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        "day": "2026-08-05",
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        "day": "2026-08-06",
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        "pairs": 8,
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      {
        "day": "2026-08-07",
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        "pairs": 8,
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        "day": "2026-08-08",
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        "pairs": 8,
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      {
        "day": "2026-08-09",
        "index": 100,
        "pairs": 8,
        "dayChangePct": 0
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        "day": "2026-08-10",
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        "pairs": 8,
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        "day": "2026-08-11",
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        "dayChangePct": 0
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      {
        "day": "2026-08-12",
        "index": 100,
        "pairs": 10,
        "dayChangePct": 0
      },
      {
        "day": "2026-08-13",
        "index": 100,
        "pairs": 10,
        "dayChangePct": 0
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      {
        "day": "2026-08-14",
        "index": 100,
        "pairs": 11,
        "dayChangePct": 0
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      {
        "day": "2026-08-15",
        "index": 100,
        "pairs": 11,
        "dayChangePct": 0
      },
      {
        "day": "2026-08-16",
        "index": 100,
        "pairs": 11,
        "dayChangePct": 0
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      {
        "day": "2026-08-17",
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      "short_summary": "Search and retrieve Korean statutes and administrative rules with precise filters, access English translations, and explore linkages with local ordinances",
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        "observed": false,
        "billing": "not_found",
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        "monthly_usd": null,
        "headline": "No public price found",
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      "evidence_quality": "high",
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    {
      "agent_id": "openlegi",
      "name": "openlegi",
      "url": "https://www.openlegi.fr",
      "short_summary": "provides programmatic access to French legal sources via MCP protocol",
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        "observed": true,
        "billing": "free",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
        "monthly_usd": null,
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      "evidence_quality": "high",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "america_law_graph",
      "name": "America's Law Graph",
      "url": "https://smithery.ai/server/vestara/america-law-graph",
      "short_summary": "US federal and state statutory law MCP server. 529K sections across 50 states, the US Code, and Code of Federal Regulations. 11 tools: fulltext search, citatio…",
      "price": {
        "observed": true,
        "billing": "freemium",
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      "evidence_quality": "medium",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "caselaw",
      "name": "Case Law Search",
      "url": "https://smithery.ai/server/alexandria-shai-eden/caselaw",
      "short_summary": "Search 9M+ court opinions and federal dockets.",
      "price": {
        "observed": true,
        "billing": "freemium",
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        "monthly_usd": 10,
        "headline": "Free tier, then from $10/mo",
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      "evidence_quality": "medium",
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      "price": {
        "observed": true,
        "billing": "freemium",
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      "evidence_quality": "medium",
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      "agent_id": "corpus_legal",
      "name": "Corpus Legal",
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      "price": {
        "observed": true,
        "billing": "subscription",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": 8.25,
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      "evidence_quality": "medium",
      "upvotes": 0
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    {
      "agent_id": "courtlistener_mcp_server",
      "name": "Courtlistener",
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        "observed": false,
        "billing": "not_found",
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        "monthly_usd": null,
        "headline": "No public price found",
        "summary": "No public price found on the vendor site."
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      "evidence_quality": "medium",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "eur_lex_mcp_server",
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      "short_summary": "Search EU legislation, CJEU case law, and treaties; traverse CELLAR graph; browse EuroVoc concepts.",
      "price": {
        "observed": false,
        "billing": "not_found",
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        "monthly_usd": null,
        "headline": "No public price found",
        "summary": "No public price found on the vendor site."
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      "evidence_quality": "medium",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "ezel",
      "name": "Ezel",
      "url": "https://ezel.ai",
      "short_summary": "AI legal research over MCP: search U.S. case law, fetch full opinions, and ask matter-aware questions grounded in your own documents.\n\n### Tools\n\n- ezel_search…",
      "price": {
        "observed": true,
        "billing": "subscription",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": 249,
        "monthly_usd": 249,
        "headline": "From $249/mo",
        "summary": "From $249/mo. Ezel offers a $249-per-month Professional subscription, plus one-time document purchases from $99 and single court filings for $49."
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      "evidence_quality": "medium",
      "upvotes": 0
    },
    {
      "agent_id": "immigration_research",
      "name": "Immigration Research",
      "url": "https://biaedge.com",
      "short_summary": "Read-only U.S. immigration legal research for AI clients, including BIA, AAO and federal circuit decisions, INA and CFR text, USCIS policy, unpublished decisio…",
      "price": {
        "observed": true,
        "billing": "free",
        "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
        "monthly_usd": null,
        "headline": "Free",
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      "evidence_quality": "medium",
      "upvotes": 0
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    {
      "agent_id": "litmas_ai",
      "name": "Litmas Ai",
      "url": "https://litmas.ai/pricing/",
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        "summary": "From $999/mo. The site shows a $999/month flat-rate offering with access across an entire caseload or docket."
