Pricing
From a single matter to the whole firm.
Start free and run a real matter before you pay. Then choose what fits: a single tool, the full suite, or CourtBriefly Office for the whole practice, with client workspaces added as you need them. Preparing for one hearing? Pay $49 once for 30 days. Need just one log? Buy it once, per matter.
Two ways to start: the free plan (no card) or Full Suite free for 7 days
The free plan needs no card and never expires. Or try Full Suite free for 7 days: matters, evidence, documents, Comms Guard, to-dos, timelines and the assistant, with 60 AI actions for the trial (Mediation Coach is on paid plans). The trial needs a card. You see the price and the exact date of the first charge before you start, we email you 3 days and 1 day before it, and if you cancel before then (online, two clicks) you pay nothing. Otherwise it continues as Full Suite at $24.99/mo or $199/yr until you cancel. Forgot to cancel? You can get a full refund of that first charge in the app within 7 days.
Free
Run one real matter before you pay a cent.
$0
Free forever, no card, nothing to cancel.
- 1 matter (the workspace every account includes), 10 evidence items, 1 GB of storage — ingest, organize & preview
- Watermarked court-ready PDF export
- 6 AI actions to try the tools (one-time, not monthly)
Single Tool
Just the one tool your matter needs right now.
$14.99/mo
or $119/yr per tool
- Any one tool — Evidence Helper, Message Extractor, or Case Builder
- Full Bates-stamped, fingerprinted exports
- 80 AI actions a month for that tool
- Source fingerprints available for review
Full Suite
Platform tools with AI allowances; add workspace capacity separately.
$24.99/mo
or $199/yr — save ~33%
- All platform tools, AI included
- Separately purchased client workspace capacity
- Source-linked preparation and exhibit binders
- 300 AI actions a month
CourtBriefly Office
Full Suite for your office, plus 5 client workspaces.
$99/mo
or $990/yr — two months free
- Everything in Full Suite, AI included
- 5 walled-off client workspaces included
- More workspaces $25/mo each
- No per-attorney or per-collaborator add-on
For firms & professionals
A workspace per client. Walled off, switchable, $25/mo each.
Working several clients or matters at once? Keep each in its own workspace — separate matters, evidence, documents, and sharing — and switch between them from the menu in the top-left. What you share with one client's collaborators never crosses into another's.
Your first workspace
FreeEvery account includes one workspace at no extra cost — on top of whichever plan above fits the tools you need.
Each additional client workspace
$25 / moAdd a workspace when you take on another client or matter; release it when the matter closes. Workspaces are prorated and managed from your account dashboard. Sharing — evidence, documents, messages, to-dos, timeline, hearings, the whole case — stays scoped to that one workspace.
Either side can pay — one workspace is $25/mo no matter who does
You can carry a client's workspace on your account, or the client can pay for their own and invite you in to view and collaborate for free — bring-your-own-attorney from the consumer side. Either way the math is the same: one workspace, $25/mo, billed once. No per-attorney or per-collaborator add-on.
Running several clients at once? CourtBriefly Office includes 5 client workspaces with Full Suite for $99/mo or $990/yr; more are $25/mo each. Get CourtBriefly Office →
One-time
Sometimes you just need one hearing, or one log. No subscription.
Hearing Pass · one-time
$49 once for 30 days of Full Suite. Nothing renews.
Preparing for a single hearing? Everything in Full Suite for 30 days from the day you buy it, AI included, with exports without a watermark. No subscription and nothing to cancel. When the 30 days end the account is back on the free plan, and nothing is deleted.
Message Log Package
$39 / matterOne organized, reviewable PDF message log from Message Extractor — paginated, Bates-stamped, fingerprinted, with an index and the source manifest attached. For the "I need these texts as an exhibit by Friday" moment.
Selected release packages
Named recipientsRelease a selected version with a manifest, expiry, and an optional file download (photo and video location removed; the manifest keeps each original’s SHA-256). This is not a matter-closing purchase and does not cancel subscriptions. Record retention is managed separately.
AI credit top-ups
$5 per 10-packFor an unusually heavy week — bulk-importing thousands of pages. Paid plans include a monthly AI pool that covers normal use; top-ups are a fairness valve, not a paywall.
Annual billing
Save ~33%Pay yearly on a single tool or the full suite and save about a third versus monthly. Switch billing anytime from the account dashboard.
How it fits
Between a manual all-nighter and a six-figure e-discovery suite.
Most evidence prep happens in the gap the big platforms ignore: too small for enterprise e-discovery, too important to do by hand.
| Approach | Typical cost | Bates + file fingerprints | Time per matter | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CourtBriefly | $0–$24.99/mo (Full Suite Max $49.99/mo; CourtBriefly Office $99/mo with 5 client workspaces; extra workspaces $25/mo each; $49 one-time Hearing Pass) | Optional Bates numbers on exhibit packets, MSG numbers on message logs, each file’s SHA-256 listed | An afternoon | Paralegals, small firms, pro se |
| By hand (Word + PDF tools) | "Free" (your hours) | Manual, error-prone | A weekend | One-off, low stakes |
| Generic OCR / PDF apps | ~$10–30/mo | No chain of custody | Variable | Reading, not exhibits |
| Enterprise e-discovery | $$$ + per-GB | Yes | Setup-heavy | Big-firm, large-volume |
Illustrative comparison for positioning; actual costs vary by vendor and matter. CourtBriefly is not affiliated with any e-discovery provider and is not a substitute for legal advice.
Pricing questions
The fine print, in plain language
Is the free tier a trial that expires?
The free tier never expires and needs no card: one matter with 10 evidence items, watermarked exports, and 6 AI actions to try the tools. New accounts can also try Full Suite free for 7 days (card required; cancel before it ends and you pay nothing). Paid plans add features and higher allowances.
Can I subscribe to just one tool?
Yes. The Single Tool plan ($14.99/mo or $119/yr) unlocks any one tool — Evidence Helper, Message Extractor, or Case Builder — with full Bates-stamped exports and AI. The Full Suite ($24.99/mo or $199/yr) unlocks every tool. Switch or upgrade anytime.
Do you offer firm / volume pricing?
CourtBriefly Office is $99/mo or $990/yr: Full Suite for the office plus 5 client workspaces, with more at $25/mo each. Use the published tool and workspace plans with the firm workspace, staff assignments, client requests, and review tools. Workspace capacity is billed to its subscriber. Client sponsorship requires separate client and firm agreement and does not cancel an existing subscription. SSO, automatic practice-management imports, and negotiated volume billing are not currently available.
What's the $49 Hearing Pass?
One payment of $49 for 30 days of everything in Full Suite, AI included, starting the day you buy it. It isn't a subscription, so it never renews and there's nothing to cancel. When the 30 days end the account is back on the free plan, and nothing is deleted. For ongoing work, Full Suite is $24.99/mo or $199/yr.
What happens to matters if we cancel?
The matter owner can download a complete matter bundle — every original file, a manifest with each file's SHA-256 fingerprint, and all records — at any time, free, before or after canceling. The one-time $49 Case Closed export adds exhibit-ready PDFs without a watermark and can close the matter: read-only, and readable and downloadable for free, forever. We don't hold records hostage.
Is there a discount for legal aid or nonprofits?
Legal-aid offices, clinics, and advocate organizations can ask us for hardship referral codes to give the people they serve: each code gives Full Suite free for a set number of months, with no card. Email support@firmbinder.com. We check eligibility only and never review anyone's matter.
Run your next matter free. Decide once it's briefed.
No card, no countdown. If the paid tiers earn their keep, they'll prove it on a real exhibit set first.