Harvey vs Ivo
A side-by-side comparison of Harvey and Ivo, two Legal tools, drawn from Ignaite's continuously-verified listings.
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At a glance
| Attribute | Harvey | Ivo |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Legal | Legal |
| Pricing | PAID | PAID |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Deployment | Cloud | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web | Web |
| Model support (differs) | Multi-model | — |
| Vendor (differs) | Harvey AI | Ivo AI |
| Capabilities |
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The honest brief
Harvey
The default general-purpose legal AI at scale: Vault analyzes up to ~100K-doc collections, used across AmLaw 100 firms.
- Adopted by most AmLaw 100 firms
- Bulk doc analysis via Vault
- Grounds answers in firm's own materials
- Operates across 60 countries
- No public pricing, sales-only
- ~$1,000+/lawyer/mo, 20-seat minimum
- Tuned to big-firm billable workflows
- Heavy enterprise onboarding
Ivo
Redlines contracts directly in Microsoft Word against your own playbooks — a workflow legal teams at Uber, Shopify and Reddit run at enterprise scale.
- Playbook-driven, customizable reviews
- AI research agent over your contracts
- Bulk analysis across contract libraries
- Doesn't train models on customer data
- No public pricing — demo-led sales
- Aimed at in-house teams, not solo use
When to pick which
Harvey and Ivo cover the same capabilities, but lead with different ones:
Harvey is built around Legal research.
- Legal research (primary capability)
Ivo is built around Contract review.
- Contract review (primary capability)