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Ironclad
AI contract lifecycle management for legal, procurement, sales and IT teams
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Pricing
Contact for pricing
API
Yes
Platforms
WebAPI
What is Ironclad?
Ironclad is an AI contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform. It covers every stage of contracting: creating, reviewing, signing, storing, analyzing and fulfilling agreements. Teams can build approval workflows in a no-code Workflow Designer, keep contracts in a central searchable repository and pull structured data out of legal agreements.
Ironclad Agent works from a company's contracts, deal history and negotiation knowledge to help with contracting work. Ironclad connects to tools such as Salesforce, Coupa, Ramp, Box and HelloSign. Sales teams can generate and sign contracts inside their CRM. Developers can use the CLM API and the Clickwrap API.
Ironclad is built for mid-size and large organizations, with views tailored to legal ops, general counsel, procurement, IT and sales. Pricing is quoted individually based on products, users, workflows and deployment support.
Key features
- 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)
Use cases
Who it's for
Legal operations teamsGeneral counselProcurement teamsSales teamsIT departments
Self-serve sales contracts
Sales reps generate, negotiate and sign legal-approved contracts from inside Salesforce, without waiting on legal for standard deals.
Procurement risk visibility
Procurement, legal and finance see what was agreed with suppliers and where value or risk needs attention.
Legacy contract migration
Import old agreements into a central repository and pull structured data out of them so they can be searched.
Standardizing NDAs
Move routine agreements such as NDAs to templates that need little or no legal review.
Ironclad pricing
From the vendor's site, checked Oct 26, 2026; we re-check prices monthly. Prices change — confirm on their pricing page.
Custom Quote
Custom
- Choose CLM, AI assistant and/or eSignature products
- Self-led deployment, Ironclad legal engineers, or partners
- Add-ons: API, integrations, extra instances, success plans
- Academy, community and in-app guides included free
How Ironclad compares
- Ironclad has no free plan, and neither do the 4 alternatives below.
- It offers an API, which none of the others do.
| Tool | Starts at | Free plan | Free trial | API | Open source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IIronclad | Quote | — | — | — | ||
L Luminance | Quote | — | — | — | — | Ironclad vs Luminance |
| H | Quote | — | — | — | — | Ironclad vs Harvey AI |
| L | Quote | — | — | — | — | Ironclad vs Lexis+ AI |
S Spellbook | Quote | — | — | — | Ironclad vs Spellbook |
Compare 6 capabilities
| Capability | Ironclad | Luminance | Harvey AI | Spellbook |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Word add-in | — | — | — | |
| AI redlining | — | — | — | |
| Custom playbooks | — | — | — | |
| Case law research | — | — | — | |
| Contract repository | — | |||
| Regulatory monitoring | — | — | — |
Capabilities as stated on each vendor's own site; — means the site doesn't say. The closest alternatives in our directory by category. “Starts at” is the cheapest paid plan per month, as each vendor lists it.
Ironclad data and privacy
Trains AI on your content
Not stated
Data retention
Not stated
Where data is stored
US
“We use the US-hosted Google Cloud Platform for production servers and operates in multiple zones to create robustness against outages.”
Security and compliance
None stated
From Ironclad's own privacy and security pages , checked Oct 28, 2026. We only show what the vendor states in writing; “not stated” means the pages don't say.
Who's behind Ironclad
- Company
- Ironclad, Inc.
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States
- Founded
- 2014
- Founders
- Jason Boehmig, Cai Wangwilt
“2014 Ironclad is founded Attorney Jason Boehmig and engineer Cai Wangwilt team up to bring contracts into the digital age.”
“Attorney Jason Boehmig and engineer Cai Wangwilt team up to bring contracts into the digital age.”
From Ironclad's own about, terms and privacy pages, checked Oct 28, 2026.
Pros and cons
Strengths
- 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
Limitations
- No public pricing; a custom quote is required
- Some integrations are paid add-ons
- No free plan or trial listed
Ironclad FAQ
How much does Ironclad cost?
Ironclad does not list prices. Each quote is custom and depends on your products, users, workflows and growth.
Do integrations cost extra?
It depends. Some integrations are included and others are add-ons. The Salesforce integration is AppExchange approved.
Is security an extra charge?
No. Data is encrypted in transit with TLS 1.2 or higher and at rest with AES-256, and production runs on US-hosted Google Cloud Platform.
Does Ironclad have an API?
Yes. Ironclad offers a CLM API and a Clickwrap API.
Can workflows be customized?
Yes. A no-code Workflow Designer with conditional logic supports custom approval workflows.
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