How much does Westlaw cost?

Westlaw publishes 2 tiers, from On request for Westlaw Edge (solo and small firm, up to 10 attorneys) up to On request for Westlaw Advantage (firms of 11+ attorneys). The cheapest paid tier is On request.

Does Westlaw have a free plan?

Not on the record we hold: Westlaw is listed as quote. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.

What is the difference between Westlaw Edge (solo and small firm, up to 10 attorneys) and Westlaw Advantage (firms of 11+ attorneys) on Westlaw?

Westlaw Advantage (firms of 11+ attorneys) costs On request against On request, and adds 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.

Does Westlaw charge per user?

The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.

Are these Westlaw prices current?

They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.

What should I compare Westlaw against before paying?

The closest legal tools in this directory are Rocket Matter, Actionstep, LexisNexis, Harvey. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Westlaw covering price, platforms and features.

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Westlaw pricing

Westlaw publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.

As of 1 September 2026, Westlaw pricing is on request across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.

Entry price: On request
Model: Quote
Tiers: 2
Free tier: Not on record

Westlaw plans, side by side

Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.

Westlaw pricing tiers
Plan	Price	Features listed	Step up from the tier below
Westlaw Edge (solo and small firm, up to 10 attorneys)	On request	3	Entry tier
Westlaw Advantage (firms of 11+ attorneys)	On request	3	Priced on request

What each tier adds

The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.

Westlaw Edge (solo and small firm, up to 10 attorneys)

On request

The entry tier. It covers 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)

On request

Over Westlaw Edge (solo and small firm, up to 10 attorneys), this tier adds:

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

What the product covers

The full Westlaw feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.

Other

Case law and statute database
KeyCite
Practical Law
CoCounsel Legal
Litigation analytics
West Key Number System

People bring Westlaw in for a solo attorney or small firm wanting published, self-service pricing rather than a sales negotiation, a firm evaluating whether practical law and secondary sources justify moving from edge to advantage, a litigation team wanting keycite and litigation analytics in the same research platform, a firm that previously used casetext and needs to understand that it must now buy cocounsel legal inside westlaw instead. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Westlaw are worth a look before you commit to a tier.

How that compares in Legal

Too few legal tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.

Westlaw entry price against other Legal tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
Westlaw (this page)	On request	quote	-
Rocket Matter	On request	Per user per month	-	vs Westlaw
Actionstep	On request	Per user per month	-	vs Westlaw
LexisNexis	On request	quote	-	vs Westlaw
Harvey	On request	quote	-	vs Westlaw
Docketwise	On request	Per user per month	-	vs Westlaw
Litera	On request	quote	-	vs Westlaw

Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Westlaw badges page.

Before you pay for Westlaw

Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.

What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between On request and On request, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Westlaw against the tools that do have one before committing.

Westlaw runs on web, ios, android, and is published by Thomson Reuters of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The full record is on the Westlaw review, and the rest of the category is under best legal tools.

Westlaw pricing on the vendor's own site

Westlaw pricing questions

How much does Westlaw cost?: Westlaw publishes 2 tiers, from On request for Westlaw Edge (solo and small firm, up to 10 attorneys) up to On request for Westlaw Advantage (firms of 11+ attorneys). The cheapest paid tier is On request.
Does Westlaw have a free plan?: Not on the record we hold: Westlaw is listed as quote. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
What is the difference between Westlaw Edge (solo and small firm, up to 10 attorneys) and Westlaw Advantage (firms of 11+ attorneys) on Westlaw?: Westlaw Advantage (firms of 11+ attorneys) costs On request against On request, and adds 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.
What am I actually paying for with Westlaw?: The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a solo attorney or small firm wanting published, self-service pricing rather than a sales negotiation, a firm evaluating whether practical law and secondary sources justify moving from edge to advantage, a litigation team wanting keycite and litigation analytics in the same research platform.
Does Westlaw charge per user?: The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
Are these Westlaw prices current?: They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
What should I compare Westlaw against before paying?: The closest legal tools in this directory are Rocket Matter, Actionstep, LexisNexis, Harvey. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Westlaw covering price, platforms and features.