Comparison
Draftiro vs CoCounsel
Thomson Reuters’ AI assistant, grounded in Westlaw.
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TL;DR
CoCounsel (formerly Casetext, now owned by Thomson Reuters) is a strong AI research and document-review tool backed by Westlaw’s grounded legal database. It excels at deep research and review at scale, less so as a daily drafting-plus-matter-management workspace.
- CoCounsel best for
- Litigation-heavy firms that already pay for Westlaw and need deep research and review.
- Draftiro best for
- Solos and small firms that want one tool that does drafting, research, conflicts, deadlines, and matter management.
Draftiro vs CoCounsel — overview
CoCounsel — formerly Casetext, now owned by Thomson Reuters — is one of the strongest AI research and document-review tools on the market, grounded in Westlaw and backed by KeyCite. If your practice lives on deep research and review across very large document sets, CoCounsel earns its place. What it is not is a daily workspace: it does not run your conflicts, your deadlines, or your matters, and it does not track AI-assisted time for billing.
Pricing, plainly
CoCounsel runs roughly $225–$500 per user per month depending on tier and whether Westlaw is bundled. Draftiro starts free (no card) with paid tiers from $29/mo. The two are not really competing on price — CoCounsel sells Westlaw-grounded research depth; Draftiro sells an affordable all-in-one workspace.
Who should switch — and who shouldn't
If you already pay for Westlaw and your bottleneck is appellate-grade research and large-scale review, keep CoCounsel; nothing in Draftiro replaces KeyCite. The smarter move for many litigators is to keep CoCounsel for the heavy research and add Draftiro as the daily workspace — drafting, conflicts, court-day math, client portal, and ABA Op. 512 time tracking — at a fraction of a second CoCounsel seat. For solos and small firms that don't need Westlaw depth every day, Draftiro alone, with CourtListener validation and free CourtListener lookups, covers most of the work.
Where CoCounsel wins
- Westlaw-grounded retrieval and KeyCite-backed verification
- Deep, multi-step research and review agents
- Document review across very large production sets
Where Draftiro wins
- A daily workspace, not just a research tool
- Conflict checks + court-day math + matter management in one place (CoCounsel has none of these)
- Lower entry price — from $29/mo, plus a free plan with no card (CoCounsel runs ~$225–$500/user/mo)
- ABA Op. 512–compliant auto time tracking for AI work
Side by side
| Feature | Draftiro | CoCounsel |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | Public, self-serve | Contact sales |
| AI citation validation (CourtListener / equivalent) | Included | Included |
| Conflict checking with audit trail | Included | Not included |
| Court-day math (federal + state holidays) | Included | Not included |
| ABA Op. 512 auto time tracking | Included | Not included |
| Outlook calendar sync | Included | Not included |
| Client portal share links | Included | Not included |
| Self-serve signup (no sales call) | Included | Included |
| Free plan | Included | Not included |
Common questions
Is CoCounsel’s Westlaw grounding better than Draftiro’s CourtListener validation?
For deep, citator-grade research, yes — CoCounsel is grounded in Westlaw with KeyCite, which is deeper than the public CourtListener corpus Draftiro validates against. The trade-off is price and scope: CoCounsel is a research tool at roughly $225–$500/user/mo; Draftiro is an all-in-one workspace from $29/mo that validates case cites and flags statutes as unchecked.
Can I run CoCounsel and Draftiro together?
Yes, and many litigators do — CoCounsel for Westlaw-grounded research and large-scale document review, Draftiro as the daily workspace for drafting, conflicts, deadlines, and AI-assisted time tracking that CoCounsel does not provide.
Does CoCounsel handle conflicts and deadlines like Draftiro?
No. CoCounsel is a research and review tool; it does not run conflict checks, court-day math, or matter management. Draftiro builds those into the writing flow.
Will my data train AI models?
No. Draftiro runs on Google Gemini's enterprise API tier, which is contractually prohibited from training on inputs. See our security page for the full posture.
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