Fastcase vs Midpage

Fastcase is an online legal research system providing access to cases, statutes, regulations, court rules, and bar publications. Its research tools include the Interactive Timeline and Authority Check, while Bad Law Bot uses citation analysis to flag negative treatment when it recognizes it. Fastcase says its libraries are updated daily, with most appellate cases added 24 to 48 hours after release by a court. Free mobile applications provide access to the research database, and more than 80 national, state, and county bar associations offer the service as a free member benefit. The pricing page lists a free option and a daylong premium trial with unlimited printing. Appellate costs $65 a month; Premium costs $95 a month. A Clio integration lets attorneys track research time with Clio's timer and save research entries to matters. The service lists coverage across federal courts, all 50 states, and the District of Columbia, and describes solutions for small and solo firms as well as larger organizations.

Midpage is a legal research platform and data provider for litigators and legal technology teams working with US primary law. It searches case law, statutes, regulations, and agency guidance through manual tools or an AI research agent. Users can draft briefs and memos from research and uploaded documents, check citations, and use an AI citator to see how later courts treated an opinion. Midpage states its collection includes 16M+ published and unpublished opinions with metadata, alongside statutes and regulations from all 50 states. It integrates with Claude, ChatGPT, and Perplexity for source-grounded research and drafting; legal data and retrieval tools are available through APIs, MCP, or a database connection. Midpage says safeguards are independently validated through annual SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA audits. Customer data is encrypted at rest and in transit and is not used to train or fine-tune AI models. A 14-day trial is listed; the paid Law Student plan costs $25 a month for one seat before tax and requires proof of US law-school enrollment or employment.