Lexis+ vs. Lexis Search Advantage

Lexis Advance is highly customizable and intuitive, perfect for solo or small practitioners who lack the patience for extended training and too much searching. The contracts are also customizable and can be graduated for new practices so you don't go broke in year one paying for research. I do wish there was more contact with a dedicated account rep, and perhaps not with sales. In a larger firm, you can stack more features and content as needed. I probably would go back in time and renegotiate my contract, which stepped up quite a lot in year two and will step up again in year 3 to what I think will be an uncomfortable level. Also, Lexis has maybe one too many brands and could stand a redesign of the main home page.

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It is good for researching previous news stories on a subject and it can be helpful for tracking down people and their biographical information. If you're looking for academic studies on a subject, this is not the best place to go in my opinion. It is also not always current with addresses and phone numbers.

Incentivized

• Legal Research is top notch. The results are current and almost always relevant
• Filtering - Results can be filtered by State Court, Federal Court (and all districts), Practice area (Medial Malpractice, Mass Tort, Personal Injury etc ...)
• Availability - Lexis Advanced site is always up, I have never had any issues connecting to Lexis Advanced when I needed to research something

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• Searching for news stories on a subject.
• Tracking down people.
• Tracking down previous residences of a person.

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• We did have some billing questions once and they weren't quick to respond.
• Going outside of your subscription costs an arm and a leg.
• They have a lot of reps that don't offer the same package pricing.

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• Not all address location information is accurate or up to date.
• The previous search function for news stories was easier to use than what was changed last year.

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Very intuitive, easy to use visual qualitative assessments, and I like that they don't "summarize" rules but give exact quotes from cases. The product is super customizable and you can try before you buy. Unlike their main competitor, I don't feel like they tricked me or set me up to purchase more content that I don't need--so in terms of service and overall functionality, they are superior to the competition.

Incentivized

Haven't reached out except for password help but the response was quick. A couple times it locked me out for no reason

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It's been several years since I called for help but when I did, Lexis was very helpful.

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I switched from Westlaw because the new Lexis Advance platform seemed more intuitive and I found more cases on point than searching in Westlaw.

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Lexis is much more refined in its results. I use it because it is a newsroom standard and it is what is provided by the company.

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• Good ROI for finding debtors
• Good ROI for serving defendants in lawsuits (finding their location information)
• Good ROI for legal research, even though more costly than other options

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• No idea -- I don't deal with our finances.

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