Reduct is a video transcription and clip-extraction platform used heavily by public defender offices — its Professional plan runs $40/editor/month (billed annually) with 300 pooled transcription hours per editor per year, plus multicam sync, legal-format transcript exports, and video/audio redaction. Evidence Copilot is the defense-specific alternative: a grounded evidence-review workspace at $39/user/month (Solo) where every AI answer cites the exact second of video or page of the PDF, with auto-signals that surface report-vs-bodycam inconsistencies and cross-exam drafts tied to quoted sources. Choose Reduct if your core need is transcript-driven video editing and clip assembly; choose Evidence Copilot if you want an AI evidence agent built around defense workflow — suppression prep, Miranda timelines, exhibit lists — with published pricing and no feature tiers.
Bottom line: Reduct wins on mature video tooling — multicam sync, legal-format exports, human transcription, and a deep public-defense track record across offices like Colorado State PD and Missouri State PD. Evidence Copilot wins on defense-specific analysis: grounded citations to the exact source moment, automatic inconsistency signals, suppression and Miranda playbooks, and redaction that never touches originals.
TL;DR
- Reduct's Professional plan costs $40/editor/month (billed annually) with 300 pooled transcription hours per editor per year; a Personal tier runs $12/editor/month with 120 hours.
- Reduct's Enterprise seat-based plans start at $75/editor/month and add SSO, SOC 2 Type II, 4K exports, and priority support.
- Reduct claims 94.78% AI transcription accuracy and offers overnight human transcription at up to 99% accuracy for noisy, crosstalk-heavy footage.
- Reduct excludes silence from billing — about 36% of the audio uploaded by one of its largest public defender clients was silent and not charged.
- Evidence Copilot publishes flat pricing with no feature tiers: Solo $39/user/mo (15 media-processing hours), Firm $99/user/mo (60 hours, priority queue), PD Office $750/attorney/yr (100 hours); overage is hard-capped at 3x included hours.
- Evidence Copilot's AI agent answers questions with clickable citations into the exact second of video or page of the PDF, and auto-signals flag candidate inconsistencies like report-vs-bodycam conflicts before you ask.
- Reduct has deep public-defense adoption — Office of the Colorado State Public Defender (1,000+ staff), Missouri State Public Defender System, Barrow County GA, Solano County — and a policy of refusing law-enforcement and prosecutorial clients.
Head-to-head
| Dimension | Reduct | Evidence Copilot |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | $12/editor/mo (annual) entry; Professional $40/editor/mo; Enterprise from $75/editor/mo; pooled annual hours, silence not billedwinner | Solo $39/user/mo (15 hrs); Firm $99/user/mo (60 hrs, priority queue); PD Office $750/attorney/yr (100 hrs); no feature tiers; overage hard-capped at 3x |
| Ease of use | Text-based editing described as easy as Google Docs; drop in footage and it builds a timeline | Upload by web or email attachment; per-case email address can create cases and answer questions by email |
| Features | Multicam sync, legal-format exports, redaction, fuzzy search, video Q&A, 90+ languages, human transcription | Cited AI agent, auto-signals, suppression/Miranda/exhibit playbooks, frame-accurate redaction, multicam sync, OCR, MCP, exhibit packswinner |
| Support | Priority support on Enterprise; Senior Resident Public Defender on staff; CLEs for NACDL, NLADA, D.C. Bar, TIDCwinner | 20-minute walkthrough offered; smaller team, shorter track record |
| Integrations | API access on Professional and above; proprietary format support (GTL, G64x, DS2); no AI-assistant integration | MCP server for Claude Desktop/Code (read-only, audited, revocable tokens); two-way email intake; email-attachment ingestwinner |
| Setup | Self-serve 14-day trial with 5 hours of AI transcription; Enterprise requires sales contact | Self-serve signup on Solo; 20-minute walkthrough available |
| Defense workflow fit | Strong PD adoption and a no-prosecutors policy, but no inconsistency detection or motion-prep tooling; document support recently out of beta | Defense-only by design; auto-signals, suppression and Miranda playbooks, cross-exam drafts, Brady/Giglio-aware in-case party mentions, human-review gating on all AI outputwinner |
Scores
Reduct
reduct.video ↗Reduct is a text-based video review and editing platform that transcribes hours of audio and video discovery, makes footage searchable like a document, and lets you highlight transcript text to cut captioned clips. It is heavily adopted in public defense — the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender (over a thousand staff), the Missouri State Public Defender System, Barrow County and Solano County PD offices, and the Lancaster County PD all use it for bodycam, jail calls, and interrogation footage. Its Professional plan adds timeline view with multicam sync for reviewing bodycam from multiple officers at once, legal-formatted transcript exports compatible with federal and state courts, and video/audio redaction for PII removal. Reduct claims 94.78% AI transcription accuracy, supports 90+ languages, handles proprietary formats (GTL, G64x, DS2), and offers overnight human transcription at up to 99% accuracy. It also enforces a policy of refusing service to law enforcement agencies and prosecutorial entities, and its staff includes a Senior Resident Public Defender who teaches AI-ethics CLEs for NACDL and NLADA. Weaknesses: transcription can miss specialized legal terms, there is no automated inconsistency detection or motion-prep workflow, and document support (police reports, images) only recently left beta.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Personal (billed annually) | $12/mo | 120 pooled transcription hrs/editor/yr; 10 free commenters; 720p exports; 4GB max file size |
