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LHarvey AI vs IBM watsonx.governance
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Harvey AI if…
- you're in its core audience: large law firms, mid-size law firms
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Choose IBM watsonx.governance if…
- you want to trial it before paying
- you work on Self-hosted
- you're in its core audience: enterprise risk and compliance teams, internal audit teams
Side by side
Feature Harvey AI IBM watsonx.governance
Pricing modelContact for pricingFree trial
Starting price—$3500/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentNo—
Data retentionCustomer sets retention policies; deleted per Customer Agreement—
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, CCPA, GDPR, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 42001—
Case law research—
Regulatory monitoring—
PlatformsWebWeb, Self-hosted
CategoryLegalSecurity & Fraud
Rank in its category#2 of 10#4 of 11
CompanyHarvey AI CorporationIBM Corporation
Based inUnited StatesUnited States
Founded—1911
Part of—Berkshire Hathaway
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | Harvey AI | IBM watsonx.governance |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | no published plan | $3,500 Risk & Compliance - Basic |
| 5 people | no published plan | $3,500 Risk & Compliance - Basic |
| 20 people | no published plan | $3,500 Risk & Compliance - Basic |
Key features
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- Legal agents that run complex tasks end to end
- Vault for secure storage and bulk document analysis
- Legal, regulatory and tax research across domains
- Contract Intelligence for reviews and negotiations
- Shared Spaces with ethical walls for cross-organization work
- Horizon Scanning for tracking regulatory changes
- Connector Library with custom MCP support
- Command Center usage analytics and benchmarking
I IBM watsonx.governance
- Governance graph linking AI systems, risks, controls and policies
- Shadow AI detection across the organization
- Automated policy enforcement and compliance evidence capture
- Continuous monitoring of AI systems for risk and compliance
- Model inventory, documentation and evaluation
- AI risk assessment and identification
- Regulatory and risk content library for many frameworks
- Embedded AI assistants for use case onboarding
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Harvey AI
Contact for pricing. Plan details aren't published.
IBM watsonx.governance
TrialFree
Model ManagementStarting at $0.64
Risk & Compliance - BasicStarting at $3,500
Risk & Compliance - AdvancedStarting at $6,450
watsonx.governance on AWSStarting at $42,000
Strengths and limitations
Harvey AI
- Covers research, documents, contracts and agents on one platform
- Enterprise controls including SAML SSO, audit logs and IP allow-listing
- Lists SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 42001 and GDPR compliance
- Regional options for the US, EU and AU
- No public pricing; access is through a demo request
- No free plan or trial listed
- No mobile apps listed
IBM watsonx.governance
- 14-day free trial with included credits
- Deploys on IBM Cloud, AWS or as on-premises software
- Named a Leader in Gartner, IDC and Forrester AI governance reports
- Large library of regulatory and risk content
- Risk & Compliance plans start at $3,500 per month
- Base plans include only 1 concurrent user
- Listed prices are indicative and vary by country
- Software edition pricing is based on VPCs and not published
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Facts from each vendor's public pages, prices checked Oct 26, 2026. Editorial policy