Best AI for contract drafting and review
AI that drafts, reviews and redlines contracts for lawyers and legal teams. None of these give legal advice: a qualified lawyer still checks the output. Check each one's confidentiality terms before you upload client documents.
3 picks, ranked by @ai
Prices checked Oct 2, 2026- Number 1
Spellbook
Spellbook
@ai’s ChoiceBest overallOnly legal pick here with a self-serve free trial, plus zero-retention and lawyer-review terms in writing. Quote-only pricing.
- Works inside Microsoft Word: review, draft, compare, playbooks
- Zero data retention with OpenAI and Anthropic; no model training
Price on request7-day free trial for lawyers and legal teams; longer trials may be offered to larger organizations; free access for academic institutions
Start free trialSee details - Number 2
Harvey
Harvey
Best for large firmsDeepest security commitments and contract intake and review, but demo and quote only.
- Contractually no training on inputs, outputs or documents
- SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001; EU, Swiss, US or Australian data regions
- Number 3
CoCounsel Legal
Thomson Reuters
Best for Westlaw usersResearch-grounded drafting inside Word, but pricing and data-use terms couldn't be verified.
- Grounded in Westlaw and Practical Law, with linked citations
- Works in Word, Outlook and Teams; connects to iManage, NetDocuments
Compare the top 3
| Rank in Contracts & legal | #1 | #2 | #3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Price on requestQuote-based; priced per team member on the license; book a demo | Price on requestQuote-only; request a demo (no public pricing page) | Price on requestNo public price on the product page; call 888-728-7677 or ask a sales rep to contact you |
| Made for | Law firms and in-house legal teams, 'from individuals to global legal departments' | Law firms and in-house legal teams (also professional services) | Legal professionals and law firms |
| Free plan | None; 7-day free trial | None | None shown on the product page |
| Entry plan | Quote-based per team member (Spellbook Suite: Word add-in and Associate agent) | Quote-only; request a demo | Quote via sales |
| What you get | Not published | Not published | Tabular Analysis: up to 10,000 documents against 100 questions |
| Works with | iManage, OneDrive, SharePoint, Dropbox, Google Drive; 1,000+ public legal databases; contract intake from email and Slack | Email, Outlook, Jira, ServiceNow, SharePoint, iManage, Box, Google Drive, APIs | iManage, NetDocuments, SharePoint, HighQ, DeepJudge, Smokeball, Box, Litify, Supio; Claude via CoCounsel Legal MCP |
| Platforms | Microsoft Word add-in | Not published | Inside Microsoft Word, Outlook and Teams |
| Your data | Vendor: Zero Data Retention agreements with OpenAI and Anthropic; third-party LLMs barred from training on customer data | Vendor: 'by default, never trains on customer data'; model providers must have zero data retention; bespoke model only if a firm asks | Not published |
| Confidentiality | SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA; zero data retention with LLM providers; data stored and processed in Canada and the US (AWS) | Encrypts all data at rest and in transit; SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 audits; customer-set retention; in-region data (EU or Switzerland, US, Australia) on Azure; SAML SSO, audit logs | Vendor headline only: 'Enterprise-grade security'; 'built to meet the confidentiality standard your practice demands' (specifics not verified) |
| Human review | Terms: output should be 'reviewed or vetted … by a duly licensed and qualified lawyer' when appropriate; Associate works 'with your oversight' | Vendor: agents 'finish the first pass before a reviewer opens the file'; contracts are assigned to reviewers' queues | Vendor: with Brief Builder 'the attorney stays in control', validating the draft and citations; drafts include linked citations for verification |
| Best for | Transactional lawyers and in-house teams who draft and redline contracts in Word | Law firms and in-house legal teams handling high-stakes, high-volume work | Lawyers who want drafting and review grounded in Westlaw and Practical Law |
| Skill level | Built for pros | Built for pros | Built for pros |
| Start free trial | Request a demo | Request a demo |
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