Every Canadian online will platform sells you a document. The differences in price, in features, and especially in execution support are larger than the marketing suggests. This is an honest, line-by-line comparison of the four major options — and a clear explanation of why execution is the most important factor most reviews ignore.
Willful, Epilogue, and LegalWills are drafting services. They produce a document. The work after that — finding two qualifying witnesses, signing in their simultaneous presence, getting the affidavit of execution sworn before a commissioner — is yours.
In practice, Canadians do one of three things: (1) ignore the execution step entirely (the will is not legally valid, and they don't know it), (2) pay $75–$225 to a local notary to handle execution and the affidavit, or (3) execute it at home with witnesses they later can't track down.
Willbeing is the only Ontario-focused platform that includes execution. We are Canada Notary. Our office in Toronto is your execution venue. Two qualifying witnesses are provided. The Form 74.8 affidavit is sworn at the same appointment. Same day or next day.
The headline price is the wrong number. Add execution and you get the actual cost: