AI for Solo Attorneys: What's Worth It in 2026

99 of the 125 tools in this directory serve a solo attorney, by the vendor's own description of who it sells to. A solo practice is the receptionist, the researcher, the drafter, the office manager and the billing department in one chair, and most of those jobs now have a tool with a posted price. This guide walks the solo attorneys page in the order a matter runs: the phone, the research, the drafting, the documents, the matter file, the time entry and the deposition. Every price below is the vendor's own, read on the vendor's own site on October 31, 2026, and each tool links to the listing that carries the full price line, the check date and the Confidentiality column.

The phone, answered while you are in court

An AI receptionist answers the call, asks the intake questions, books the consultation and sends you the summary. Smith.ai has a free plan of 25 calls a month and a Pro plan at $150/mo for 75 calls, and lists Clio, MyCase and PracticePanther as integrations. Goodcall is $79/mo for 100 unique callers with unlimited minutes and names Clio and MyCase on its law-firm page. NextPhone is $199/mo (or $1,990/yr) with unlimited inbound calls; its Clio integration starts on the $299/mo Growth plan. My AI Front Desk bundles a phone receptionist, web chatbot and texting agent for $79/mo billed annually with 200 voice minutes. Aira starts at $19.96/mo billed annually for 30 calls. If you want a person behind the AI, Abby Connect blends human and AI receptionists from $164/mo for 50 Abby Minutes, with bilingual intake on every plan.

Research with a citation you can check

CaseMine posts an Essential plan at $49/mo or $499/yr and AI Pro at $99/mo, covers federal and all 50 state courts, and states that your data is not used to train or fine-tune its models (ISO/IEC 27001:2022). Counsel Stack runs inside Claude or ChatGPT, with 25 free research calls, $20 per 50 calls and an Unlimited plan at $199/mo. LawY is one all-in-one plan at $89/user/mo for research, first drafts and contract redlining. Westlaw posts Westlaw Edge with AI-Assisted Research at $170.95/mo and Westlaw Advantage at $288.60/mo, sold online to new-customer firms of up to 10 attorneys. Alexi posts a default plan at $499 a month for 5 Pro Memos, 25 Instant Memos and 50 Alexi Arguments sessions. Lexis+ AI and Vincent AI are quote-based, both offer a free trial, and both post that customer data is not used to train AI models and name SOC 2.

Contracts and drafting inside Word

Macro has a free tier and paid plans from $20/user/mo with every feature in every plan, including AI playbooks and AI Citations that trace output to its source. Gavel Exec redlines whole agreements in Word for $160/user/mo (or $1,740 per user billed/yr), with 25 free queries and no card to start. Law Insider SimpleAI is $1,790/user/yr after a 7-day trial, with a 200M-clause database behind it. Spellbook and LegalOn are quote-based; Spellbook offers a 7-day free trial and LegalOn's Core Review tier is written for solo attorneys and fractional GCs. All five post that customer data is not used to train AI models and name SOC 2 Type II.

Documents assembled from a questionnaire

Gavel turns your Word and PDF templates into client-facing questionnaires that assemble the finished document, from $83/mo on the Lite plan billed annually, which includes a Clio Manage integration; there is a 7-day free trial. XpressDox builds templates inside Word from $59.00/user/mo or $590.00/user/yr. Clio Draft pulls client and matter details from Clio Manage into templates and court forms and is priced by quote. Legito has a free workspace with e-signature included and a Kedy AI that converts Word documents into automated templates. For estate work, Trust & Will EstateOS is free to use and returns an editable summary of an uploaded plan's beneficiaries, trustees and provisions.

The matter file, with AI inside it

Clio Manage starts at $49/user/mo on EasyStart, with a 7-day free trial; its Manage AI add-on, which schedules from documents, drafts client updates and prepares bills, is priced by quote. MyCase is $50/user/mo billed annually on Basic and $100/user/mo billed annually on Pro, where the 8am IQ Writing and Document Assistants come in; Advanced at $130/user/mo billed annually adds the Case Assistant and OCR. CosmoLex puts practice management, billing and trust accounting in one product at $49/user/mo, $99/user/mo and $129/user/mo, with AI document summaries and an AI intake form builder. Smokeball is quote-based, with Archie drafting in Word and AutoTime writing the billing descriptions. All four post that client data is not used to train AI models alongside a named standard: SOC 2 for Clio Manage, MyCase and CosmoLex, ISO 27001:2022 for Smokeball.

