A2J Author vs Dokuily

A2J Author lets court, legal services, and law school staff create web-based guided interviews to help self-represented litigants complete court documents. Authors use a graphical flowchart map to arrange dialogue and branching questions. Document tools include a template automator for basic documents and the A2J Document Assembly Tool for creating templates. CALI offers free hosting on A2J.org for interviews and templates intended to assist litigants; organizations can also self-host the A2J Viewer, A2J DAT, and interviews. The system is browser-based, and the project history says version 7.0 opened the source under the GNU Affero General Public License. Authors can create Section 508 and WCAG2-compliant interviews when using the latest Viewer and following the accessibility checklist. The free plan is for legal aid organizations, government entities, courts, and other nonprofits using the software non-commercially, with a registered and authenticated account. HotDocs templates cannot be published on A2J.org. When self-hosting, generating documents from HotDocs templates requires LawHelp Interactive or a HotDocs server.

Dokuily is a web workspace for preparing and managing legal and business documents from prompts, official forms, or uploaded files. It can reuse saved details, flag missing information, collect signatures, and track delivery and deadlines, with automated follow-ups. Users can generate, autofill, edit, and save drafts for free, including later changes and downloads through saved account access. Blank official government forms are always free. Core tools work without an account; an email address is needed only for email delivery. Dokuily says it does not sell user data. It states that it is not a law firm and does not provide legal, tax, or financial advice. Automated jurisdiction checks apply to a small set of document types and certain states, and do not replace review of current local law. The free plan includes the first three paid-eligible completions during launch; additional premium completions cost $7.99 each. Dokuily Pro costs $19.00 per month and includes 10 completed document downloads monthly; unused completions do not roll over.