European Alternatives to LegalZoom

Looking for a European alternative to LegalZoom? LegalZoom is a US company whose business formation pages are organised around US states (its LLC guides list Arizona, California, Florida and others), so the templates and filings follow American law rather than French, German or UK company law. Its home page advertises an LLC for $0 plus state filing fees, with the revenue coming from add-on services around the formation.

The European services below follow the law of the country you register in: French statutes and registry filings, German GmbH formation with a notary, UK Companies House filings and English-law contracts. Each is operated by a company registered in Europe.

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11 European Alternatives to LegalZoom

SeedLegals

Startup contracts, cap table and funding rounds on one platform

United Kingdom

Legalstart

French company formation and legal formalities with expert review

France

firma.de

GmbH and UG formation with notary appointment arranged

Germany

Simply-Docs

Annual subscription to editable UK business document packages

United Kingdom

Captain Contrat

Paris legal formalities desk with jurists and accountants

France

LegalPlace

French incorporation with a dedicated formalities clerk

France

Companies MadeSimple

Register a UK limited company with Companies House fee included

United Kingdom

Wonder.Legal

Pay-per-document questionnaire templates for 26 countries

France

Net Lawman

Contract templates with an optional lawyer-assisted tier

United Kingdom

Lawhive

Fixed-price solicitors matched online for UK legal matters

United Kingdom

janolaw

German legal document generators plus a flat-rate legal plan

Germany

Key takeaways

  • LegalZoom organises its business formation guides around US states, so none of the eleven European services here is a drop-in copy of its LLC filing.
  • The LLC page lists Basic at $0, Managed Service at $249 and Expert Service at $299, each plus state filing fees, with advisor access renewing at $49 or $99 per month after 30 days.
  • Simply-Docs charges GBP 42.50 + VAT per package for 12 months and does not renew automatically.
  • Lawhive and Net Lawman are the two services here that put a human lawyer in the loop, as LegalZoom does through its attorney network.
  • Legalstart, Captain Contrat and LegalPlace all publish a formation price of 0 euro and add statutory fees or paid tiers on top.

Why people leave LegalZoom

LegalZoom.com, Inc. is a US company that has sold legal paperwork online since 2001, according to its own about page. The catalogue is wide: LLCs, corporations, DBAs, nonprofits, registered agents, annual reports, trademarks, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, leases and an attorney network that dates from 2010. Its LLC guides are written state by state, from Arizona and Florida to Texas, and the home page promises that documents are recognised in all 50 states.

That map is the reason many European buyers drift away. A French SASU is registered through the French single window, a German GmbH needs a notary and a Handelsregister entry, and a UK limited company is filed with Companies House.

None of those procedures appears among the products LegalZoom lists, because the product is built around American states and American filing offices. The footer is also plain about the legal position: LegalZoom is not a law firm, apart from its subsidiary LZ Legal Services, LLC.

So the search for an alternative usually starts with a practical problem, not a quarrel: the form does not fit the country where the company will sit. A second trigger is that the footer warns that what you submit is not covered by attorney-client privilege. Founders who prefer the processor to be a European entity under EU or UK data rules look at the eleven services on this page instead.

  • The product follows US state law Formation on LegalZoom means articles of organization filed with a US state, plus a state filing fee on top of the package price. A company that will be registered in Paris, Wiesbaden or London cannot use that filing. Legalstart, firma.de and Companies MadeSimple each prepare the file for the register where the company will exist, which removes the translation step between American and local company types.
  • The cheap tier is a gateway to subscriptions The LLC page shows Basic at $0 plus state fees, Managed Service at $249 and Expert Service at $299. The advisor and attorney access in the two paid tiers is included for 30 days and then renews automatically at $49 or $99 per month unless you cancel. Simply-Docs states the opposite policy on its price page: a package lasts 12 months and renewal is manual, with no automatic charge.
  • Legal advice sits behind a plan LegalZoom describes itself as access to independent attorneys and self-service tools, and its home page offers attorney advice through a plan or a scheduled call. Lawhive sells the reverse sequence: you describe the matter, receive a quote and are matched with a solicitor, and the regulated work is done by Lawhive Legal Ltd under SRA ID 8003766. The regulator and the complaints route are named on the site.
  • Privilege and jurisdiction The home page footer says that the information you give LegalZoom is not protected by attorney-client privilege, and its terms are US terms. A buyer whose contract partner is an English, French or German company prefers a provider whose imprint shows a European registry number. Every tool here discloses one: RCS Paris, HRB Wiesbaden or Munich, Companies House or Amtsgericht Frankfurt.

