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Trust & Will alternatives: cheaper, joint trusts, a lawyer, or nothing renewing

If Trust & Will's price is the problem, Quicken WillMaker & Trust's Plus plan gives you a will, living trust and powers of attorney for $149, covering your spouse too, and GoodTrust's trust plan is $149. If you want a single joint trust as a couple, LegalZoom's couple trust is One joint living trust with two pour-over wills. If you want a lawyer on the phone, LegalZoom Premium includes a year of calls. If your wishes are simple, FreeWill's will is free. Stay with Trust & Will if you want funding help with published prices and a 30-day refund window.

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

  • Same documents for much less, spouse included: Plus covers a will, living trust, health care directive and financial power of attorney for you and your immediate family, paid once. See WillMaker plans
  • One joint trust, or a lawyer to call: Its couple trust is a single joint trust, and Premium tiers include a year of attorney consultations. See LegalZoom trusts
  • A low-cost trust for the whole family: One plan with a trust, will and directives; each adult family member can make their own plan at no extra cost. See GoodTrust Estate+

Trust & Will is a well-designed service, and for many people it is the right buy. But it is also one of the more expensive ways to make an estate plan online, and a few of its rules push people to look elsewhere. The right alternative depends on why you are leaving.

This page sorts the alternatives by reason, with like-for-like prices. Every figure comes from each company’s own pages, read on the date in the facts table.

The quick answer, by reason

Why you are looking Best alternative Price
Too expensive Quicken WillMaker & Trust Plus $149, spouse included
Too expensive, large family GoodTrust $149, each adult included
Do not want a membership WillMaker download version Paid once
Want one joint trust as a couple LegalZoom $499
Want a lawyer to call LegalZoom Premium $549 (trust)
Simple wishes, no budget FreeWill Free
Louisiana A local attorney for a trust; Rocket Lawyer for a will Varies

Like-for-like prices

Trust & Will WillMaker GoodTrust LegalZoom
Will plan, one person $199 $149 (Plus) $149 $149 (Pro)
Living trust, one person $499 $149 $149 $399
Living trust, couple $599 $149 $149 $499
Editing after year one $49/year $39.99/year for more revisions, optional $39/year Not published

LegalZoom’s Pro Will includes an attorney plan that renews at $25/month after 30 days unless cancelled; its Basic Will at $129 has nothing renewing but leaves out the powers of attorney.

If the price is the problem

Quicken WillMaker & Trust is the biggest saving. For a couple who wants a trust, Trust & Will’s couple plan is $599; WillMaker’s Plus plan is $149 and covers up to five of each document for your immediate family. That is a saving of $450 for a couple. What you give up: guidance, a refund window you can rely on (WillMaker publishes none), funding help and any attorney option. Our Trust & Will vs WillMaker page goes through the trade.

GoodTrust is the other low-cost trust, at $149, with each adult family member able to make their own plan at no extra cost. What you give up: downloads that do not depend on a subscription, a 30-day refund window and funding help. See Trust & Will vs GoodTrust.

If the membership is the problem

Trust & Will’s plans are one-time, but editing is a membership benefit: Needs the Essentials membership. If you want to own your documents and edit them without a yearly fee, WillMaker’s download version keeps working indefinitely after its free revision year. FreeWill lets you edit for free forever. Our Trust & Will membership page explains when the membership is worth it.

If you want one joint trust as a couple

Trust & Will builds couples’ trusts according to state law: joint in community property states, separate in separate property states. If you live in a separate property state and want one shared trust, LegalZoom’s couple trust is One joint living trust with two pour-over wills, at $499. GoodTrust also allows a joint trust. If you are in a blended family, separate trusts may actually suit you better; see our blended families page.

If you want a lawyer

Trust & Will’s attorney options are an add-on at +$299, the Pro membership, or an attorney-drafted plan From $1,499. If you want unlimited calls while you draft, LegalZoom Premium includes a year of 30-minute consultations and an annual review. Rocket Lawyer’s membership includes written attorney questions for less. Our page on online wills with attorney review compares them.

