Online Will Makers Compared

Updated August 6, 2026. Quick answer: for a straightforward estate, every product below can produce a valid will — and none of them can make one valid if your state’s execution rules are not followed. Witness count, whether a witness may be a beneficiary, and whether notarisation is required or merely useful are decided by state law, not by the software. That is the part generic reviews skip, and it is the part that invalidates wills.

Two disclosures before the table. LawDepot is an affiliate partner of this site — we earn a commission if you buy through our link. It is listed alongside four products we earn nothing from, its row carries the same scrutiny as theirs, and it is not ranked first. And we publish no price we did not read: every figure below was read from the product’s own published pages, and where a company publishes nothing — two of them do not publish a refund policy — the cell says so instead of guessing. Each product name links to its full review.

What each one publishes

Trust & Will’s will plan covers four documents — last will, HIPAA authorisation, living will and power of attorney — and its trust plan eight, adding the revocable trust, certification of trust, schedule of assets and a funding guide. Read those inclusions carefully against the one thing that actually decides whether a trust works: an unfunded trust does nothing at all.

The question none of them answer

Every product produces a document. Whether the document is valid is a question of your state’s execution statute, and the answer varies more than people expect: witness counts differ, some states let a beneficiary witness and some void the gift if one does, holographic wills are recognised in some states and not others, and a self-proving affidavit is mandatory in some places and merely convenient elsewhere.

We publish those requirements with the statute cited for all 50 states and DC at will requirements by state, alongside POA execution rules and advance directive rules. Read your state’s row before you buy anything — it takes a minute and it is the only step on this page that can invalidate everything else.

Which one fits which situation

• Simple estate, one state, no blended family: any of them works. Price and how easy the interface is are legitimate tiebreakers, because the legal content is not the constraint. See what a will costs by route.
• You want the trust as well: compare the bundled trust price against what the trust actually saves — that is arithmetic, and the will vs trust calculator does it by state. A trust bought and never funded is the most expensive mistake in this category.
• Blended family, disabled beneficiary, business, or property in two states: none of these products is the right answer. The case for a lawyer sets out why, without pretending the lawyer is always necessary.
• You are not sure what you need at all: start with the gap-first checklist, which names what skipping each document costs.

How we review, and what would change a verdict

Prices and terms are read from each product’s own published pages and quoted, with the date. Where we could not read a page, we say so rather than filling the cell. We do not accept payment for placement or for a rating; the one commercial relationship on this page is disclosed in its own row and in the paragraph above the table.

What would change a verdict: a change in published price or terms, a state execution rule the product handles incorrectly, or a documented pattern of the product failing to deliver what its terms promise. What would not: our commission. See editorial policy, methodology and corrections. If you have none of these documents at all, the default that applies instead is your state’s intestacy statute; the whole machine is on the estate planning front door.