Time captured and the bill sent

Lawgbook drafts time entries from your email, calendar and meetings and matches them to the right Clio matter for $29.99/seat/mo on Essentials. LeanLaw is legal billing and trust accounting built on QuickBooks Online (required and priced separately), from $55/user/mo on Core with a 7-day free trial, and lists Clio and MyCase as integrations; its ClerkAI answers billing and revenue questions in plain language. Inside the practice systems above, MyCase suggests time entries, Smokeball's AutoTime records work automatically and Clio Manage's Manage AI automates bill generation.

Dictation and transcripts

Voibe has a free tier and a Dictation plan at $99/yr per seat billed annually, processes speech on-device on Apple Silicon Macs and dictates into any app, including Clio. Philips SpeechLive posts Legal Direct at $47.80/user/mo billed annually and a Legal AI Assistant plan at $54.00, and names ISO 27001 beside a statement that customer data is not used to train AI models without explicit permission. Rev starts free with 45 AI transcription minutes a month, moves to $25.49 per seat/mo billed annually, and sells legal-formatted transcripts from $2.25/page. Sonix Legal is $880/yr for one user with 480 transcription hours, or $10/hour pay as you go, and sends transcripts to Clio in one click.

Depositions, discovery and the docket

Briefpoint drafts discovery requests and objection-ready responses in your jurisdiction's format for $150/attorney/mo billed annually, with no per-case fees, and lists Clio, MyCase and Smokeball as integrations. Casefleet starts at $30 per user/month for chronologies and document review, with Casey, its AI assistant, on the $140 per user/month Advanced AI plan and a 14-day free trial. Docket Alarm has a free tier of 5 actions a week, a $39.99/mo pay-as-you-go plan and a $99 per user/month flat fee for unlimited search, with an AI Assistant that answers questions about any case or judge. Deposition summaries are priced per transcript: Parrot by Filevine from $30/summary, run from inside a Clio matter, and SmartDepo from $85 each with a legal professional checking every summary. For a document-heavy case, GoldFynch hosts a 3 GB case for $27/mo with no per-user fees, and Clearbrief cite-checks a Word brief against the record on a Solo plan at $300/user/mo.

Where to start

Most of the tools above post a free trial or a free tier, and each listing says which. The practical test is a demo with your own matters: one intake call, one research question you already know the answer to, one document you have drafted before. The solo attorneys page lists all 99 tools with the check date on each, and every listing carries the Confidentiality column, so what the vendor posts about training is visible before the demo.

Quick answers

What does an AI receptionist cost for a solo attorney?

Smith.ai has a free plan of 25 calls a month and a Pro plan at $150/mo for 75 calls; Goodcall is $79/mo for 100 callers with unlimited minutes; Aira starts at $19.96/mo billed annually for 30 calls; My AI Front Desk is $79/mo billed annually with 200 voice minutes.

Which AI legal research tools post a price a solo can buy online?

CaseMine from $49/mo, LawY at $89/user/mo, Westlaw from $170.95/mo, Counsel Stack with a free tier and an Unlimited plan at $199/mo, and Alexi at $499 a month. Lexis+ AI and Vincent AI are priced by quote.

Which of these tools say they do not train AI on client data?

Among the tools in this guide, Clio Manage, MyCase, CosmoLex, Smokeball, CaseMine, Macro, Gavel Exec, Spellbook, Gavel, Briefpoint, Clearbrief and Rev all post a no-training statement and name a security standard; the Confidentiality column on each listing records what the vendor posts.

Is there an AI website or chat tool priced for a solo practice?

B12 builds a law-firm site from a short description and has a free tier and a Website plan at $20/mo billed yearly; Civille posts its Counsel AI chat at $99/mo on its own; JD Assistant by Juris Digital answers visitors' questions from the firm's own pages for a flat $250/mo.

Does any practice management software include AI at the entry price?

MyCase includes the 8am IQ Writing and Document Assistants from its Pro plan at $100/user/mo billed annually; CosmoLex posts plans from $49/user/mo and names AI document summaries, AI filtering and an AI intake form builder among its features; Clio Manage starts at $49/user/mo with the Manage AI add-on priced by quote.