Free sheet · Read October 21, 2026
What 13 legal AI tools say about price and your client data.
I read each vendor’s own pricing and security pages and wrote down only what they say: price, billing, SOC 2, ISO 27001, data retention and training on your data. What I could not read says Not verified. Every row has its source.
By Manuel Ayala, AI Vortex · Two-page PDF plus the full table below
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Keep the dated sheet and the four questions to send every vendor.
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Ask every vendor
Four questions, in writing.
- What is the price for my number of attorneys, in writing, for a 12 month term?
- Can I see your SOC 2 report (Type II) and ISO 27001 certificate under NDA?
- How long do you keep prompts, outputs and uploads, and can I set that period myself?
- Is any of my data used to train or fine-tune a model, yours or a provider’s? Where is that written in the contract?
A SOC 2 badge says nothing about retention. If you want help turning the answers into a pick for one workflow, see AI workflow consulting for law firms.
About this sheet
Quick answers.
Which legal AI tools publish their price?
On the pages read on October 21, 2026: Paxton ($499 per user per month or $2,999 per user per year), Briefpoint ($150 per attorney per month, billed annually) and Gavel Workflows (from $83 per month). Most others publish no figure or require a quote.
Does a SOC 2 badge tell me how long my data is kept?
No. A SOC 2 report describes controls, not retention. Ask in writing how long prompts and uploads are kept, who can delete them and whether any customer data trains a model.
Why are Westlaw and Clio marked Not verified?
Their official pages could not be read on that date (a form gate and a bot block). The sheet does not fill those cells from third-party sites.
How current is the data?
Every row was read on October 21, 2026 from the vendor's own pages. Prices and terms change, so treat each figure as true on that date only.