LegalNature Review – Pros, Cons, and Alternatives (2024)

Editor’s note: From everything I’ve seen and learned about LegalNature, I can conclude that this is a good option for people who require an affordable legal service. The automated process helps a lot when the needs are straightforward, and the pricing plans are affordable for many users. In addition, the official LegalNature website and the Help Center, along with the customer support agents, offer proper support, help, and guidance for people who heed the LegalNature services.

LegalNature – What Is It?

LegalNature is an online platform that brings various legal services closer to the people who need them. The platform was created in 2010 due to the efforts of an attorney, an entrepreneur, and a web developer. The founders had the same idea that small businesses and individuals could benefit from quality, affordable legal help, and they went on to create the LegalNature platform.

Initially, LegalNature offered a limited number of legal documents. Still, they’ve expanded their services and include a wide variety of legal documentation ranging from simple documents to complete business formation packages and much more.

Here is a list of all the of LegalNature features, as their services are organized per application:

Business

• Invoice
• Bill of sale
• Letter of recommendation
• Letter of resignation
• Sales contract
• Online terms of service
• Note payable
• Promissory note
• Loan agreement and more

Business Formation

• Business plan
• Articles of organization
• Certificate of formation for LLC
• Certificate of incorporation
• LLC Operating agreement
• Stock certificate
• Meeting minutes and more

Business services

• EIN Application
• Articles of amendment
• Articles of dissolution
• Foreign entity registration
• Certificate of good standing
• Registered agent service

Commercial property

• Commercial lease agreement
• Commercial lease amendment
• Commercial sublease agreement

Estate planning

• Affidavit of domicile
• Affidavit of heirship
• Codicil
• Joint Revocable living trust
• Last will and testament
• Revocable living trust

Healthcare

• Advance healthcare directive
• Living will
• Medical power of attorney
• Health Care proxy

Human resources

• Confidentiality agreement
• Employment agreement
• Employee Non-disclosure agreement
• Employee handbook
• Independent contractor agreement
• Non-disclosure agreement and more

Landlord and tenant

• Lease agreement
• Eviction notice
• Notice to quit
• Residential lease agreement
• Rent-to-own lease agreement and more

Personal Affairs

• Cover letter
• Bankruptcy worksheet
• Durable power of attorney
• Revocation of power of attorney
• Cease and desist letter
• General affidavit
• Power of attorney
• US Passport application

Property

• Deed of trust
• Property deed
• General warranty deed
• Mortgage agreement
• Quitclaim deed
• Real estate purchase agreement
• Property purchase agreement
• Special warranty deed

Marriage and Divorce

• Affidavit of marriage
• Divorce settlement agreement
• Marriage separation agreement
• Prenuptial agreement
• Postnuptial agreement

LegalNature Pricing Plans

LegalNature has various pricing plans that depend on the scope of legal documents you may need. Here is an outline of all the available pricing plans. Please note that various plans are depending on the type of service you get from LegalNature:

Document Library Monthly Subscription – with this plan, you can create your version of any document provided by LegalNature. You get access to all document categories, and the monthly subscription is $38.95/month.

Document Library Annual Subscription – this payment plan grants you access to all the legal documents in the LegalNature database and allows you to create your version of any of these. It costs $84/year or $7/month when paid yearly.

Single Document – this plan allows you to create your version of any LegalNature document in the document library and starts at $34.95.

Business Services – this is not a single plan but a set of services that include anything from business formation to certified copies of legal documents. The separate fees are:

• Business Formation – $39 + state fee
• EIN application – $70
• Registered Agent Service – $125/year
• Certificate of Good Standing – $89
• Articles of Amendment – $75
• Articles of Dissolution – $99
• Foreign Entity Registration – $129
• Certified Copies – $20

Personalized Estate Plan – this plan involves services related to your personal estate and starts at $79

Expedited Passport Service – this is a part of the LegalNature services that help with your passport application, ensuring that you don’t have any mistakes that can cost you time and money. It starts at $125 + US Government fee.

As I said above, the pricing plans differ per the services you need. Still, all the LegalNature plans come with excellent customer support in place. The service agents are knowledgeable and help guide each person through the legal process with ease.

From my research into the LegalNature pricing plans, I noted that they vary from similar legal service online platforms. That is why I’ve prepared the following table comparing the three top online legal services and used their business formation plans as a reference for comparison.

Comparison to Other Legal Services

For this review, I’ve selected LegalZoom and IncFile as the main LegalNature competitors. All these platforms offer comprehensible services. The LegalNature and LegalZoom platforms have very similar services, as they both offer a myriad of legal documents and professional support. On the other hand, IncFile primarily offers business formation services with accompanying services.

