Workers' comp softwareReviewed
PlaintiffStack vs Adjudica
PlaintiffStack vs Adjudica: an announced AI product for workers' comp with no public features or prices yet, or California comp built into one record today.
The short answer
Adjudica describes itself as AI for workers' compensation and legal practice, but as of October 21, 2026 its public site is a coming-soon page with no features, prices or security details to compare. PlaintiffStack ships California comp, PI and employment today, with published pricing and known limits. If you're waiting on Adjudica, use the questions below to compare it when it launches.
Announced AI software for workers' compensation and legal practice
Adjudica
Law firms; as of October 2026 its site shows only a coming-soon page
- Status
- Coming-soon page as of October 21, 2026
- Focus
- "AI for workers' compensation and legal practice," per its site
- Features
- Not public
- Pricing
- Not public
- Security
- Not public
Case management and AI on one record
PlaintiffStack
High-volume plaintiff firms in California: personal injury, workers' comp and employment
- Price
- $250 per case, every app included, no monthly fee. AI usage is billed separately, with an estimate shown before each run.
- Practices
- PI, workers' comp and employment, on California rules
- Security
- A BAA with every firm; one US AWS account, models included. SOC 2 in progress
Side by side
| What | Adjudica | PlaintiffStack |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Announced AI software for workers' comp and legal practice; not publicly available as of October 2026. | Case management and AI on one record: intake, case work, records, drafting, the client portal and automation. |
| Built for | Not public beyond "workers' compensation and legal practice." | High-volume plaintiff firms in California. |
| Practice areas | Workers' compensation and legal practice, per its site. | Personal injury, workers' comp and employment built in. Firms can add other practice areas in Customize, on California rules. |
| California workers' comp and employment | Not public. It does not appear on the DWC's list of authorized JET File vendors. | Built in. Comp: benefits audit, QME cover letter and records index, WCAB petitions, IMR deadline checks. Employment: legal chronology, wage and penalty audit, right-to-sue deadline checks. No PD rating calculator or EAMS e-filing. |
| AI features and how they're priced | Not public. | Agents propose facts, deadlines and tasks; a person accepts each one, and drafts cite the page. Each run shows an estimated cost first (typically cents); usage is billed separately as part of your quote. |
| Medical records and OCR | Not public. | Reads searchable PDFs, Word and text files, and cites the page. No OCR yet: scans and faxes aren't read. |
| Client portal, texting and intake | Not public. | Client portal from a link in any phone browser; texts logged to the case. Intake tracks every lead to a next step, with no automatic capture from web forms yet. |
| Pricing | Not public. | $250 per case, every app included, no monthly fee. AI usage billed separately. |
| Contract and implementation | Not public. | No long lock-in contract. After the demo, a switching plan with dates. |
| Migration | Not public. | We move your cases, contacts and documents and check the result with you before you switch. |
| Security | Not public. | BAA with every firm; one US AWS account, models included (Bedrock); no training on firm data; audit log. SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 in progress, no report yet. |
| Integrations and accounting | Not public. | Microsoft Word and Dropbox live; RingCentral in early access; Outlook, Gmail, Google Drive and QuickBooks coming. No trust accounting. |
Choose Adjudica if
- You've seen Adjudica privately and it fits your firm's comp workflow better than what's available today.
- You can wait for a launch and want to evaluate a new comp-specific AI product when it ships.
- Your firm is mainly comp and you'd rather an AI product focused on comp than a broader platform, once its features are public.
Choose PlaintiffStack if
- You want California comp tools working today: a benefits audit, QME cover letter and records index, WCAB petitions and IMR deadline checks.
- You want published pricing: $250 per case with every app included, AI usage billed separately.
- You also handle PI or employment cases and want one record for all three.
- You want a BAA signed before any client data arrives and a written answer to your security questionnaire.
What we could confirm
Adjudica's public site, as of October 21, 2026, is a coming-soon page. It describes the product as AI for workers' compensation and legal practice and gives a contact email. It lists no features, prices, security practices or customers, so there is nothing yet to compare line by line, and we won't guess. We'll update this page when Adjudica publishes more.
