Private AI for law firms
Your best argument is in a brief from 2019. SaaS legal AI will never find it. Yours will.
Deployed on your infrastructure. You own the code. Zero data retention. No per-seat fees.
Step 1 · Connect
Read-only by default. Everything stays inside your network.
Outlook · Microsoft 365
Inbox, calendar, sent items
SharePoint
Firm-wide document libraries
iManage / NetDocuments
DMS — matters, briefs, memos
OneDrive · network drives
Personal & shared folders
Internal SQL & wikis
Knowledge & matter databases
The legal AI landscape
How RAGbase Legal compares to the platforms US and EU firms actually evaluate today.
| Capability | RAGbase Legal Private · firm-specific | Harvey SaaS · per-seat | Legora SaaS · firm OS | CoCounsel Thomson Reuters | Lexis Protégé LexisNexis · SaaS | Claude for Legal Anthropic · per-seat | ChatGPT / Claude Consumer LLM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Where your firm data lives | On your infra (on-prem / VPC) | Their cloud · shared infra | Their cloud | TR cloud | LexisNexis cloud | Anthropic cloud | Vendor cloud |
| What the AI agent learns from | Only your firm — 15+ years of matters | Shared across 100K+ lawyers | Shared across all firms | TR editorial + shared usage | Lexis content + shared usage | Shared — not firm-specific | Public internet · no firm data |
| Drafts in your firm style | Yes — partner voice, your clauses | Generic, lightly tunable | Generic templates | Generic forms | Generic forms | Generic — prompt-based | Generic — no firm context |
| Indexes your full archive | iManage · NetDocs · Outlook · DMS | Uploaded matters only | ·Connected workspaces | Casetext + uploads | ·Lexis + Henchman uploads | Limited uploads | Manual paste only |
| Agentic workflows | Research · drafting · triage · DD agents | ·Agent Builder (shared) | ·Workflows (shared) | ·4 agents (shared) | ·4 Protégé agents (shared) | ·"Legal skills" — prompt + tools | None (chat only) |
| Intelligence compounds for | Your firm — alone | The platform · all clients | The platform | TR platform | Lexis platform | Anthropic platform | OpenAI / Anthropic |
| Attorney-client privilege | Inside your network · zero retention | Shared infra · vendor risk | Shared infra | Shared infra | Shared infra | Shared infra · vendor risk | Public model · privilege risk |
| Pricing (per seat / month) | One-time build + ops retainer | $399 → $1,200 (+ $1,200 w/ Lexis) | ~$400 / seat | ~$1,600 / seat (bundled w/ Westlaw + PL) | Enterprise / per-seat | ·From $20/seat (usable at ~$200) | ·From $20 / seat |
| Stop paying → | You keep the system | Lose everything | Lose everything | Lose everything | Lose everything | Lose access | Lose access |
Pricing reflects 2026 quotes shared by US / EU law firms during evaluation (Harvey base & Lexis-integrated tiers, CoCounsel bundled with Westlaw + Practical Law, Legora mid-tier, Claude for Legal tier, ChatGPT / Claude consumer plans). Public list pricing may differ.
The structural difference
Harvey, Legora, CoCounsel, Protégé all build shared intelligence — every firm contributes, every firm benefits equally. Yours becomes a commodity.
What RAGbase changes
We deploy a private agentic stack on your infra. Only your matters train it. Only your partners shape it. It becomes the firm's institutional memory.
In 3 years
Firms that started building proprietary intelligence will have a moat firms on shared platforms can never close. That's the bet.
The shift
What actually changes when you move from rented SaaS AI to AI you own.
Your Data
Uploaded manually, sent to their cloud, shared infrastructure, learning helps competitors
Cost
$4,500+/mo
= $162K–$288K over 3 years
Ownership
0%
Stop paying → lose everything
Your Data
Cost
$20K–$50K once
Save $112K–$268K over 3 years
Ownership
100%
You own code & infrastructure
What we build
A custom AI system grounded only in your internal data — your matters, your clauses, your style.
