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Docket Alarm

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About Docket Alarm

Docket Alarm is a litigation research and analytics platform, now operating under vLex (part of Clio), covering federal, state, and specialty court dockets including PACER, PTAB, and TTAB proceedings. Its core strength is turning raw docket data into strategic analytics — judge and law firm profiles, motion success rates, settlement patterns, and case-outcome trends.

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Docket Alarm is a litigation research and analytics platform, now operating under vLex (part of Clio), covering federal, state, and specialty court dockets including PACER, PTAB, and TTAB proceedings. Its core strength is turning raw docket data into strategic analytics — judge and law firm profiles, motion success rates, settlement patterns, and case-outcome trends.

Attorneys and litigation support staff use it for daily docket monitoring, real-time filing alerts, and bulk case exports, with an open API for firms that want to build custom reporting on top of the underlying data. Pricing is offered as a flat monthly membership per user or a lighter pay-as-you-go tier, with PACER retrieval fees passed through without markup under the flat plan.

Firms comparing docket-analytics coverage often place it alongside Lex Machina and Harvey AI.

Key Advantages

  • Pricing is actually public and transparent, rare for this category, so firms can estimate costs upfront.
  • Includes litigation and motion analytics that go beyond basic docket lookups.
  • Half a billion documents in its database, according to Fastcase, its parent company.

Considerations

  • Costs add up per document and per docket update, so heavy users can end up paying more than a flat-rate competitor.
  • PACER and state court fees are billed separately on top of the subscription.

Pricing & Subscription Tiers

Free$0 - 5 actions/week
Pay-As-You-Go$39.99/mo + per-use fees ($4/document, $3/day case alerts, $3/docket update)
Flat-Fee$99/mo, unlimited search/documents/alerts
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Pricing shown is for reference only and may have changed. Always verify current plans and rates on the official website before making a purchase decision.

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