Luminance vs Litera Kira vs Harvey vs Spellbook
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Luminance
AI contract intelligence for legal, procurement and the wider business
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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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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.3 / 10 | 7.1 / 10 | 8 / 10 | 7 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Enterprise | Enterprise | Enterprise | Subscription |
| Free tier | Free proof-of-value (PoV) evaluation under Luminance's Proof of Value Terms; no self-serve plan | — | — | 7-day free trial (longer for larger organisations); free access for academic institutions |
| Paid from | Custom quote via sales; no public pricing | 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 |
| Has API | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | 600+ law firms and corporations | Majority of Am Law 100 firms | 100,000+ lawyers on platform; 25,000+ custom agents; majority of AmLaw 100 | 10000+ legal professionals |
| Founded | 2015 | 2011 | 2022 | 2022 |
| Maker | Independent (Luminance Technologies Ltd) | Litera (acquired 2021) | Winston Weinberg, Gabriel Pereyra | Scott Stevenson |
| Verdict | Luminance is a serious contract-AI platform with its own legal models, a broad enterprise customer list and a clear push beyond the legal team. Its speed and accuracy claims come from its own benchmarks, independent revi... |
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... |
| 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.