The honest range runs from a $40 template you probably shouldn't trust to $10,000 in attorney fees you probably don't need. Here's what each tier actually costs in 2026, what you get for it, and where the money goes.
A prenup in 2026 costs about $595 on a state-specific online platform, $2,500–$10,000+ through traditional attorneys (averaging around $8,000), roughly $5,000 through concierge services, and under $100 for generic templates most couples should avoid.
Prenup pricing confuses people because the same two words — 'prenuptial agreement' — cover four very different purchases. The table below is the whole market in one view; the sections after it explain what each tier actually buys and which one your situation calls for.
| Typical cost (couple) | What you're buying | Best for | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generic template (DIY) | $0–$100 | A fill-in-the-blank document, usually not tailored to your state | Almost no one — enforceability risk usually outweighs the savings |
| Online platform (state-specific) | $595 agreement; $645 with online notarization where supported | Attorney-designed agreement tailored to your state and answers, guided disclosure, e-sign and notarization workflow | Couples with straightforward finances: incomes, home, savings, retirement, ordinary debt |
| Online platform + attorney review | $1,294 with one review; $1,344 including online notarization | Everything above, plus a 60-minute review call with an attorney licensed in your state, where available | Couples who want professional sign-off without the full two-attorney process |
| Online platform + two attorneys | $1,900 flat | The agreement, online notarization, and a 60-minute review call for each partner with their own attorney, where available | Couples who want each partner advised by their own attorney at a fixed price |
| Concierge attorney service | ~$5,000 flat | A platform that matches and manages independent attorneys for both partners | Couples who want full representation with a managed, flat-fee experience |
| Traditional two-attorney route | $2,500–$10,000+ (avg ≈ $8,000) | Custom drafting, negotiation, and independent counsel of record for each partner | Businesses, large wealth gaps, international assets, complex estates |
Family-law attorneys bill roughly $200–$1,000 per hour (past $500 in major metros easily), and a properly done traditional prenup involves two of them — which is how totals reach $2,500–$10,000 and beyond.
The traditional route isn't expensive because lawyers are gouging you; it's expensive because of how the work is structured. Ethically, one attorney can't represent both of you — your interests aren't identical — so a by-the-book traditional prenup means two professionals, each billing hourly: intake, a first draft, the other side's redlines, a negotiation round or two, revisions, and execution. Basic agreements land in the $2,500–$4,000 range; add a business valuation or contested terms and $10,000 arrives faster than you'd think. One industry survey found couples averaging about $8,000 all-in.
What that money legitimately buys: custom drafting for genuinely unusual situations, a professional negotiator advocating your interests, and the process protection of independent counsel of record for each partner — which some courts treat as strong evidence the agreement was fair. Whether that's worth it depends entirely on whether your situation actually uses those three things. Two teachers with retirement accounts and a condo are paying for negotiation capacity they'll never deploy.
The agreement costs $595 per couple. Where supported, online notarization adds $50 and attorney review adds $699 per person. That is $645 with notarization, or $1,344 with notarization and one review. The $1,900 package includes a separate attorney for each partner, subject to availability.
The agreement costs $595 per couple. Online notarization adds $50, for $645 total where supported. Our checkout automatically adds notarization in Arkansas, Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri, New Mexico, and New York; it is unavailable for Louisiana prenups. Check your state guide and current pricing before choosing.
Online platforms collapsed the price by collapsing the drafting: an experienced attorney designs the agreement architecture once, and software tailors it to your state and your answers. And the attorney behind ours is not a generic one. Trusted Prenup's agreement was written by James Sexton, Esq. — widely regarded as the best divorce lawyer in America, with 25 years of practice and some of the biggest divorce cases in the country behind him. He has spent a career watching marital agreements get pulled apart in court, and he designed this one to survive that. You answer a guided questionnaire (both partners participate, which handles the disclosure step courts care about), and the platform assembles an agreement built for your state's requirements.
The honest all-in math: $595 for the agreement, $50 if you use online notarization, and, where available, $699 per person if you add the attorney review — a 60-minute call with an attorney licensed in your state, hand-picked by us rather than pulled from a directory. So a couple can be completely done, notarized, with one attorney review of the document, for about $1,350 — under a fifth of the average traditional bill. If you both want your own attorney, the $1,900 full package bundles the agreement, notarization, and a review call for each partner with their own attorney (where available). Refund eligibility is explained in our refund terms. What the online route does not include is negotiation: if you and your partner need advocates to hammer out contested terms, you've outgrown the category — see the comparison of when each route fits.
Generic templates fail precisely where prenups get tested — state-specific disclosure and execution requirements — so the money they save up front is routinely repaid with interest in an enforceability fight.
