Fastcase vs SAFLII

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.

SAFLII is a free web repository for open access to legal information. Its collection includes judgments, legislation, court rules, journal articles, commission reports, government gazettes, Rule 16A notices and court rolls. Materials from other countries in the region are also hosted through partnerships and links to other Legal Information Institutes. The SINO search can cover all databases or selected ones, rank results by relevance, and accept words, exact phrases, legislation names, case names or document titles. Boolean and proximity operators are supported. Results can be ordered by relevance, date, title or database, with 10, 20, 50 or 100 results per page. RSS feeds cover selected courts and databases. SAFLII says judgments come directly from courts and some government materials directly from gazettes. No login is required for individual reading, printing and copying allowed by copyright law.