DraftyAI Alternative for EB-1A and O-1 Petitions
Comparing DraftyAI with Immigration Copilot for EB-1A and O-1 work: case types, evidence attribution, exhibit cites, security statements, pricing and fit.
Disclosure: Immigration Copilot is our product. DraftyAI details come from its homepage and pricing page, checked October 21, 2026.
Breadth of Case Types vs One Brief Done Deeply
Immigration Copilot is our pick when the job is an EB-1A or O-1 petition built from a large evidence file: it ties every document to the person it describes, shows criteria gaps before drafting, and cites an exhibit on every sentence. DraftyAI is the better pick for firms that draft across humanitarian, removal, family and employment work and want one low-entry-price workspace for all of it.
DraftyAI was built, in its own words, by "immigration attorneys and technologists," and its CEO and co-founder, Nadine Navarro, is an immigration attorney. The product shows that background. Its case list reads like a full immigration docket: asylum briefs, withholding of removal, CAT claims, I-601A and I-601 waivers, cancellation of removal, VAWA, U and T visas, BIA appeals, RFE and NOID responses, EB-1A, NIW, EB-5, P-1A and O-1A.
Immigration Copilot covers two of those. That is the whole comparison in one line.
Side by Side: Immigration Copilot and DraftyAI
| Immigration Copilot | DraftyAI | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | EB-1A and O-1 petitions only | Immigration case preparation across humanitarian, removal, family and employment work |
| O-1 coverage | O-1A and O-1B criteria | O-1A listed; O-1B not listed on public pages as of October 2026 |
| Getting facts in | Upload the case file; 30 to 200 documents, each classified, dated and tied to the person it is about | Intake questionnaire or Smart Upload of documents |
| Criteria mapping | Evidence placed on EB-1A, O-1A or O-1B criteria; weak and empty criteria shown before drafting | Case outlines (Outline studio) |
| Drafting | Section by section, exhibit cite on every sentence; unsupported sentences removed | Briefs, motions, RFE and NOID responses; unlimited drafts per matter |
| Letters | Not offered as a separate tool | Expert Letter studio |
| Exhibits | Binder with auto-numbering, cites checked both ways, one PDF with tabs and page numbers | Exhibit lists generated from evidence |
| Research | Not offered | Built-in legal research tailored to your jurisdiction |
| Translation | Not offered | Translation studio |
| Output | Built-in editor with AI help on any paragraph; export to Word | Export in firm templates |
| Security statements | AES-256 at rest, TLS in transit, firm and case scoping, no model training | Client-detail masking before AI providers, encryption at rest and in transit, no training on data |
| Published pricing | On request | From $250 per month (1 seat, 10 matters); free 4-day trial without a card |
What Changes When the Case File Has 150 Documents
A humanitarian brief and an EB-1A brief fail in different ways. The asylum brief fails when the legal argument is thin. The EB-1A brief often fails on attribution: a sentence credits the beneficiary with a recommender's award, or cites a press piece about a different person with the same name, and the officer notices.
Immigration Copilot is built around that failure. Every document is read four times with different instructions, and three reads must agree on what it is and whom it is about. Recommender credentials stay with the letter. Facts are quoted, and code compares each quote to the source text; a quote that is not found is dropped. A sentence with nothing behind it is removed before you see the draft, and what could not be traced arrives as an open question.
You can check that claim yourself on the sample cited petition, a four-page excerpt with every sentence cited to an exhibit.
When DraftyAI Is the Better Pick
- Your docket mixes asylum, waivers, removal defense, family and employment cases.
- You want expert letter drafting and translation in the same tool.
- You want built-in legal research next to the draft.
- You want to start self-serve today: DraftyAI offers a 4-day trial without a card.
- You file O-1A for athletes alongside P-1A petitions, both of which DraftyAI lists.
When Immigration Copilot Is the Better Pick
Extraordinary ability cases are the core of your practice, a typical file runs 30 to 200 documents, and your review time goes into checking whether each sentence in the brief is true and properly cited. You also want the binder assembled from the same record, so the cites and the exhibit numbers cannot drift apart. Immigration Copilot is not a case management or forms system; keep yours.
Pricing
DraftyAI: the Starter plan starts at $250 per month and includes one seat. Matters are billed at $25 each for the first 10 (the monthly minimum) and $10 each after that; extra seats are $100 per month, and yearly billing saves 17%. Every plan includes all six studios. Enterprise pricing is custom (pricing page).
Immigration Copilot: pricing on request. We set up your workspace and walk through the first case with you.
Book a demo or start with the sample cited petition. For other comparisons, see the Parley alternative, the Visalaw.ai alternative and best EB-1A petition software. If you are new to the category, how AI classifies EB-1A supporting documents explains the reading step.
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Sample output
See a petition where every sentence cites an exhibit
Two EB-1A criterion sections for a fictional researcher, with the exhibit list, the open questions sent back to the attorney and a sentence removed for lack of support.
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