When you stop paying SaaS, you lose everything.
When you stop paying us, you keep everything.
Who it's for
If you want something off-the-shelf, we're not the right partner.
If you want AI that becomes a long-term competitive advantage, we are.
If you already use one
RAGbase complements or replaces SaaS tools:
Their Approach
Analyze uploaded docs only
RAGbase
Index your entire archive
Their Cost (3 years)
$162K – $288K
RAGbase Cost
$20K – $35K one-time
Keep them! RAGbase integrates with existing legal research tools.
Pricing & ROI
No per-seat fees. No monthly subscriptions. One investment, fully owned.
Complete System Investment
$20K – $50K
One-time investment • Entire firm • All attorneys
Customize the inputs below to see your firm's potential savings
Based on your inputs
$832,000
Wasted re-doing research
$84,000
Current SaaS Spend (own nothing)
$25,000
RAGbase Investment (own everything)
Typical Legal AI SaaS
$252,000
Stop paying, lose everything
RAGbase Legal
$25,000
Stop paying, keep everything
$227,000
You'll waste this on SaaS over 3 years — and own nothing
What your team gets
"In which matter did we handle a non-compete with equity clawback?"
Instant results across emails, files, and DMS.
Before
3+ hours
After
8 seconds
"What arguments worked before Judge Smith on this type of motion?"
Extracts passages with case name, date, and outcome.
Before
Reinvent every time
After
Instant access
AI drafts briefs, memos, contracts using YOUR templates, phrasing, and formatting. Export to Word/PDF.
Before
4 hours drafting
After
30 min review
AI agents auto-classify documents, extract data to billing/CRM, flag deadlines, triage intake emails.
Before
Hours of admin
After
Fully automated
Real results
"RAGbase indexed 15 years of our case files in days. Now our associates can instantly find arguments that worked before specific judges. It's like having our entire institutional knowledge searchable in seconds."
Managing Partner
45-Attorney Litigation Firm
87%
Reduction in document search time
$180K
Average 3-year savings vs SaaS
2.5 weeks
Average payback period
How it starts
Before any commitment, we run a 3–5 day PoC on your real data.
You'll see:
No slides. No theory. Working software, your data.
If it's not useful, you walk away — no invoice, no lock-in.
20 minutes. NDA on request. We tell you honestly whether a PoC makes sense.
Download our comprehensive white paper on why law firms need custom AI solutions that leverage their internal document heritage.
Download White PaperAbout RAGbase
Founder & CEO
We specialize in custom Retrieval-Augmented Generation systems and AI agents for regulated, document-heavy industries.
80+
Enterprise Deployments
3–5
Day PoC Timeline
100%
Your Infrastructure
How we ship
Week 1
Free PoC
3–5 days. We index a subset of your documents and show you semantic search working on YOUR data. No cost, no commitment.
Week 2–3
Delivery
Full document indexing across all your sources. Conversational AI interface. Deployed on your infrastructure.
Week 4+
Extensions
Document generation in your style. Custom workflow agents. Client-facing portal. Each module independent and optional.
FAQ
Why act now
Every month of indexed knowledge compounds for your firm — not for a SaaS vendor's roadmap.
Regulatory
Courts now require AI disclosure in filings
Post-Mata v. Avianca, proprietary AI with full traceability is the only safe path. ABA and state bars are tightening ethics opinions on privilege and AI.
Competitive
AmLaw 100 firms are already deploying custom AI
Every month of indexed data makes your AI smarter. Firms that start now will have 12+ months of proprietary learning over those that wait.
Financial
Every month on SaaS is money spent owning nothing
At $4,500+/mo for a mid-size firm, that's $54K/year in rent. A one-time RAGbase build pays for itself in months.
A 3–5 day private PoC on a sample of your archive. No cost. No lock-in.
20-minute call. We tell you honestly if there's a fit.
Legal AI that stays inside your firm.
Free 3–5 day PoC · No commitment · GDPR · HIPAA-ready