How HearthVault stacks up.
Every product here is good at something. We list what they do well, where they stop, and the prices we found — so you can pick the right tool, even if it isn't us. Checked September 2026.
HearthVault vs Trustworthy
$120 / $240 / $480 per year (Silver / Gold / Platinum)
Trustworthy is polished, SOC 2 Type II audited, with native apps and a Chrome extension. It is also 1.5–6× the price of HearthVault and stops at storage-and-sharing: there is no beneficiary checker, no bereavement workflow and no memorial tooling.
Read the comparisonHearthVault vs Everplans
$99.99 per year (free up to 10 items)
Everplans pioneered the structured legacy plan and its 'deputies' model is sound. It is workbook-first: you type answers into sections. HearthVault starts from the documents you already have, reads them, and builds the plan from what it finds — then keeps it current with reminders and a yearly check-up.
Read the comparisonHearthVault vs Trust & Will
Will-based plans from ~$199 one-time; trust plans from ~$499; optional membership ~$49/yr
They solve different problems. Trust & Will drafts the legal instruments; HearthVault keeps them executed, findable and current, adds everything a will doesn't cover (accounts, policies, passwords, wishes, funeral costs) and prepares the people who will use them. Many families use both — HearthVault's Library even links out to Trust & Will as a provider.
Read the comparisonWhat HearthVault is built for
Free (25 documents) · Plus $8/mo or $79/yr · Family $18/mo or $179/yr
- AI reads every upload: category, key fields, dates, full-text search
- Reminders mined from the documents themselves + monthly digest
- Estate Library (16 documents) with guided builder and attorney review
- Beneficiary checker with confirmation letters
- Bank linking with account-holder names via Stripe Financial Connections
- Bereavement pack, memorial page, obituary drafter, thank-you tracker
- Role PINs, owner 2FA, break-glass and request-based emergency access
- Encrypted full-vault backup any time — no lock-in
- No trackers, no ads
See it with your own papers.
Free for 25 documents. Export everything, encrypted, whenever you like.