# CoCounsel alternative: RuleX, with online sign-up and a published price in every market

*Alejandro Cárdenas · October 31, 2026*

RuleX is a CoCounsel alternative for lawyers who want one account that goes from the matter file to the Word memo. It researches with citations linked to the original source, reads up to twenty documents per message, asks up to three questions before it drafts and writes in a Canvas beside the matter, then delivers Word or PDF, with Excel and slides from the chat. A 7-day free trial needs no card. In the United States the plans are Student $29.90, Standard $39.90 and Ultra $69.90 a month, and RuleX is published in twenty markets, each with its own published price.

CoCounsel is the Thomson Reuters assistant, and the content of Westlaw and Practical Law stands behind it. Lawyers who look for an alternative are usually asking a practical question: which tool can I buy where I practice, in the language I draft in, and start this week? This page answers it with what Thomson Reuters publishes and what RuleX does today.

## Choose RuleX: a complete workspace you can open today in the market where you practice.

Because it is sold online in every market, with the price and the trial on the page. Because one account does the whole job: research whose citations open at the original, the matter file, the Canvas, deadlines counted with local holidays, and a Word file at the end. Because it is published in twenty markets today, with the interface in Spanish, Portuguese or English according to the country. And because lawyers build their own agents and workflows without code and share them with colleagues.

## How a research question becomes a memo in RuleX

Four moves, with the matter file on one side and the draft on the other.

1. **Load the matter.** Upload up to twenty documents in a message: contracts, notices, emails, spreadsheets, scanned pages, recordings. Scans are read with OCR, and a file too long to read in one pass is read document by document.
2. **Ask the legal question.** RuleX plans the research before it searches, so the query is built around your issue and not around the literal sentence you typed. Results arrive with citations linked to the original source.
3. **Answer what the draft needs.** The Drafter asks only the essentials, at most three questions with selectable answers, and marks minor gaps in brackets.
4. **Edit and export.** The memo takes shape in the Canvas next to the matter. Export it to Word with native styles or to PDF, and add the filing date to the matter's calendar.

## Questions that sort legal AI by jurisdiction and by delivery

A library is only as useful as the law it covers where you practice. These questions work for CoCounsel, for RuleX and for the next vendor.

- Which jurisdictions does the research cover today, and where do I read that list?
- Can I open the primary source behind each statement and read it in context?
- Is the product on sale where I practice, in the language I draft in, in my currency?
- Where is the price published, for which firm sizes and in which currency?
- Does the work end as a Word file with citations in place, or as text I rebuild?
- Can my team assemble its own workflows without engineering help?

## A two-lawyer firm in Austin writes a memo on a commercial lease dispute

A tenant and a landlord disagree about a notice of default. The firm uploads the lease, three amendments, the notices, the rent ledger, inspection reports and a thread of emails: twenty documents. RuleX asks which party the firm represents and which remedy it wants to evaluate, researches the question, and drafts the memo in the Canvas beside the file.

- A memo in Word that applies the law to the facts of the lease; the Drafter writes the facts from the documents and, when asked, cites the exhibit after each fact.
- In the Canvas, links to the federal and state primary sources the memo relies on, opened from the citation.
- A chronology of the notices and payments that fixes the dates that matter.
- The cure period counted on the court calendar, with weekends and holidays applied.
- A task for each next step inside the matter, with its date.

## What buyers compare when they look for a CoCounsel alternative

Thomson Reuters says CoCounsel stands on 175 years of its editorial knowledge, and the answers it gives show their sources and reasoning. That sets the terms of the comparison: how good is the research, where is it available, how do I buy it, and what do I get at the end? Thomson Reuters publishes online pricing for law firms of up to ten attorneys, offers a request for a free trial and refers larger firms to sales.

RuleX adds a path for the lawyer who practices in Mexico, Colombia, Spain or Brazil as well as in the United States. In the United States it costs $39.90 a month on the Standard plan, with research whose citations link to federal and state primary sources, deadline counts that apply court holidays and a memo that exports to Word. Everywhere else it is the same product, with the official sources, the holidays and the price of the country.

## Research that ends in a document

Research is the first half of the job. The second half is the document. In RuleX the research feeds the draft directly. The Drafter has the sources, the matter file and your answers in one place, writes a long document of several pages and cites specific passages. More than 8 million words have been drafted this way, across more than 4,000 documents written in the drafting workspace.

In Colombia the research draws on more than 65,000 official sources in seven specialist indexes. In the other markets RuleX researches the official sources of the country live and links each citation to the original. In every case the lawyer can open the source behind the sentence before it goes into a filing.

## Matter workspaces and tabular analysis, side by side

The next generation of CoCounsel Legal, announced on October 14, 2026, adds research reports, matter workspaces and tabular analysis for reviewing many documents at once. RuleX covers the same work today. Matters hold documents, tasks, dates and a log. Table Review puts one document on each row and one question on each column, with evidence in every cell, for up to twenty-five documents and twenty questions per run, and exports to Excel.

