Jury Selection Software Pricing: Comparing Per-Trial, Subscription, and Consultant Costs

The real question in jury-selection pricing isn't which product costs less on paper. It's what the quoted price actually buys, what remains billable later, and what happens to your case data once the trial ends. Publicly listed software prices range from roughly $125 per use to $1,250 per trial, while consultant-supported selection typically runs $3,500–$7,500 per day and can climb to $10,000–$250,000 or more for broader engagements.[14][2][6] Without a framework for comparing these models apples-to-apples, a solo or small-firm lawyer can easily overpay, underbuy, or get blindsided by costs that never appeared on the initial quote.

This post breaks that framework down into five components — included research, scoring, live support, data retention, and total case cost — so you can evaluate any vendor's pricing before it becomes your trial budget.

Why jury selection software pricing is hard to compare

Vendors in this space rarely price the same thing. One flat-fee product bundles research, scoring, and courtroom support into a single number. A pay-per-use tool might charge for software access alone, leaving research and support as separate negotiations. A subscription might look cheap monthly but accumulate into a worse per-trial cost than a one-time flat fee. And a consultant's day rate rarely includes the travel, recruiting, and facility expenses that show up on the final invoice.

This is precisely why "jury selection software pricing" questions deserve a structural answer, not a single number. The goal is to standardize what you're comparing — total case cost, not sticker price — across every model a firm is likely to encounter.

The four pricing models at a glance

Calculating total case cost, not sticker price

Before signing any quote, run the real number:

Total case cost = license or fee + setup + research + support + travel + data/export charges + renewal or overage exposure

A $500 flat-fee product can be genuinely economical if it includes research, scoring, live courtroom guidance, and the strike records needed to document a Batson challenge. By contrast, a $249 monthly subscription may cost more than a single-use product if your matter involves only one trial but the subscription term runs several months before you can cancel.

The same logic applies on the consultant side. Separate professional fees from pass-through expenses. Published descriptions identify facility rental, juror recruiting, travel, and lodging as costs that can rival or exceed the consultant's own fee.[3] Mock-trial work is especially variable in cost: an Association of Corporate Counsel publication reports typical consultant charges of $20,000–$150,000, focus groups of $20,000–$60,000, and mock-jury research from $30,000 to more than $100,000.[8] None of those figures include the consultant's base day rate — they're compounding costs layered on top.

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Five questions to apply to any vendor quote

Regardless of which model a vendor presents, run the quote through the same five questions before approving it.

1. Research: what's actually covered?

Is juror research included at all, and is it automated, manually reviewed, jurisdiction-specific, or limited to whatever is publicly available online? A quote that doesn't specify this leaves the most consequential variable undefined — research quality often determines whether scoring and strategy are useful at all.

2. Scoring: is it included or a premium add-on?

Ask whether scoring models, weighting criteria, calibration, and exportable juror records are part of the base price or charged separately. Some vendors treat scoring as the core product; others treat it as an upsell layered onto bare software access.

3. Live support: real-time or recorded?

Does the price include real-time assistance during voir dire itself, or only software access plus prerecorded training materials? For a solo practitioner managing jury selection alone, the difference between live courtroom support and a help-center article can matter more than any other line item.

4. Data retention: what happens after trial?

How long are questionnaires, juror notes, scores, and strike records retained? Can the firm export them in usable form before deletion? This matters for post-trial motions, appeals, and any future Batson-related record requests — data that disappears after 30 days is effectively unavailable when you need it eight months later.

5. Matter economics: what triggers additional cost?

Is pricing structured per lawyer, per user, per case, per panel, per trial day, or by annual term? And critically — what happens if the trial is continued, mistried, or settled before jury selection concludes? Vendors rarely volunteer this answer unprompted.

Applying the framework by practice area

Plaintiff's counsel in contingency-fee cases often need the lowest predictable cost per matter, since expenses come out of the case budget before any recovery. A flat per-trial or bundled model with a fixed price tends to make budgeting more predictable than a consultant day rate with open-ended expenses.

Criminal defense attorneys, particularly appointed counsel or those working within capped fee structures, usually cannot absorb consultant day rates of $3,500–$7,500 on a single matter.[2] A pay-per-use or flat-fee software option, if it includes jurisdiction-appropriate research and documentation sufficient to support a Batson objection, may be the only financially realistic tool available.

Corporate defense teams handling higher-value or reputationally sensitive litigation are more likely to justify consultant engagements, mock-jury research, and even enterprise analytics subscriptions — but should still insist on itemized professional fees versus pass-through expenses before approving a budget. The $20,000–$150,000 range reported for consultant-led mock trials illustrates how quickly these costs compound.[8]

Prosecutors, working within government budgets, typically cannot access per-trial consultant spending at all and rely on institutional resources or lower-cost software tools. For this group, subscription economics — calculated against the volume of trials a public office handles annually — are often the only workable comparison.

Practical selection rule

For one or two ordinary jury trials, compare a flat per-trial or pay-per-use product directly against a narrowly scoped consultant day rate for the same scope of work. For firms handling repeated trials, calculate annual cost at the expected number of matters, including subscription minimums and any unused capacity — a subscription that looks cheap per month can be expensive per trial if usage is low.

Reserve consultants for cases that justify bespoke research, mock-jury work, or intensive in-court judgment — not simply because a vendor markets a software package as "analytics." The label doesn't change the underlying cost structure.

FAQ

What is the typical cost range for jury selection software? Publicly listed prices for jury selection software range from about $125 per use to $1,250 per trial, depending on whether the product is pay-per-use, subscription-based, or a flat per-trial fee bundle.[14][4][7]

How much do jury consultants charge per day? Jury consultant day rates for voir dire support are commonly estimated at $3,500–$7,500 per day, with full selection support running $5,000–$15,000 and broader mock-trial or research engagements reaching $10,000–$60,000 or more, before travel and other pass-through expenses.[2][3][5]

Is a subscription or a flat per-trial fee cheaper for a solo practitioner? It depends on trial volume. A subscription, such as one reported at $249 per month with a per-trial equivalent of $899–$1,250, is usually only economical when a firm has multiple matters running concurrently; for a single trial, a flat per-trial fee is often less expensive overall.[4]

What costs are typically excluded from a consultant's quoted day rate? Travel, lodging, juror recruiting, facility rental, participant compensation, and data analysis are commonly billed separately from a consultant's professional fee and can rival or exceed that fee on their own.[3]

What should a lawyer ask before approving any jury selection vendor quote? Confirm in writing what research is included and its jurisdictional scope, whether scoring and juror records are part of the base price, whether courtroom support is live or only software access, how long data is retained and whether it's exportable, and exactly what triggers additional charges such as a continuance or mistrial.

The bottom line

The strongest vendor quote is the one that states, in writing, the included research, scoring, support hours, deliverables, export rights, security terms, retention period, and every expense capable of appearing on the final invoice. Anything less than that level of specificity should be treated as a starting point for negotiation, not a final number.

Tools like StrikeList AI are part of this broader landscape of flat-fee jury selection software, and like any vendor, the same five questions above apply: confirm what research, scoring, support, and retention terms are actually included before comparing the price to any other option.