Irys (formerly Iqidis) vs HarveyTwo credible platforms. Two very different ways to buy legal AI.
Harvey is built for governed enterprise rollouts. Irys is built so one lawyer can start today at a published price. Here is the comparison, based on what each company publicly documents.
At a glance
Irys and Harvey are both legal AI platforms, but they fit different buyers. Harvey is a governed, enterprise rollout with sales-led pricing, while Irys is a self-service platform priced at $299 per month for a single attorney. Harvey documents deep DMS sync, Shared Spaces, and audit trails for large firms; Irys is built so you can test it on a real matter during a 7-day trial that requires no credit card.
Harvey
Who Harvey is for
Harvey is an enterprise legal AI platform designed for large law firms and legal departments that need a governed, organization-wide deployment.
Its public materials document Vault workspaces that hold up to 100,000 documents, Shared Spaces for collaboration with clients and outside counsel, Word and Outlook add-ins, workflow automation, knowledge bases, and synchronization with document management systems including iManage, SharePoint, and Google Drive.
If your organization is planning a firm-wide rollout with ethical walls, resource-level permissions, guest access for outside collaborators, and full audit trails, Harvey is a serious candidate and belongs on your shortlist. This page is about helping you decide whether that buying motion fits how you work.
Pricing
Pricing: what is public and what is not
Harvey does not publish standard pricing.
As of August 3, 2026, no standard per-seat price appears on Harvey's official pages. The buying process is sales-led: you request a demo, scope the deployment, and receive a quote. Harvey discloses that excessive use may result in temporary throttling, but it does not publish a usage schedule. When you get a quote, ask what is included, what usage terms apply, and what happens at renewal.
Irys publishes its pricing. Irys One is $299 per month for one attorney. Irys Teams is $329 per seat per month for teams of 2 to 25 attorneys. Irys One includes unlimited AI queries, which means no per-token or per-query overage on the advertised plan. You can start a seven-day trial without a credit card and without talking to sales.
Harvey
What Harvey does better
Enterprise governance is Harvey's strongest publicly documented territory.
Shared Spaces support collaboration across firms, clients, business teams, and outside counsel, with resource-level controls, ethical walls, guest accounts, and audit trails. That depth matters for large organizations with strict information-barrier requirements.
Harvey's document infrastructure is built for scale. A Vault, per Harvey's public materials, is a large document repository: it can hold up to 100,000 files, emails, and queries, synchronize with iManage, SharePoint, and Google Drive, and carry that content across Assistant, Workflows, and its Word and Outlook add-ins. Harvey's public materials also describe research integrations with legal publishers, available where the customer holds the corresponding access.
If your priority is a deeply managed rollout across hundreds of users, with IT-administered DMS connections and publisher-grounded research, Harvey's enterprise posture is a genuine strength, not a weakness dressed up as one.
Irys
What Irys does differently
Irys is built so legal AI does not require a procurement cycle.
The price is published, the trial is self-service, and the platform is designed to be useful starting with a single attorney. You can evaluate it on a real matter this week without a sales call.
The product is matter-centric, and a matter is more than a document library. An Irys matter is a working model of the case: the documents plus the facts, people, dates, authorities, drafts, and decisions, kept structured and reusable from one task to the next. Matters carry no fixed document cap on the advertised plan, output is source-linked so you can check the passage behind a statement, and there is no need to rebuild the matter context in every new prompt.
Irys also aims at finished work product rather than chat text. A Word add-in brings research, drafting, and cite checking into the document you are already writing. Workbench can take actions in connected applications such as Gmail, Outlook, Google Drive, SharePoint, OneDrive, Calendar, and Slack, and it requires your approval before taking actions rather than acting autonomously. E-signature is built in, so a document can go from draft to signed without leaving the platform.
The infrastructure around the models is Irys's own. Irys runs its own agentic orchestration, structured matter intelligence, and evaluation infrastructure around the models it uses, built to plan and carry multi-step legal work. In Irys's internal evaluations on published legal benchmark tasks, including Harvey's published BigLaw Bench task set (Irys internal testing, July 2026), the Irys system scored above general-purpose frontier-model baselines on legal work. Methodology available on request.
Matter
Test both on the same matter
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Run the same real matter through both products and ask each vendor the same questions.
Bottom line
The honest bottom line
Choose Irys when you want published pricing, a self-service evaluation, broad matter-centric legal workflows, and a platform that can begin with one lawyer and grow to a team.
Consider Harvey when your priority is a deeply governed enterprise rollout across a large firm or legal department, with clients and outside counsel working inside the same controlled environment.
Both products change quickly. Except where a statement is expressly labeled as Irys internal testing, the observations on this page reflect publicly available information reviewed August 3, 2026. Confirm current capabilities, pricing, and contract terms with each vendor before you buy.
The Irys offer
One published price. No per-token or per-query overage.
Irys One is $299 per month with unlimited AI queries under the advertised plan, a 7-day trial, and no credit card required.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is Irys better than Harvey?
Neither is universally better; they fit different buying situations. Harvey is built for large-firm enterprise rollouts with Shared Spaces, ethical walls, and DMS sync across iManage, SharePoint, and Google Drive. Irys is built for a single attorney to start today at a published price and test the product on a real matter first. The right choice depends on whether you need enterprise governance or a fast, self-service start.
How much does Harvey cost compared to Irys?
Harvey does not publish standard pricing; buying is sales-led through a demo and a scoped quote. Irys publishes its pricing: Irys One is $299 per month for one attorney, and Irys Teams is $329 per seat per month for 2 to 25 attorneys, with a 7-day trial that requires no credit card. Ask any vendor without published pricing what the quote includes and what happens at renewal.
Can Harvey and Irys both check citations?
Irys's output is source-linked so material statements can be traced to the underlying document or authority, and Cite Check reviews cited authorities. Harvey's public materials describe citation-backed research through its Knowledge product, but Harvey does not document a citation-verification workflow to the same level of detail. Confirm current citation-review capabilities directly with Harvey.
Is Irys the same company as Iqidis?
Yes. Irys is the new name of Iqidis, following a 2026 rebrand; the product, team, and platform are unchanged. If you find Harvey compared against Iqidis elsewhere, that comparison describes this same Irys platform under its former name.
Does Harvey have a Word add-in like Irys?
Yes, this is not a point of differentiation. Harvey's public materials document Word and Outlook add-ins alongside its Assistant and Workflows products. Irys also has a Word add-in, plus built-in e-signature so a document can move from draft to signed without leaving the platform.
Which firms should choose Harvey over Irys?
Firms planning a firm-wide rollout across hundreds of users, with ethical walls, guest access for outside collaborators, and full audit trails, should put Harvey on the shortlist; its Vault and Shared Spaces are built for that scale. Firms that want to start with one attorney at a published price, and evaluate on a real matter this week without a sales call, are better served by Irys.
Other comparisons
Except where a statement is expressly labeled as Irys internal testing, this comparison is based on publicly available information reviewed on August 19, 2026, and on Irys's current product positioning. “Not publicly listed” means no standard public price or term was found on the vendor's official materials as of that date; actual pricing, features, and contract terms may vary and may require particular plans, content subscriptions, or integrations. Product capabilities on both sides change frequently; confirm current details with each vendor before making a purchasing decision. Harvey and all other product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Their use here is for identification and comparison only and does not imply any affiliation with, or endorsement by, their owners. This page is informational and is not legal, financial, or purchasing advice.
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