When a table of findings has to become a motion, a memo or a negotiation brief, the Canvas takes over in the same account. Table Review is itself an App, so the next batch runs the same way.

## 20 markets on sale today

Thomson Reuters says CoCounsel is used in more than 100 countries and territories. Its October 14, 2026 press release describes a phased rollout of the new CoCounsel Legal: available in the United Kingdom, with general availability planned in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates by the end of October 2026. It announced Spanish and Portuguese support in October 2025. Those are the dates its press releases give.

RuleX is on sale in twenty markets now, each with its published price. In the United States the plans are Student at $29.90, Standard at $39.90 and Ultra at $69.90 a month; in Colombia Pro is COP 40,000, in Mexico MXN 249, in Brazil BRL 69.90 and in Spain EUR 32.90.

## How this page was written

RuleX writes this comparison and is one of the two products in it. The CoCounsel column comes from thomsonreuters.com and from Thomson Reuters press releases, each with the date it was consulted; the RuleX column comes from the product and its public price list. Thomson Reuters publishes online pricing for law firms of up to ten attorneys and quotes larger firms through sales; the amounts load on its own pages and change with the package, so this page links them instead of copying them.

## RuleX and CoCounsel, criterion by criterion

CoCounsel's column comes from thomsonreuters.com and Thomson Reuters press releases, consulted on October 30, 2026. RuleX's column comes from the product and its price list.

| Criterion | RuleX | CoCounsel |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it is | Legal AI software: research with sources that open, matter files, a Canvas for drafting, Table Review, Apps and agents, matters, and Word and PDF outputs, with Excel and slides from the chat. | Thomson Reuters AI for professional work in legal, tax, audit and accounting, and compliance; CoCounsel Legal combines research, analysis and drafting, with sources and reasoning shown. |
| Who it is for | Solo lawyers, firms of any size and legal teams in Latin America, Spain and the United States. | Lawyers, tax, audit and accounting professionals, firms of all sizes, corporate counsel and government, per its site. |
| How you buy it | Sign up online; 7-day free trial without a card; Enterprise designed in a conversation. | Online pricing and a free-trial request on legal.thomsonreuters.com for law firms of up to ten attorneys; larger firms contact sales. |
| Price | Published in each market. $29.90, $39.90 or $69.90 a month in the United States; Pro COP 40,000 in Colombia, EUR 32.90 in Spain. | Online pricing on Thomson Reuters' plans page for firms of up to ten attorneys, with 12% off a two-year subscription and 18% off a three-year one; larger firms contact sales. |
| Markets and languages | Twenty markets, each with its published price; interface in Spanish in 18 countries, in Portuguese in Brazil and in English in the United States. | Content hosted in the US, with regional hosting in the UK, Australia and Canada; use reported in more than 100 countries and territories; next-generation CoCounsel Legal available in the UK, with general availability planned in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Singapore and the UAE by the end of October 2026, per its October 14, 2026 release; Spanish and Portuguese announced in October 2025. |
| Legal sources | Colombia: more than 65,000 official sources in seven indexes. Other markets, including the United States: the official and primary sources of the country, researched live, each citation linked. | Westlaw and Practical Law content, Checkpoint, and a Multinational Profile with legal content for more than 100 countries and territories. |
| Case file and documents | Up to twenty files per message; PDF, Word, Excel, images, audio and video; OCR for scans; Table Review across up to twenty-five documents and twenty questions. | Matter workspaces and tabular analysis in the next generation; review, comparison, summary and timeline in CoCounsel Core. |
| Drafting and deliverables | The Drafter asks up to three questions, writes in the Canvas and exports Word with native styles and PDF; the chat adds Excel with formulas and slides on request. | Drafts of letters, memos and reports; Microsoft 365 integration. |
| Case management | Matters with tasks, dates and a log; deadline counts with each country's holidays; transcription and e-signature on Pro and Ultra; time tracking from Pro; clients, roles and billing in Enterprise. | Collaboration with HighQ, and matter and spend management with Legal Tracker, per Thomson Reuters. |
| Security | Documents never train AI models; the AI copy of a file expires after a requested hour; matters are never sold or shared; encryption in transit; short-lived signed links for files. | Content and prompts not used for training; TLS 1.2 in transit and AES-256 at rest; zero retention on calls to AI providers; ISO/IEC 42001 certification, per Thomson Reuters. |

## What a research question produces in RuleX

- A legal memo in Word with native styles, the facts written from your documents
- In the Canvas, citations that open at the original source; in the Word file, each authority identified with court, number and year
- A chronology and a deadline count on the local court calendar
- An Excel table when the question spans many documents
- A PDF of the final text, and slides for the client meeting