What you have to replace, not just match

Moving off LegalZoom is mostly a matter of splitting its bundle into pieces that exist locally. The first piece is the formation filing: Legalstart, Captain Contrat and LegalPlace do it for France, firma.de for Germany, Companies MadeSimple for the UK. The second piece is the registered agent role, which has no direct European equivalent; in the UK the nearest thing is the registered office address that Companies MadeSimple sells, and in Germany a business address from firma.de.

The third piece is documents. LegalZoom ships 150+ customizable contracts with the Managed and Expert LLC tiers, plus a general forms library. In Europe that job goes to a template service tied to one law: Simply-Docs and Net Lawman for England, Wonder.Legal across 26 national catalogues, janolaw for German law. Check that the template language matches the jurisdiction of the contract, because an American operating agreement is not a shareholders agreement.

The fourth piece is recurring compliance and money. LegalZoom sells annual report filing, bookkeeping and tax preparation inside its higher tiers; Legalstart, Captain Contrat and LegalPlace sell accounting subscriptions from 49, 129 and 39 euro excl. VAT per month respectively, and LegalPlace adds a business account. If you also hold a US entity, keep that one where it is: nothing on this page can file a Delaware or Texas annual report.

The alternatives compared

European LegalZoom alternatives, in the order this page ranks them, compared on headquarters, pricing and jurisdiction
PositionToolHeadquartersPricingJurisdiction
#1 SeedLegals United Kingdom, United Kingdom GBP 649 per year + VAT for the platform plan; SEIS/EIS Advance Assurance GBP 499, SEIS/EIS Compliance GBP 599, issuing shares GBP 299 (own pricing page) United Kingdom (adequacy decision, outside the EEA)
#2 Legalstart Paris, France Formation from 0 euro plus legal fees; accounting from 49 euro excl. VAT per month; amendments from 149 euro excl. VAT; closure from 199 euro excl. VAT EU (France)
#3 firma.de Wiesbaden, Germany No service fee shown on the pages read; the GmbH page names 12,500 euro as the minimum share capital to pay in before registration EU (Germany)
#4 Simply-Docs London, United Kingdom GBP 42.50 + VAT per package for 12 months; Premium Plus (all six packages) GBP 149; multi-user from GBP 30 per user for 1 to 10 users United Kingdom (adequacy decision, outside the EEA)
#5 Captain Contrat Paris, France Formation Solo 0 euro excl. VAT, Basique 59 euro, Securite 99 euro (plus official fees: legal notice 199 euro, registration 63 euro); accounting from 129 euro excl. VAT per month EU (France)
#6 LegalPlace Nanterre, France Incorporation from 0 euro excl. VAT; accounting from 39 euro excl. VAT per month; business account from 6.90 euro excl. VAT per month; amendments and dissolution from 59 euro excl. VAT EU (France)
#7 Companies MadeSimple London, United Kingdom From GBP 79.99 + VAT with the GBP 100 Companies House fee included; UK Limited Company package GBP 104.99 + VAT United Kingdom (adequacy decision, outside the EEA)
#8 Wonder.Legal Paris, France UK documents GBP 1.99 to GBP 79.99 each, average GBP 20.98 (own FAQ) EU (France)
#9 Net Lawman Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom Document only: free to GBP 95; Lawyer Assist: GBP 84 to GBP 240, by length and complexity; membership packages discount regular use United Kingdom (adequacy decision, outside the EEA)
#10 Lawhive United Kingdom, United Kingdom Quote-based; the conveyancing guide cites typical conveyancer fees of GBP 479 to GBP 1,000 before disbursements United Kingdom (adequacy decision, outside the EEA)
#11 janolaw Sulzbach (Taunus), Germany See website: prepaid credit account where 75 euro of payment buys 100 euro of credit; the flat-rate plan is listed without a price on the page read EU (Germany)

