This page is a cost screen, not a ranking. It is for a one-state family asking how much a revocable living trust costs: published online-kit list prices on one side, a custom attorney fee on the other, and the funding work that is not in either checkout total. Read the table, then take the free quiz. If you are still choosing the document type, start with will vs. living trust.
Disclaimer
EstatePlanWise is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. This page is educational. A will or trust is only as good as your state’s signing rules, your facts, and — for a trust — whether you actually retitle assets into it. Use a qualified estate-planning attorney for anything beyond a simple DIY will or trust.
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The short answer
There is no single national price. What we can show, because it is on a public list-price page, is the online kit number. What we will not invent is a “typical attorney fee.”
- Online kits (regular list prices we fetched August 27, 2026): Trust & Will Individual Trust $499 and Couples Trust $599; LegalZoom individual Basic Trust $399 and Premium Trust $549.
- A trusts-and-estates attorney: the lawyer you hire sets the fee in an engagement letter. We do not publish a fake average.
- The cost that does not show up at checkout: funding — retitling the house and accounts — plus any county recording fee for a new deed. We do not invent those county figures.
A cheaper will kit is the better buy if you will not fund a trust. That document choice is on Will vs. Living Trust. Whether a kit is the right product at all is on DIY vs. hiring an attorney.
Published list prices (fetched August 27, 2026)
Trust & Will prices are from trustandwill.com/compare. LegalZoom individual trust prices are from LegalZoom’s estate-plan compare page and LegalZoom’s living-trust overview. Those LegalZoom pages have Individual and Couple tabs. On August 27, 2026 we confirmed individual list prices; couple amounts are listed on the same pages — we do not invent couple numbers here. Sale stickers visible on LegalZoom that day are not used below; we quote the listed regular prices.
| Item | Trust & Will | LegalZoom | Estate planning attorney |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual living-trust kit | $499 | Basic $399 · Premium $549 | Custom — we do not publish a fake average |
| Couples living-trust kit | $599 | Couple tab listed on the same pages; confirm the day you publish or buy | Custom |
| Membership / add-ons | $49/year membership; Attorney Support +$299 | Premium lists attorney consultations that renew at $199/year on the compare page | Engagement letter |
| Funding the trust | Not in the kit price — you retitle assets | Not in the kit price — you retitle assets | Often part of the engagement; still confirm |
A fuller will-and-trust list-price side-by-side is on Trust & Will vs. LegalZoom. That page is a comparison, not a star rating. This page does not cover SLATs or any executive mix.
What the kit price does not include
The number on the checkout page is the booklet (and, on these two kits, a pour-over will plus healthcare and power-of-attorney forms). It is not the cost of a funded plan.
- A new deed for the house. Signing the trust does not move real estate. A deed into the trust usually has to be prepared, signed, and recorded. County recording fees are set locally. We do not invent those amounts.
- Account retitling. Banks and brokerages have their own forms. Some accept a certification of trust; some want more. Time is a cost even when the form is free.
- The next asset. A car, a new account, or a refinance can fall back into your own name. Funding is ongoing, not a one-time checkbox.
- Optional add-ons. Trust & Will lists a $49/year membership and Attorney Support at +$299 on its compare page. LegalZoom’s Premium trust card describes attorney consultations that renew at $199/year. Those are published add-ons, not hidden “typical” extras we made up.
If you will not do that retitling, buy a will instead of a trust kit. Read How to Fund Your Living Trust before you pay.
When a DIY kit is enough — and when to hire an attorney
Price is the wrong first question if the facts do not fit a standard form. The same complexity screen, without the price table, is on DIY vs. hiring an attorney.
A do-it-yourself living-trust kit can be a reasonable starting point when all of the following are true:
- You live and own real property in one state.
- Your family situation is simple — no blended-family competing claims, no one who is likely to contest the plan, no special-needs beneficiary who relies on public benefits.
- You do not own a business, partnership, or LLC interest that needs its own succession terms.
- You will actually fund the trust: retitle the home and change account ownership into the trust, then keep doing that when you buy the next asset. A payable-on-death (POD) designation that names a person is a different act, not a substitute for retitling — it overrides the trust’s distribution plan for that account, and because the account stays in your name during life it does nothing if you become incapacitated.
- Your estate is well under the federal $15,000,000 basic exclusion and well under your state estate-tax threshold, if your state has one. We do not invent state figures here.
Skip DIY checkout and hire a qualified trusts-and-estates attorney when any of these apply:
- A blended family, or anyone who might contest the plan.
- A special-needs beneficiary who receives (or may receive) public benefits.
- A business, partnership, or LLC interest.
- Property in more than one state.
- A state estate tax (or inheritance tax) that could actually apply to you.
- A larger or more complex estate — titling, beneficiaries, and family facts get harder as the balance sheet grows, even when federal estate tax is not the issue.
Attorney fees are set by the lawyer you hire. We do not publish a fake “average attorney fee,” and we do not rank lawyers. Search the ACTEC Find a Lawyer directory, or contact EstatePlanWise if you have a question about this page. We are an educational publisher, not an attorney-matching service.
An unfunded living trust still probates leftovers
Signing a living-trust booklet does not move the house. If the deed still lists you individually, that house is still a probate asset. The same is true of a bank or brokerage account that was never retitled, and of the car you bought the year after you signed.
A funded-trust plan is a trust plus a will, not a trust instead of a will. The backup document is a pour-over will: leftovers still go through probate, then “pour” into the trust. An empty trust does not avoid that file. Paying $399 or $499 for an empty booklet does not buy probate avoidance. If you will not retitle, buy a will instead of a trust kit.
Federal numbers (2026)
The federal basic exclusion amount for 2026 is $15,000,000 per person. Source: IRS What’s New — Estate and gift tax (Pub. L. 119-21). Being under that federal number is not the same as being under your state’s number. Some states tax estates far below $15 million. We do not invent those state figures here; check your state’s current threshold, or ask a local attorney if you might be close.
If a simple kit still fits
If the DIY list above describes you, the published list prices in the table are the numbers we can cite. The side-by-side with will kits is on Trust & Will vs. LegalZoom. If you use a Trust & Will or LegalZoom link on this site, EstatePlanWise may earn a commission. See our affiliate disclosure.
Trust & Will (affiliate): Individual Will · Trust plan. LegalZoom (affiliate): Will · Living trust.
If the attorney list describes you, use the ACTEC Find a Lawyer directory rather than a checkout page.
Next step: take the free quiz
Primary: take the free estate planning quiz — a short quiz, about 2 minutes. No email required to see your recommendation; email is required to unlock the checklist and DIY provider links. The quiz applies the same complexity screen before you spend money on a kit.
Secondary: compare published list prices on Trust & Will vs. LegalZoom, or choose the document type on Will vs. Living Trust. If DIY does not fit, use a qualified estate-planning attorney rather than a checkout page.
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