LawDepot will review: the one-time document, the trial clause most people miss, and who it suits

LawDepot is one of the oldest legal-form sites on the internet, a library of hundreds of documents from leases to bills of sale, with a will and a living trust among them. Like Rocket Lawyer, it is not an estate planning specialist, and like Rocket Lawyer, its will page says “free” while the checkout offers a trial that becomes a subscription.

What sets LawDepot apart is a third option most of its competitors do not offer: you can buy the one document you need, once, with no subscription. For someone who wants a will and nothing else, that is a genuinely useful choice. This review compares the three ways to pay, reads what the will and trust templates include, and goes through the clauses in LawDepot’s terms that matter for a will. All of it is from LawDepot’s own pricing page, document pages, help centre and terms, read on the date in the facts table. We have not bought a LawDepot document.

Single document, estate bundle or free trial: which should you buy?

LawDepot sells access in four ways:

Option	Price	What you get
Single document license	$7.50 to $119, one-time	One document, no renewal
Estate planning documents (Essentials)	$35/month or $107.88/year	All estate planning documents; first week free on monthly
1-year Pro subscription	$155.88/year	Every document on the site; renews yearly
Free trial	7 days, then $49/month	Every document for a week, then a monthly plan

The catch with the single document is that LawDepot publishes a range rather than the will’s own price; you see it when you choose a license after completing the document. Even at the top of the range, it is a one-time charge.

Here is what each route costs over three years if you only ever wanted a will:

How you use it	What you pay
Single document license	One charge, within $7.50 to $119, one-time
Estate planning bundle, one month then cancel	$35/month
Estate planning bundle, yearly for three years	$323.64
Pro subscription, three years	$467.64
Free trial, never cancelled, one year	$588
Free trial, never cancelled, three years	$1,764

For one will, the single document is the obvious choice. The estate bundle makes sense if you also want the health care directive, power of attorney and perhaps a trust and deed in the same month, and you cancel afterwards. The free trial is the most expensive route if it gets away from you.

The free-trial clause most people miss

LawDepot’s terms contain a sentence that changes how you should think about the trial. It covers documents you obtained under a free trial, and the rule is: Not for new transactions starting one month after your access ends.

For a lease or a contract the meaning is clear: a trial document is not meant to be used for new deals a month after your trial ends. For a will, the terms do not say how it applies; the obvious “transaction” is signing the will. This is a licence condition between you and LawDepot, not a rule of your state’s will law, and nothing in it says a will signed later would be invalid. But a will is a document you want no question marks over. If you use the trial, print and sign within days, not months. If you want no doubt at all, pay for the single document.

Two more trial facts from the terms and help centre:

• Card required; billed if the trial is not cancelled before it ends. The help centre has an “End free trial” button, and you can also cancel from your account.
• Refunds: Yearly subscriptions within 30 days of first purchase; none for a trial that converted, or for a renewal you did not cancel beforehand. In practice, a trial that rolls into a monthly charge is not refundable, so the cancellation date is the one to watch.

What happens to your documents after you cancel?

Plan to keep your own copies. LawDepot’s terms say this about documents stored in your account: May be deleted after cancellation; later access may require a fee. They add that it has no obligation to keep documents after an account is closed, and that you are solely responsible for your own records.

That is stricter than Rocket Lawyer, whose help centre says documents stay in your account after cancelling, and very different from Trust & Will’s membership model, where the account is the point. Download your will as soon as it is finished, keep the file somewhere you control, and store the signed paper original safely.

What is in the LawDepot will?

LawDepot describes its questionnaire step by step, and the will covers: Executor, beneficiaries, specific gifts, guardian, pet caretaker with funds, an inheritance age for young beneficiaries, self-proving affidavit. A few details stand out:

• An inheritance age for young beneficiaries. You can choose an age, such as 18, 21 or 25, at which minors receive what you leave them, rather than everything arriving on their 18th birthday.
• Money for pets. You name a caretaker and can set aside funds from your estate for the animals’ care, with room for medical instructions.
• A self-proving affidavit, the notarised statement that saves your witnesses from being called to court.
• A will for someone else. The questionnaire asks whether the will is for you or someone else, which is handy if you are typing for a parent, though they must still sign it themselves with witnesses.
• A Spanish-language will, offered as a separate document, which few competitors provide.