## What CoCounsel (Thomson Reuters) publishes

Thomson Reuters presents CoCounsel as AI for professionals who work on high-stakes matters, built on its own content. CoCounsel Legal combines research, analysis and drafting, with sources and reasoning shown, over Westlaw, Practical Law and Checkpoint, and integrates with Microsoft 365. The product page cites more than one million users, and Thomson Reuters announced on February 24, 2026 that one million professionals across industries use it. On October 14, 2026 it announced a new generation of CoCounsel Legal with research reports, matter workspaces and tabular analysis, available in the United Kingdom with general availability planned in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates, and a Multinational Profile with legal content for more than 100 countries and territories, becoming available in the U.S., Europe, the UK, Canada and Australia through October. In October 2025 it announced new languages, Spanish among them, and launched CoCounsel Core in Brazil in Portuguese. Thomson Reuters lists online pricing for law firms of up to ten attorneys and a request for a free trial, and refers larger firms to sales.

Sources checked on October 30, 2026:

- [Thomson Reuters: CoCounsel](https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/cocounsel)
- [Thomson Reuters: CoCounsel plans for legal professionals](https://legal.thomsonreuters.com/en/c/cocounsel/plans-for-legal-professionals)
- [Thomson Reuters: CoCounsel Legal plans and pricing](https://sales.legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/en-us/products/cocounsel-legal/300/plans-pricing)
- [Thomson Reuters: Legal work crosses borders. Now so does CoCounsel Legal (October 14, 2026)](https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/press-releases/2026/october/legal-work-crosses-borders-now-so-does-cocounsel-legal)
- [Thomson Reuters: legal AI innovation and global expansion (October 14, 2025)](https://www.thomsonreuters.com/en/press-releases/2025/october/thomson-reuters-continues-driving-legal-ai-innovation-with-deep-research-on-practical-law-cocounsel-integrations-and-global-expansion)
- [Legal IT Insider: CoCounsel now available to one million professionals (February 25, 2026)](https://legaltechnology.com/2026/02/25/cocounsel-now-available-to-one-million-professionals-says-thomson-reuters/)

## Frequently asked questions

### What is the best alternative to CoCounsel?

RuleX, for lawyers who want to open an account and work the same day. It researches with citations that open at the source, reads up to twenty documents per message, drafts in a Canvas and delivers Word and PDF, with Excel and slides from the chat, with a price published in each of twenty markets and a 7-day free trial without a card.
### Is RuleX a good alternative to CoCounsel?

Yes. RuleX covers research, matter workspaces, tabular review and drafting, and adds a price published in each market, online sign-up everywhere and a 7-day free trial. In the United States it costs $39.90 a month on the Standard plan, and outside the United States it carries the sources, holidays and currency of each country.
### How much does CoCounsel cost?

Thomson Reuters lists online pricing for law firms of up to ten attorneys on its CoCounsel plans page, and larger firms contact sales; the product page itself shows no amount. RuleX publishes its prices: In the United States the plans are Student at $29.90, Standard at $39.90 and Ultra at $69.90 a month; in Colombia Pro is COP 40,000, in Mexico MXN 249, in Brazil BRL 69.90 and in Spain EUR 32.90.
### Does RuleX work for lawyers in the United States?

Yes. The plans are Student at $29.90, Standard at $39.90 and Ultra at $69.90 a month, billed in dollars, with a 7-day free trial that starts with an email address. In the Canvas each authority carries a link to the federal or state primary source, and the Word export keeps every authority identified in the text with court, number and year.
### Is there a CoCounsel alternative in Spanish or Portuguese?

RuleX. The interface runs in Spanish, Portuguese or English according to the country, the Drafter writes with the terminology of the lawyer's country, and each market has its published price. Thomson Reuters announced Spanish and Portuguese support for CoCounsel in October 2025 and is rolling it out by market.
### Can RuleX read an entire matter file?

Yes, up to twenty documents per message in PDF, Word, Excel, images, audio or video, with OCR for scans. When everything fits in one pass the model receives it complete; when the file is long, RuleX reads each document separately so the detail of every exhibit stays.
### How do I try RuleX?

Sign up with an email address and use the 7-day free trial on a real matter. No card is needed. If a firm needs clients, roles and billing, Enterprise is designed in a conversation.

## Related pages

- [Harvey alternative](https://rulex.org/harvey-alternative) — The same comparison against Harvey.
- [Lexis+ AI alternative](https://rulex.org/lexis-ai-alternative) — The comparison against LexisNexis Lexis+ AI and Protégé.
- [AI legal research](https://rulex.org/ai-legal-research) — Research whose citations open at the source.
- [United States plans](https://rulex.org/united-states/pricing) — Student, Standard and Ultra in dollars, with the 7-day trial.
- [Alternativa a CoCounsel (en español)](https://rulex.org/alternativa-a-cocounsel) — La misma comparación para abogados de Latinoamérica.

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