When it comes to estate planning, most people think it’s just about creating documents. This comparison looks at how Gentreo and LegalZoom approach estate planning—and what that means for you and your family. But in reality, it’s about something much bigger—making sure your family can access, understand, and use your plan when it matters most.

That’s where Gentreo is different.

What Gentreo Offers: A Complete Estate Planning System

Gentreo is designed to help you do more than just create a will. It provides a complete, easy-to-use system to create, organize, store, and share your estate plan throughout your life—and support you through major life moments.

Here’s what you get with Gentreo:

Estate Planning Documents

• Last will and testament
• Living trust and joint living trust
• Financial power of attorney (durable or limited)
• Medical power of attorney (also known as a Health Care Proxy)
  • Healthcare directive
  • Living will
  • HIPAA authorization
• Pet trust
• Pet power of attorney

Digital Family Vault

• Securely store documents and important information
• Keep everything organized in one place
• Access anytime, from anywhere there is internet access

Family Sharing

• Share documents with trusted individuals
• Give access to executors, family members, or agents
• Allow viewing and downloading—but not editing

Instant Access Button

• Quickly access documents shared with you—right from your phone
• Find critical information when you need it most
• Avoid searching through emails or paperwork in urgent moments

Free Technical Coaches

• Get help using the platform
• Ask questions about how to set things up

Ongoing Updates

• Update your documents anytime your membership is current
• Keep your plan current as life changes
• No need to start over

Life Milestone Planning & Partner Connections

Gentreo goes beyond estate planning by helping you navigate important life milestones.

Through Gentreo, you can connect to our trusted partners who can help with services related to:

• Having a baby
• Getting married or divorced
• Caring for aging parents
• Travel and major life events
• End-of-life planning and honoring your legacy

This means Gentreo is not just a place to store documents—it’s a platform designed to support you through life’s biggest moments.

Simple, Transparent Pricing

• One clear price
• Everything included

How LegalZoom Works

LegalZoom, www.legalzoom.com, is a widely used, broad legal services platform offering many types of legal documents, including wills and trusts, along with optional attorney access.

LegalZoom Wills: What’s Included

LegalZoom’s Pro Will ($149) includes:

• Last will and testament
• Healthcare directive
• Financial power of attorney
• Medical power of attorney
• Pet care provisions
• Secure online document storage
• Unlimited 30-minute attorney consultations (check on what consultations can be about) for 30 days (then $25/month)
• Unlimited revisions for 30 days
• One set of printed and shipped documents

LegalZoom Trusts: What’s Included

LegalZoom’s Basic Trust ($399) includes:

• Living trust
• Pour-over will
• Healthcare directive
• Medical power of attorney
• Financial power of attorney
• HIPAA authorization
• Certificate of trust
• Schedule of assets
• Bill of transfer
• Pet care provisions
• Secure online document storage
• Unlimited revisions for 30 days
• One set of printed and shipped documents

Key Differences That Matter

1. Ongoing Planning vs. One-Time Documents

LegalZoom’s will and trust offerings include unlimited revisions for 30 days.

After that:

• Changes may require additional cost
• Documents can become outdated as life changes

With Gentreo:

• ✅ Update anytime
• ✅ Included as part of your membership
• ✅ Built for life changes

2. Organization and Real-Life Access

Gentreo is designed to solve one of the biggest real-world problems:

Families often can’t find important documents when they need them.

With Gentreo:

• Everything is stored in the Digital Family Vault
• Organized and easy to access
• Shared with the right people

And with the Instant Access Button, you can:

• Access what others have shared with you directly from your phone
• Quickly find critical documents in emergencies
• Be prepared instead of scrambling

LegalZoom provides document storage, but it is not built specifically for family access and real-life readiness.

3. Support Experience

Gentreo:

• Free technical coaches help you use the platform
• Designed to guide you through the process

LegalZoom:

• Includes attorney consultations for 30 days
• Ongoing legal support requires a monthly subscription

4. Beyond Documents: Life Milestones

Gentreo is designed to support you across your life—not just at one moment in time.

Through its partner network, Gentreo connects you to services and support tied to real-life events, helping you take action when it matters most.

LegalZoom focuses primarily on document creation and legal services rather than ongoing life-stage planning.

Gentreo vs. LegalZoom

Why This Decision Matters

Estate planning is not just about creating documents.

It’s about:

• Keeping them updated
• Making sure they’re accessible
• Helping your family know what to do

Which One Should You Choose?

Choose LegalZoom if you:

• Want access to attorneys
• Need broader legal services
• Prefer a one-time document approach

Choose Gentreo if you:

• Want a complete estate planning system
• Need to organize and store everything in one place
• Want to share your plan with family
• Want support through life’s major milestones
• Expect your life—and your plan—to change over time

The Bottom Line: Gentreo vs. LegalZoom

LegalZoom is a well-known brand focusing on document creation and short-term legal support. It offers many types of legal documents for those want to start a business to creating a will to brand protection and offers access to lawyers. 

Gentreo focuses on life and estate planning  is built to help you create, organize, update, and share your entire estate plan while supporting you through life’s biggest moments.

Start Your Estate Plan Today

Don’t just create documents—create a plan your family can actually use.

With Gentreo, everything is organized, accessible, and ready when it matters most.