Litera Kira vs Harvey vs Spellbook vs Ironclad
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Litera Kira
AI contract review for M&A and due diligence — sold by Litera
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Harvey
Agent platform for law firms and in-house legal teams, now with its ow...
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Spellbook
AI contract review and drafting in Word, now with contract management
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Ironclad
Enterprise contract lifecycle management with specialised AI agents
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.1 / 10 | 8 / 10 | 7 / 10 | 7.5 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Enterprise | Enterprise | Subscription | Enterprise |
| Free tier | — | — | 7-day free trial (longer for larger organisations); free access for academic institutions | — |
| Paid from | Enterprise custom pricing | Quoted on request (no published prices; harvey.ai/pricing returns a 404) | Not published: quoted per team member on the licence after a demo | Custom quote only (no published prices; AI agents billed in AI Credits) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | Majority of Am Law 100 firms | 100,000+ lawyers on platform; 25,000+ custom agents; majority of AmLaw 100 | 10000+ legal professionals | 1000+ enterprise customers |
| Founded | 2011 | 2022 | 2022 | 2014 |
| Maker | Litera (acquired 2021) | Winston Weinberg, Gabriel Pereyra | Scott Stevenson | Jason Boehmig, Cai GoGwilt |
| Verdict | Kira Systems, now part of Litera, is a long-established AI contract-analysis platform that extracts and analyses provisions across thousands of contracts — the workhorse for due diligence, M&A, and large-scale review... |
Harvey is the default shortlist entry for large firms and legal departments: agents that work inside a matter with its documents and permissions, Vault for bulk document review, contract intelligence, and the security ce... |
Spellbook suits transactional lawyers and in-house teams who live in Microsoft Word: review, drafting and playbook checks happen in the document, and the new Autonomous Contract Management extends that to intake, approva... |
Ironclad is a mature enterprise CLM: a no-code workflow designer, a Word add-in and a contract repository, now topped by Ironclad Agent and Contract Review Agent, the renamed Jurist, for first-pass redlines against playb... |
| Full review → | Full review → | Full review → | Full review → |
Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.