LawDepot’s own guidance on signing is accurate: most states require at least two witnesses, and notarisation is usually not needed for the will to be valid, though the self-proving affidavit needs a notary. It also offers an online notary for wills in some states: Idaho, Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah and Washington; in Nevada the will but not the self-proving affidavit. Check that your state accepts remote witnessing before relying on it. Our guide to whether online wills are legally valid covers the state rules.

To change a will later, LawDepot offers a codicil document for small changes, and recommends a new will for larger ones, which is also the general advice.

What about LawDepot’s living trust?

LawDepot’s trust in brief: Revocable living trust template, notarised where your state requires; online notary not available for trusts in New York or Minnesota. Its trust page is one of the better plain-English explanations of revocable trusts we have read on a vendor’s site: it explains that you stay the owner for tax purposes, that the trust does not protect assets from creditors, and that it only avoids probate for assets you actually retitle into it.

The library also has the documents you need to do that retitling yourself: a pour-over will, and quitclaim and warranty deed forms. That is the do-it-yourself version of what Trust & Will and LegalZoom sell as a service; Trust & Will’s deed transfer is $140 per deed, plus recording fees. Deeds are where mistakes are most expensive, though, because recording rules vary by county. If your house is the main reason for the trust, consider paying for the deed to be done properly.

Since the trust, pour-over will and deed are separate documents, the estate planning bundle is the sensible way to buy them together rather than three single licenses.

What does the fine print say?

From LawDepot’s terms and conditions, last modified in September 2026:

• No legal advice. LawDepot is not a law firm, and the terms are emphatic that nothing from LawDepot is legal advice.
• Licence copies: a license lets you make five electronic copies of each finished document for personal use, plus the printed copies you need.
• Disputes: Binding arbitration, no class actions, with a 30-day right to opt out for covered U.S. users. The opt-out window is unusual and worth using if you care about keeping the right to sue; the terms explain how.
• Who you are dealing with: LawDepot is a trade name of Sequiter Inc., and payments go through Sequiter Inc. or LawDepot LLC.

LawDepot compared with the alternatives

	LawDepot	Quicken WillMaker & Trust	Rocket Lawyer	FreeWill
Will, one-time	Single document: $7.50 to $119, one-time	$109	No one-time price published	Free
Subscription	Optional	Optional renewal	The product	None
Living trust	Template	$149 (Plus)	Template	California only
Lawyer	Separate connection	None	Written questions included	None
Trial documents	Time-limited by the terms	No trial	Stay in your account	Not applicable

WillMaker is the better value if you want a full plan, because its Plus plan bundles the will, trust and powers of attorney for one price that does not renew. LawDepot is the better choice if you want a single will document and nothing else. And if your wishes are simple and you do not need a trust, our FreeWill review explains why paying may not be necessary at all.

Who should use LawDepot?

Use it if:

• You want one will, paid once, and are comfortable answering the questions without guidance from a lawyer.
• You want a Spanish-language will.
• You plan to make a will, a health care directive and a power of attorney in one sitting, and will cancel the estate bundle afterwards.

Skip it if:

• You want a complete guided package; WillMaker or Trust & Will will be easier.
• You want an attorney’s review included in the price.
• You know you are the kind of person who forgets free trials.

Buying a LawDepot will without surprises

1. Decide your route first: single document for one will; estate bundle for several documents this month.
2. If you start a trial, note the end date and cancel online before it.
3. Complete the will and check the guardian, executor and inheritance-age answers.
4. Download it in every format offered, and keep the file yourself.
5. Sign promptly with two witnesses, and a notary for the self-proving affidavit.
6. Consider the arbitration opt-out within 30 days if it matters to you.
7. Update beneficiary forms on retirement accounts and life insurance, which the will does not control.