Ask any litigator who has taken a template prenup apart in court: they lose the same way every time. A fill-in-the-blank document written for no state in particular doesn't force real financial disclosure, doesn't know your state won't enforce its spousal-support waiver, and doesn't mention the waiting period or witness rule your state happens to have. Each miss is a door a challenging attorney walks through years later, when the stakes are your actual assets instead of $40.
The same goes — only more so — for asking an AI chatbot to draft your prenup. A generated document has every defect of the $40 template plus a few of its own: invented clauses, no verified state law behind it, no disclosure process, and no attorney anywhere in its history. If it's ever challenged, an AI-drafted prenup isn't getting argued over — it's getting thrown out.
If budget is the constraint, the answer isn't a generic template — it's a state-specific platform at $595, which is priced within reach of any couple planning a wedding. The average American wedding costs north of $30,000; the document governing everything you own does not deserve less than a fifth of one percent of that.
Let complexity set your budget: ordinary finances point to the $595–$1,350 online range; businesses, large wealth gaps, or cross-border assets justify the $2,000–$10,000 attorney tiers.
Work the ladder honestly. Ordinary finances — incomes, a home, retirement accounts, ordinary debts — are fully served at $595, or around $1,350 with notarization and an attorney review call for peace of mind. A meaningful wealth gap, or a partner who wants independent advice, points to adding independent counsel — via a concierge service around $5,000 or self-arranged reviews for less. A business, professional practice, international assets, or blended-family estate stakes: go traditional, budget $5,000–$10,000, and consider it cheap insurance.
The mistake isn't picking any particular tier — it's paying for a tier whose features you'll never use, or trusting a tier that can't handle what you actually have. Price the complexity, not the anxiety.
An attorney-designed agreement for your state, with separate paid notarization and attorney review services where available.
Start Your Prenup →Between $595 and $10,000+, depending on the route. A state-specific online prenup costs $595 flat (about $1,350 with notarization and an attorney review call). Traditional attorney-drafted prenups run $2,500–$10,000+ per couple, averaging around $8,000 in industry surveys. Concierge attorney-matching services run about $5,000.
Family-law attorneys typically bill $200–$1,000 per hour, and a traditional prenup needs two of them — one for each partner. Simple attorney-drafted agreements start around $2,500 per couple; complex ones pass $10,000. If you mainly want a lawyer to check the document, an attorney review call costs $699 per person on Trusted Prenup, or $1,900 flat for the agreement, notarization, and an attorney for each of you.
The cheapest reliable way is a state-specific online prenup: $595 flat on Trusted Prenup, plus about $50 if your state calls for notarization. Free and $40 templates cost less up front, but they usually ignore your state's disclosure and signing rules — the details courts check when a prenup is challenged.
No — the agreement itself is one price per couple ($595 on Trusted Prenup), and either partner can pay. Attorney costs are where it becomes per person: each partner needs their own lawyer, so attorney fees and attorney review calls are priced per partner.
Because a by-the-book traditional prenup requires two attorneys — one per partner, since one lawyer can't ethically represent both — each billing roughly $200–$1,000 per hour through intake, drafting, redlines, negotiation, and execution. The structure of the work, not any single fee, is what drives totals into the thousands.
Rarely. Generic templates fail at exactly the points courts test — state-specific execution formalities, financial disclosure, and clauses your state will actually enforce. For $595, a state-specific online platform closes those gaps; the savings from going cheaper than that carry real enforceability risk.
Notarization (about $50 online), plus whatever your state's execution formalities require — witnesses or timing windows in a handful of states, which cost little or nothing to satisfy but are expensive to miss. Check your state's requirements in our free state guides. Also budget calendar time: signing too close to the wedding invites duress challenges.
Not by itself. Courts test disclosure, voluntariness, fairness, and state formalities — a $595 agreement that satisfies those beats an $8,000 one signed under pressure a week before the wedding. Where spending more genuinely helps is complexity (businesses, cross-border assets) and independent counsel for each partner when the wealth gap is large.
$595 per couple for the agreement. Online notarization adds $50 where supported and is automatically added in some states. Attorney review adds $699 per person where available. The $1,900 package includes the agreement, notarization, and a separate attorney for each partner, subject to state coverage. See pricing for details and refund terms.
The $5,000 concierge price was re-checked against Neptune's public prenup page on October 10, 2026. Other third-party estimates are illustrative and vary by provider and situation. Trusted Prenup makes one of the products discussed. Confirm pricing directly with your chosen provider.
Trusted Prenup is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. This page is general information about prenuptial agreements and pricing and is not a substitute for advice from a licensed attorney about your situation.