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Rocket Lawyer alternatives for a one-time will: no trial, no membership

If you want a will you pay for once, Quicken WillMaker & Trust's Plus plan at $149 covers a will, trust and powers of attorney for your family; LegalZoom's Basic Will is $129 with nothing renewing; and Trust & Will's will plan is $199 with the membership optional. If your wishes are simple, FreeWill is free and needs no card. Stay with Rocket Lawyer if you need other legal documents this year or want written attorney answers, which its $149/year membership includes.

By Nora Whitfield, consumer researcher (not an attorney). Published . Based on the providers' published pricing and terms. How we check.

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Quick picks

  • Complete plan, paid once, family covered: Plus includes a will, living trust, health care directive and financial power of attorney for your immediate family, with nothing renewing. See WillMaker plans
  • A big-name will with nothing renewing: The Basic Will and Basic Trust are one-time purchases without the bundled attorney plan. See LegalZoom Basic
  • A guided will with a refund window: One-time plans with powers of attorney included, a 30-day refund window, and the yearly membership optional. See Trust & Will plans

Rocket Lawyer’s will page says “free”, and the button says “start free trial”. The will template is good, but the route Rocket Lawyer offers is a membership trial with your card, cancelled on time. Plenty of people would rather just pay for a will once.

This page lists the one-time alternatives, what each includes, and the cases where Rocket Lawyer is still the better choice. Every detail comes from each company’s own pages, read on the date in the facts table.

The one-time alternatives side by side

Service Price What you get What renews
FreeWill Free Will, health care directive, financial power of attorney Nothing
Quicken WillMaker & Trust Plus $149 Will, trust, directive, financial power of attorney, for your immediate family Nothing; more revisions optional
LegalZoom Basic Will $129 The will alone Nothing
LegalZoom Basic Trust $399 Trust, pour-over will, powers of attorney, funding documents Nothing
Trust & Will will plan $199 Will, health care directive, power of attorney, HIPAA authorization Optional membership

If the trial and card are the problem

FreeWill asks for no card at all. WillMaker, LegalZoom’s Basic tiers and Trust & Will are single charges. Of these, WillMaker Plus gives you the most for the money; our WillMaker review covers its limits, including that it cannot be used in Louisiana.

If you want a trust for a couple

Rocket Lawyer’s living trust page shows a single-grantor trust, and we found no couple package. LegalZoom’s couple trust is One joint living trust with two pour-over wills at $499; Trust & Will’s is $599; WillMaker’s Plus plan covers both spouses for one price.

If you want help moving your house into the trust

Rocket Lawyer provides funding documents but no deed service. Trust & Will’s partner charges $140 per deed, plus recording fees and LegalZoom’s service is $249, plus state filing fees. Our funding help comparison has the totals.

When Rocket Lawyer is still the better buy

  • You need other legal documents this year, such as a lease, a contract or an LLC agreement. The membership covers them all.
  • You want a lawyer’s written answer to a specific question: Standard includes 12 with yearly billing; 1 with monthly billing for $149/year.
  • You live in Louisiana and want a do-it-yourself will: All 50 states and DC, Louisiana included, with a Louisiana-specific form.

If you do use the trial, the rule is: One trial per customer; card required; billed the day after the trial ends unless you cancel. Download everything before cancelling. If you have already been charged, see our page on being charged after a free trial.

Which to choose

  • Simple wishes, no money: FreeWill.
  • Complete plan for a family, paid once: WillMaker Plus.
  • A big-name trust package, nothing renewing: LegalZoom Basic Trust.
  • A guided will with a refund window: Trust & Will.
  • Several legal documents or attorney questions: stay with Rocket Lawyer, and diarise the renewal.

