Starter
$99/user/moSolo practitioner, agent, or investigator
One user with the product surface for this vertical.
Bail Core pricing
Bail Core pricing — built for bail bond agencies.
Try Bail Core free for 3 months. Full feature access. Credit card required at signup; converts to paid at trial end.
Bail Core pricing for agency operations.
Bail Core is priced for bail bond agencies that need defendant tracking, court-date monitoring, indemnitor context, surety obligations, forfeiture follow-up, field communication, mobile notes, and attorney coordination in one private operating system. Published software pricing is annual per-user pricing: Starter is $99 per user/month for one user, Small Team is $149 per user/month for 2–10 users, Firm is $199 per user/month for 11–25 users, and larger deployments receive custom pricing. Every Bail Core customer can start with a 3-month free trial with full feature access. A credit card is required at signup and the account converts to paid service at trial end unless canceled. The first 100 Bail Core customers can join the founding cohort and receive 25% off published subscription pricing for 2 years from subscription start. The first 10 can apply for the design partner program, which gives deeper product involvement, 6 months free, then 50% off for 2 years. Background checks, paid phone AI agents, and pass-through services remain separate.
Software subscription
Bail Core published pricing.
Annual per-user pricing for bail bond agencies. The table below is the pricing for Bail Corespecifically; the broader product-family comparison remains on the main pricing hub.
Small Team
$149/user/moSmall firm or agency
Published per-user pricing for small teams.
Firm
$199/user/moMid-size operation
Published per-user pricing through 25 users.
Large Firm
CustomEnterprise
Custom pricing for larger teams, multi-office deployments, or unusual implementation needs.
Free trial
Try Bail Core free for 3 months.
Full feature access. Credit card required at signup; converts to paid at trial end. The trial lets the team validate real workflows before the subscription starts.
Trial conversion
Founding pricing can be locked in at conversion.
When founding spots remain, trial customers can convert and receive 25% off published subscription pricing for 2 years from subscription start.
Founding programs
Join the founding cohort or apply as a design partner.
Founding Bail Core customers help shape defendant tracking, court-date monitoring, indemnitor context, forfeiture follow-up, and field operations before broader release.
Founding cohort
100founding spots remaining
25% off published pricing for 2 years from subscription start. The discount applies to subscription fees, not overages or pass-through services.
Read the founding program explanationDesign partners
10design partner spots remaining
Deeper involvement, 6 months free, then 50% off for 2 years. Full details and application live on the design partner page.
Review design partner programCompare founding and design partner pathsDesign partner path
Apply for deeper involvement.
Building something in bail operations? Apply for our Design Partner program. Bail Core has 10 spots for agencies that want deeper involvement and a direct line to the team.
Apply for design partner reviewDiscount opportunities
Additional discount conversations are available for bail bond agencies.
Additional discount opportunities exist for bail agencies beyond the founding cohort and design partner program. Contact us to discuss whether your agency's operating model qualifies.
Phone AI agents
Priced by dedicated agent count, not minutes.
Choose only the concurrent agent capacity the office needs. Each AI agent handles one conversation at a time, with no per-minute charges and no call-time overage billing on allocated agents.
Starter
$24.99/moOne concurrent conversation.
Team
$49.99/moFor offices that need several calls handled at the same time.
Business
$99.99/moFor higher call volume across office and field teams.
Enterprise
CustomCustom concurrency and routing.
Included usage
Document and media processing is included with clear allowances.
GPU inference is included in the software tier. Published overage rates apply to OCR, transcription, and video processing only when usage exceeds the tier allowance.
| Capability | Starter | Small Team | Firm | Large Firm | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCR pages/month | 500 | 2,000 | 5,000 | 15,000 | $0.02/page |
| Transcription minutes/month | 120 | 500 | 1,500 | 5,000 | $0.10/min |
| Video processing hours/month | 2 | 10 | 30 | 100 | $2.50/hr |
| GPU inference | Included | Included | Included | Included | No separate GPU billing |
Estimator sources
Public pricing sources stay visible.
Pricing for Captira, BailBooks, and eBail is sourced from linked public vendor pricing pages. Pricing for Simply Bail requires manual entry because Butler cannot display authoritative comparable pricing for vendors that do not publish usable rate cards. Manual override is always available when your invoice, renewal, add-ons, or negotiated terms differ.
Estimator
Compare Bail Core against your current stack.
Compare Bail Core against bail agency platforms using public pricing where available and manual entry for quote-led vendors or add-on-heavy stacks.