When to stay with Trust & Will

Trust & Will is still the better buy if you want:

  • Funding help with prices you can see in advance: deed transfers at $140 per deed, plus recording fees and a mobile notary at $170 to $210.
  • A long refund window: 30 days from purchase under its help-centre policy.
  • Downloads without paying again: the free tier keeps them.
  • An upgrade path: start with a will and upgrade to a trust for the difference ($300, the difference between plans).

Compared with WillMaker, that is roughly $350 extra for one person’s trust. Whether that is worth it depends on how much help you want.

Switching after you have bought

  1. Check the refund window: Trust & Will’s help centre says requests within 30 days are processed automatically.
  2. Download your documents before cancelling anything.
  3. If you make a new will elsewhere, sign it properly; it revokes the old one.
  4. Think twice about replacing a funded trust: moving everything into a new trust is real work.
  5. Cancel the membership if you added it, before it renews.
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 ).
GoodTrust: what it publishes
ItemPublished valueChecked
Estate plan (will, trust and directives) $149 Estate+ plan. Includes a year of unlimited updates. Per the pricing page, family members can each create their own plan at no extra fee.
Updates after the first year $39/year The help article says you are charged this after the first year "to continue making updates". It does not say whether it renews automatically.
Editing and downloading Needs an active subscription The same article says you can cancel at any time and re-subscribe when you want to make changes.
Documents in the plan Revocable living trust, will, financial power of attorney, health care directive, funeral and pet directives, digital vault
Family members Each adult family member can make their own plan at no extra cost Activated with a family plan code from your dashboard.
Couples A joint trust is possible; each spouse needs a separate pour-over will
Refunds 14 days from purchase, free-trial days included Request by support ticket; refunds take 5 to 10 business days.
After a refund or without a subscription Account drops to the Free plan; the will can no longer be downloaded
Legal advice Not a law firm; no legal advice or attorney service The home page says documents are drafted by estate planning attorneys.
Where documents are valid Says valid in all 50 states; documents valid only in the U.S.
Free trial One trial only; cancel from your billing section Trial length and whether a card is needed are not stated.
Not published before sign-up: Whether the $39 yearly update fee renews automatically; How long the free trial lasts and whether it needs a card; Whether Louisiana or any other state is excluded (pages say "valid in all 50 states"); Whether the trust must be notarised (the trust page only says to print and sign with two witnesses); Any deed transfer or trust funding service.
  • Their own pages disagree: The help-centre cost article says the plan includes "up to 4 complimentary accounts for family members"; the pricing and trust pages say it covers unlimited family members. (page A, page B; noted ).

Questions people ask next

What is the cheapest alternative to Trust & Will?

FreeWill, which is free for a will, health care directive and financial power of attorney. For a living trust outside California, Quicken WillMaker & Trust's Plus plan at $149 and GoodTrust's plan at $149 are the lowest prices we track.

Is there an alternative with no membership at all?

WillMaker is a one-time purchase, and its download version keeps working indefinitely. LegalZoom's Basic Will and Basic Trust have nothing renewing. Trust & Will itself is also a one-time purchase if you decline the membership at checkout.

I already bought Trust & Will. Can I switch?

Yes. Your signed Trust & Will documents stay valid. If you make a new will elsewhere it will revoke the old one; a new trust needs your assets moved into it, so think before replacing a funded trust. Within its refund window, Trust & Will's help centre says requests are processed automatically.

Which alternative is best in Louisiana?

Trust & Will makes wills but not trusts in Louisiana, and WillMaker cannot be used there. Rocket Lawyer publishes a Louisiana will form. For a Louisiana trust, use a local attorney.

Sources

  1. Trust & Will plan comparison
  2. Trust & Will help centre: refund policy
  3. WillMaker plans and pricing
  4. LegalZoom living trust page
  5. GoodTrust pricing
  6. FreeWill FAQ
  7. Rocket Lawyer last will and testament page

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