Docket Alarm: Legal Research software
The smarter way to search track research analyze court filings
Docket Alarm is a litigation research and analytics platform that places U.S. court filings in a single searchable database, covering federal, state, USPTO, PTAB, and international courts. It serves litigators, IP counsel, and in-house legal teams with full-text search, real-time case alerts, document access, and AI-driven analysis of judicial tendencies and litigation trends.
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What Docket Alarm does
The platform indexes over one billion filings from PACER, state and county courts across 43+ states, specialized tribunals (PTAB, TTAB, ITC), and a growing set of international jurisdictions. Users can search docket text, party names, attorneys, judges, and case metadata; receive instant alerts on new filings; download and full-text search underlying documents; and query an AI assistant in plain English for cited answers. A developer API enables integration. Docket Alarm is now part of Clio and previously merged with Fastcase.
What it does
Docket Alarm core capabilities
Powerful Search
Full-text search across dockets, parties, attorneys, judges, and metadata.
Case Alerts
Real-time notifications on new filings for watched cases or parties.
Documents
Download and full-text search underlying court documents.
AI Analysis
Surface litigation trends, outcomes, and judicial tendencies via AI.
AI Assistant
Ask about cases, judges, or legal trends in plain English.
Litigation Analytics
Analyze litigation patterns and judicial behavior across courts.
Motion Analytics
Search and filter by motion type across dockets.
Developer API
Programmatic access to court filings and docket data.
Technical specifications
- Over 1 billion court filings indexed
- PACER coverage: all federal district, appellate, Supreme Court
- State court coverage across 43+ states
- USPTO, PTAB, TTAB, ITC coverage
- International court data
- Developer API
- Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn SSO login
- Add-ons: Federal Analytics, Easy Analytics, Analytics Workbench
Who it is for
Who Docket Alarm is built for
Target audience
- Large Law Firm
- Mid-Sized Law Firm
- In-House Legal Teams
- Chambers & Individual Lawyers
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Pricing details
Docket Alarm pricing
Starting price
Pricing model
Free version
Flat-fee $99/mo or pay-as-you-go $39.99/mo plus per-item fees; analytics add-ons available.
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FAQs
Frequently asked questions about Docket Alarm
Docket Alarm covers all federal courts via PACER including the Supreme Court, state and county courts across 43+ states, specialized tribunals such as USPTO, PTAB, TTAB, and ITC, plus a growing set of international jurisdictions. Coverage is continuously updated across every jurisdiction relevant to legal practice.
Two membership options exist: a flat-fee plan at $99 per month offering unlimited document access, alerts, tracking, and search, and a pay-as-you-go plan at $39.99 per month with per-item charges such as $4 per document and $1 per federal search. PACER and government fees are passed through without markup on the flat-rate plan.
Docket Alarm offers a three-day trial with no commitment, allowing users to test the platform before subscribing. The site also mentions a basic free access option providing free searches and document or docket views for materials already in its system, though free views do not apply to documents purchased from government systems like PACER.
The AI Assistant lets users ask questions about any case, judge, or legal trend in plain English and receive cited answers. It is trained on over one billion real court records and surfaces litigation trends, outcome patterns, and judicial tendencies to support legal research and strategy development.
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