How each alternative compares to LegalZoom

#1

SeedLegals

A UK startup platform that replaces LegalZoom for equity, not for formation alone

United Kingdom, United KingdomGBP 649 per year + VAT for the platform plan; SEIS/EIS Advance Assurance GBP 499, SEIS/EIS Compliance GBP 599, issuing shares GBP 299 (own pricing page)#1 in Online Legal Services

Best for: UK founders who expect to issue shares, grant options and raise a round within a year

SeedLegals starts where LegalZoom's LLC package ends. After the company exists, LegalZoom sells forms and advisor plans; SeedLegals keeps a cap table for unlimited shareholders in the same account as the founder agreements, board documents and funding-round paperwork. The yearly plan costs GBP 649 + VAT.

Events that change ownership have their own prices: GBP 299 to issue shares, GBP 499 for SEIS/EIS Advance Assurance and GBP 599 for SEIS/EIS Compliance. That is a more predictable bill for a round than a stack of separate attorney calls, but it only pays off for companies that will actually issue equity.

What SeedLegals does better than LegalZoom

  • Cap table and contracts share one register
  • Funding-round and SEIS/EIS documents are in scope
  • Event fees are listed before you start
  • Option and EMI schemes can be set up

Where SeedLegals is a step down from LegalZoom

  • Useless for a sole trader who needs one contract
  • Narrower library than LegalZoom's general forms shelf
  • English law only, and no data location stated

Standout against LegalZoom. It is the only service here built around the shareholder register rather than around a single document.

seedlegals.com Visit SeedLegals
#2

Legalstart

The French formation counterpart, with accounting and a business account attached

Paris, FranceFormation from 0 euro plus legal fees; accounting from 49 euro excl. VAT per month; amendments from 149 euro excl. VAT; closure from 199 euro excl. VAT#2 in Online Legal Services

Best for: Founders registering a SASU, SAS, EURL, SARL or SCI in France who want phone and chat help

Legalstart does for France what LegalZoom's Managed tier does for a US state: it prepares the statutes, the registry file and the legal announcement, and the home page promises a Kbis extract within 48 hours. The publisher is Yolaw SAS, registered in Paris under RCS 900 758 343, which is the kind of registry detail a European buyer can verify.

Pricing is published per service: 0 euro for a formation plus statutory fees, 149 euro excl. VAT for an amendment, 199 euro excl. VAT for a closure, accounting from 49 euro excl. VAT per month. The site says it is not a law firm, so against LegalZoom's attorney plans you get experts who check the file, not a lawyer who advises.

What Legalstart does better than LegalZoom

  • Prepares French statutes and registry filings
  • Amendments and closures have fixed prices
  • Stored personal data sits in EU data centres
  • Accounting runs from the same account

Where Legalstart is a step down from LegalZoom

  • France only, no US or UK entities
  • Web application runs on Heroku, a US host
  • No personalised legal advice

Standout against LegalZoom. It prices the whole company lifecycle, formation to closure, on one public tariff page.

legalstart.fr Visit Legalstart
#3

firma.de

Guided GmbH and UG incorporation that includes the German notary step

Wiesbaden, GermanyNo service fee shown on the pages read; the GmbH page names 12,500 euro as the minimum share capital to pay in before registration#3 in Online Legal Services

Best for: Founders incorporating a GmbH, UG or holding in Germany who need the notary arranged for them

firma.de answers the question LegalZoom cannot: what happens when the law requires a notary. The service assembles the articles of association, books a partner notary and prepares the Handelsregister application, then handles the tax number, transparency register and trade registration afterwards. The operator is firma.de Firmenbaukasten GmbH in Wiesbaden, HRB 310638 at Munich.

The weak point is price. No service fee appeared on the pages read, only the share capital that a GmbH must carry: 25,000 euro, of which 12,500 euro is paid in before registration. Notary fees come on top. Against LegalZoom's printed $0, $249 and $299 tiers, you must ask for the cost in the order flow.