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      "also_covers": true,
      "upvotes": 0
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          "p75": null,
          "status": "median_only"
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        "This niche currently has sufficient MCP pricing but insufficient agent pricing."
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          "niche": "legal-research-agent"
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        "note": "add provider_type + buyer_tier for a specific cohort"
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      },
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        "published": false,
        "value_pct": null,
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      },
      "m": {
        "published": false,
        "value_pct": null,
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      }
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    "pricing_version": "cohorts-1",
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          {
            "provider": "yargiai",
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          {
            "provider": "caselaw",
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          },
          {
            "provider": "america_law_graph",
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            "provider": "lawstronaut_mcp",
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            "provider": "citation_safe",
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      {
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          "plan_observation_count": 4
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          {
            "provider": "citation_safe",
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          },
          {
            "provider": "ezel",
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          },
          {
            "provider": "thai_legal",
            "usd": 490
          }
        ]
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      {
        "tier": "enterprise",
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          "plan_observation_count": 3
        },
        "reliability": "low",
        "members": [
          {
            "provider": "jurisprudencias",
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          {
            "provider": "legal_research",
            "usd": 9999
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        ]
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        "one_time": 2
      }
    },
    "pricing_note": "Provider-deduped, FX-normalized monthly medians, separated by buyer tier AND billing unit (flat/per_seat/per_user/per_agent) — incompatible units are never blended. Ranges (p25/p75) only at >=5 providers; data_confidence is provider-count-weighted. Usage-metered, promo, range, one-time and ambiguous-cadence plans are excluded.",
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    "billing_mix": {
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      "free": 5
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      {
        "agent_id": "lexlink_ko_mcp",
        "name": "Korean Law Search",
        "price": {
          "observed": false,
          "billing": "not_found",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
          "monthly_usd": null,
          "headline": "No public price found",
          "summary": "No public price found on the vendor site."
        },
        "observed": false
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "openlegi",
        "name": "openlegi",
        "price": {
          "observed": true,
          "billing": "free",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": null,
          "monthly_usd": null,
          "headline": "Free",
          "summary": "OpenLegi publicly indicates free access, with no paid plan or billing period shown."
        },
        "observed": true
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "america_law_graph",
        "name": "America's Law Graph",
        "price": {
          "observed": true,
          "billing": "freemium",
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          "monthly_usd": 10,
          "headline": "Free tier, then from $10/mo",
          "summary": "Free tier, then from $10/mo. Smithery offers a free Hobby tier, a $10/month Pay as you Go plan with usage-based RPC overage, and custom pricing for enterprise features."
        },
        "observed": true
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "caselaw",
        "name": "Case Law Search",
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          "observed": true,
          "billing": "freemium",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": 10,
          "monthly_usd": 10,
          "headline": "Free tier, then from $10/mo",
          "summary": "Free tier, then from $10/mo. Smithery offers a free Hobby plan, a $10/mo Pay as You Go plan with usage credits, and custom pricing for enterprise features."
        },
        "observed": true
      },
      {
        "agent_id": "citation_safe",
        "name": "Citation Safe",
        "price": {
          "observed": true,
          "billing": "freemium",
          "lowest_monthly_usd": 12,
          "monthly_usd": 12,
          "headline": "Free tier, then from $12/mo",
          "summary": "Free tier, then from $12/mo. Citation Safe offers a free tier with 3 monthly verifications and paid monthly plans from $12/mo to $79/mo, with annual billing advertised as saving 20%."
        },
        "observed": true
      }
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      {
        "tool": "price_benchmark",
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          "niche": "legal-research-agent"
        },
        "purpose": "full observed price distribution + per-tier medians for this niche"
      },
      {
        "tool": "niche_report",
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          "niche": "legal-research-agent",
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        "purpose": "the complete report incl. index series and tier decomposition"
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      {
        "tool": "suggest_alternatives",
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        "purpose": "comparable (optionally cheaper) providers to a named agent"
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      {
        "tool": "get_agent_profile",
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          "agent_id": "lexlink_ko_mcp"
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        "purpose": "full profile, integrations and pricing for one provider"
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}