Estimated monthly difference
Small Team: $149/user/mo
Bail Core standard monthly$745
Founding cohort monthly$558.75
Captira estimate$99
Difference using founding pricing$459.75 more
Bail Core software5 users x $149/user/mo = $745
Founding cohort software25% off = $558.75
Phone AI add-on$0.00
Captira estimate$99
Uses Captira's public $99/month base bail software subscription. Conditional small-agency promos, Defendant Watch, SMS, arrest history, payments, and processing are excluded unless you override current spend.
Estimator uses public pricing reviewed May 2, 2026. It excludes taxes, payment processing, promotions, negotiated contracts, implementation, pass-through services, and usage-based services.
Pass-through services
Background checks stay approval-based.
Background checks are billed as pass-through vendor cost plus a 15-25% Butler service margin. They are not bundled into subscriptions, and the customer approves each check before it runs.
Migration
Migration pricing is tied to the work.
Founding customers receive hands-on migration support. Standard migration pricing depends on source system, record volume, document volume, and whether the move is cloud-to-cloud or legacy/multi-source.
Review migration approachFAQ
Bail Core pricing questions.
How is Bail Core priced?
Bail Core uses published annual per-user pricing: Starter at $99 per user/month, Small Team at $149 per user/month, Firm at $199 per user/month, and custom pricing above 25 users. The product is priced to reduce adoption friction for bail agencies.
How long is the Bail Core free trial?
Bail Core includes a 3-month free trial with full feature access. A credit card is required at signup, and the trial converts to paid service at the end unless the customer cancels before conversion.
What does the founding cohort discount include?
The first 100 Bail Core customers receive 25% off published subscription pricing for 2 years from subscription start. The discount applies to the software subscription only, not overages, background checks, pass-through services, or paid add-ons.
Are there additional discount opportunities for bail agencies?
Yes. Some bail agencies may qualify for additional discount opportunities beyond the founding cohort and design partner program. Butler discusses those situations directly instead of publishing broad eligibility rules that may not fit local agency operations.
How is the design partner program different from the founding cohort?
Design partners take a deeper role in shaping Bail Core workflows, terminology, edge cases, and operating details. Bail Core has 10 design partner spots, with the full program described on the design partner page.
Does Bail Core require a sales call for small agencies?
No. Published tiers cover solo agents, small agencies, and teams up to 25 users. A sales conversation is still useful for migration, forms, and state-specific workflow review.
When does custom Bail Core pricing apply?
Custom pricing applies above 25 users or when a bail agency has unusual multi-office, security, state-form, reporting, or integration needs. Standard agencies in the 11–25 user range use the published Firm tier.
Are defendant tracking, indemnitor context, and court dates included?
Yes. Bail Core pricing covers the core bail agency workflow: defendant records, indemnitor context, bond terms, court-date monitoring, forfeiture follow-up, payment context, mobile notes, and field coordination.
Is phone AI included in the Bail Core subscription?
No. Dedicated phone AI agents are optional add-ons priced by agent capacity. They are intentionally low-friction for bail offices that need after-hours call handling or concurrent call coverage.
Are GPS check-ins included?
Bail Core includes mobile-first operational support for check-ins and field notes. Any third-party GPS, carrier, device, or location-service charges are treated separately if they apply.
How are background checks billed?
Background checks are pass-through vendor cost plus a 15-25% Butler service margin. Customers approve each check type and estimated cost before execution, so background-check spend is never hidden in the subscription.
Does the calculator guarantee savings against Captira or BailBooks?
No. The calculator estimates monthly difference using public competitor pricing where available and manual entry for quote-only vendors. It is meant to make the comparison concrete, not replace an invoice or proposal.
Can I enter my actual current bail software spend?
Yes. Manual override is recommended when an agency has add-ons, SMS, arrest history, payment processing, data services, negotiated pricing, or a renewal quote that changes the public price comparison.
Is migration included for Bail Core founding customers?
Founding customers receive hands-on migration support. The migration plan depends on defendant records, indemnitor records, court-date history, payment context, forms, documents, and current source systems.
Can a bail agency use Bail Core with Legal Core or PI Core?
Yes. Bail Core is designed for handoffs with Legal Core and PI Core when agencies coordinate with defense attorneys, investigators, skip tracing, and court-related follow-up.
Is monthly billing available?
Published pricing is annual billing. Monthly arrangements can be discussed for larger deployments, implementation-heavy migrations, or procurement constraints, but the public pricing table is based on annual billing.
Bail Core pricing review
Review Bail Core pricing against your current workflow.
Bring your current bail software bill, team size, defendant volume, and pass-through service needs. We will walk through the subscription, trial, founding cohort, and migration assumptions.