What firma.de does better than LegalZoom

  • Arranges the notary appointment
  • Covers German follow-up registrations
  • Custom articles of association are available
  • Imprint gives register court and number

Where firma.de is a step down from LegalZoom

  • No service fee shown on the pages read
  • Bookkeeping product still on a waitlist
  • Germany only

Standout against LegalZoom. It is the only formation service here where a notary is a built-in step of the workflow.

firma.de Visit firma.de
#4

Simply-Docs

Flat-fee template library for England and Wales, set against LegalZoom's per-document shelf

London, United KingdomGBP 42.50 + VAT per package for 12 months; Premium Plus (all six packages) GBP 149; multi-user from GBP 30 per user for 1 to 10 users#4 in Online Legal Services

Best for: UK small businesses that draft many contracts and policies in one year

Simply-Docs turns the buying logic around. LegalZoom sells documents and plan tiers; Simply-Docs sells a package for 12 months at GBP 42.50 + VAT, with the site listing 970+ business, 730+ corporate and 650+ employment documents. Premium Plus opens all six packages for GBP 149 and includes unlimited free eSignatures, where a single package gives 20.

Renewal is manual, which is the sharpest contrast with the automatic $49 and $99 monthly renewals on LegalZoom's paid LLC tiers. The trade-off is review: nobody checks the finished document and no solicitor is on call. Simply-4-Business Ltd is registered in England and Wales, no. 4868909.

What Simply-Docs does better than LegalZoom

  • One yearly fee covers unlimited downloads
  • No automatic renewal
  • Update alerts when legislation changes
  • Seat pricing from GBP 30 per user

Where Simply-Docs is a step down from LegalZoom

  • No lawyer review or attorney access
  • No company formation filing
  • UK law only

Standout against LegalZoom. It is the one service here that states no charge will follow after the 12 months unless you renew yourself.

simply-docs.co.uk Visit Simply-Docs
#5

Captain Contrat

French formation ladder plus contract models, closest to LegalZoom's mix of filing and forms

Paris, FranceFormation Solo 0 euro excl. VAT, Basique 59 euro, Securite 99 euro (plus official fees: legal notice 199 euro, registration 63 euro); accounting from 129 euro excl. VAT per month#5 in Online Legal Services

Best for: French micro-companies choosing between doing the file themselves or delegating it

Captain Contrat is the French service that most resembles LegalZoom's structure. Its formation page has a ladder of tiers (Solo at 0 euro, Basique at 59 euro, Securite at 99 euro, all excl. VAT) and the site also sells contract models for terms of sale, service contracts, CDI employment contracts and commercial leases. The home page names jurists, chartered accountants and a lawyer finder.

Read the dates. The legal notice is from 31 January 2020 and names WaasBros SAS (RCS Paris 798 098 430), with AWS Inc. as host and no region. Statutory fees of 199 euro for the legal announcement and 63 euro for registration are added to every tier, so the real price is the tier plus those lines.

What Captain Contrat does better than LegalZoom

  • Clear tier ladder with prices shown
  • Contract models beyond formation
  • Accountant and jurist teams are named
  • Phone support number is published

Where Captain Contrat is a step down from LegalZoom

  • Legal notice has not been updated since 2020
  • Hosting region is unstated
  • France only

Standout against LegalZoom. Its Solo, Basique and Securite tiers make the do-it-yourself against delegate choice explicit.

captaincontrat.com Visit Captain Contrat
#6

LegalPlace

French formation, accounting and a business account in one application

Nanterre, FranceIncorporation from 0 euro excl. VAT; accounting from 39 euro excl. VAT per month; business account from 6.90 euro excl. VAT per month; amendments and dissolution from 59 euro excl. VAT#6 in Online Legal Services

Best for: French founders who want incorporation, bookkeeping and banking under one login

LegalPlace spreads further than LegalZoom's own add-on list. Incorporation starts at 0 euro excl. VAT with a dedicated formalities clerk, and the same account sells ComptaPlace accounting from 39 euro excl. VAT per month, a business account from 6.90 euro excl. VAT per month, insurance and vehicle formalities. The company says it has supported more than 300,000 entrepreneurs.