Next steps

  1. List the documents you need: will, health care directive, financial power of attorney, and a trust if you own a home.
  2. Pick the one-time option that covers them.
  3. Check what renews before paying.
  4. Make, download and sign your documents.
Quicken WillMaker & Trust: what it publishes
ItemPublished valueChecked
Will, one person $109 Starter plan: wills, health care directives, final arrangements.
Living trust, one person $149 Plus plan: adds the living trust, power of attorney, transfer-on-death deed and the download version.
All Access plan $219 Adds smaller documents and a one-year subscription.
Will, couple No surcharge: up to 5 of each document for immediate family No joint wills: each spouse makes a separate will under the same plan.
Free revisions 1 year from purchase
Ongoing yearly cost $39.99/year for more revisions, optional Documents stay accessible for 90 days after the revision period ends.
State limits Not usable in Louisiana Also not for people whose permanent residence is outside the United States.
Online version access Make and revise for 1 year; documents viewable 90 days after
Download version access Use indefinitely; legal and technical updates for 1 year Plus and All Access only. Data cannot move between the online and download versions.
How documents are finalized Wills witnessed; living trusts and financial powers of attorney notarized Health care directives are witnessed, notarized or both, depending on the state. Every document comes with state-specific signing instructions.
Beneficiary survival period Beneficiaries must outlive you by 45 days Built into every WillMaker will; otherwise the gift goes to the alternate.
Not published before sign-up: A refund policy (none found on willmaker.com; nolo.com blocked automated reading on Nov 15, 2026); What the "1 Yr Subscription" in the All Access plan covers beyond the plan itself.
LegalZoom: what it publishes
ItemPublished valueChecked
Will, one person $129 Basic will: will only, with 30 days of revisions.
Pro will, individual $149 Adds health care and financial documents and 30 days of attorney calls.
Premium will, individual $299 Adds a year of attorney calls and a year of revisions.
Will, couple $229 Basic will.
Pro and Premium will, couple $249 Pro; $399 Premium Same inclusions as the individual tiers.
Living trust, one person $399 Basic trust, includes a pour-over will.
Premium trust, individual $549 Adds a year of attorney calls and a year of revisions.
Living trust, couple $499 Basic trust. Premium trust for a couple is listed separately.
Premium trust, couple $649
Attorney plan renewal (Pro will) $25/month after 30 days Charged automatically to the card on file; cancel online or by phone.
Ongoing yearly cost $199/year attorney plan after year one Premium will and trust only; continues automatically, cancel online or by phone. Basic plans have no renewal on the pricing page.
Refund window 7 days after your estate plan is completed Within 60 days of purchase if the order is not yet completed. Completed means available to download or received in the mail.
Attorney plan refunds Within 30 days, unless you have had a consultation
Personal attorney plan on its own $199/year, or $119 every 6 months Includes attorney review and unlimited revisions of LegalZoom estate planning documents, and family coverage for a spouse and dependent children.
Renewal reminder About a week before billing, "as a courtesy only" The contract says a missed or unsent reminder does not excuse the charge.
How to cancel the attorney plan Online in My Account, or by phone
State limits Says its wills and trusts are accepted in all 50 states
Couple trust One joint living trust with two pour-over wills
Free revisions 30 days on Basic and Pro; 1 year on Premium
Pro will, couple $249
Premium will, couple $399
Deed transfer into the trust $249, plus state filing fees Standard package: title research, deed preparation and filing with the county recorder. Express is $289.
Not published before sign-up: What a revision costs after the free revision period ends, outside the attorney plan.
  • Their own pages disagree: The will page says the Pro will's attorney plan renews at $25/month and is fulfilled through Legal Advantage Plus; the Legal Plan Contract's fee schedule lists Legal Advantage Plus at $14.99 per month. (page A, page B; noted ).
Trust & Will: what it publishes
ItemPublished valueChecked
Will, one person $199 Will plan.
Will, couple $299 Will plan.
Living trust, one person $499 Trust plan, includes a pour-over will.
Living trust, couple $599 Trust plan.
Ongoing yearly cost $49/year Essentials membership, optional: you can choose "No, thanks" at checkout. Auto-renews if you add it.
Attorney support add-on +$299 Shown on both the will and trust plans.
Attorney-drafted plan (complex needs) From $1,499 For special-needs children, estates of $15M+, businesses with 3+ employees or complex blended families.
Pro membership $299/year Only from account settings after checkout. Adds attorney support, an estate tax report and premium support.
Editing your plan after purchase Needs the Essentials membership The free tier keeps the digital download and Plan Strength score; "edit your plan at any time" is an Essentials benefit.
Refund window 30 days from purchase Help-centre "satisfaction guarantee". Part of the price may be withheld if attorney, notary, concierge or deed services were used.
Membership refunds None for an active, paid membership
Attorney add-on refund Full refund within 14 days if no appointment was used
Upgrading a will plan to a trust $300, the difference between plans
Mobile notary with 2 witnesses (Snapdocs) $170 to $210 $170 will plan, one person; $180 couple; $190 trust, one person; $200 joint trust; $210 separate trusts for a couple. Optional partner service.
Deed transfer into the trust (Bundle) $140 per deed, plus recording fees Optional partner service; deed notarization is +$100. Trust & Will says it earns a referral commission.
State limits All 50 states; no trusts in Louisiana Not available in U.S. territories.
Payment plans Available through Klarna
Disputes Mandatory arbitration and a class-action waiver Stated at the top of the terms of service (section 22).
Your plan data and AI Not used to train external AI models Applies to its own AI features; not to third-party AI agents you connect yourself.
Who owns what you enter You keep ownership of your estate plan content
Legal status Not a law firm; does not give legal advice Stated in the footer of every help-centre page. Attorney services come from independent, state-licensed attorneys under a separate agreement.
Not published before sign-up: Whether the Essentials membership is pre-selected at checkout (the help centre only says you can choose "No, thanks"); Whether the +$299 attorney support on the pricing page is a one-time charge (the refund policy calls it an "individual" purchase; the Pro membership with attorney support is $299 a year).
  • Their own pages disagree: The terms of service say all purchases are final and refunds are discretionary, case by case. The help-centre refund policy promises a 30-day satisfaction guarantee and says refund requests inside 30 days are processed automatically. (page A, page B; noted ).

Questions people ask next

Is Rocket Lawyer's will really free?

Its will page calls it a free template, but Rocket Lawyer does not say on its public pages whether you can download or print it without starting the 7 days membership trial, which needs a card. Plan on starting the trial; if you cancel during it you are not charged.

Which alternative includes a living trust?

WillMaker's Plus plan includes one at no extra cost. LegalZoom's Basic Trust is $399, and Trust & Will's trust is $499. Rocket Lawyer's trust template is single-grantor; for a couple, LegalZoom and Trust & Will sell couple trusts.

Does any alternative include attorney questions like Rocket Lawyer?

LegalZoom's Pro and Premium tiers include attorney consultations, but they renew. Trust & Will sells attorney support as an add-on. None of the one-time options includes written attorney questions the way Rocket Lawyer's Standard membership does.

Sources

  1. Rocket Lawyer pricing
  2. Rocket Lawyer help centre (trial, cancelling, downloads)
  3. WillMaker plans and pricing
  4. LegalZoom last will page
  5. Trust & Will plan comparison
  6. FreeWill FAQ

This page is general information, not legal advice. Laws differ by state and change; talk to a licensed attorney about your situation.