What follows is how to weigh any new workers' comp AI product, Adjudica included, and what PlaintiffStack does for California comp today.
Questions to ask a new comp AI vendor
California applicant work has specific failure points, and a demo should show how a tool handles each one.
- Does it read the records you actually get? Much of a comp file arrives by fax. Ask whether the tool reads scans and faxes, and how it flags pages it couldn't read.
- Does every fact cite its page? A WCAB judge sanctioned a firm in 2025 over a petition with citations that didn't exist. Ask to see the source page for every fact in a draft.
- Does it know the med-legal process? Panel requests, strikes, QME report windows and the QME and AME process are where comp files stall.
- Does it watch treatment disputes? Ask how it tracks IMR deadlines after a UR denial.
- How does it file? EAMS filing by JET File runs through DWC-authorized vendors; Adjudica isn't on that list today. See EAMS and JET filing explained.
- Where does data live, and is there a BAA? Ask about hosting, model providers, training on your data and a business associate agreement. Our legal AI security checklist has the full list.
- What does it cost per case? Comp fees per case are modest, so price per case matters more than in PI.
What PlaintiffStack does for comp today
PlaintiffStack's workers' comp cases open with California phases from intake through benefits, treatment, QME and AME, WCAB and settlement. The case tools include:
- a benefits audit of TD periods, rates and late-payment exposure;
- a QME cover letter and records index drafted from the file;
- WCAB petition drafting, with every fact cited to its document and page.
Morning checks flag certified disability with no payment, IMR deadlines after a UR denial, and records due to the QME. Agents propose facts, deadlines and tasks, and a person accepts each one. Each tool shows an estimated cost before it runs, typically cents, and usage is billed separately as part of your quote.
What PlaintiffStack doesn't do
No OCR yet, so scanned and faxed records aren't read. No EAMS e-filing; it tracks the ADJ number. No PD rating calculator. No trust accounting. California rules only. Its SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 work is in progress, with no report yet; it signs a BAA with every firm and runs everything holding client data, models included, in one US AWS account.
Other comp options available now
If you need comp software today, compare MerusCase for case management with EAMS JET filing, Amber Legal for an AI agent on top of your current system, and SmartAdvocate for a configurable comp module. PlaintiffStack is $250 per case with every app included.
A note on pre-launch products
New tools for California comp are welcome, and we'll compare Adjudica fairly once it publishes features and prices. Until then, judge any pre-launch product by what it can show on your own files, not by its roadmap. Ask for a written answer to your security questionnaire, a signed BAA before any client data arrives, and a pilot on a handful of closed files where you already know the right answers. The same test works for PlaintiffStack: book a thirty-minute demo on your own comp case types.
Questions firms ask
As of October 21, 2026, Adjudica's public site shows a coming-soon page that describes it as AI for workers' compensation and legal practice. We found no public features, prices or launch date.
Pricing isn't public. PlaintiffStack is $250 per case with every app included, plus AI usage billed separately.
Comp cases include a benefits audit, a QME cover letter and records index, WCAB petition drafting, and morning checks for unpaid certified disability, IMR deadlines after UR denial and records due to the QME. It doesn't e-file to EAMS, rate permanent disability or read scanned records yet.
Whether it reads faxes and scans, whether every fact cites its page, how it handles QME and IMR deadlines, how filing to EAMS works, where data is hosted, whether it trains on your data, whether it signs a BAA, and what it costs per case.
Sources
- Adjudica
- California DWC: authorized JET File vendors
- California DWC: EAMS facts
- California Labor Code section 4062
- Business Insurance: AI a growing concern in comp cases (Sept 2025)
Adjudica is a trademark of its owner, named here only to compare. Facts come from the sources above as of the date shown; prices and features change. If something here is out of date, email privacy@plaintiffstack.com with the page and the source, and we'll correct it.
Keep comparing
Thinking about Adjudica? See PlaintiffStack on your own case types first.