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Indian Kanoon gives readers searchable access to Indian laws and court judgments, with statutes linked to cases and a database that includes court orders, Lok Sabha debates and Law Commission reports. Search filters and operators narrow results, while judgment structure and precedent analysis help organize case reading. Prism adds legal questions, document chat, drafting and review, and study tools; users can also keep research notes, set alerts and access an API. It has a free plan, with paid options, and works on web and Android.
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RECAP
Free plan ExtensioniPhoneWebPACER users sharing and tracking US federal filings — RECAP adds a searchable archive of shared PACER documents, case and search alerts, and API or bulk-data access, focused on US federal courts.
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AustLII
Free plan WebAustralasian legal research with citation tracking — AustLII covers Australasian cases, legislation, treaties and journals, with LawCite citation tracking rather than Indian Kanoon’s Indian materials and Prism tools.
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BAILII
Free plan WebFree British and Irish legal materials — BAILII provides British and Irish case law and legislation alongside European case law, with keyword search and date or title browsing.
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CanLII
Free plan APIWebCanadian decisions, legislation and commentary — CanLII focuses on Canadian courts, tribunals, legislation and commentary, with note-up search, RefLex citation links, and saved research folders and alerts.
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CourtListener
Free plan WebFree US opinions, filings and developer access — CourtListener combines US court opinions and filings with alerts and developer access including REST APIs, bulk data, webhooks and an MCP server.
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Docket Alarm
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1Tracking US litigation dockets and outcomes — Docket Alarm adds docket tracking, litigation analytics, case timelines and a docket-focused AI assistant to US and other court data.
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GovInfo
Free plan APIWebAuthentic official US federal publications — GovInfo provides official publications from all three US federal branches, with signed PDFs and a preservation repository rather than case-law research tools.
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Fastcase
Free plan AndroidiPhoneWeb+1 - 9
CaseMine
Free plan APIWeb - 10
HeinOnline
Free plan AndroidiPhoneWeb - 11
Find Case Law
Free plan APIWeb - 12
JADE Professional
Free plan Web - 13
Kluwer Law Online
Free plan Web - 14
LegitQuest
Free plan APIWeb - 15
Legal Information Institute
Free plan Web - 16
OpenJurist
Free plan APIWeb - 17
Legislation.gov.uk
Free plan APIWeb - 18
SAFLII
Free plan Web - 19
WorldLII
Free plan Web - 20
Bloomberg Law
Paid AndroidAPIiPhone+1 - 21
Lexis+
Free trial AndroidiPhoneWeb - 22
Midpage
Free trial APIWeb - 23
Manupatra AI Search
Paid AndroidiPhoneWeb+1 - 24
Courtroom5
Paid Web
A different service may suit readers whose research centers on another jurisdiction, or who need a particular collection or workflow. The alternatives here cover US federal and state materials, Australasian law, British and Irish law, Canadian decisions and legislation, or official US government publications. Compare jurisdiction and document coverage first, then weigh search and citation tools, alerts, APIs and platform support. Indian Kanoon’s document chat has limited support above 50,000 words, and Prism session data is shared with contracted LLM providers. Those constraints, alongside the cost of paid plans, may matter when choosing a service for research.
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