Rapid revenue growth validates real adoption inside major firms
Purpose-built legal model rather than a general-purpose LLM adapted afterward
Genuinely massive scale and blue-chip client base validate real-world reliability
Longest operating history in this category, predating the current legal-AI wave by years
Cons
Enterprise pricing starts around $40,000 a year, out of reach for small firms
Per-user unlimited plans running $500-$1,500 a month add up quickly at scale
Built for large-firm workflows, less suited to a solo practitioner or small practice
Pricing isn't published, requires a direct sales conversation
Proprietary-model approach may iterate more slowly than platforms built on frontier LLMs
Enterprise scale and client base suggest better fit for larger organizations
Company
Harvey, founded 2022
Luminance, founded 2015
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FAQ
Questions people ask
Is Harvey better than Luminance?
In our reviews Harvey scores 4.4 and Luminance scores 4.2. The better pick depends on the job. Harvey: Backed by OpenAI's own startup fund, reaching an $11 billion valuation in 3 years. Luminance: Trained its own proprietary LLM on more than 150 million legal documents.
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