access to Fastcase for free through the Florida Bar, but I don't find it great for actual research, just pulling up cases... Westlaw is way too expensive for me to afford right now.”
“I am annoyed at how complicated Westlaw makes their plans... Also annoying all these legal research companies require such long-term contracts.”
“I use co-counsel as a research tool occasionally because it's included along with our westlaw subscription. I would never pay $400 a month for it if I was a solo just for that.”
“For in-house and small firms that don't need deep case law every day, Practical Law or Bloomberg Law often does the job for less. I've seen plenty of in-house lawyers drop Westlaw and not miss it.”
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