Clio AI vs Harvey vs Ironclad vs Spellbook
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Clio AI
AI-powered legal practice management — time tracking, billing, and cli...
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Harvey
AI legal assistant for law firms — trained on legal data, used by the...
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Ironclad
Digital contract management platform with AI-powered workflows for leg...
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Spellbook
AI for in-house and transactional lawyers
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.6 / 10 | 8 / 10 | 7.5 / 10 | 7 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Paid | Enterprise | Enterprise | Subscription |
| Free tier | Free trial available | — | — | Free 7-day trial |
| Paid from | $49/month (EasyStart) | Enterprise custom pricing (no public rates; est. ~$1,000-$2,000 per seat/month with seat minimums) | Enterprise custom pricing | $59/month (Pro) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | 150000+ legal professionals | 100,000+ lawyers on platform; 25,000+ custom agents; majority of AmLaw 100 | 1000+ enterprise customers | 10000+ legal professionals |
| Founded | 2008 | 2022 | 2014 | 2020 |
| Maker | Jack Newton, Rea Regan | Winston Weinberg, Gabriel Pereyra | Jason Boehmig, Cai GoGwilt | Scott Stevenson |
| Verdict | Clio is the dominant cloud practice-management platform for small and mid-size firms, and it got much bigger in November 2025 by closing a $1 billion acquisition of vLex — bringing the Vincent AI research assistant and a... |
Harvey is the enterprise legal-AI leader by revenue and adoption — $300M ARR by mid-2026, an $11B valuation, and most of the AmLaw 100 on the customer list. For large firms and in-house teams it delivers genuinely better... |
Ironclad is a leading contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform that automates how legal and business teams create, negotiate, sign, and store contracts. Its 2025-2026 shift to agentic AI added Jurist for contract rev... |
Spellbook brings AI contract review and drafting into Microsoft Word, suggesting clauses, flagging risks, and redlining against playbooks. It suits small and mid-size law firms and in-house counsel who want legal AI with... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.