Two details need a careful reader. The legal notice names StartPlace SAS in Nanterre as publisher while the footer names LegalPlace SAS in Paris, so confirm which entity signs your order. Hosting is Amazon Web Services LLC in the USA, region unstated. The footer says it is not a law firm and suggests a professional validates the documents.

What LegalPlace does better than LegalZoom

  • Business account sold alongside formation
  • Many French legal forms covered
  • Entry prices listed for each product
  • Cheapest accounting start among the French three

Where LegalPlace is a step down from LegalZoom

  • Two entity names and addresses on the site
  • US hosting company, region unstated
  • No attorney network behind it

Standout against LegalZoom. It is the only formation service here that adds a bank account to the file.

legalplace.fr Visit LegalPlace
#7

Companies MadeSimple

The UK limited company filing that LegalZoom's US LLC pages cannot give you

London, United KingdomFrom GBP 79.99 + VAT with the GBP 100 Companies House fee included; UK Limited Company package GBP 104.99 + VAT#7 in Online Legal Services

Best for: Sole directors, contractors and non-residents forming a UK limited company

Companies MadeSimple files with Companies House and checks director identity, which is the UK equivalent of the state filing LegalZoom does for LLCs. The price from GBP 79.99 + VAT already contains the GBP 100 Companies House fee, whereas LegalZoom adds the state filing fee on top of its $0, $249 or $299 package.

The packages are split by customer: limited companies, LLPs, companies limited by guarantee, non-residents, contractors and shelf companies. Registered office addresses and mail handling are sold separately. The operator, The Made Simple Group Ltd, is cited in its terms with company number 04214713. It drafts no contracts, so you need a second service for those.

What Companies MadeSimple does better than LegalZoom

  • Government fee included in the headline price
  • Packages for non-residents and contractors
  • Registered office and mail services available
  • LLPs and guarantee companies are covered

Where Companies MadeSimple is a step down from LegalZoom

  • No contracts or forms library
  • Prices exclude VAT
  • UK only, hosting not stated

Standout against LegalZoom. It folds the Companies House fee into the quoted price, so the first number is close to the final one.

companiesmadesimple.com Visit Companies MadeSimple
#8

Wonder.Legal

Pay-per-document questionnaires for 26 national catalogues, hosted in France

Paris, FranceUK documents GBP 1.99 to GBP 79.99 each, average GBP 20.98 (own FAQ)#8 in Online Legal Services

Best for: One-off contracts and letters under a specific country's law, bought without a subscription

Wonder.Legal is the nearest European match to LegalZoom's do-it-yourself documents. You answer a questionnaire, the document is assembled in front of you and you download Word and PDF files. The UK catalogue lists 179 templates, including Scottish and Northern Irish variants such as a Scottish commercial lease.

Prices run from GBP 1.99 to GBP 79.99 per document and average GBP 20.98, according to its FAQ. The imprint names Miracle SASU in Paris and the host as OVH in Roubaix, France. Its FAQ says outright that no person reviews the generated document, which leaves LegalZoom's attorney tiers without a counterpart here.

What Wonder.Legal does better than LegalZoom

  • No subscription is needed
  • Country catalogues for 26 jurisdictions
  • Hosting location is stated: Roubaix, France
  • Price range is stated up front

Where Wonder.Legal is a step down from LegalZoom

  • Nobody reviews the finished document
  • Costs add up for frequent users
  • No formation service, no lawyer access

Standout against LegalZoom. It covers 26 national catalogues from one French operator, which is rare among template sites.

wonder.legal Visit Wonder.Legal
#9

Net Lawman

UK templates with an optional lawyer-assisted tier, the nearest echo of attorney add-ons

Bury St Edmunds, United KingdomDocument only: free to GBP 95; Lawyer Assist: GBP 84 to GBP 240, by length and complexity; membership packages discount regular use#9 in Online Legal Services

Best for: Buyers of one-off UK contracts who sometimes want a lawyer's help while editing

Net Lawman has two price bands, which maps onto LegalZoom's split between self-service and attorney help. Document-only purchases run from free to GBP 95; Lawyer Assist, where the company's legal team supports you during and after editing, runs from GBP 84 to GBP 240 depending on length and complexity.

