Industry guide

AI for Legal

Most legal businesses get the majority of their AI benefit from three areas: handling enquiries faster, producing marketing content consistently, and removing repetitive admin. The products below are recorded as a good fit for this sector.

ChatGPT

General AI Assistants

93/100

The broadest general assistant for writing, analysis and day-to-day business questions.

From $20/mo
Beginner
Free plan
Last verified 2026-08-20View profile

Claude

General AI Assistants

91/100

Strongest choice for long documents, careful reasoning and considered written tone.

From $20/mo
Beginner
Free plan
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Perplexity

Research

88/100

Live web research with citations you can check.

From $20/mo
Beginner
Free plan
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Fathom

Meetings

86/100

Meeting recording, notes and follow-up actions with a usable free plan.

From $19/mo
Beginner
Free plan
Last verified 2026-08-20View profile

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Productivity

82/100

Assistance inside Outlook, Teams, Word and Excel for Microsoft-based teams.

From $30/mo
Intermediate
Last verified 2026-08-20View profile

Otter.ai

Meetings

77/100

Transcription-first meeting notes with a free tier.

From $17/mo
Beginner
Free plan
Last verified 2026-08-20View profile

Surfer SEO

Marketing

76/100

Content optimisation for businesses that rely on search traffic.

From $79/mo
Intermediate
Last verified 2026-08-20View profile

A sensible starting stack

  1. 1. One general assistant for writing, summarising and day-to-day questions.
  2. 2. One tool for whichever customer-facing task costs you the most hours.
  3. 3. Automation only once the first two are used consistently.