Harvey AI alternative for mid-sized UK law firms
For a mid-sized UK firm that mainly does transactional work, Scriptum is the strongest Harvey alternative. It is built only for drafting, reviewing and negotiating documents, works inside Microsoft Word, keeps a clause library your firm owns, and publishes its price (£79 or £119 per user per month). Harvey is the better choice if you need legal research and a broad platform across disputes, regulatory and transactional work.
Harvey is the most heavily funded company in legal AI. Legal Business reported in October 2026 that it was valued at $15.5bn in September. It made its name with the largest firms, and it now has a dedicated offer for boutique and mid-sized firms of roughly 15 to 150 lawyers.
So the question for a UK firm of 20 to 100 fee earners is no longer whether Harvey will sell to you. It will. The question is whether a broad platform is the right tool for the work your firm actually does.
What is Harvey?
Harvey is a legal AI platform covering a wide range of legal work. Its mid-sized firm page lists document review, due diligence, drafting, legal research, knowledge management and client communications. It offers agents that plan and carry out a task, a Vault for working across a whole document set, shared Spaces for each engagement, and research across legal, regulatory and tax sources. It works inside Word and Outlook.
Harvey does not publish its prices. Its website routes buyers to a demo request.
How does Scriptum compare with Harvey for UK firms?
| Factor | Scriptum | Harvey |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Transactional work only: drafting, review, negotiation and collaboration | Broad: research, review, diligence, drafting, knowledge and more |
| Target firm size | Mid-sized firms, roughly 20 to 100 fee earners | Every size, with a mid-sized offer for roughly 15 to 150 lawyers |
| Pricing | Published: £79 (Starter) and £119 (Pro) per user per month, excluding VAT | Not published; quoted by sales |
| Where lawyers work | Microsoft Word add-in plus a secure matter workspace | Web platform, Word and Outlook |
| Negotiation | Negotiation agent answers each round inside limits a partner sets (Pro) | Not listed as a core use case on its mid-sized page |
| Client and other side | One workspace for your team, your client and opposing counsel | Shared Spaces per engagement |
| Firm knowledge | Clause library with negotiation history, captured as lawyers work and owned by the firm | Vault, Memory and Knowledge features |
| Legal research | Not included | Included |
| Built in | Northern Ireland, for UK and Irish firms | United States, with customers in 85+ countries |
Harvey details are from Harvey's mid-sized firms page and published reporting as of November 2026.
Who is Harvey designed for?
Harvey is designed to cover as much of a law firm's work as possible from one platform. That is its strength. A full-service firm with a disputes team, a regulatory practice and a corporate department can put all of them on the same system, with research built in.
Breadth is also what you pay for. If 80% of your fee income comes from transactional documents, much of the platform will sit unused. We set out that trade-off in Should transactional firms pay for all-purpose legal AI?
What do mid-sized UK transactional firms actually need?
Three things matter most to corporate and commercial partners at firms of this size.
- A first draft that already sounds like the firm. Drafted from your own templates and house style, with the term sheet and the email chain built in, not generic text an associate has to pull back into shape.
- Help with the negotiation, not just the draft. Most of the work on a deal happens after the first draft goes out, across rounds of markup. A tool that stops at drafting leaves the hardest part untouched.
- Something the firm keeps. In a 40-lawyer firm, a practice area's negotiating know-how can sit with two or three people. When one leaves, it goes with them.
See how Scriptum handles a round of markup on a document your team knows. Book a 30-minute demo.
Why Scriptum is the stronger Harvey alternative for mid-sized transactional firms
It negotiates, not just drafts. Scriptum's review agent reads the other side's markup against your playbook and your client's priorities, then builds a review plan for partner sign-off. On the Pro plan, the negotiation agent answers each round inside the limits your partner has set. Anything outside those limits goes straight back to the partner.
Your firm owns what it learns. Every clause your lawyers agree is captured, with its negotiation history, into a clause library that belongs to the firm on every plan. Firms on Pro also build up a firm playbook and a history of how each counterparty negotiates.
You can see the price. Starter is £79 per user per month and Pro is £119, excluding VAT and billed monthly. You can take a number to the partnership before a single sales call.
Lawyers stay in charge. Agents propose, a named lawyer decides. Clients answer questions inside the app without ever seeing your negotiation limits, and nothing is released without approval.
When Harvey is the better choice
- You need legal research across case law, legislation and regulatory sources.
- A large share of your work is disputes, investigations or large-scale due diligence.
- Your clients or panels require ISO 27001 or SOC 2 certificates today. Scriptum's certifications are in progress, not complete.
Some firms run both: a broad platform for research and a transactional tool for the deal teams. If that is you, look at whether the transactional tool keeps your negotiation history, because that is the part a broad platform is least likely to capture.
Sources
- Harvey: Legal AI for mid-sized and boutique law firms
- Legal Business: Legora raises $550m at $8.8bn valuation (21 October 2026), reporting Harvey's $15.5bn valuation
- Scriptum pricing
Common questions
What is the best Harvey alternative for UK law firms?
For mid-sized UK firms whose work is mainly transactional, Scriptum is the strongest alternative: it is built only for drafting, reviewing and negotiating documents, works in Word, keeps a firm-owned clause library and publishes its price. For research-heavy or litigation-heavy firms, Legora is the closest like-for-like alternative to Harvey.
Does Harvey work for mid-sized firms?
Yes. Harvey has a dedicated offer for boutique and mid-sized firms of roughly 15 to 150 lawyers. Whether it is the right fit depends on how much of its broad platform your firm will use.
How much does Harvey cost in the UK?
Harvey does not publish its prices, and quotes are given by its sales team. Scriptum publishes its prices: £79 per user per month for Starter and £119 for Pro, excluding VAT.
Does Scriptum do legal research like Harvey?
No. Scriptum is built for drafting, reviewing and negotiating transactional documents. If you need case law and legislation research, you will need a separate research tool.
Can Scriptum and Harvey be used together?
Yes. Both work with Microsoft Word, and some firms use a broad platform for research alongside a transactional tool for deal teams.