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Clio Duo vs Ironclad
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Clio Duo if…
- you're in its core audience: law firms, solo lawyers
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Choose Ironclad if…
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: legal operations teams, general counsel
Side by side
Feature Clio Duo Ironclad
Pricing modelContact for pricingContact for pricing
Starting price——
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Contract repository—
PlatformsWebWeb, API
CategoryLegalLegal
Rank in its category#8 of 10#5 of 10
CompanyClioIronclad, Inc.
Based in—United States
Founded—2014
Part of——
Key features
C Clio Duo
- AI assistant inside Clio Manage
- Works with existing Clio firm data
- Included from the Clio Manage Core plan up
- Now branded as Manage AI
I Ironclad
- Contract creation, review, signing, storage and analysis in one platform
- Ironclad Agent grounded in your contracts and deal history
- No-code Workflow Designer with conditional logic
- Central searchable contract repository
- Smart Import for uploading legacy contracts
- AppExchange-approved Salesforce integration
- CLM API and Clickwrap API
- Encryption in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest (AES-256)
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Clio Duo
Clio Duo add-onContact sales
Ironclad
Custom QuoteCustom
Strengths and limitations
Clio Duo
- Built into Clio Manage, so there is no separate tool to adopt
- Clio's pricing pages say AI is included from the Core plan up
- Clio Duo itself has no published price
- Older Clio pages say it is only available in the United States
- Requires a Clio Manage subscription
Ironclad
- Covers the full contract lifecycle from creation to fulfillment
- Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant and Q1 2025 Forrester Wave for CLM
- Security is included at no extra cost, with AES-256 encryption at rest
- Public CLM and Clickwrap APIs for developers
- No public pricing; a custom quote is required
- Some integrations are paid add-ons
- No free plan or trial listed
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Oct 26, 2026. Editorial policy