The field at a glance
| Provider | Type | Pricing shown publicly | Standout |
|---|---|---|---|
| IMS Legal Strategies | Full-service consultancy | $10,000 to $60,000+ (own published range) | Deepest bench after rolling up DecisionQuest, Litigation Insights, and First Court; end-to-end trial consulting beyond jury research |
| Magna Legal Services | Full-service consultancy | Quote on request | National footprint, live and virtual mock trial formats alongside broad litigation support services |
| eJury | Online juror panel | Quote on request; juror stipends $5 to $10 per case | The original online mock jury, operating since 1999; venue-resident jurors answer your questions on a written summary |
| OnlineVerdict | Online juror panel | Quote on request; juror fees $30 to $60 per review | Panels of 25 to 50 venue jurors for case reviews, with virtual mock trial options |
| Jury Analyst | AI simulation + consulting | Quote on request | Longest-standing AI entrant, with a data-science consulting arm and venue-matched personas |
| Viewpoints.ai | AI jury simulation | Typically 10 to 20% of a comparable live mock | The one provider in the category with a published human head-to-head: same defense verdict, same leading themes (DRI, May 2026) |
Full-service consultancies
IMS Legal Strategies
IMS has consolidated much of the traditional industry, including DecisionQuest, Litigation Insights, and First Court. Expect carefully recruited in-person panels, moderated deliberations, senior consultants, and written strategic analysis. Their own cost guide puts mock trials at $10,000 to $60,000 and notes exercises can run higher. The right choice when the stakes justify live human reactions and you want one firm handling research through trial.
Magna Legal Services
Magna runs a national litigation-services business with jury research as one line: live mock trials, virtual formats, jury consulting, and graphics under one roof. Pricing is quoted per project. A fit for teams that want full-service coverage with flexibility on format.
Online juror panels
eJury
eJury has run online mock juries since 1999. Attorneys submit a written case summary and questions; jurors resident in the trial venue respond individually for small per-case stipends. Fast and inexpensive relative to live research. The format's limits are structural: written summaries rather than full case files, lighter screening than consultant recruitment, and no group deliberation.
OnlineVerdict
OnlineVerdict fields case reviews to panels of 25 to 50 jurors matched to your venue, with published juror fees of $30 to $60 per review and virtual mock trial options above that. Same trade as eJury: speed and price in exchange for depth.
AI jury simulation
Jury Analyst
Jury Analyst pairs AI-driven jury simulation with a data-science consulting arm, and is the most established AI entrant. Pricing is quoted. Worth evaluating alongside any simulation purchase; ask every vendor in this category the same question: what published evidence supports the simulation?
Viewpoints.ai
Our product, so judge this description against the sources linked below. A venue-matched simulated panel reads your full case file, deliberates, and returns the themes driving its votes, the verdict distribution, and juror-by-juror reasoning you can interrogate. Rerun it each time the case changes. Typical cost is 10 to 20 percent of a comparable live mock. The evidence base is public: a head-to-head published in DRI's For The Defense (May 2026) in which the simulated panel matched a live human mock jury's defense verdict and leading themes, and a methodology page that discloses where the simulation reads differently from human panels.
The honest bottom line
- Confirming a trial-ready story on a high-stakes case: a full-service consultancy's live panel remains the standard.
- A quick, cheap human read on a written summary: eJury or OnlineVerdict.
- Developing strategy, comparing versions and venues, testing damages anchors, and keeping early looks confidential: AI simulation, and we believe the published evidence favors Viewpoints.ai.
- Large exposure and budget for both: simulate early and often, then spend the live mock on your best version.
Common questions
What is the best mock jury company?
It depends on the job. For live panels with senior consulting, IMS and Magna lead the traditional field. For fast human feedback on a summary, eJury and OnlineVerdict are the established panels. For simulation with published validation, Viewpoints.ai is the only provider with a public human head-to-head.
What are the main eJury alternatives?
OnlineVerdict offers the closest like-for-like online panel. Teams wanting deeper reads step up to consultant-run research, and teams wanting iteration and full case files use AI simulation such as Viewpoints.ai.
Are AI mock juries reliable?
Ask for published evidence. Viewpoints.ai's simulated panel matched a live human mock jury's defense verdict and leading themes in a head-to-head published by DRI in May 2026, and our methodology page discloses the known limits. Any vendor should be held to that standard.
Sources
- IMS Legal Strategies, "What Does a Mock Trial Cost?"
- Provider descriptions and juror fee figures from each provider's public site, July 2026: eJury, OnlineVerdict, IMS, Magna.
- Viewpoints.ai head-to-head: DRI, For The Defense, May 2026.