Compare
HL Hunt vs sending accounts to a law firm.
Litigation is slow, expensive, and hard on everyone, and most accounts sent to counsel resolve before judgment anyway. HL Hunt resolves far more of them before legal costs are incurred, documents everything for the ones that proceed, and works alongside your firm for the rest.
- Free plan, no credit card
- FDCPA, TCPA & Reg F enforced
- Outreach live in under an hour
- Commission only on recoveries
| Feature | HL Hunt | Law firm |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | 3% to 26% commission | 30% to 50% plus court costs |
| Best for | Pre-legal recovery on every account | Judgments on large, verified balances |
| Speed to contact | Same day | Weeks to demand letter |
| Debtor relationship | Preserved; many return as customers | Adversarial by design |
| Account volume | Unlimited, including small balances | Only accounts worth litigating |
| Legal escalation | Routes qualified accounts to counsel with full history | Starting point |
| Compliance record | Automatic, exportable per account | Firm-dependent |
- +41%
- Accounts resolved pre-suit
- Weeks
- To resolution vs months in litigation
- $0
- Filing and service costs on resolved accounts
- 100%
- Documentation ready if suit is needed
Why teams switch to HL Hunt
Resolve before you file
AI outreach, plans, and self-service resolve a large share of accounts that would otherwise go to counsel.
Lower cost per dollar
No filing fees, service costs, or legal contingency on accounts resolved through the platform.
Better consumer outcomes
A payment plan beats a judgment for the debtor, and fewer lawsuits mean fewer complaints and less reputational risk.
Litigation-ready records
Every contact, notice, and dispute documented in a form that supports a complaint and affidavit if you proceed.
Smarter legal placement
Identify accounts where suit is justified by balance, documentation, and collectability, and send only those.
Works with your firm
Many law firms run HL Hunt for their own pre-legal work. Place with them from the platform when suit makes sense.
Ready to move on from your collection law firm?
Create a free account, upload your first accounts, and compliant AI outreach starts within the hour. No credit card, no contract.
How it works
- 01
Work accounts on HL Hunt first
Compliant AI outreach and negotiation for a defined pre-legal period.
- 02
Resolve most
Payments and plans close the majority without legal costs.
- 03
Place the rest intentionally
Accounts meeting your legal criteria export to counsel with complete documentation.
Litigation should be a decision, not a default
Sending accounts to a collection law firm feels decisive, but the economics are often poor. Filing and service costs are incurred up front, the process takes months, many judgments are never collected, and the firm takes a large contingency on what is. Debtors who are sued are harmed, complaints rise, and the creditor's reputation suffers. And the majority of accounts placed with counsel resolve before judgment anyway, which means the legal costs were spent on accounts that would have resolved with a better pre-legal process.
HL Hunt provides that process. During a defined pre-legal period, AI works accounts through every effective channel, offers affordable plans, and lets debtors resolve on their own in the portal. Experience shows this resolves far more accounts than letters and calls, at no legal cost. For the accounts that remain, the platform's documentation, every contact and notice and dispute response, is exactly what a firm needs to file confidently.
The decision to litigate then becomes deliberate: accounts with balances that justify the cost, documentation that supports the claim, and debtors with collectability. Those export to counsel from the platform. Everything else resolves or is retired without a lawsuit. Many creditor rights firms run HL Hunt themselves for this reason, and a creditor can place with them directly.
What changes
HL Hunt vs Collection Law Firm, side by side
| HL Hunt | Collection Law Firm | |
|---|---|---|
| Time to value | Outreach live the same day you upload accounts | Weeks to months of onboarding or implementation |
| Who does the work | AI contacts, converses, negotiates, and collects; humans handle exceptions | Agents on a dialer working whatever fits in the day |
| Compliance | Every contact checked against FDCPA, TCPA, Reg F, and state law before it happens | Training, scripts, and audits after the fact |
| Channels | SMS, email, AI voice, letters, and a self-service portal chosen per debtor | Phone calls and letters on a fixed schedule |
| Coverage | Every account worked, including small balances | Large balances worked; the rest ages out |
| Visibility | Every message, transcript, promise, and payment live in your dashboard | A monthly PDF report |
| Cost | Free to $649 a month plus 3% to 26% commission; Enterprise custom | 25% to 50% contingency, or seats plus modules plus services |
Pricing
Start free. Pay only on what you recover.
vs Collection Law Firm is included on every plan. Start at $0 a month with 50 active collections, and move up as your portfolio grows. Commission falls from 26% on Free to 3% on Enterprise, and it is charged only on money actually recovered.
Enterprise: unlimited collections, seats, SMS, voice, and email with a 3% commission, SOC 2 reports, DPA, and dedicated support.
- $0
- Free
- $149
- Basic, per month
- $349
- Growth, per month
- $649
- Scale, per month
50 active collections · 26% commission · 1 seat
250 active collections · 15% commission · 3 seats
1,000 active collections · 10% commission · 10 seats
5,000 active collections · 6.5% commission · 25 seats
Everything included
One platform covers all of it
vs Collection Law Firm is one part of the platform. Every HL Hunt plan, from Free to Enterprise, includes the full collections stack, so you never bolt on a second vendor as your portfolio grows.
- AI outreach engineRight channel, right time, right words for every debtor.Learn more
- SMS, email & lettersEvery channel, orchestrated per account.Learn more
- AI voice agentCompliant calls that take payments and hand off.Learn more
- AI payment plansAffordability-based plans negotiated automatically.Learn more
- Payments & portalCard, ACH, and wallets with a self-service portal.Learn more
- Compliance engineFDCPA, TCPA, Reg F, and 50 states, on every contact.Learn more
- Disputes & validationNotices, disputes, and cease requests handled.Learn more
- Recovery analyticsLive liquidation, channel, and cohort reporting.Learn more
- API, CSV & MCP serverConnect your LOS, billing, or let your agent do it.Learn more
Get started
Go live with HL Hunt instead of Collection Law Firm today
Create a free account, upload your first accounts, and AI outreach begins within the hour. No credit card, no contract, no implementation project. Here is what to have ready.
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- 01A CSV or system export of delinquent accounts: name, contact details, balance, and itemization
- 02Consent and contact-preference data you hold for phone numbers and email addresses
- 03Your legal entity, any collection licenses you hold, and the states you collect in
- 04Brand assets and tone preferences for outreach in your name
- 05Settlement authority and payment plan rules you want the AI to follow
vs Collection Law Firm FAQ
Does HL Hunt file lawsuits?
No. HL Hunt is a collections platform. It resolves accounts pre-legally and prepares documentation for the ones you choose to place with counsel.
How long should the pre-legal period be?
Most clients run 60 to 120 days of platform outreach before considering legal placement, depending on debt type and balance. The platform reports resolution curves to help you choose.
Can we place accounts with our existing law firm from the platform?
Yes. Legal placement exports include the full account history and documents. If your firm uses HL Hunt, the handoff is direct.
What about time-barred accounts?
The platform calculates statute of limitations per account and state, blocks suit threats on time-barred debt, and adds required disclosures. Those accounts are never flagged for legal placement.
Still have questions?
Talk to a collections specialist, or start free and see the platform for yourself.
Start recovering more today.
Create a free account, upload your first accounts, and compliant AI outreach begins within the hour. Pay commission only on what you recover.