Thomson Reuters does not publish CoCounsel pricing on its site — plans are sold through sales reps — but reported pricing runs from $50–$75 per service on CoCounsel On Demand to $220/month for Basic Research and $500/month for CoCounsel All Access. For criminal-defense teams whose real bottleneck is evidence media (bodycam, jail calls, scanned police reports) rather than research, Evidence Copilot is a grounded evidence-review alternative starting at $39/user/month with 15 media-processing hours included.
Bottom line: CoCounsel is a strong research-and-drafting AI grounded in Westlaw, but its pricing is opaque and it does not review evidence media. For defenders, Evidence Copilot's published pricing and evidence-media workflow fill the gap CoCounsel leaves open.
TL;DR
- Thomson Reuters does not list CoCounsel prices on its website — its pricing and plans pages return 'page not found,' and buyers are routed to sales reps.
- Reported third-party pricing: CoCounsel On Demand $50–$75 per service, Basic Research $220/month, CoCounsel All Access $500/month, with discounts for 1- and 2-year plans.
- CoCounsel Legal is research and drafting AI grounded in Westlaw and Practical Law — it does not transcribe bodycam video, jail calls, or scanned police reports.
- Evidence Copilot publishes its prices: Solo $39/user/mo (15 media-processing hours), Firm $99/user/mo (60 hours), PD Office $750/attorney/yr (100 hours), with a 7-day full-access trial and 14-day money-back guarantee.
- CoCounsel claims criminal-defense-specific numbers: 63% less discovery review time, timelines built 79% faster, and 75+ prebuilt criminal-defense workflows.
- For a solo defender, reported CoCounsel All Access at $500/month is roughly 13x Evidence Copilot's Solo plan at $39/user/month.
- The two tools do different jobs: CoCounsel answers legal-research questions; Evidence Copilot gets you through the discovery dump with citations to the exact video second.
Head-to-head
| Dimension | CoCounsel | Evidence Copilot |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Reported: $50–$75 per service (On Demand); $220/mo (Basic Research); $500/mo (All Access) | $39/user/mo Solo; $99/user/mo Firm; $750/attorney/yr PD Officewinner |
| Pricing transparency | Not published on vendor site; sales-rep quotes, especially for 10+ attorneys | Fully published, no sales wallwinner |
| Evidence-media review | No — works on uploaded documents only | Yes — bodycam, interrogation footage, jail calls, 911 audio, photos, scanned PDFswinner |
| Transcription & diarization | No | Deepgram Nova with speaker diarization and word-level timestampswinner |
| Redaction | No | Frame-accurate video, word-level audio, image and PDF redaction; originals immutablewinner |
| Legal research & drafting | Yes — Westlaw/Practical Law-grounded Deep Research, Brief Builder, 75+ criminal-defense workflowswinner | No — evidence review only; suppression-motion outlines and cross-exam drafts are grounded in case evidence, not case law |
| Citations & grounding | Linked citations to Westlaw and Practical Law sources | Clickable citations to the exact video second or PDF page |
| Trial & guarantee | Free trial available on request | 7-day full-access trial, no card; 14-day money-back guaranteewinner |
| Best fit | Firms needing research and drafting AI on top of Westlaw | Defense teams drowning in discovery media |
Scores
CoCounsel is Thomson Reuters' legal AI assistant, marketed as 'Fiduciary-Grade AI' that reasons from Westlaw content, Practical Law guidance, and a firm's own documents rather than pattern-matching from internet text. From a single plain-language query it handles research, analysis, and drafting, showing its reasoning steps with linked citations for verification. Capabilities include Deep Research, Westlaw Brief Builder, Tabular Analysis (reviewing up to 10,000 documents against 100 questions in one dynamic table), document review, timeline building, deposition prep, and discovery-request drafting. Thomson Reuters says CoCounsel is deployed across more than 20,000 law firms and legal departments, including 85% of Am Law 100 firms, and markets a criminal-defense page claiming 63% less discovery review time and timelines built 79% faster. It integrates with Microsoft Word, Outlook, Teams, iManage, NetDocuments, SharePoint, and others. It is document-and-research AI: it does not transcribe or review bodycam video, jail calls, or other evidence media.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| CoCounsel On Demand | $50/one-time per service | $50–$75 per-service pricing; pay-as-you-go |
| Basic Research | $220/mo | Cloud plan; research-focused tier |
| CoCounsel All Access | $500/mo | Cloud plan; full access tier |
Pros
- Reasons from authoritative Westlaw and Practical Law content curated by 1,500+ attorney editors, reducing hallucination risk in legal research.
- Every output carries linked citations and visible reasoning steps an attorney can verify before relying on it.
- Broad integration footprint — works inside Microsoft Word, Outlook, Teams, and major document management systems.
- Criminal-defense-specific workflows: cross-examination outlines, Miranda-issue document review, and jurisdiction-specific procedural guidance.
- Deployed across 20,000+ firms including 85% of Am Law 100 — deep market validation.
- SOC 2 and ISO 42001 certified with a no-training-on-your-data commitment.
Cons
- No published pricing on Thomson Reuters' own site — the pricing and plans pages return 'page not found,' and buyers over 10 attorneys are routed to sales reps.
- Reported pricing is steep for solos and small firms — $220/month for Basic Research and $500/month for All Access.
- No evidence-media review: it does not transcribe bodycam video, jail calls, or 911 audio, and has no redaction or multi-camera sync workflow.
- Document-centric skills like Tabular Analysis work on uploaded text documents, not footage or scanned-photo evidence.
- Effectiveness claims (63% faster discovery review, 79% faster timelines) come from a Thomson Reuters-commissioned Forrester study, not independent evaluation.
Evidence Copilot
evidencecopilot.com ↗Evidence Copilot is a grounded evidence-review workspace built specifically for US criminal-defense attorneys, law clerks, defense investigators, and public-defender offices. Upload the discovery dump — bodycam video, interrogation footage, jail calls, 911 audio, police-report PDFs, photos, scanned documents — and get timestamped diarized transcripts (Deepgram Nova with word-level timestamps and one-click speaker renaming), OCR'd document text, and an AI evidence agent that answers questions with clickable citations into the exact second of video or page of the PDF. Auto-signals compare every new file against earlier evidence in the case and surface candidate inconsistencies — report vs bodycam, statement vs call audio — before anyone asks. Playbooks include Suppression Motion Prep, Miranda Timeline, and Exhibit List Builder. Redaction is frame-accurate for video, word-level for audio, and available for images and PDFs; every redaction is a new derived file and originals are never touched. Multi-camera sync links bodycam, dashcam, and interview-room footage to a single master clock. Every AI output is marked AI-generated and pending human review, and the product never makes legal conclusions.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Solo | $39/mo | Per user; 15 media-processing hours included; full workspace, no feature tiers |
| Firm | $99/mo | Per user; 60 media-processing hours included |
| PD Office | $750/yr | Per attorney; 100 media-processing hours included |
Pros
- Published pricing with no sales wall — Solo $39/user/mo, Firm $99/user/mo, PD Office $750/attorney/yr, and every plan includes the full workspace with no feature tiers.
- Overage is metered and hard-capped at 3x included hours, so runaway intake cannot overbill.
- Purpose-built for evidence media: transcription, OCR, redaction, and multi-camera sync — work CoCounsel does not do.
- Every AI answer cites the exact source moment; output is always marked AI-generated and pending human review, and the product never makes legal conclusions.
- 7-day full-access trial with no card, and a 14-day money-back guarantee on every paid plan.
- MCP integration connects to Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Claude Code, or Cursor with a standard OAuth flow — no tokens to manage.
Cons
- Media processing is metered by hours (15 on Solo, 60 on Firm, 100 on PD Office), so very heavy intake months incur overage charges even though they are capped.
- Defense-only by design — not usable for prosecution or law-enforcement workflows.
- It is an evidence-review workspace, not a legal-research engine; it does not replace Westlaw for case-law research.
- Opt-in AI video analysis is off by default and must be enabled per upload.
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FAQs
Does Thomson Reuters publish CoCounsel pricing?
No. The CoCounsel pricing and plans pages on legal.thomsonreuters.com return 'page not found,' and the CoCounsel Legal plans page routes all tiers through 'View pricing' buttons into a sales contact, with firms of more than 10 attorneys directed to a sales representative. Reported third-party pricing lists Basic Research at $220/month and CoCounsel All Access at $500/month.
What is the cheapest way to use CoCounsel?
Reported pricing includes CoCounsel On Demand at $50–$75 as a one-time, per-service option, which is the lowest-cost entry point. Subscription tiers reportedly start at $220/month for Basic Research, with discounts available for 1- and 2-year commitments. A free trial is available through Thomson Reuters.
Can CoCounsel review bodycam video or jail calls?
No. CoCounsel's skills — Deep Research, Tabular Analysis, Review, Compare, Summarize — operate on uploaded text documents and databases. It does not transcribe or analyze video or audio evidence. Evidence-review work like diarized transcription, redaction, and multi-camera sync requires a different tool, such as Evidence Copilot.
How does Evidence Copilot's pricing compare?
Evidence Copilot publishes its prices: Solo at $39/user/month with 15 media-processing hours, Firm at $99/user/month with 60 hours, and PD Office at $750/attorney/year with 100 hours. Every plan includes the full workspace with no feature tiers, overage is hard-capped at 3x included hours, and there is a 7-day full-access trial plus a 14-day money-back guarantee.
Are CoCounsel and Evidence Copilot competitors?
They overlap less than the price tags suggest. CoCounsel is research and drafting AI grounded in Westlaw and Practical Law; Evidence Copilot is an evidence-review workspace that transcribes bodycam and call audio, OCRs scanned reports, and cites answers to the exact video second. Many defense teams would use one for research and the other for getting through the discovery dump.
Is there a free trial for CoCounsel?
Yes — Thomson Reuters offers a free trial that you request through the CoCounsel Legal plans page, though final pricing still comes through a sales representative. Evidence Copilot's trial is self-serve: a 7-day full-access, Firm-level trial with no card required.
Sources
- CoCounsel Pricing 2026 — TrustRadius
- Explore Plans — CoCounsel Legal | Thomson Reuters
- CoCounsel Legal — AI Legal Assistant | Thomson Reuters
- CoCounsel Essentials features | Thomson Reuters
- AI for criminal defense lawyers with CoCounsel Legal | Thomson Reuters
- How CoCounsel Legal delivers AI legal research you can trust — Thomson Reuters blog
- AI for criminal law practitioners — Thomson Reuters blog
- CoCounsel pricing page (returns page not found) | Thomson Reuters
- Evidence Copilot — grounded evidence review for criminal-defense teams