Is Casetext worth the price?
Casetext was acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2023 and its AI capabilities now live inside CoCounsel.
Pricing ranges from $75/task (On Demand) to $500/user/month (All Access), with the sweet spot at CoCounsel Core ($225/user/month) for most law firms. The platform is expensive compared to general-purpose AI tools, but purpose-built for legal work with case law citations, deposition prep, and contract analysis.
Solo practitioners and small firms will feel the per-user cost most acutely.
Pricing Plans
Free TrialSolo
$150/monthly
- AI legal research
- CoCounsel AI assistant
- Document review
- Solo practitioner focused
CoCounsel Core
$225/monthly
- Per user pricing
- AI document work
- Contract analysis
- Deposition prep
- Volume discounts available
Unlimited
$500/monthly
- Unlimited AI queries
- Full CoCounsel access
- All features included
- No per-query limits
Westlaw Precision
$428/monthly
- CoCounsel included
- Full Westlaw access
- All states and federal
- Thomson Reuters integration
Hidden Costs & Gotchas
On Demand per-task costs accumulate fast
a busy attorney using 15-20 AI tasks/month pays $1,125-$1,500 — far more than the $225/mo Core plan. The break-even is roughly 3 tasks/month
Westlaw integration is a premium layer
CoCounsel Core ($225/mo) does NOT include Westlaw access. Adding Westlaw Precision bumps the cost to $428/user/month — a 90% increase
Annual contract required for Westlaw Precision with CoCounsel — no monthly flexibility for the most comprehensive plan
Lower tiers have limited jurisdictional coverage
Basic Research ($220/mo) may not include all state courts, forcing an upgrade for multi-state practices
Reference attorney support is only available on the $500/mo All Access plan — lower tiers rely entirely on AI without human backup
Per-task pricing on On Demand does not include bulk discounts — each task costs the same whether you run 1 or 100
Team adoption cost
at $225/user/month, a 10-attorney firm pays $27,000/year — and every attorney needs their own seat, no shared logins
How Casetext Compares
5-attorney law firm, 12 months, CoCounsel Core plan, annual billing
Which Plan Do You Need?
Pay-per-use avoids monthly subscription commitment — a solo attorney running 5-10 AI tasks per month pays $375-$750 vs. $225/mo for Core, making it cheaper below ~3 tasks/month
Advanced document work, contract analysis, deposition prep, and timeline creation cover the daily workflow of litigation and transactional attorneys with volume discounts available
Full Westlaw database integration with KeyCite, AI-powered research, and reference attorney support — eliminates the need for separate Westlaw + AI subscriptions
Our Recommendation
Worth it if...
Your attorneys spend significant time on legal research, document review, or deposition preparation and you can quantify the time savings. At $225/user/month, CoCounsel needs to save each attorney roughly 3-4 billable hours per month (at $300/hr) to pay for itself. Firms doing high-volume litigation or complex transactional work will hit that threshold easily.
Skip if...
You primarily need practice management (calendaring, billing, client intake) rather than AI-powered legal research — Clio or Smokeball cover those needs at a fraction of the cost. Also skip if your firm already has Westlaw Edge and only needs occasional AI help: using a general-purpose AI tool for document summarization is far cheaper than adding CoCounsel.
Negotiation tips
Volume discounts are available for CoCounsel Core — push for per-seat reductions at 10+ and 20+ attorney thresholds. If you already subscribe to Westlaw, negotiate a bundle discount for adding CoCounsel rather than paying the full Precision price ($428/mo). Ask about pilot programs: Thomson Reuters often offers 30-60 day trials for firms evaluating CoCounsel. Annual prepayment should yield 10-15% savings vs. monthly billing.