| Professional | $40/mo | 300 pooled transcription hrs/editor/yr; 50 free commenters; 2K exports; multicam sync; redaction; API access; 75GB max file size |
| Enterprise (seat-based, from) | $75/mo | Everything in Professional; 4K exports; SSO; SOC 2 Type II; DPA/MSA with SLA; priority support; project/utilization/unlimited models |
Pros
- Proven at scale in public defense: Colorado State PD (1,000+ staff), Missouri State PD, Barrow County, Solano County, Lancaster County, and NDS Texas all documented adopters
- Multicam sync purpose-built for reviewing the same incident from multiple officers' bodycams
- Pooled transcription hours are shared across the whole workspace, and silence is excluded from billing
- Human transcription option (up to 99% accuracy, overnight) for noisy, crosstalk-heavy, or heavily accented footage
- Refuses service to law enforcement and prosecutors — a defense-aligned vendor posture
- 14-day free trial with 5 hours of AI transcription
Cons
- Transcription misses specialized legal terms, requiring manual correction
- No automated inconsistency detection between reports and footage — you find conflicts by searching yourself
- No motion-prep, Miranda-timeline, or cross-exam-draft workflow; it's a transcription/editing tool, not a case-analysis workspace
- Document and image support only recently left beta
- No MCP/AI-assistant integration; API access limited to Professional and above
- SOC 2 Type II and SSO gated behind Enterprise ($75/editor/mo and up)
Evidence Copilot
evidencecopilot.com ↗Evidence Copilot is a grounded evidence-review workspace built specifically for US criminal-defense attorneys, law clerks, defense investigators, and public-defender offices. You upload the discovery dump — bodycam video, interrogation footage, jail calls, 911 audio, police reports, photos, scanned documents (up to 2 GB per file, by web upload or email attachment) — and get timestamped diarized transcripts, OCR'd document text, and an AI evidence agent whose every answer carries clickable citations into the exact second of video or page of the PDF. On ingest, every new file is compared against earlier evidence in the case, surfacing candidate inconsistencies (report vs bodycam, statement vs call audio) as review signals before anyone asks. Agent playbooks include Suppression Motion Prep (a consent/search-scope/stop-duration/K-9/Miranda sweep that drafts a motion outline with both sides quoted and cited), a Miranda Timeline, and an Exhibit List Builder. Redaction is frame-accurate for video, word-precise for audio, and available for images and PDFs — every redaction is a new derived file, originals are never touched, and AI-suggested regions always file as review cards, never auto-applied. Multi-camera sync links bodycam, dashcam, and interview-room footage to a single master clock with auto-sync proposals reported with match evidence. Every AI output is marked AI-generated and pending human review; the product never makes legal conclusions. An MCP server lets you query cases read-only from Claude Desktop or Claude Code.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Solo | $39/mo | Per user/month; 15 media-processing hours included; full workspace — no feature tiers |
| Firm | $99/mo | Per user/month; 60 media-processing hours included; priority queue; full workspace |
| PD Office | $750/yr | Per attorney/year; 100 media-processing hours included; full workspace |
Pros
- Every AI answer cites the exact source moment — you can verify against the video second or PDF page before relying on it
- Auto-signals catch report-vs-bodycam and statement-vs-call inconsistencies proactively, instead of waiting for you to search
- Suppression Motion Prep and Miranda Timeline playbooks map directly onto motion practice, with both sides quoted and cited
- Published pricing with no feature tiers and overage hard-capped at 3x included hours, so runaway intake cannot overbill
- Defense-only by design; AI output always marked pending human review and never makes legal conclusions
- MCP integration for Claude Desktop/Code that no defense-side competitor offers
Cons
- Younger product with a shorter public-defense track record than Reduct's documented office-wide deployments
- No overnight human-transcription option for noisy or heavily accented footage
- Media processing is metered (15 hours on Solo), so very high-volume offices need the Firm or PD Office tiers
- No SOC 2 certification to point to today — the honest posture is current-state, not certified
Pricing compared
Transcription and accuracy
Finding inconsistencies: search vs signals
Redaction and discovery turnover
Who Reduct is for, and why teams switch
Which should you pick?