It also operates country sites for the UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand and South Africa, so some of its law is not European. Membership packages discount regular use, but their prices were not read. The terms say the site is run by Net Lawman Limited, incorporated in England, with an address in Bury St Edmunds.

What Net Lawman does better than LegalZoom

  • A free tier exists for simple documents
  • Prices are a band per document, not a plan
  • Plain-English guidance notes come with templates
  • Lawyer help is optional, not bundled into a plan

Where Net Lawman is a step down from LegalZoom

  • Lawyer Assist can reach GBP 240 per document
  • Membership price not confirmed
  • No formation filing

Standout against LegalZoom. It prices lawyer help per document instead of through a monthly plan.

netlawman.co.uk Visit Net Lawman
#10

Lawhive

Solicitor matching with a quote first, rather than templates plus an attorney plan

United Kingdom, United KingdomQuote-based; the conveyancing guide cites typical conveyancer fees of GBP 479 to GBP 1,000 before disbursements#10 in Online Legal Services

Best for: UK consumers and small owners who need a regulated solicitor for a defined matter

Lawhive is not a document generator, so the comparison with LegalZoom is about its attorney side. You enter an enquiry with Lawhive Ltd, receive a quote and are matched with a solicitor; the regulated work is done under Lawhive Legal Ltd (SRA ID 8003766, company number 14651095). The footer links a complaints policy.

The pages read centred on conveyancing, where the guide cites typical conveyancer fees of GBP 479 to GBP 1,000 before disbursements. The home page claims more than 30,000 satisfied clients, which is the site's own figure. Other practice areas were not readable, and there is no rate card, so cost needs an enquiry.

What Lawhive does better than LegalZoom

  • A regulated solicitor does the work
  • Quote arrives before you commit
  • Regulator ID and complaints policy are published
  • Fees and payment timing have a FAQ

Where Lawhive is a step down from LegalZoom

  • No instant price list
  • More expensive than a template for simple documents
  • Only property pages were readable

Standout against LegalZoom. It names its SRA authorisation number and separates the enquiry company from the regulated firm.

lawhive.co.uk Visit Lawhive
#11

janolaw

German-law questionnaires for shop terms, privacy texts and family documents

Sulzbach (Taunus), GermanySee website: prepaid credit account where 75 euro of payment buys 100 euro of credit; the flat-rate plan is listed without a price on the page read#11 in Online Legal Services

Best for: German web shops and private users who need AGB, privacy texts or family-law documents

janolaw answers German problems that a US catalogue does not touch. Its yes or no questionnaires produce shop terms, eBay and Amazon seller terms and privacy declarations aimed at the risk of a costly warning letter (Abmahnung), plus tenancy, employment, family and inheritance documents. The home page says it has made documents for German users for more than 20 years.

Money works through a prepaid account, where 75 euro of payment buys 100 euro of credit, or through a flat-rate plan that includes 10 phone consultations per month. No flat-rate price appeared on the page read. The imprint names janolaw GmbH, HRB 128990 at Frankfurt am Main, yet the home page footer still shows a 2022 copyright.

What janolaw does better than LegalZoom

  • Written for German warning-letter risks
  • Phone consultations included in the flat rate
  • Prepaid credit gives a 25% saving
  • Imprint lists entity and register court

Where janolaw is a step down from LegalZoom

  • Prices not shown on the pages read
  • Footer copyright dated 2022
  • German law only, no formation filing

Standout against LegalZoom. It is the only service here whose catalogue targets German web-shop warning letters.

janolaw.de Visit janolaw

What actually breaks when you switch

The first thing that breaks is the entity itself. An LLC registered in a US state does not turn into a French SAS or a German GmbH through an export; you form a new company, then decide whether to wind down or keep the old one.

Existing LegalZoom documents (operating agreements, EIN letters, annual reports) stay valid for the American entity but have no standing for the European one. Keep them archived and note the renewal dates for the US side.

