1lookupFederal Litigation Check
1¢
a check
PACERpacer.uscourts.gov
10¢
a search
1¢ a check, 90% below PACER's 10¢ a search
PACER charges 10¢ a search, and 1Lookup charges 1¢ a check.
Looking for a PACER alternative for federal court case search? This page sets PACER pricing beside 1Lookup's Federal Litigation Check, with every PACER figure taken from its own published page, read October 2026.
Federal Litigation Check requires approval: start the free trial, then send a short application.
1lookupvsPACERPick your monthly volume and read both bills side by side
One check returns the federal civil cases a company or person is party to, with the kind of suit, the court, the dates and the outcome. Same credits as every other 1Lookup product.
1Lookup
1¢
a check
PACER
10¢
a search
90%
less than PACER's published price
5,000
1Lookup$99 a monthStarter, up to 10,000 checks
- PACER$500 a month
Pay per use
At 5,000 checks a month, 1Lookup is $401 a month less than PACER: 80% less.
Starter at $99 a month covers up to 10,000 checks (2 credits each). Credits you do not spend here work on every other 1Lookup lookup.
Federal Litigation Check requires approval: start the free trial, then send a short application.
Monthly bill
What checks cost each month on 1Lookup and on PACER
1Lookup is the cheapest plan that covers the volume, month to month. PACER is the cheapest way its own page prints to buy the same volume.
| Checks a month | 1Lookup | PACER |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | $99Starter | $0Fees waived |
| 500 | $99Starter | $50Pay per use |
| 1,000 | $99Starter | $100Pay per use |
| 5,000 | $99Starter | $500Pay per use |
| 10,000 | $99Starter | $1,000Pay per use |
| 50,000 | $799Professional | $5,000Pay per use |
| 100,000 | $799Professional | $10,000Pay per use |
PACER's monthly bill is lower than 1Lookup's at 1 to 989 checks a month. A search that fills more than one page of results costs 10¢ for each page; the bills here count one page a search.
Side by side
How Federal Litigation Check and PACER differ, line by line
| What you compare | 1Lookup | PACER |
|---|---|---|
| Price per search | 1¢ (2 credits) on Starter | 10¢ a page, at least one page a search |
| A search that finds nothing | Billed as one check | Billed by the page, with no cap |
| What comes back | Case count, kind of suit, court, dates and outcome, as data | Pages of search results, then docket pages |
| Documents | Not included | 10¢ a page, at most $3 a document |
| Bulk | API and bulk file | One search at a time |
| How you get access | Free trial, then a short application | Register for a PACER account |
The honest part
Where PACER is the better buy, and where 1Lookup is
1lookupPick 1Lookup for
- 1¢ a check on Starter, down to 0.4¢ on Enterprise.
- The API and bulk file upload on every plan, with no seat fees.
- One credit balance for Federal Litigation Check and 74 other data products.
- Unused subscription credits roll over for up to 3 months.
PACERPick PACER for
- PACER is the courts' own system, with every docket and document; 1Lookup returns case data, not documents.
- PACER waives its fees for anyone who spends $30 or less in a quarter, which is about 100 one-page searches a month.
- PACER covers criminal, bankruptcy and appeals cases too; 1Lookup's check covers federal civil cases.
- PACER's monthly bill is lower than 1Lookup's at 1 to 989 checks a month.
Source
This is PACER's price, as its own page printed it
Every PACER figure on this page comes from this page, so you can check it against the source instead of trusting our transcription.
Access
Federal Litigation Check requires approval, and it takes three steps
Federal Litigation Check requires approval: start the free trial, then send a short application.
- 01
Start the free trial
Create your account and start the 7-day free trial. Every other 1Lookup product works from the first minute.
- 02
Send a short application
Right after the trial starts, your account asks a few questions about your business and how you will use Federal Litigation Check.
- 03
Run checks once approved
We review each business before we switch Federal Litigation Check on. Then it runs by API or bulk file on the same credits.
Questions
People ask these questions before they switch from PACER
How much does a PACER search cost?
PACER charges 10¢ a page, and a search is billed by the pages of results it fills, even when it finds no matches. There is no cap on search fees; the $3 cap applies to documents. Fees are waived for a quarter in which an account spends $30 or less.
What does 1Lookup's Federal Litigation Check cost?
2 credits a check: 1¢ on Starter, 0.4¢ on Enterprise. A check that finds no cases costs the same and returns a count of zero.
When is PACER the cheaper bill?
PACER's bill is lower at 1 to 989 checks a month. 1Lookup's bill is lower at 991 to 500,000. Both bills use the cheapest published way to buy each volume, and a 1Lookup plan's credits also pay for every other 1Lookup lookup.
How do I get access to Federal Litigation Check?
Federal Litigation Check requires approval. Start the 7-day free trial, and right after it starts your account asks for a short application about your business and how you will use the results. We review each one before we switch the product on.
1lookupStart your free trial, apply for Federal Litigation Check, and compare the bill with PACER
Federal Litigation Check requires approval: start the free trial, then send a short application.