The LegalZoom services come with different pricing plans, the same as the LegalNature service and pricing plans. Just as a comparison, the LLC business formation service package from LegalNature costs $39 + state fees, whereas the LegalZoom LLC business formation package costs $79 + state fees. I need to note here that even if these two price plans look very similar, they vary significantly in the initial services they include. Also, LegalZoom offers professional attorney consultations, while LegalNature does not.

The customer service department is where LegalNature and LegalZoom both excel. These two platforms have impeccable help centers, and the online reviews for both are stellar. LegalNature also has services tailored for UK users, something that LegalZoom and IncFile do not offer.

To see the other similarities and differences between these three platforms, I’ve made the following table. Please note that the table provides a general comparison between the services and does not offer any particulars. Thus, you’ll need to try the platforms to see if they are suited to your needs.

LegalNature User Experience

LegalNature is straightforward to use. Once you sign up for their services and select your plan, you’ll get access to the dashboard. Here you can find all the available legal documents and forms you have available per your pricing plan.

To create a personalized document, you need to select the document template you need and continue to customize it. You’ll be asked a series of questions that will help the platform tailor the form to your needs and situation. Many of the questions will be related to state and federal laws and stipulations, ensuring your document will be legal and compliant with local laws.

After every detail is finished, the LegalNature platform will check everything and add all the legal additions. Next, you’ll need to review your document and, if necessary, amend your answers. Finally, after you are satisfied with the documents/forms, you can download them into PDF or Microsoft Word formats.

The general user experience of LegalNature is impressive – the platform has an accessible overview and was designed with ease of use in mind. The dashboard is easy to navigate, and all the documents and forms are arranged in categories. If you are using the platform regularly, you can add your preferred documents to a favorites list and facilitate your user experience.

Business formation services are among the many legal forms and documents provides by LegalNature. When using this, you’ll need to answer a questionnaire providing all the essential information for the business; after everything is in order, the LegalNature team will review and submit the forms to the appropriate government bodies.

Every LegalNature user profile comes with cloud storage. That means that every form and document you’ve created using the LegalNature platform is saved in your dashboard and updated in the cloud. Thus, if you need to print out another copy of a document you’ve already created, you can access your storage and download another copy.

LegalNature Customer Service

The LegalNature customer service is outstanding, knowledgeable, and capable of helping you deal with any possible issue regarding their services. From the reviews LegalNature has received on Trustpilot and other online places, many users have found that the customer support agents are delightful and ready to answer every customer inquiry.

The LegalNature customer support is available via phone and email. The phone number where you can reach them is 888-881-1139, and the support agents are available from 9 AM to 5 PM PST Monday to Friday and 9 AM to 1 PM on Saturday and Sunday.

The email support is also great, as they make an effort to reply to each email inquiry as soon as possible. It means that often you’ll get an answer the same day or early the following business day. The answers provided are also very detailed, and a lot of the satisfied users have praises for the fast response.

Besides the excellent customer support agents, LegalNature also has an extensive help center on their official site. The help center is organized by category, and you can find answers to many important matters related to the use of the platform.

Still, here I need to note that unlike one of its main competitors, LegalZoom, LegalNature does not have the option to talk to an attorney and ask for immediate and ongoing legal support. In my opinion, they should consider adding this option for their clients, as it’ll encompass a more expansive customer service feature.

They do, however, have a 30-day money-back guarantee. It is in place to ensure the customers that the LegalNature team stands behind its products and services. If any customer is not satisfied with the LegalNature products/services, they can request a refund within 30 days of becoming a customer.

LegalNature Online Security

The LegalNature online platform has the standard SSL security certificate in place. This means you can safely and securely provide sensitive information to the website, and it will be protected. Of course, I need to note that for your own safety, you should always create strong passwords containing upper and lower case letters, numbers, and special signs, and these should be from 10 to 14 characters long.

I’ve noted that even though they provide cloud storage, LegalNature doesn’t provide any information on how they protect all the sensitive data they are responsible for. Another note on online security that I find essential, and what LegalNature lacks, is the two-factor authentication. It is my advice that LegalNature should work on improving this aspect as a way to improve the safety of the customer’s sensitive information.

Conclusion: Use LegalNature For Your Legal Needs

LegalNature is among the most user-friendly legal documents platforms online. The documents and services are nicely organized with the needs of individual users, small business owners, and even large corporations. In addition, the service packages are well-organized and are very affordable, especially considering the amounts you would have to pay for hiring expensive attorneys for the same services.

Still, there are many upsells, and the price for a more comprehensive service can go up very quickly. However, the LegalNature customer service is excellent and readily available for every client. From everything I’ve seen, I can say that LegalNature is a good choice when you require one or more legal documents or more straightforward services and you wish to avoid using an expensive lawyer’s services.