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Everlaw vs Westlaw
Westlaw
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Thomson Reuters legal research platform, priced per seat with tiers from Edge to Advantage and negotiated enterprise contracts above 10 attorneys
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The short version
- Each has a real cost: Everlaw quote-only pricing, and ediscovery is typically billed on data volume, which makes costs hard to predict in advance; Westlaw firms of 11 or more attorneys, which is most firms actually spending serious money on Westlaw, get no published price at all and negotiate blind against a sales team that sees every prior deal.
- They diverge on capability: Everlaw covers Document processing, Westlaw covers Case law and statute database.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Everlaw and Westlaw actually diverge.
Identical on both: starting price (On request), pricing model (quote), free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Legal).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Everlaw
- Document processing
- Predictive coding
- Review workflow
- Search and clustering
- Case building
- Cloud-native
Only in Westlaw
- Case law and statute database
- KeyCite
- Practical Law
- CoCounsel Legal
- Litigation analytics
- West Key Number System
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Everlaw
- Litigation teams reviewing very large discovery document setsnot Westlaw
- Government and corporate investigations requiring defensible reviewnot Westlaw
- Firms wanting ediscovery without running on-premise infrastructurenot Westlaw
Westlaw
- A solo attorney or small firm wanting published, self-service pricing rather than a sales negotiationnot Everlaw
- A firm evaluating whether Practical Law and secondary sources justify moving from Edge to Advantagenot Everlaw
- A litigation team wanting KeyCite and litigation analytics in the same research platformnot Everlaw
- A firm that previously used Casetext and needs to understand that it must now buy CoCounsel Legal inside Westlaw insteadnot Everlaw
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Everlaw
- Quote-only pricing, and ediscovery is typically billed on data volume, which makes costs hard to predict in advance
- Specialist product: outside litigation and investigations there is no use for it
- Predictive coding requires a properly trained review workflow, and poor input produces unreliable prioritisation
- Data volume charges can escalate sharply on large matters
Westlaw
- Firms of 11 or more attorneys, which is most firms actually spending serious money on Westlaw, get no published price at all and negotiate blind against a sales team that sees every prior deal.
- Casetext no longer exists as an independent, cheaper self-serve product; anyone who liked its pricing and simplicity now has to buy into the Westlaw ecosystem, typically at a higher, seat-based cost.
- Multi-year contracts are structurally rewarded with the biggest discounts, which pressures firms into 2 or 3 year commitments before they know if usage will justify the tier chosen.
- Content and features vary meaningfully between Edge and Advantage, so an apparently small monthly price difference can hide the absence of Practical Law, which many firms end up needing anyway.
- Switching away from Westlaw means retraining staff on Lexis search syntax and the Key Number System has no direct Lexis equivalent, which is a genuine cost that suppresses competitive shopping at renewal.
Pricing, plan by plan
Everlaw
On requestNo published plan breakdown. See the Everlaw review.
Westlaw
On request- Westlaw Edge (solo and small firm, up to 10 attorneys)$undefined/month
- Single-circuit coverage from roughly $107 to $155 a month
- All-states-plus-federal coverage roughly $266 a month
- 2-year contracts around 12% off list, 3-year around 18% off
- Westlaw Advantage (firms of 11+ attorneys)$undefined/year
- Bundles Practical Law and secondary sources
- No published price, quote via sales representative
- CoCounsel Legal available as a seat add-on, reported around $639 per seat per month
Which should you pick?
Choose Everlaw if
- You need document processing.
- You work on Web, Cloud.
- You also want predictive coding.
Choose Westlaw if
- You need case law and statute database.
- You work on Web, iOS, Android.
- You also want keycite.
Questions people ask
- Is Everlaw or Westlaw better?
- Neither clearly leads. Everlaw starts at On request and Westlaw at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Everlaw or Westlaw?
- Everlaw starts at On request and Westlaw at On request.
- Does Everlaw or Westlaw run on more platforms?
- Everlaw runs on Web, Cloud. Westlaw runs on Web, iOS, Android.
- What is Everlaw best used for?
- Everlaw is most often used for litigation teams reviewing very large discovery document sets, government and corporate investigations requiring defensible review, firms wanting ediscovery without running on-premise infrastructure. Of those, litigation teams reviewing very large discovery document sets and government and corporate investigations requiring defensible review are not what Westlaw is typically brought in for.
- What can Everlaw do that Westlaw cannot?
- Everlaw covers Document processing, Predictive coding, Review workflow, Search and clustering. Westlaw covers Case law and statute database, KeyCite, Practical Law, CoCounsel Legal.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Everlaw: What does Everlaw cost?
Everlaw does not publish rates. Ediscovery is generally priced on data volume and users, which is why costs are quoted per matter or per organisation.
Westlaw: Can I still buy Casetext?
No. Casetext was retired on 1 April 2025. Its AI functionality continues as CoCounsel Legal, sold only as part of the Westlaw ecosystem.
Everlaw: What is ediscovery?
The process of identifying, collecting and reviewing electronic documents as evidence in litigation or investigation.
Westlaw: Why does Westlaw publish some prices but not others?
Self-service online pricing exists only for solo practitioners and firms up to 10 attorneys; larger firms are routed to a sales representative with no public rate.
Everlaw: What is predictive coding?
Machine learning trained on reviewer decisions to prioritise documents likely to be relevant, so a team reviews the important fraction rather than everything.
Westlaw: What does CoCounsel Legal cost on top of Westlaw?
Reported figures put it around $639 per seat per month as an add-on, though this is not an official published rate and varies by contract.
Everlaw: Is Everlaw only for law firms?
No. Corporate legal departments and government agencies use it for investigations as well as litigation.
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