There are 200+ legal AI companies in 2026 — and choosing between them is a full-time job nobody at your firm has time for. This directory organizes every significant legal AI vendor by category, with pricing, key features, and who each tool is actually built for. No marketing language. No 'revolutionary AI' claims. Just what the tool does, what it costs, and whether it fits your firm.

Use this directory as your starting point for AI evaluation — not your ending point. Every tool listed here should be tested on your actual work before you commit. But at least now you know what's out there.

Harvey AI — Full-service legal AI platform. Research, drafting, document analysis, due diligence. Built on Claude with legal-specific training. Integrates with Westlaw. Pricing: $1,000+/user/month (enterprise only). Best for: Am Law 100 firms, large legal departments. Allen & Overy, PwC are customers. Valuation: $11B.

CoCounsel (Thomson Reuters) — AI assistant integrated with Westlaw and Practical Law. Research, document review, contract analysis, brief drafting. Pricing: bundled with Westlaw or $500-$1,000/user/month standalone. Best for: firms already on Westlaw wanting AI without a new vendor.

Lexis+ AI (LexisNexis) — AI assistant integrated with Lexis legal research. Similar capabilities to CoCounsel. Pricing: bundled with Lexis subscriptions. Best for: firms on LexisNexis wanting integrated AI.

Claude Enterprise (Anthropic) — General-purpose AI with enterprise security controls. Not legal-specific, but best-in-class legal reasoning. Pricing: $60-$100/user/month. Best for: mid-size firms wanting powerful AI at 10% of Harvey's cost. No Westlaw integration — trade convenience for price.

Category 2: Contract and Transactional AI

Spellbook — Contract drafting AI inside Microsoft Word. Real-time clause suggestions, first-draft generation, redlining against playbooks. Pricing: ~$500/user/month. Best for: transactional attorneys who live in Word. Growing rapidly.

Luminance — AI-native contract review and lifecycle management. Proprietary LLM trained on legal documents. 14+ languages. Automated redlining. Pricing: $2,000+/user/month (enterprise). Best for: M&A due diligence, cross-border contract review. 25% of Am Law 100.

Kira Systems (Litera) — Contract analysis and data extraction. 1,000+ built-in extraction models. 95%+ accuracy on standard provisions. Pricing: $50,000-$150,000/year. Best for: M&A firms doing high-volume due diligence. 84% of top 20 M&A firms.

Ironclad — Contract lifecycle management with AI. Template generation, approval workflows, obligation tracking. Integrates with Salesforce, DocuSign. Pricing: $50,000-$150,000/year (enterprise). Best for: corporate legal departments managing thousands of contracts.

Juro — Browser-native contract platform with AI drafting. Collaborative editing, no Word dependency. Pricing: $500-$1,500/month. Best for: commercial teams and mid-market transactional practices.

Category 3: Litigation and Discovery AI

Relativity — The dominant e-discovery platform. AI-powered document review (predictive coding, continuous active learning), privilege detection, production. Pricing: per-matter, typically $50,000-$500,000 for large matters. Best for: large-scale litigation and investigations.

Everlaw — Cloud-native e-discovery with AI review, timeline generation, and privilege logging. Growing competitor to Relativity. Pricing: per-matter or subscription. Best for: mid-market litigation and government investigations.

Lex Machina (LexisNexis) — Litigation analytics. Judge-specific outcome data, motion grant rates, damages patterns, attorney track records. Pricing: $15,000-$50,000/year. Best for: litigation strategy, forum selection, and settlement valuation.

Darrow — AI case identification for plaintiff firms. Scans public data to find class action and mass tort opportunities. Pricing: performance-based (percentage of recovery). Best for: plaintiff firms seeking high-value case leads.

EvenUp — AI demand package generation for personal injury. Processes medical records, calculates damages, generates demand letters. Pricing: $500-$1,000/case. Best for: PI firms processing high case volumes. Revenue reportedly $100M+.

Logikcull (Reveal) — Simplified e-discovery with AI document review. Pricing: per-GB, typically $2,000-$10,000/matter for mid-size cases. Best for: small and mid-size firms handling their own discovery.

Category 4: Practice Management and Productivity AI

Clio (with Clio Duo) — Practice management platform with AI assistant. Time entry suggestions, matter summarization, client communications. Pricing: $49-$89/user/month + Clio Duo add-on. Best for: small and mid-size firms wanting AI inside their practice management.

Microsoft Copilot — AI embedded in Word, Outlook, Teams, Excel. Productivity AI, not legal-specific. Pricing: $30/user/month add-on to Microsoft 365. Best for: every firm on Microsoft 365. The universal productivity AI.

Google Gemini (Workspace) — AI in Google Docs, Gmail, Sheets. Similar to Copilot for Google shops. Pricing: included in Workspace Business/Enterprise. Best for: firms on Google Workspace.

Smokeball — Practice management with AI document generation and time capture. Pricing: $49-$99/user/month. Best for: small firms wanting an all-in-one solution.

Smith.ai — AI-powered receptionist and intake. Qualifies leads, schedules consultations, handles after-hours calls. Pricing: $240-$750/month. Best for: firms wanting 24/7 intake without hiring staff.

Category 5: Compliance, Regulatory, and Specialty AI

OneTrust — Privacy compliance platform with AI. Data mapping, DPIA automation, consent management, DSAR processing. Pricing: $100,000-$500,000/year (enterprise). Best for: organizations with complex multi-jurisdictional privacy obligations.

Norm Ai — Regulatory compliance AI. Monitors regulatory changes, maps to business obligations. Pricing: enterprise. Best for: financial services and healthcare compliance teams.

Checkbox — No-code legal automation platform. Build AI-powered workflows without coding. Pricing: varies by scale. Best for: legal operations teams wanting custom automation.

Briefpoint — Litigation document automation. Automates discovery responses, form interrogatories. Pricing: per-document or subscription. Best for: litigation associates who hate discovery response drafting.

Docketwise — Immigration case management with AI form filling. Pricing: $69-$149/month. Best for: immigration firms.

Filevine — Legal case management with AI features. Strong in PI and insurance defense. Pricing: custom. Best for: PI, insurance, and high-volume litigation firms.

NotebookLM (Google) — Free AI research tool. Upload documents and get AI analysis grounded only in your sources. Zero hallucination from general training data. Pricing: free. Best for: any lawyer wanting source-grounded AI analysis.

The Bottom Line: The legal AI market has a tool for every practice area, firm size, and budget. Enterprise platforms (Harvey, CoCounsel) for large firms. Specialized tools (Spellbook, EvenUp, Darrow) for specific workflows. General AI (Claude, Copilot) for everyone. Don't try to evaluate all 200+ vendors — identify your highest-pain workflow, find the 2-3 tools that address it, and run a paid pilot. The best legal AI tool is the one your attorneys actually use.

AI-Assisted Research. This piece was researched and written with AI assistance, reviewed and edited by Manu Ayala. For deeper takes and the perspective behind the research, follow me on LinkedIn or email me directly.