Flat-Fee Pricing for your First^® Online Prenup

Hiring two attorneys is the traditional route, and it typically runs $3,000 to $10,000 or more per couple. In higher cost metros such as New York, Los Angeles and the Bay Area, where family law rates reach $1,000 an hour, it regularly runs past that. The total is not known until the work is finished, because each partner's lawyer bills separately. See more on what drives prenup cost.

First^® is flat fee instead: $649 for Self-Serve and $3,500 for Lawyer Review, which gives each partner their own independent attorney. Online notarization is included in both, and neither carries a retainer or an hourly bill.

Self-Serve is $649 per couple and Lawyer Review is $3,500 per couple. Both are flat fees that include online notarization, and neither has a retainer or an hourly bill. Bespoke is quoted per couple, since it is built for complex situations that require the most comprehensive legal support.

Self-Serve is the full platform on your own timeline, at $649: a guided questionnaire, an agreement drafted to your state's rules, and online notarization included.

Lawyer Review is $3,500 and adds an independent attorney for each partner, with full review, edits and Q&A time on both sides. Rush service is available as an add-on.

Bespoke is the concierge package, quoted per couple. It carries everything in Lawyer Review, then adds drafting of unique provisions, calls and video meetings with your attorney, white glove support through the whole process, and rush service as standard. It is built for the most advanced scenarios: complex trusts, founder equity, interconnected financial impacts, and more.

The cheapest route that still produces an enforceable agreement is a flat-fee online platform. First^® Self-Serve is $649 and drafts a custom prenup that aligns with your state’s rules.

Templates, free and paid alike, often do not handle state-specific requirements or financial disclosure, which is what gets prenups challenged later. They also leave the whole process to you. Self-Serve is a guided process rather than a document: it takes both partners through full financial disclosure, helps you get aligned provision by provision, and carries you through signing and notarization, so you are less likely to miss a step or agree to something that could undo the agreement later.

Customers who choose the Lawyer Review package with First benefit from separate counsel for each partner, because attorney independence only exists if counsel represents one party, not both. That means two separate engagements on the same agreement, each billing its own hours for review, advice and negotiation, and each sending its own invoice. Hourly billing also makes the final number hard to predict, and that is before the work of finding two attorneys, consulting with them, and securing two who sit inside your budget. First^® Lawyer Review is $3,500 flat for the couple, with an attorney for each partner, and Bespoke carries the same two attorneys with guided support and consultation for the most complex financial scenarios.

No. With First the price you see is the price, and online notarization is included in every package, in every state where remote online notarization is legally accepted. The one optional extra is rush service on Lawyer Review, priced upfront, and it is required for agreements initiated within 45 days of the legal marriage date.

In most states you can create a valid prenup without one, as long as it meets your state’s rules on disclosure, timing, and signing. Some states require independent counsel for particular provisions: in California a spousal support waiver is only enforceable if each party was represented by their own lawyer (Cal. Fam. Code §1612(c)). Beyond the states that require it, independent attorneys add real value and assurance to the process. They review the agreement against your circumstances, edit the language with you, and talk through what each provision would mean in practice, so what you sign is what you both intended and nothing has been missed. If you want counsel on both sides, choose Lawyer Review or Bespoke.

First is a guided service rather than a form, and it handles the whole range: straightforward savings and property, through to business interests, trusts and founder equity. Every package is flat fee with online notarization included in every state where remote online notarization is legally accepted, and both Lawyer Review and Bespoke give each partner their own independent attorney.

Those attorneys are experienced family law practitioners, vetted and trained on First's platform. First is rated 4.9 on Trustpilot, the highest of any online prenup service. You can see how the options compare in our guide to the best online prenup service.