| Features and Benefits |
Wills-Online |
BuildaWill |
LegalZoom |
Docupro.Net |
Wills.com |
WillsforAmerica |
| Price: |
Self-Prepared:
Will - $19.95
Living Wills:
$9.95
Durable Power of Attorney: $9.95
Paralegal-Prepared:
Will - $39.95
Living Wills:
$19.95
Durable Power of Attorney: $19.95 |
Will $19.95
No other documents available-
but instructions for making will legal, storing it and other relevant
information, including self-proving affidavits where necessary. |
Wills: $55.00-$115.00 Off-line document assembly. You can't see your documents until you pay and receive
them. Living Wills available for between $35.00 and $65.00, depending on optional services. |
Will- $19.95
Living Will -$19.95
Power of Attorney - $19.95-
Health Care Power of Attorney - $19.95-
Total for all 4 documents = $79.80Off-line document assembly. You can't see your documents until you pay and receive. |
Simple Will: $29.95 Off-line document assembly. You can't see your documents until you pay and receive. |
Will- $20.00
Living Will - $20.00
Power of Attorney - $20.00
Health Care Power of Attorney - $20.00
Total for all 4 documents = $80.00 |
| State-Specific -- prepared by experts |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No Claim
Limited logic. |
Claims |
Yes |
| Guarantee and Privacy Policy |
100% No ifs, ands, or buts. |
No guarantee
but privacy policy where all data is destroyed after a specified time period
so
that it can never be used again.
|
Yes |
Limited |
No Guarantee or Refund policy stated on web site. No privacy or security policy. |
No Guarantee |
| Fully Automated or or Just Web Forms to Collect Data |
Fully Automated patent-pending Web-Based Document Assembly System
You can see your documents being assembled before you as you input
data. |
Fully Automated
You can see a complete preview of your input prior to purchase by
clicking
the preview button and examples of all our clauses are available at any
point in the will process.
|
Web Form Off-line document assembly. You can't see your documents until you pay and receive. |
Web Form to Collect Data. Forms prepared off-line.
Off-line document assembly. You can't see your documents until you pay and receive. |
Automated, but can't be changed after assembly or purchase. . |
Automated Assembly
But you can't see your documents until you pay and receive. |
| How Long Before You Receive Your Documents |
Immediately for self-prepared documents.
5 business days for paralegal-prepared documents. |
Your documents
are available immediately after completion. |
24-48 hours. |
2-7 Business Days. |
Instantly, but you can't see your documents being assembled until you pay with your credit card. |
Immediately |
| Professional Review |
No-We don't
know what it means when these other sites claim "professional review" |
NO |
Yes |
Claims |
No |
No |
| Complies With American Bar Association Best Practice Guidelines |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Attorney Owned and Operated |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Personal and Secure Home Page With Tools to Help Archive and Manage Your Documents. |
Yes- You access your home page after you register and set up account. |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Technical Assistance by EMAIL or phone |
Yes, both phone and e-mail. |
Yes, as well as by phone and via live chat. |
Yes |
Yes- Live Person Assistance. |
No |
No |
| File Format Available |
Word and
PDF, (and Paper if Requested when you use our paralegal prepared
service.) |
PDF Only |
Paper only. |
Word, Adobe.PDF or on Paper |
Adobe .PDF or print from your Web Browser. Not available for use in your Word Processor, such as Word. |
Digital format- html -generated in the web browser. |
| Contextual Help |
Yes- Help screens within document assembly application. |
Yes |
Yes- extensive
contextual help within Questionnaire. |
No |
Very limited. |
Yes- but limited to statutory information |
| Extensive Estates Legal Information |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Very limited. |
No |
| Can Change Documents After Purchase |
Yes, for up to one year, documents can be re-generated and printed out. |
Yes full access
to change documents after purchase. |
Premium Packages will provide changes to documents for either a 5 year or 10 year period. Not clear from site how these changes are implemented. |
No |
No |
No |
| Other related automated documents available that should be part of your Estates Documents Package |
Yes- We also make available state-specific: health care powers of attorney. livings wills, the durable power of attorney, and the power of attorney for finances. |
No- Will only
is provided. |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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To our competitors: |
We have attempted to represent our competition fairly based on knowledge that we have available. |
If we have portrayed your service inaccurately in any way, please contact us and we will correct this table immediately |
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