The second break is billing. If you took a Managed or Expert LLC tier, the advisor access renews at $49 or $99 per month after 30 days, so cancel inside the first month if you are leaving. On the European side, ask before ordering whether accounting is monthly, whether statutory fees are in the headline price, and which entity signs the contract: LegalPlace and Captain Contrat both show entity details that you should confirm in the order terms.

Can I form a European company through LegalZoom?

The pages read for this comparison describe formation of US business types: LLC, corporation, DBA and nonprofit, with state guides for ten American states and a separate state filing fee. No page lists a French SAS, a German GmbH or a UK private limited company as a product. Treat a European filing as outside what LegalZoom sells until its order flow says otherwise.

If the company is European, start from the register that will hold it. In France that means Legalstart, Captain Contrat or LegalPlace; in Germany firma.de, which books the partner notary; in the UK Companies MadeSimple, whose entry price of GBP 79.99 + VAT already includes the GBP 100 Companies House fee.

Which European service gives the same lawyer access?

LegalZoom links customers to independent attorneys through plans and scheduled calls. Two services here come closest. Net Lawman sells a Lawyer Assist tier at GBP 84 to GBP 240 per document, where its legal team helps during and after editing. Lawhive matches an enquiry with a regulated solicitor and gives a quote before you commit, with conveyancing as the practice visible on its pages.

Others are weaker on this point. Captain Contrat names jurists and chartered accountants as teams and points to a lawyer finder; janolaw includes 10 telephone consultations per month in its flat-rate plan; Wonder.Legal says plainly that no person reviews the document it generates.

Which one to pick

Pick by where the company will be registered. France: Legalstart if you want the published tariff and phone help, LegalPlace if banking and accounting should sit in the same application, Captain Contrat if the contract models matter. Germany: firma.de, accepting that you request the service fee yourself. UK: Companies MadeSimple for the filing, SeedLegals when shares and a funding round are on the roadmap.

For documents and advice, match the tool to the risk. Simply-Docs suits many routine UK documents for a flat yearly price, Wonder.Legal suits a single document in one of 26 countries, janolaw suits German shop texts, and Net Lawman or Lawhive suit buyers who want a human check. Stay with LegalZoom when the company, the filing and the customers are American: for that, its state-by-state guides and 60-day refund are a better match than any service on this page.

Frequently Asked Questions

It depends on the criterion. For a French company the closest matches are Legalstart, LegalPlace and Captain Contrat; for a German GmbH it is firma.de; for a UK limited company it is Companies MadeSimple; for UK startup equity it is SeedLegals. For contract templates, Simply-Docs, Net Lawman, Wonder.Legal and janolaw cover England, 26 countries and Germany, and Lawhive supplies a solicitor.

Its footer says it is not, except through its subsidiary LZ Legal Services, LLC, and that it provides access to independent attorneys and self-service tools. The footer also says information you give LegalZoom is not protected by attorney-client privilege. Legalstart and LegalPlace state the same about themselves, so the question matters for the French services as much as for the American one.

LegalZoom lists $0, $249 and $299 packages plus state filing fees. On the European side Legalstart, LegalPlace and Captain Contrat show 0 euro entry tiers with statutory fees on top (Captain Contrat names 199 euro for the legal notice and 63 euro for registration). Companies MadeSimple starts at GBP 79.99 + VAT with Companies House included, and firma.de shows no service fee on the pages read.

Simply-Docs states that it does not: a package runs for 12 months and renewal is manual. LegalZoom, by contrast, says the advisor access in its Managed and Expert LLC tiers renews at $49 or $99 per month after 30 days. For the other services the pages read did not state a renewal rule, so check the order summary before paying for a subscription such as accounting.

It varies and is often unstated. Wonder.Legal is hosted by OVH in Roubaix, France. Legalstart says personal data sits on clusters in EU member states while the site runs on Heroku, a US company. Simply-Docs says UK or EEA. LegalPlace and Captain Contrat name Amazon Web Services as host without a region. SeedLegals, firma.de, Companies MadeSimple, Net Lawman, Lawhive and janolaw did not state a location on the pages read.

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