How it is priced
How SimpleLegal and Unity are priced.
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SimpleLegal: legal spend
SimpleLegal is priced on the legal spend that runs through it. Onit does not publish a price list.
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Activation keeps your pricing
SimpleLegal customers activated on Unity keep their pricing and gain Unity’s added features and functionality. For details, contact us or your Onit contact.
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New customers: Unity
SimpleLegal no longer takes new implementations. Unity is priced on platform and legal spend.
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Modules cost extra
Capabilities beyond the core, such as contract lifecycle management or legal service requests, are added as modules.
Beyond the license
The costs outside the license.
The license is one line. These are the rest.
| Item | What drives it | When you pay |
|---|---|---|
| Implementation | Configuration, billing rules, data migration, testing and training. Required for a new Unity implementation. | One-time |
| AP integration | Approved invoices have to reach your accounts payable system. Mandatory. | One-time, plus maintenance |
| Single sign-on | Required by most IT teams. Mandatory. | One-time, plus maintenance |
| Other integrations | Document management, HR, BI or finance feeds, as required. | One-time, plus maintenance |
| Getting value from Unity | Design, data, process changes and data readiness for Onit’s AI after Activation. | One-time |
| Law firm support | Firms use Counsel Exchange and Onit supports them, which keeps this cost off your team. | Included by the vendor |
| Administration and reporting | Rules, users, matters and the reports finance and legal leadership rely on. | Recurring |
Pricing model and one-time costs from our implementation experience, October 2026. Confirm with Onit.
Value
Does SimpleLegal give better value than other spend tools?
Spend-based pricing ties the cost to the work that runs through the platform, and Onit supporting your law firms removes a cost that some platforms leave with your team. Compare the full cost of each option: the license, implementation, the mandatory integrations and the support load.
For a new buyer, the comparison is Unity against the SimpleLegal alternatives, including Legal Tracker pricing.
One team
One team for the whole move.
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Process and change
We handle the process changes, the change management, and the chance to improve how your department works while the platform changes.
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Testing, documentation, training
We test the configuration, document it, and adapt the training to your team and your law firms.
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Configuration done by us
We do the configuration ourselves, so there is no need to hire two different teams for the work.
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Certified and backed by Onit
Our work is fully certified and backed by Onit.
How we help
How we help.
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Scope before you sign
We map your spend, modules and integrations so the quote covers what you will actually run.
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Plan Activation
What Unity adds at your current pricing, and what to switch on.
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Implement Unity
Configured by our own certified team, including the AP and single sign-on integrations.
Who you work with
The practitioners who scope it with you.
Roger Jarman
EMEA Leader
Onit Level 4 certified. Leads Swiftwater’s EMEA practice with 35+ years across IP management, ELM and ERP, and is one of the most sought-after ELM and IP consultants in EMEA.
Sam Lu
Senior Advisor, Legal Technology
Onit Level 4 certified. Has led ELM implementations for global enterprise legal departments across North America, with delivery across Onit, Mitratech and large-scale legacy migrations.
Frequently asked questions
How much does SimpleLegal cost?
Onit does not publish SimpleLegal prices. SimpleLegal is priced on the legal spend that runs through it. It no longer takes new implementations, so a new buyer is pricing Onit Unity, which is priced on platform and legal spend.
Does SimpleLegal pricing change when we move to Unity?
SimpleLegal customers activated on Unity keep their pricing and gain Unity’s added features and functionality. For details, contact us or your Onit contact.
Does SimpleLegal give better value than other legal spend tools?
Its spend-based pricing ties cost to the work that runs through it, and Onit supports your law firms. Compare the full cost of each option: license, implementation, the mandatory accounts payable and single sign-on integrations, and the support load on your team.
How is Onit Unity priced?
Unity is priced on platform and legal spend, with modules such as contract lifecycle management or legal service requests priced separately. Implementation is a required one-time cost, and accounts payable and single sign-on integrations are mandatory, with a one-time cost and recurring maintenance.
What costs sit outside the SimpleLegal license?
Integrations with your accounts payable system and single sign-on, with a one-time cost and maintenance, other integrations as required, administration and reporting, and the design, data and process work that gets value from Unity after Activation.
Pricing SimpleLegal or Unity? Talk to a practitioner before you sign.
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