FAQs
How much does Reduct cost for a criminal defense practice?
Reduct's Personal plan is $12/editor/month billed annually with 120 pooled transcription hours per editor per year. Professional, the tier defense teams realistically need for multicam sync, legal-format exports, and redaction, is $40/editor/month with 300 pooled hours per editor annually. Enterprise seat-based plans start at $75/editor/month with SSO, SOC 2 Type II, and priority support. Hours pool across the workspace, silence is excluded from billing, and overages are charged a la carte after in-app cost confirmation.
Is Reduct accurate enough for bodycam and jail-call footage?
Reduct claims 94.78% AI transcription accuracy in its own benchmark across five audio types, and users report strong results on bodycam — one Chief Deputy Public Defender credited computer transcription with picking up an inaudible-to-her remark about holding a client at gunpoint. It supports 90+ languages and proprietary formats like GTL and G64x. For noisy, crosstalk-heavy, or heavily accented audio, Reduct offers overnight human transcription at up to 99% accuracy at additional cost. Expect to correct specialized legal terms manually regardless.
What does Evidence Copilot cost and is there a free trial?
Evidence Copilot publishes its pricing openly: Solo at $39/user/month with 15 media-processing hours included, Firm at $99/user/month with 60 hours and a priority queue, and a PD Office tier at $750/attorney/year with 100 hours. Every plan includes the full workspace — there are no feature tiers — and overage is metered but hard-capped at 3x the included hours so runaway intake cannot overbill. You can start on the Solo plan directly or book a 20-minute walkthrough first.
Does Reduct work with police reports and documents, or only video?
Reduct's document and image support — upload, search, summarize, ask questions, highlight, and share files alongside video and audio — recently left beta, so police reports and photos can now live in the same workspace as bodycam footage. However, it does not automatically compare documents against footage: spotting a conflict between the report's narrative and the bodycam is still manual keyword search and review on your part.
Can I use AI-generated transcripts and analysis ethically in a defense case?
Both vendors take ethics seriously, but the burden stays with the attorney. Reduct staffs a Senior Resident Public Defender who teaches AI-vendor-ethics CLEs for NACDL and NLADA, and its transcripts are editable with re-transcription of inaccurate sections. Evidence Copilot marks every AI output as AI-generated and pending human review, never makes legal conclusions, keeps originals immutable, and ties every AI answer to a clickable citation into the exact second of video or page of the PDF so you can verify before relying on it. Cross-exam drafts are suggested questions tied to quoted sources only — no credibility conclusions.
Which tool is better for a solo practitioner versus a public defender office?
For a solo defender, both entry tiers are accessible: Reduct Personal at $12/editor/month (though you'll want Professional at $40 for redaction and legal exports) versus Evidence Copilot Solo at $39/user/month with the full workspace included. For public defender offices, Reduct has the longer deployment record — Colorado, Missouri, Barrow County, Solano County — and Enterprise models including utilization-based and unlimited pricing. Evidence Copilot's PD Office tier is $750/attorney/year with 100 hours and no feature tiers, with overage hard-capped at 3x included hours for predictable budgeting.