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Current platform comparison

Death-planning platforms solve different jobs.

MORTL organizes this comparison by the job a person needs done: immediate guidance, state-law explanation, legal-document creation, household organization, funeral-provider search, or family handoff. Product status and pricing were checked against the companies’ current public pages.

Reviewed August 1, 2026. Prices and services can change.

Conflict disclosure: MORTL wrote this page and includes itself. Every competitor claim links to the company’s current official page. MORTL accepts correction requests at Report an Error.

Before the brand names

Choose by the work, the data, and the exit.

  1. 1What exact job do you need solved today?
  2. 2Does the service create legal documents or explain how to prepare for them?
  3. 3What remains usable without a subscription?
  4. 4What information is stored, and how can it be exported or deleted?
  5. 5Can another person access the plan, and what controls that access?
  6. 6Is the product still active and supported?

Five current profiles

What each service is for now.

MORTL

Independent death education, situation-based guidance, state-law explainers, planning tools, and lightweight organization.

Strongest fit
People who need plain answers before or after a death, especially when they are overwhelmed or do not know which task comes first.
Published cost
Public guidance and the someone-just-died path are free. Premium is $9 per month or $69 per year.
Account
No account for public resources. An account is used for cross-device saving and Premium organization features.
Legal documents
Education and preparation tools. MORTL is not a law firm and does not sell an attorney-designed legal-document package.
Storage and sharing
Saved planning data, an owner-only document area, and read-only family sharing for up to five people. Public document-file sharing is off.

MORTL product and pricing pages ↗

Everplans

Organization app for vital information and documents, step-by-step guidance, and sharing with trusted people.

Strongest fit
People whose primary job is organizing household, financial, document, account, and family information in one system.
Published cost
The official help center says the free tier allows up to three items. Everplans Premium is $99.99 per year.
Account
An account is required for the Everplans app.
Legal documents
Guidance for obtaining documents. Everplans states that it is not a law firm or financial advisory firm.
Storage and sharing
Document and information storage with secure sharing to trusted people, according to Everplans.

Everplans product overview and pricing ↗ Pricing source ↗

Trust & Will

Online creation of attorney-designed, state-specific wills, trusts, and related estate-plan documents.

Strongest fit
People ready to buy and complete a will or trust package through a guided online service.
Published cost
Its official comparison page lists an individual Will Plan at $199 and an individual Trust Plan at $499. Optional membership is listed at $49 per year.
Account
An account is used to build, download, and update the plan.
Legal documents
State-specific will and trust packages, plus related documents. Trust & Will states that it is not a law firm.
Storage and sharing
Its membership page lists a digital vault and AI-powered answers.

Trust & Will official plan comparison ↗

Cake / Altogether Funeral

As of this review, joincake.com redirects to Altogether Funeral, a nationwide network of funeral homes, cremation providers, cemeteries, planning content, and provider search.

Strongest fit
People looking for funeral planning content or a funeral, cremation, or cemetery provider in the Altogether network.
Published cost
The current public destination does not publish one platform subscription price.
Account
The current public destination is a provider network and content site.
Legal documents
The current public destination focuses on funeral planning and providers rather than a general legal-document package.
Storage and sharing
The former Cake planning experience is not presented on the current joincake.com destination.

Current joincake.com destination ↗

Lantern / Wellthy

Lantern was acquired by Wellthy. Wellthy states that Lantern will decommission on September 1, 2026 and Lantern accounts will become unavailable September 2.

Strongest fit
Existing Lantern members who need to export their plan or ask Wellthy about continued support before the announced shutdown.
Published cost
The retirement notice does not offer a new Lantern plan.
Account
Existing Lantern members are directed to download their information before account access ends.
Legal documents
Wellthy says Lantern materials are being integrated into its caregiving services.
Storage and sharing
Existing members should follow Wellthy’s export instructions before the announced decommission date.

Wellthy Lantern retirement notice ↗

Comparison questions

The short answers.

What is the best death-planning platform for someone who does not know where to start?

Choose by job. MORTL starts with the person’s situation and state, Everplans centers organization and secure sharing, and Trust & Will centers paid legal-document creation. Cake’s former public URL now routes to Altogether Funeral, and Lantern has announced that its account service will be decommissioned in September 2026.

Which death-planning platform keeps essential crisis guidance free?

MORTL states that its someone-just-died path stays free and does not require an account. Its public state guides, articles, provider directory, and multiple planning tools are also available without a Premium subscription.

Which platform creates a will or trust?

Trust & Will sells state-specific will and trust plans. MORTL provides education, preparation tools, and links to official forms, but it is not a law firm and does not replace an attorney or a completed, properly executed legal document.

Which platform is most focused on storing and sharing household information?

Everplans publicly describes its core product as organizing, storing, and securely sharing vital documents and household information. MORTL offers lighter organization features alongside public guidance and state-law explainers.

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