Pricing
Bar prep is seasonal, so the price should be too. AccelaStudy® AI Bar bills by the month with no commitment — pay for the months you actually study, stop the month you walk out of the exam hall.
Subscriptions open at launch in December 2026. Nothing is charged before then.
Pay as you go. Pause or cancel in one click, any month.
$2,868 billed annually — save $720 against the monthly rate.
Still in law school?
JD doctrinal support is a separate, lighter tier at $39/mo — built for coursework, not bar prep. And the MPRE course is free either way.
At launch, subscriptions open at app.accelastudy.ai and the course catalogue at app.accelastudy.ai/courses. Until then the buttons above are inert on purpose — there is nothing to sell you yet.
The arithmetic
Monthly billing changes the shape of the bill, not just the size of it. You are not buying a course — you are renting the engine for as long as you need it.
| How you study | On the monthly plan |
|---|---|
| The standard ten-week sprint after graduation | 3 × $299 — about a thousand dollars |
| A full summer, started in May | 4 × $299 |
| Starting in 3L spring and running through July | 6 × $299 |
| A February sitting and a July retake | Stop between them. You only pay for the months you study. |
The part that matters most is the last row. Traditional bar review is paid up front, so a February attempt and a July retake usually means buying access you are not using in between — or buying a second course. Monthly billing makes stopping free, which is exactly when a candidate most needs it to be.
The field
You will not find this list on most bar-prep sites, which is odd, because you are going to build it yourself anyway. Here is the market as it stands, and where we sit in it.
Full-service courses
BARBRI · Kaplan Bar Review · Themis Bar Review
The default recommendations, and the ones your law school probably arranged a table for. Lecture-led, comprehensive, and priced accordingly — commonly $2,000–$6,000 depending on course and jurisdiction, generally paid up front or financed. Themis (now part of UWorld) sits at the lower end of that band; BARBRI at the upper.
Lower-cost full courses
Quimbee Bar Review
Video-forward and materially cheaper than the big three — typically around a thousand dollars or so. A genuine option if lectures are how you learn and the price of the incumbents is the problem you are solving.
Supplements & tutoring
AdaptiBar · Crushendo · SmartBarPrep · JD Advising
Cheaper, and deliberately partial. AdaptiBar is an adaptive MBE question bank; Crushendo is audio-first memory work; SmartBarPrep sells attack outlines; JD Advising is tutoring with a strong retaker practice. People commonly buy one of these on top of a full course, which is how a $3,000 course becomes a $3,600 one.
Where we sit, stated plainly: we are not the cheapest thing on this page — a supplement is. We are cheaper than every full-service course on it for a normal bar season, and we are the only one here that grades unlimited essays and performance tasks in under a minute against a rubric you can read. If lectures are what you want, buy a lecture course; that is not what this is.
Comparison
BARBRI, Kaplan Bar Review and Themis Bar Review commonly run $1,999–$5,999, usually paid up front or financed. Here is where the money goes on each side.
| Feature | BARBRI · Kaplan · Themis | AccelaStudy® AI Bar |
|---|---|---|
| What you pay | $1,999–$5,999, typically up front or financed | $299/mo, month to month |
| When you commit | Before your first study day | Never — cancel any month |
| Essays graded | A fixed allowance, typically a small number | Unlimited |
| Essay turnaround | Days, often the better part of a week | Under a minute |
| What the feedback shows | Usually a score plus general comments | A point-by-point rubric, every time |
| Performance tasks graded | Few, where graded at all | Unlimited, in a split-pane workspace |
| Study plan | One schedule, same for everyone | Rebuilt around what you know and the days you miss |
| Exam tracks | Commonly one; NextGen sold separately | Legacy UBE and NextGen, both included |
| MPRE | Usually an add-on | Free, with or without a subscription |
| Retaking | Repurchase, or a limited repeat policy | Resubscribe for the months you need |
| Lectures | The core of the product | Not what this is — buy a lecture course if that is what you want |
Prices and practices in the left column are drawn from publicly advertised list pricing and vary by course, jurisdiction, format and promotion — check the terms of whatever you are comparing against before deciding. BARBRI, Kaplan Bar Review, Themis Bar Review, UWorld, Quimbee, AdaptiBar, Crushendo, SmartBarPrep and JD Advising are trademarks of their respective owners, named here for comparison only; none of them is affiliated with or endorses this product.
$299/mo month to month, or $239/mo on annual billing. Launching Monday, December 7, 2026.
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